ARTS Pick: Quin Bookz
Local hip-hop artist Quin Bookz first gained traction after making the mixtape Study Hall in a dorm room closet while attending Virginia State University. His raw, lackadaisical rhymes are described […]
Pauls Toutonghi spins a dog tale with local ties
Every good story needs an indomitable force that drives the narrative forward. In Pauls Toutonghi’s book Dog Gone, that force is a golden retriever mix named Gonker, who happens to […]
Matthew Gatto’s Parlor of Horrors seeks new home
When was the last time you fell asleep thinking about monsters in the other room? For most of us, that thought fades after childhood. But Matthew Gatto knows there are […]
ARTS Pick: Beach Blanket Bingo
The modern convenience of food trucks and a WTJU DJ accompany the Virginia Film Festival’s Moonlight Movies screening of the 1965 teen flick Beach Blanket Bingo. A singer’s agent uses […]
Creative sparks: The value of undeveloped spaces in Charlottesville
Squatters Creative activity always flocks to the undervalued fringes. Back in the late ’90s I was a member of a small avant-garde theater troupe in town. We took our craft […]
Album reviews: Glenn Jones, Holger Czukay, Free Pizza
Finding the way Glenn Jones Fleeting (Thrill Jockey) In the early ’90s, as a member of the mostly instrumental group Cul de Sac, Glenn Jones helped point out the possibilities […]
Film review: Finding Dory is a different fish, slightly different story
On the one hand, the mere fact that Finding Dory is not the best or worst sequel Pixar has made is quite an accomplishment, and illustrates another area in which […]
Bronwen Dickey talks pit bulls at the Charlottesville Reading Series
Though books about dogs never go out of fashion, popular dog breeds change over time. After all, it wasn’t so very long ago that Labradoodles didn’t even exist and everyone […]
ARTS Pick: The Hello Strangers
Tales of men gone wrong and long-forgotten fables litter the songs of sisters Brechyn Chace and Larissa Chace Smith, who perform as The Hello Strangers. From Austin, Texas, where the […]
ARTS Pick: The First Harmonics
It’s common knowledge on UVA Grounds that a cappella groups are selective. Whether you’re the Hullabahoos or The Virginia No Tones, each group is looking for something specific. The First […]