Four County Players presents a seasonal show steeped in mystery for sleuthy theater fans. The Game’s Afoot; or Holmes for the Holidays brings self-referential storytelling to the stage in a comedy set during the Christmas holiday in 1936. Broadway star William Gillette, internationally admired for his performance as the lead in Sherlock Holmes, invites his […]
Four County Players presents a seasonal show steeped in mystery for sleuthy theater fans. The Game’s Afoot; or Holmes for the Holidays brings self-referential storytelling to the stage in a comedy set during the Christmas holiday in 1936. Broadway star William Gillette, internationally admired for his performance as the lead in Sherlock Holmes, invites his […]
Reshaping country and soul music with a genre-blending mix of country, R&B, and pop, The Kentucky Gentlemen are energizing the sound of the South one track at a time. Twin brothers Derek and Brandon Campbell bring bold, high-energy performances rooted in the musical traditions of the Bluegrass State, earning recognition from BET, Ebony, GLAAD, NPR, […]
Seasonal celebration and natural splendor combine at the Winter Wander Trail of Lights, offering wintertime fun through a vibrant walking tour. In a lightshow like no other, traverse a rolling landscape brightened by amazingly colorful illuminations, with new features and old favorites, including the gift market, festive food, and drink. $15–30, times vary. Boar’s Head […]
“I ’ll be honest,” says distiller Ivar Aass without a hint of irony. “Forage Amaro is my least favorite thing to make.” It’s not that he dislikes the result. Quite the opposite is true. But as a one-man operation, the process of foraging is both time-consuming and labor-intensive: walking fields and forests, pulling his car […]
Dr. A.D. Carson is a musician, performance artist, and writer, in addition to being an associate professor of hip hop and a Shannon Center Fellow for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia. His album, i used to love to dream, was the first peer-reviewed rap album and received UVA’s 2021 Research Award for Excellence […]
Known for the ’90s anthem “Hooch” and a history of engaging live performances, Everything is back in Virginia for an intimate evening celebrating the release of its album Motion Emotion. Formed in 1989 by students at James Madison University, the group performs an eclectic blend of pop, funk, rock, Americana, and soul. This small-crowd seated […]
A one-of-a-kind performance from Stephen Nachmanovitch and David Rothenberg blending improvisation, nature, and sound in unexpected harmony comes together in Strings, Winds, Birds, Electronics and More!, with guest singer Ashlynn Manning Teng. Rothenberg has written and performed on the relationship between humanity and nature for many years. Nachmanovitch performs as an improvisational violinist at the […]
Founded in 1980 by local dance studio owner Juanita Wilson, The Virginia Dance Company began as the Virginia Dance Club at UVA. Now known around Grounds as DCO, the company mounts performances each semester that feature 10–12 student-choreographed pieces. The latest, “We R DCO,” offers a high-energy showcase featuring 50 UVA student dancers performing in […]
For UVA alum Polina Chesnakova, writing Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia was a crash course in learning her family’s culinary traditions. “I wanted to document and preserve my family’s recipes and to be able to hand down this culinary heritage to my children […]
MaKshya Tolbert practices poetry and placemaking in Virginia, where her grandmother raised her. She is the 2025 Art in Library Spaces artist-in-residence at the University of Virginia and co-stewards Fernland Studios, an open-ended studio insistent on rest, rejuvenation, and reciprocity as a core compositional practice. Tolbert was the 2024 New City Arts Fellowship guest curator, […]