Pick: Jennifer Niesslein
Don’t look back in anger: What does it mean to be nostalgic for the American past? To be sentimental for your own family history? Jennifer Niesslein tackles these questions and […]
Pick: Banff Mountain Film Festival
Action movies: Take an epic journey through the great outdoors without leaving your seat at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, a two-night event that features short films about adventure sports, […]
Pick: Sacred Music of Monticello
Seeds of the soul: The community of enslaved people who lived and worked at Monticello developed musical traditions that influenced American music for centuries. Sacred Music of Monticello presents a […]
More than pretty
It’s the accepted wisdom: You can’t have it all. Or can you? When it comes to gardens, C. Colston Burrell thinks maybe you can—and he’s spent a lifetime considering this […]
Forged like metal
By Luke Williams Despite the chilly February evening, Second Street Gallery was filled with warm energy for the opening of “Stuart Robertson: A Suh Wi Dweet.” The exhibition offers a […]
McBride in stride
It’d be easy for a bunch of theater-minded folks to say to themselves, “I’m not part of the drag community, but I can put on a play about drag, no […]
Galleries: March
A sense of displacement: Fumi Ishino’s “On the Palette of Scarlet” at Visible Records “There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of […]
Pick: How to Live on Earth
All that you can’t leave behind: What if you had to say goodbye to Earth forever? In UVA Drama’s How to Live on Earth, four contestants win the opportunity of […]
Pick: Charles Owens
Smooth sax: Tenor saxophonist Charles Owens has been performing, composing, and teaching music for over 25 years. Owens got his start in New York, where he attended The New School. […]
Pick: Mdou Moctar
Shreddin’ it forward: Growing up in Agadez, a desert village in rural Niger, Mdou Moctar built himself a guitar after seeing YouTube videos of Eddie Van Halen performing. Moctar combined […]