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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. “Their World As Big As They Made It: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance” showcases the visionary works of writers, artists, and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance. Plus, other permanent exhibitions. Angelo Jewelry 220 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Diamonds & Rust,” mixed-media paintings […]
A decade-spanning love story, a curmudgeonly prep school teacher’s Christmas break, a musical documentary—the 2023 Virginia Film Festival features a variety of moving, lyrical, and laugh-out-loud cinema across its 120-plus programs. The festival takes place from October 25–29 at various theaters around Charlottesville, opening with Bradley Cooper’s highly-anticipated Maestro, which focuses on the relationship between […]
Embrace your inner punk and ship out for a night of headbangin’ tunes with Dropkick Murphys. The Boston rock ‘n’ roll outfit has been steadily building its discography since 1996, with chantable songs like “Rose Tattoo,” “The State of Massachusetts,” and “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” Its recent records, This Machine Still Kills Fascists and […]
Three Notch’d Road opens its 13th season with Genius of Bach, a program celebrating two masterworks by the great German composer. The baroque ensemble is joined by cellist René Schiffer for the Goldberg Variations arranged for strings and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto. Also performing are David Ross on baroque flute, Fiona Hughes on baroque violin, […]