ARTS Pick: The White Animals
Nashville-based band White Animals blazed onto the Southeast music scene in 1980 when Dr. Kevin Gray quit his residency at Vanderbilt Hospital to start a band, and it became one […]
Film review: Gravity is full of breathtaking suspense and solid effects
Calling a movie Newton’s Laws of Motion would probably have the potential audience running for the hills. Imagine it: Director and co-writer Alfonso Cuarón undertakes such an ambitious project, a […]
October First Fridays Guide
First Fridays is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Listings are compiled in collaboration with Piedmont Council […]
ARTS Pick: Jessica Lurie and the Megaphone Heart Bands
A true instrumentalist, Jessica Lurie is an expert saxophone player, accordion player, and vocalist, accounting for the tremendous amount of praise she receives in the jazz community. The New Yorker […]
Émilie Charmy defied convention with her masculine style
Born in 1878 in the town of Saint-Étienne near Lyon, France, Émilie Charmy was groomed for the proper profession of teaching. But Charmy, whom I had never heard of before […]
ARTS Pick: Humble Tripe
Unique folk project Humble Tripe graces local fans with a celebration of its sophomore release, The Giving. The album is a collection of the unique Americana the players are known […]
The intriguing story of the Patterson family provokes questions at the Fralin
In 1932, a group of 21 African-American artists and intellectuals, including Langston Hughes, traveled from Harlem to the Soviet Union. The trip was part of an outreach effort by the Meschrabom-Film […]
C’ville Art Blog: A studio visit with Cynthia Burke
Cynthia Burke is a local artist who paints in a style similar to that of Alex Gross and Mark Ryden. Her studio at the McGuffey Art Center is filled with inspirational objects, and dozens […]
The elephant in the room: Wildlife photographer Nick Nichols on conservation
From placid trunks and tusks to lively predators racing across plains, the African landscape holds a certain romance for most Westerners, and few are as familiar with it as National […]
ARTS Pick: The Makers Series
Get an insider’s view of the creative process at The Makers Series, an artist salon that’s returning to Charlottesville after a four-year hiatus. Presented by The Garage and New City […]