Instead of different: Singer-songwriter Devon Sproule comes home
The last time C-VILLE Weekly talked with Devon Sproule, she was jetting off to Germany with her husband, Paul Curreri, to pursue a musical life abroad. The couple recently returned […]
ARTS Pick: DJ Sir RJ’s Thanksgiving Afterparty
When the last slice of pie is in crumbles, and the final quarter winds down on the game, skip the La-Z-Boy kickback and get movin’ with DJ Sir RJ’s Thanksgiving […]
Volunteer core: ‘Tis the season to give back
The holiday season is a time when giving and sharing is on everyone’s mind. And that is especially true of volunteers who give their time and share their skills with […]
Tune up: A new generation of concert bookers finds its niche
“A valence bond is when atoms are held together by the electrons they share. It seemed really fitting for how music events can bring community members together through the things they […]
ARTS Pick: Sarah Burton
After exploring forms ranging from acoustic folk to electric bluesy rock, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Sarah Burton revisited her original muse, the piano, on her latest indie-pop album. Burton’s fourth release, Make […]
Now Try This: Victory Hall Opera lets singers choose their role
When Victory Hall Opera, Charlottesville’s newest opera company, raises the curtain on its first show, it will also unveil a world premiere inside the industry itself. “We are developing a […]
ARTS Pick: Dave Rawlings Machine
Rousing Americana-folk duo Dave Rawlings Machine fuses elements of traditional bluegrass with modern R&B, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll flavor. Rawlings and his longtime musical partner, Gillian Welch (who performed […]
Film review: Cinematic retelling of Chilean mine rescue leans on truth
On August 5, 2010, a catastrophic collapse occurred deep within the heart of a mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile, with 33 miners still inside. Concern and hope […]
Party of three: The stirring transformation of David Wax Museum
On Sunday, November 22, smack dab in the middle of a grueling East Coast stint on a national tour, David Wax Museum will return home to play the Southern. Fronted […]
ARTS Pick: Our Town
With a sly twist on casting, director Robert Chapel makes the most of Our Town’s minimalist appeal by putting UVA drama grad student Carolyn Demanelis in the lead role of […]