Shakespeare’s most tangled love triangle comes to the stage with Twelfth Night, or What You Will. In a narrative where nothing is quite as it seems, shipwrecked noblewoman Viola dons […]
Every time a period film comes on, I bemoan that community dances are no longer a thing. I love dancing and find there are not enough opportunities to dance in […]
“You can’t say nothing bad about August Wilson,” says actor/playwright/director David Vaughn Straughn. Nor does he have any plans to. The director of Live Arts’ acclaimed 2022 production of Dominique […]
There’s a hot spot on the low down popping up with a real keen twist: top-notch picture-makers producing masterpieces at lightning speed on site, and selling ’em right then and […]
The fourth annual Odds and Ends Film Festival celebrates the poetic, personal, and political perspectives addressed by emerging filmmakers and creators who work outside of commercial structures. Embracing the experimental […]
Blackwater Holylight calls attention to contrasting elements, occupying a sonic spectrum that acknowledges dualities without accepting binaries. Menacing riffs and beguiling melodies lace a signature heavy sound that simultaneously uplifts […]
It’s a little unfair to call Jackson and the Janks’ music old-fashioned. Though, honestly, that’s exactly what it is. But that’s too vague. It doesn’t feel as prudish as that […]
Tanael Joachim holds the kind of enviable, disarming charm that allows him to shift from insights on religion, immigration, and communication, to explicitly disgusting one-liners. But that’s not his bread […]
J.M. Henry left an indelible impression on those he encountered in Charlottesville. They remember his talent and commitment to art, his resiliency, his generosity, and his finely attuned sense of […]
Smyrna has been around for less than four years, but that’s long enough for chef and co-founder Tarik Sengul to get the attention of the prestigious James Beard Foundation: Sengul […]