Vansire w/ Toledo
March 1, The Southern Café and Music Hall Minnesota duo Vansire plays almost off-puttingly soft and reserved music. The main drivers, Sam Winemiller and Josh Augustin, have called their artistic […]
Ed Park explores metafiction and the nature of reality
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park is a complex kaleidoscope of a book that explores Korean history and diasporic identity, the nature of reality […]
Signature Soul brings ‘cuisine with character’ to downtown
Soul food is more than just a meal. It’s kinship and history piled high on a plate. It’s about the people who make it and the community it brings to […]
Women coeducate last all-male public university
The University of Virginia has many storied traditions. One, that of the Virginia gentleman, contributed to UVA being the last public university—aside from military institutions—to allow women. Spurred by a […]
Science, fact, and fiction
Terry Thorsen is a self-described technologist and co-founder of ChartIQ, a Charlottesville-based charting provider for the financial services industry. Seeking to apply his experience from the tech sector to more […]
McGill/McHale Trio
The McGill/McHale Trio formed in 2014 when brothers Anthony and Demarre McGill—clarinetist and flutist, respectively—were joined by pianist Michael McHale to perform at Bowling Green University in Ohio. Since then, […]
Brookhouse
Built on a base of rock, Latin jazz, and Americana music, Richmond’s Brookhouse blends a bilingual body of work carried by driving rhythms and sultry strings. Featuring a mix of […]
New team will take it away, and burger bonus round
Nestled on Elliewood Avenue, Take It Away has been serving up made-to-order sammies for more than three decades, thanks to the resilience and passion of owner Tom Bowe. A true […]
Composer Nicole Mitchell tills Charlottesville’s creative landscape
Nicole Mitchell has sown the seeds of inventive music across the country through time in Chicago’s jazz scene, teaching in southern California and Pittsburgh, and now as a member of […]
For the Blue Ridge School, basketball is (almost) everything
The snowstorm brought bad news. Tuesday’s varsity basketball game, which would decide whether the Blue Ridge Barons or Miller School of Albemarle Mavericks would land the No. 1 seed in […]