Simply in Season

Celebrate good food and seasonal recipes with Mary Beth Lind, co-author of Simply in Season. Now in its 10th anniversary edition, the cookbook invites novice and master chefs alike to embrace the art of sustainable and mindful cooking, and offers up stories, tips, serving suggestions, and substitutions alongside over 300 recipes organized by season. Foodies […]

Stay Awake

Local filmmaker Jamie Sisley’s feature film Stay Awake is back on the big screen. The semi-autobiographical story draws on the UVA grad’s childhood in Chantilly and Leesburg, near the well-known drug trafficking corridor along Interstate 81, and follows two brothers (Wyatt Oleff and Fin Argus) as they desperately try to handle their mother’s (Chrissy Metz) […]

Seasonal transitions

As the weather turns cool, curling up with a short-story collection can plunge you deep into another world in mere minutes, with a few turns of the page between other commitments and concerns. This fall, two new short-story collections by Virginia authors offer ample opportunities for reflection and escapism. Richmond-based author SJ Sindu’s new book, […]

Do androids dream?

Writer/director Gareth Edwards’ The Creator is more than a science fiction thriller about the hot-button topic of artificial intelligence—it’s a gripping story that delves deeply into many points, including loss, grief, PTSD, misinformation, and the human cost of war, particularly on children. And, ironically, this tale of sentient robots is the most touchingly human movie […]

Rachel Brown in the HotSeat

Charlottesville is home to many dedicated and hardworking nurses who make a difference in their patient’s lives every day. One of those nurses is Rachel Brown, who supports patients with cancer or blood disorders in UVA’s acute hematology/oncology and stem cell transplant clinic. Brown was recently recognized with a 2023 DAISY award, a nomination-based national […]

Falling for the season

When the leaves begin to turn in Charlottesville, that’s your signal to jot down dates in your calendar. There’s a lot to do in and around town once autumn hits, from wandering through apple orchards and corn mazes to taking in a movie at the Virginia Film Festival and tailgating at UVA football games. To […]

So you think you can sing?

In the late summer (August) of my life’s autumn (61 years old), I heard about a University of Virginia singing group for people who can’t sing. A little bell rang in my heart.  “I can’t sing, and I work at the University of Virginia,” I thought, sweating my way across the Lawn, past the crop […]

A New Wonder

The Early Access Music Project embodies the musicality and choreography of the 18th century in A New Wonder: The Leading Ladies of Baroque Dance and Music. Through her authentic dancing, Julia Bengtsson brings to life four notable women of the time: French ballerina Marie-Thérèse de Subligny, English dancer and actress Hester Santlow, French musician Élisabeth […]

Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone tickles your funny bone with her observational humor during an evening at The Paramount Theater. When she’s not on tour, the comedian is at home with her 14 cats, or making us laugh on NPR’s radio quiz show, “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” and her podcast, “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.” The first […]

Tuesday Evening Concert Series

Violin virtuoso Augustin Hadelich and prolific pianist Orion Weiss open the 75th season of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series with a varied program of classic and contemporary works. The duo play off each other in modern movements like the minimal Road Movies by American composer John Adams, and the delicate Romance Op. 23 by Amy […]