ARTS Pick: The Secret Sisters
With the recent release of Put Your Needle Down, produced by T Bone Burnett, The Secret Sisters prove they’ve come a long way from their Alabama youth. The sweet-voiced siblings […]
Prism, refracted: Charlottesville’s legendary acoustic music syndicate is back online
The only things that move quickly in the world of acoustic music are fingers over strings. When the folks behind the reincarnation of Charlottesville’s beloved Prism Coffeehouse announced they were […]
ARTS Pick: Star Wars Reads Day
Jedi warriors, dust off your lightsabers, and don your robes, for the annual Star Wars Reads Day is coming. It’s time once again to travel to a galaxy far, far […]
Rising Star Awards allow students to shine
Take a moment to remember what you were like at age 16—whether it was learning to drive, passing a chemistry test, or finding a date to the prom, you probably […]
Salter speaks: A literary great in residence at UVA
Last year, UVA creative writing department director Chris Tilghman was trying to convince a prospective MFA graduate student to enter his program when he dropped a quiet bomb. “I said […]
ARTS Pick: Last Comic Standing
Cold and flu season is nigh, so grab yourself a dose of the best medicine with the finalists of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” VIP pass holders can rub elbows with […]
Festive air: Nelson County’s Festy Experience offers four-day lifestyle camp
Travis Book has transformed the land next to Devils Backbone Brewing Company at the base of Wintergreen Resort. What was once a farm and later a nursery is now a […]
Double identity: Sinkane and Helado Negro mine cultural duality for expressive pop music
Roberto Lange apologizes after stammering through some small talk. The bilingual musician’s just gotten off the phone with another interviewer in Chicago in Spanish, and he’s having a little linguistic […]
Film review: Imagination runs wild in Annabelle
When it comes to paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, the further a movie moves away from the “true” story as documented by these proven frauds, the better it gets. […]
ARTS Pick: Every Tongue Confess
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust—a series of church burnings sets UVA Drama’s new season in motion with Marcus Gardley’s acclaimed 2010 play Every Tongue Confess. Weaving Biblical lore with […]