STRFKR with Holy Wave and Happy Sad Face

Wednesday 9/25 at The Jefferson Theater It’s probably unfair to reduce a band that’s been plugging away in various forms since 2007 to wimpy dance music for disinterested millennials. It’s also likely giving an unfair shake to a reasonably successful group if you suggest that people like it, or tolerate it en masse, because vocalist […]

Jefferson School spotlights sculptor who carved out a remarkable legacy

The story of sculptor Alice Ivory is a story of triumph against adversity, and the power of the creative drive. It is also an American tragedy of sorts, highlighting the dearth of opportunities afforded people outside the white, predominantly male, status quo. In “Beyond Boundaries: The Sculpture of Alice Wesley Ivory,” the Jefferson School African […]

David Baldwin in the HotSeat

In 1948 Martin B. Hiden formed the Tuesday Evening Concert Group, with aid from Bard Hume of The Washington Post and Richard Bales of the National Gallery of Art. After establishing a connection with the National Music League—which included affiliation with six concert organizations in the DMV region—Hiden’s group disengaged from the affiliation, reforming as […]

A Cali-Mex dining and music venue has found its way to West Main

Starch has been a vehicle of dining pleasure since food first bled into art. Shaved bits of mutton with dilly tzatziki arrive in a stone-flamed pita, and baguettes serve as the crusty pusher to noodles up and down the boot. But one savory handheld is left unrivaled: mashed corn flour rolled and pressed to hold […]

Schuyler Fisk in the HotSeat

A multi-talented performer on musical stages and screens both big and small, Charlottesville’s Schuyler Fisk stars as Amanda Moore-Hillier in the Hallmark+ original series “The Chicken Sisters,” based off the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by KJ Dell’Antonia. The eight-episode family drama centers around four women at the heart of a […]

Southern Culture on the Skids with The Woggles

Thursday 9/19 at The Southern Café and Music Hall Southern Culture on the Skids has been banging around its campy country-surf rockabilly for decades, with trio Mary Huff (bass, vocals), Dave Hartman (drums), and Rick Miller (guitar, vocals) long outlasting the original four-piece that Miller co-founded in the mid-1980s in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Since […]

Cville Sabroso Latin American Festival

Celebrate culture and cuisine at the 12th annual Cville Sabroso Latin American Festival. The family-friendly fiesta offers a day of vibrant Latino spirit, complete with a Parade of Flags. For the littles, there’s a kids’ zone with face-painting and supplies for traditional craft activities. For adults, there’s a beer garden serving ice-cold cervezas. Sample diverse […]

LOVEFEST

It’s been a decade of artistic immersion and community collaboration at IX Art Park, and you’re invited to celebrate the site’s 10th anniversary at LOVEFEST. As the home of The Looking Glass Immersive Art Museum and host of countless cultural festivals, workshops, farmer’s markets, and so much more, the IX Art Foundation is a true […]

PBR Challenger Series

Take your weekend by the horns with the pulse-pounding intensity and excitement of the PBR Challenger Series. This proving ground for individual professional bull riders provides a path to glory where up-and-comers and veterans alike vie for a spot in the Challenger Series Championship. Only a select few top-ranking riders from the Challenger Series earn […]

C-VILLE’s 35th anniversary issue

Sensing that Charlottesville deserved a smart, irreverent (and free!) news source on the eve of “the roaring ’90s,” as he calls it, C-VILLE’s co-owner, Bill Chapman, founded the city’s only alt-weekly, C-VILLE Review, in September of 1989.