ARTS Pick: The Miho Hazama Big Band
To put the big into The Miho Hazama Big Band, Tokyo-born, New York-based jazz innovator Hazama assembled an 18-piece tribute to her idol Thelonious Monk in celebration of the 100th […]
ARTS Pick: Yerma
Billie Piper has earned critical raves, an Olivier award for Best Actress, and she’s performed two sold-out runs at London’s Young Vic in the lead role of Yerma, written by […]
ARTS Pick: Hiroya Tsukamoto
In a small town in the heart of Japan, 13-year-old Hiroya Tsukamoto discovered the banjo and taught himself to play bluegrass tunes for his dad, who was a fan of […]
Bully frontwoman talks audio engineering, screaming and Losing
There’s something Alicia Bognanno of the Nashville-based grunge-pop act Bully wants to get off her chest. Her latest album, Losing, released on October 20 via Sub Pop, is not a […]
Movie review: Murder on the Orient Express arrives in style
While attempting a brief vacation from being the world’s greatest detective, Inspector Hercule Poirot has been reading the hell out of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. With every […]
Bolivar the dinosaur hides out in New York
Imagine you live in Manhattan on West 78th Street and your neighbor is a dinosaur. The problem is, no one believes you. This is the premise for Bolivar, Sean Rubin’s […]
A Christmas Story sings out at Four County Players
Whether you fell in love with the leg lamp, the pink bunny suit or the double-dog-dare to lick a frozen flagpole, you can’t help but wait in excited anticipation for […]
Susan Munson is one of the area’s most prolific musicians
When Susan Munson was a kid growing up in Charlottesville, any time she had something to tell somebody, she’d write them a poem. She’d give it to them too, either […]
Virginia Film Festival At-A-Glance
Festival At-A-Glance sponsored by Wells Fargo Tickets At-A-Glance Where Can I Get Tickets During the Four Days of the Festival? UVA Arts Box Office at 109 Culbreth Road Nov 9: […]
Spotlight on the Virginia Film Festival
The Virginia Film Festival, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year from November 9-12, chose a topic at the forefront of many people’s minds—both locally and nationally—with its Race in […]