October galleries
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. “Their World As Big As They Made It: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance” showcases the visionary works of […]
Watch party
A decade-spanning love story, a curmudgeonly prep school teacher’s Christmas break, a musical documentary—the 2023 Virginia Film Festival features a variety of moving, lyrical, and laugh-out-loud cinema across its 120-plus […]
Dropkick Murphys
Embrace your inner punk and ship out for a night of headbangin’ tunes with Dropkick Murphys. The Boston rock ‘n’ roll outfit has been steadily building its discography since 1996, […]
Three Notch’d Road
Three Notch’d Road opens its 13th season with Genius of Bach, a program celebrating two masterworks by the great German composer. The baroque ensemble is joined by cellist René Schiffer […]
Constellations
When you fall in love in the multiverse, the possibilities for heartbreak and happy endings are endless. Four County Players’ Constellations follows a beekeeper (Amy Dawn Hamburger) and a physicist […]
Bring you back
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd made his first hit record when he was only 16 years old. Now, almost 30 years later, the child phenom is relishing the past while […]
A fine pairing
The theme of Anton Chekhov’s 1898 play Uncle Vanya is captured by two words in the title of Aaron Posner’s 2015 adaptation: life sucks. That message won’t have audiences leaving […]
‘What can I get ya?
By Mary Esselman, Maeve Hayden, Tami Keaveny, and Susan Sorensen Walking in to a busy diner is an exciting sensory experience. The clang of silverware and dishes banging around, orders […]
Go On, Be Brave
In 2014, Andrea Lytle Peet was diagnosed with ALS at 33 years old. She was told to get her affairs in order, so she did, and she waited. Eventually, Peet […]
Joy Oladokun
Joy Oladokun documents her life in songs. Her new record, Proof of Life, takes stock of her journey thus far, from examining her experiences as a proud queer Black person, […]