Charlottesville Opera’s second summer production, The Pirates of Penzance, unfolds in a pitch-perfect comedy of errors featuring sentimental swashbucklers, ineffectual police officers, and deeply dutiful young lovers. A technicality threatens […]
The Virginia Theatre Festival keeps rolling with The Heart Sellers, a deeply moving play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh. Set in 1973 in the wake of the Hart–Celler Act’s […]
As a cynical 50-something who is more likely to win the Mega Millions than be impressed by a folk rock supergroup that he’s never listened to before, I have to […]
Cou Cou Rachou may be known for buttery croissants and beautiful baguettes, but the summer months find the bakery chilling in style with vanilla-bean soft serve, available daily. Craving something […]
Friday 7/4 C’ville Spectacular Fireworks ShowAn awe-inspiring fireworks show launching from the top of Carter Mountain kicks off at 9pm. Free viewing areas include the parking lots at Charlottesville High, […]
Bringing hot, hot heat from the Arizona desert, the one-man band that is Bob Log III comes to town for a shredding party. Diligently traveling the globe since 1996, clad […]
The Heifetz International Music Institute performs Anthems from America & Abroad, celebrating Independence Day with some fine fiddling and classically inspired ensemble music fit for the Fourth of July. Guests […]
In “Joan Mitchell: Uncovering 100 Years” at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, there’s a 1960 photo of the painter emphatically gesturing while standing in front […]
Monticello Friday 7/4 In these tense times, you have to wonder what the Fourth of July means to us in 2025. Independence from the English crown, sure, but with No […]
Wednesday 7/2 – Sunday 8/17 McGuffey Art Center presents a collection of summer shows covering lepidoptera, nostalgia, and the human form. In the Sarah B. Smith Gallery, Deborah Davis’ “Drawn […]