Garth Greenwell continues to explore well-being in Small Rain
“What a strange thing a body is, I thought, how eerie to be filled with blood and covered with hair, to be a machine any part of which might fail,” […]
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country pushes into new territory
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Guitar slinger Daniel Donato cut his teeth in the Nashville honky-tonk scene. The freewheeling electric picker started busking in the city’s Lower Broadway district at age 14, and not long […]
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers at The Jefferson 10/16
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers bring a setlist full of old favorites and new hits on the Indigo Park Tour. The Grammy Award-winning musician and Williamsburg, Virginia, native has had […]
The Misanthrope at The Paramount 10/15
In a cultural moment when many of us may be a bit disillusioned with modern society, Paramount On Screen presents National Theatre Live’s production of The Misanthrope. The plot revolves […]
Mary Motley Kalergis: A Fifty-Year Retrospective at Phaeton Gallery through 11/1
Covering five decades of creative excellence, Mary Motley Kalergis: A Fifty-Year Retrospective celebrates the local author, photographer, and interviewer whose work focuses on the intimate and universal experiences of human […]
Changes in the economy, jobs, and education lure new blood to skilled trades like HVAC, electrical, construction, automotive and plumbing
Alex Funk’s job comes with a big bag of tricks. “Wire nuts, locknut wrenches, electrician-specific things, like wire strippers and cutting pliers,” says Funk, burrowing through her backpack of tools. […]
Fred Armisen at The Jefferson 10/7
If you’ve followed his career, you understand how difficult it is to say which of Fred Armisen’s characters qualifies as his signature role. Between his tenure on “Saturday Night Live” […]
In Duston Spear’s Bird Girl, a reclusive painter is thrust into the spotlight
Duston Spear couldn’t wait to get out of Richmond, and left the day after she graduated high school. Her mother always told her she could be a writer. Instead, Spear […]
“Weird Al” Yankovic at John Paul Jones Arena 10/8
Parody legend and five-time Grammy Award-winning comedy recording artist “Weird Al” Yankovic arrives with his multimedia show the Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour. Yankovic’s backing band expands with four additional […]
WOW: World of Words at The Paramount 10/7
Cirque Kalabanté presents a vibrant stage experience in WOW: World of Words. The show bridges two worlds, transcending language, as tradition and modernity meet. Separated on stage by a symbolic […]
The Witch at Blackfriars Playhouse through 11/14
Just in time for spooky season, another wicked thing this way comes—or at least comes to the American Shakespeare Center. Not to be confused with Robert Eggers’ 2015 dark comedy […]