Rivanna Roots matches the scorching summer temps with piping-hot honky-tonk from Ramona & the Holy Smokes. The band channels country and western styles of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s into contemporary tracks that push classic Southern sounds into new territory, led by Ramona Martinez’s powerful vocals and catchy lyrics. Guam-born, Virginia-raised Rebecca Porter opens the […]
Charlottesville-based Alix E. Harrow’s latest fantastical novel, 2025’s time-traveling The Everlasting, is in the running for a prestigious Hugo Award for best novel. (The winner will be announced on August 30.) “I mostly totally disassociate from things like awards,” Harrow says, “but talking about books that I really like, that I can really check in […]
Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall diner, The Nook, turns 75 this year, and beyond serving your breakfast and lunch homestyle favorites—eggs Benedict with Edwards Virginia Smokehouse country ham and fried green tomatoes, sausage gravy, classic double patty burgers, BLTs, milkshakes, and crinkle-cut fries—the restaurant is collecting stories and memorabilia to commemorate its rich history of bringing the […]
Two multi-talented artists come together as Hall & Jones for an evening of soulful sounds built around a pairing of voice and piano. Richmond-based jazz musician William “Chan” Hall began honing skills in piano and percussion from an early age, eventually sharing the stage with genre greats such as Ramsey Lewis and Herbie Hancock. Leslie […]
Hailing from Torrance, California, pop-punk purveyors Joyce Manor have been peddling sounds from the softer side of the hardcore spectrum since 2008. The trio of singer-songwriter and guitarist Barry Johnson, guitarist Chase Knobbe, and bassist/backing vocalist Matt Ebert have employed a rotating cast of percussionists throughout the band’s history. The group teamed up with punk-rock […]
An Evening with Scott Miller offers an intimate experience with the acclaimed Virginia singer-songwriter. The Staunton native stepped into the national spotlight in the mid ’90s, leading the Knoxville, Tennessee-based band The V-Roys after earning his stripes as a solo troubadour. The fiery roots-rocker was recently inducted to the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, […]
“I’m someone who just loves to play. I’m not really tied to the outcome,” says ceramic artist Emma Terry. It’s a laid back, experimental approach that allows her to try different things. Terry may feel like she’s playing, but she’s actually stretching her creative muscles, expanding both her skill and imagination, through trial and error. […]
The Fralin Downtown Film Series screens Art for Everybody, a documentary that digs into the life and work of Thomas Kinkade, the self-described Christian “Painter of Light.” Kinkade’s bucolic landscapes and quaint cottage scenes peppered with overt religious symbolism gained the artist an immense following. But as his professional star ascended, Kinkade’s personal life devolved […]
Weaving together incisive British wit, affective audience engagement, and uncanny extrasensory perception, Peter Antoniou offers an astonishing stage show spreading magic around the world. With a childhood goal of being recruited by the X-Men, Antoniou honed his mind-reading skills studying under tarot readers, psychics, wizards, magicians, hypnotists, profilers, and psychologists. The “America’s Got Talent” alum […]
Multitalented singer, songwriter, performer, and producer PJ Morton brings a whole lot of soul to everything he does. The six-time Grammy Award winner has earned outstanding accolades while selling out venues around the globe. The first Black composer to write an original song for a Disney attraction, Morton has collaborated with icons including Stevie Wonder, […]