The Coen Brothers put the cold in cold-blooded murder with their 1996 dark comedy Fargo. Set during a snowy Minnesota winter, the film stars Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, and William H. Macy as amateur criminals who bungle their way through a kidnapping. And Frances McDormand, with a memorable Midwestern accent, won an Oscar for her […]
The Coen Brothers put the cold in cold-blooded murder with their 1996 dark comedy Fargo. Set during a snowy Minnesota winter, the film stars Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, and William H. Macy as amateur criminals who bungle their way through a kidnapping. And Frances McDormand, with a memorable Midwestern accent, won an Oscar for her […]
Heart for home: With 1,000 songs to his name, award-winning singer-songwriter Brian Elijah Smith gained overdue recognition when the title track on his 2019 release In Through the Dark was used in the Netflix series “Virgin River.” Smith, who has played stages around the globe, celebrates his latest album, Apocalyptic Blues, with a regional solo […]
By Alana Bittner, Brielle Entzminger, Will Ham, Ben Hitchcock, and Susan Sorensen It’s been one heck of a sweltering summer. The best way to beatthe heat? Ice cream, gelato, popsicles…you name it. Lucky for us,Charlottesville’s got more than its share of frozen delicacies. Chaps It’s hard to be grumpy when your hand’s wrapped around a […]
City Market-goers know where they oughta get empanadas. Julio Quispe’s Pachamama Peru offers some of the market’s best prepared eats, and his baked and fried Peruvian pies, filled with local meats and veggies, are the standout. But empanadas are only the beginning—not only of the menu at Pachamama, but of what Quispe does for the […]
By Jedd Ferris Joe Russo juggles a lot of projects. The versatile drummer, a fixture on the New York City jazz and jam scenes, is an in-demand studio player and a prolific live collaborator. When reached by phone in late July, he was preparing to play two different sets at the renowned Newport Jazz Festival, […]
Pig R, 92 minutesViolet Crown Cinema Sometimes the beauty of a film lies in its simplicity. When character development and atmosphere are allowed to be front and center, the strength of cinema as an art comes into focus. With a few missteps, Pig is a beautiful example of earnest filmmaking. In short, the film, written […]
McKinley Dixon For My Mama and Anyone Who Look Like Her Spacebomb Records As one of the year’s most important releases, McKinley Dixon’s Spacebomb Records debut rounds out a trilogy of albums that were five years in the making. The Richmond-based artist’s first two albums, Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? (2016) and The Importance […]
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was born in 1999, the same year that northern Mississippi’s area code changed to 662. Ingram spent his first 22 years mastering blues guitar, and his debut album, Kingfish, earned him a Grammy nod, as his face graced multiple music magazines including Rolling Stone, which compared him to B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, […]
Perfect Timing: Back with its first theater production since the start of the pandemic, Four County Players is making up for lost time with a smorgasbord of mini plays taken from David Ives’ collection All in the Timing. These bite-sized comedies link wit, intellect, and satire to create fantastical storylines—from a conversation between monkeys tasked […]
Bursting with sophisticated musicianship and intelligent lyricism, Vibe Riot makes a scene with its bluesy funk. Fronted by Brooklyn-born and Virginia-raised J. “Jaewar” King, the group’s percussive music awakens the mind and soul, bringing diverse genres together with socially conscious messaging that draws comparisons to Kendrick Lamar and Anderson .Paak. Friday 8/13, $10, 6pm. Rivanna […]