This month, we asked you to scare our staff with your most terrifying two-sentence horror stories. We received tons of submissions—imaginative, evocative, spine-tingling, funny, and tragic. Truly, you captured the spirit of the season. Below are the top 10 stories we read, which will be performed by the actors at Live Arts. (Check our social […]
This month, we asked you to scare our staff with your most terrifying two-sentence horror stories. We received tons of submissions—imaginative, evocative, spine-tingling, funny, and tragic. Truly, you captured the spirit of the season. Below are the top 10 stories we read, which will be performed by the actors at Live Arts. (Check our social […]
Travel buddies Acclaimed country musicians Brent Cobb and Hayes Carll are on the road for a special run of collaborative concerts. “We’re gettin’ together to give ourselves, as well as the crowds, something that I believe we’ll all talk about for a while,” says Cobb, who performs his new gospel album, And Now, Let’s Turn […]
Spirited youth Albemarle Symphony Orchestra presents a program of contemporary and classical works at its Fall Concert for Youth. Conductor Philip Clark, who has played for the queens of England and Holland, will lead the orchestra through compositions from Harry Potter, Moana, Ghostbusters, Bach, and more. The evening also features a mystery emcee to keep […]
Loving a legend Celebrate the life and music of the late Grammy-winning folk legend John Prine at a live performance of All The Best …From 6 Feet Away: A Charlottesville Tribute To John Prine. The album, produced by Jeff Sweatman, features 21 local artists’ unique take on Prine’s songs, including “Speed of the Sound of […]
A noodle moove A new dining spot with a familiar face is moo-ving into the lineup at Dairy Market. Basta Pasta, an original concept kitchen from Dino Hoxha (the chef behind Dairy Market’s Dino’s Wood-fired Pizza & Grill) offers homemade, artisanal pastas with many combinations of shapes, sauces, and flavors, and fully vegan options. Basta […]
Lincoln Perry has been a prominent figure on the Charlottesville art scene since the mid-1980s. An acclaimed muralist with significant work in landscapes, figurative paintings, and sculpture, Perry’s murals grace walls around the country including the Met Life building in St. Louis and at the University of Virginia. “The Student’s Progress,” in UVA’s Old Cabell […]
Trip ahead After 40 years of pushing the bounds of experimentality, The Flaming Lips have a catalog that includes everything from space rock and noise pop to collaborations with artists like Miley Cyrus and Nell Smith. American Head, the band’s 16th album, is a nostalgic ode to its American roots, drawing inspiration from frontman Wayne […]
Future awakening Jake Blount makes music rooted in care and confrontation. A multi-instrumentalist and scholar of Black American music, Blount draws on the past and imagines the future on his latest record, The New Faith. Described as a work of dystopian Afrofuturism, the 2022 release draws connections between the climate crisis and the disproportionate burden […]
Gonna get hot Feel the passionate fury of flamenco and the smoldering heat of tango at the Latin Ballet of Virginia’s Alma Latina. The production uses rhythm, music, and dance to celebrate the history of Latin America by weaving together tradition, culture, and politics. The company is joined by internationally known flamenco dancer Francisco “El […]
From the opening lines of The Marriage Portrait, author Maggie O’Farrell does not hedge: The Duchess of Ferrara will die. As historical fiction based on the real life and death of the 16-year-old Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici—the details were set in stone more than 460 years ago—this new novel probes the who and the how […]