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.
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.
Take a seat in front of the silver screen for Light House Studio’s 23rd Annual Youth Film Festival. Student films created over the last year through Light House’s workshops, community partnerships, and Summer Film Academy are highlighted at the YFF, giving attendees a chance to see the public debuts of projects before they screen in […]
Bringing a blend of South African rhythms, Cuban influences, and soul jazz sounds, Sharon Katz and The Peace Train steam into C’ville carrying the message of love and unity. Growing up in apartheid South Africa, singer-songwriter and guitarist Katz witnessed the atrocities and divisiveness brought on by the country’s imposed racial barriers. She vowed to […]
Pioneering bluesman R.L. Burnside liked to joke that Mississippi has four eyes and still can’t see. But as long as your hearing is good, you’ve likely heard some of the best American music come out of the Magnolia State. The Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues, and Grammy winner Cedric Burnside brings the […]
The journey to establish Virginia Women in Wine began five years ago with a series of informal get-togethers spearheaded by food and travel writer Nancy Bauer. The gatherings of women who shared a passion for Virginia’s wine industry but found themselves unfamiliar with, or disconnected from, one another grew, and Bauer remembers the moment when […]
Laura Jane Grace found punk rock in junior high school and never looked back. Music became her life and her outlet for processing depression, drug use, trouble with the law, and gender dysphoria. In 1997, Grace formed Against Me!, dropped out of high school, and DIY’d the band’s popularity over the next decade, reaching mainstream […]
In her indie-alt country band Waxahatchee, Katie Crutchfield’s lo-fi folk embraces her Alabama upbringing while breaking away from the quaint Waxahatchee Creek into the mainstream. Across six critically acclaimed albums, the group has won audiences over through Americana storytelling, explorations of sobriety, and lessons learned along the way. The new album, Tigers Blood, is another […]
New York-based Native Sun has a head-on initiative to champion social change, whether it’s activism around the climate crisis, national political unrest, or public health concerns. Colombian-American singer-songwriter Danny Gomez, along with Nico Espinosa (drums), Justin Barry (bass), and Jack Hiltabidle (lead guitar), play punk songs that explore the complexities of our time. The new […]
Art collectors big and small cheer Teeny Tiny Trifecta 7, an exhibition and fundraiser to launch the 51st season of Second Street Gallery. The show features more than 181 artists who contribute three works each that do not exceed 8 inches x 8 inches. With hundreds of choices, and each piece priced at $100, SSG […]
Friday 9/6 at The Jefferson Theater Bear witness to Gogol Bordello as the band fills the stage with its latest incarnation of members from across the world to support the evolving vision of Ukrainian vocalist Eugene Hütz. Heavy road dogs since rocketing out of New York City’s Lower East Side in 1999, GB has speed, […]