ARTS Pick: Jump for Vance Joy
In 2009, James Keogh was a promising player in Australia’s Victorian Football League. He also played music, and, taking an alias from a Peter Carey novel he was reading, put […]
ARTS Pick: Antoine Scott will keep you laughing
If it’s your goal to keep mama happy this Mother’s Day weekend—and it better be—then comedian Antoine Scott has you covered. Scott built a reputation for delivering beyond expectations in […]
The extraordinary works of Megan Elizabeth Read
Perched on a wooden stool inside her McGuffey Art Center studio, Megan Elizabeth “Mae” Read looks around the room at her sketches—a roughly defined nude male figure, a sequence of […]
Yessirov lets the songs out on new EP
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This is something that Jeff Gregerson has thought a lot […]
Movie review: Tully tackles the emotional complexities of parenthood
It’s easy to reduce your identity to before and after you have children when your whole life feels like one long haze of sleepless nights and diaper changes. But what […]
ARTS Pick: Keep with tradition at Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase
In a world where the touch of a finger delivers a meal, a song or a new pair of shoes, the passing down of traditions to make these things from […]
ARTS Pick: Go along for the entertaining ride in Avenue Q
Part puppet show, part musical, Avenue Q is about a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a rundown apartment in New York City. Written by Jeff Marx and […]
ARTS Pick: Swimming With Bears is a good idea
Alternative four-piece Swimming With Bears is on a mission. The Austin-based group has been tirelessly honing its groovy sound since releasing its self-titled debut EP in 2016. Energy and style, […]
ARTS Pick: Calexico holds the line
With a blend of American folk and styles rooted in Latin America, Calexico, named for the southern border town in California, has a distinctive, playful sound. Vocalist/guitarist Joey Burns and […]
Movie review: Marvel notches another win with Avengers: Infinity War
Cutting right to the chase, Avengers: Infinity War is pretty damn good and may even be unpredictable for the Easter egg-hunting, online theory crowd —but how the hell do you […]