ARTS Pick: American Aquarium
North Carolina six-piece American Aquarium revives its raw roots rock with a new level of honesty in the lyrics. After years of barely scraping by with the devotion of a […]
Future threat: Marvel’s heroic vision is challenged in Age of Ultron
Has the point of every Marvel movie become nothing more than to plug the next Marvel movie? So it would seem with Avengers: Age of Ultron, a perfectly enjoyable actioner […]
Family bonding: A guide to celebrating Mother’s Day through cultural exploration
We all have moms and some of you out there are even mothers yourself. So, it makes sense that we celebrate moms, if for no other reason than their sheer […]
ARTS Pick: Aurelio Voltaire
When national gothic icon Aurelio Voltaire isn’t penning one of his popular graphic novels or teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York, he’s on the road playing […]
ARTS Pick: The Mountaintop
Accomplished playwright Katori Hall left her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee to earn degrees from Columbia, Harvard and The Juilliard School, and then returned artistically in the 2009 London-based production of The […]
Reimagined: PCA finds new direction under Gram Slaton
“I take broken things and fix them,” explained Gram Slaton. This conjures images of fixer-upper houses or rusted-out bikes, but he’s not a repairman in the traditional sense. In fact, one […]
Film review: The Water Diviner finds beauty through tragedy
Nearly a century after the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-1916, the national consciousness of both Turkey and Australia remain intertwined. The lingering effects of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps […]
ARTS Pick: Ryan Adams
It may sound strange to call Ryan Adams a music veteran, but it’s been more than 20 years since his first release with the revered alt-country band Whiskeytown. Solo since […]
Everything old is new again: UVA Professor Bruce Holsinger makes a splash writing historical thrillers
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Walking through the University grounds toward a meeting with English department professor and author Bruce Holsinger, I found myself thinking […]
May First Fridays Guide
First Fridays is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Listings are compiled in collaboration with Piedmont Council […]