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, […]
180 Band
It’s your last chance to dance with the 180 Band. Following a 25-year career, the local seven-piece is retiring with 400 gigs under its guitar strap. Grab a bite from […]
Quiet time
By Erin Lyndal Martin In an Earlysville log cabin, Lowland Hum’s husband-and-wife duo has been finding new ways to make the thoughtful art-folk that’s gotten them this far. Daniel and […]
Digging into sound
In Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds, Bonnie Gordon explores the castrato as a cultural phenomenon and a critical mode of inquiry into the technological […]