Film lampoon: Live Arts aims to ‘a muse’ with Xanadu
Most of us are born with a seedling of art in our hearts—the desire to create our dreams on paper, in space or on the stage. But we’re taught early […]
ARTS Pick: My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket hails from Kentucky, but don’t call the band a country act. Frontman Jim James recently told Rolling Stone, “Modern country is deliberately dumbing down the human race.” […]
Film review: A new twist on Sherlock Holmes doesn’t add up
Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes is a perfectly serviceable adaptation of a latter-day Sherlock novel not written by Arthur Conan Doyle, starring a character whose episodic escapades are better suited for […]
ARTS Pick: Music for the Mountains
Neighbors, musicians and foodies from across the Commonwealth will gather at Music for the Mountains to raise funds in an effort to push back against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and […]
ARTS Pick: Wiz Khalifa
Rising from steely Pittsburgh to the top of the music charts with “Black and Yellow,” Wiz Khalifa has earned the nicknames king, wisdom and successor. Influenced by the ’80s era […]
Guest work: McGuffey’s celebrates its emerging artists program
What if there was a farm league for artists? This is one of the central questions raised by a new program for emerging artists at the McGuffey Art Center. In […]
ARTS Pick: Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
It seems you can’t open a music site these days without seeing another Americana band claim its right to the title of “next big thing,” but Michigan roots ensemble Lindsay […]
ARTS Pick: UnDependence
The Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers are at it again, taking a seat at the table for UnDependence, and proving anything man can do, CLAW can do better. Teachers, moms, CEOs […]
ARTS Pick: The Eagles
The classic jams keep rolling when the Eagles glide in with a retrospective of their easy listening hits. Following up on a documentary of the same name, The History of […]
ARTS Pick: OmegaCon Cosplay Ball
A fusion of gamers, movie critics, television enthusiasts and pop fiction fans gather for the OmegaCon Cosplay Ball, an evening of fantasy filled with extravagant costumes, DJ spins, performance art […]