University of Virginia football enters this season with college football playoff hopes. The Cavaliers took a historic step forward in 2025, their fourth season under Head Coach Tony Elliott, by […]
It’s difficult to say if Dominic Fike’s output is the inevitable result of our multicultural musical monoculture (an oxymoronic irony for sure) or if he and his team’s creative choices […]
Timbre is an elusive sonic attribute. UVA professor Leah Reid has devoted her career to pinning it down. Reid, who’ll host a meet-the-composer event at the Staunton Music Festival, says […]
Oxford, Mississippi’s Happy Landing fell into the scene in 2020, quickly earning festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Summerfest. Working to spread a new wave of Americana music rooted in […]
Stars and Sparkles offers an opportunity to engage in amateur astronomy alongside an out-of-this-world tasting. Present Company Wine debuts its Rosé Pét Nat and provides a selection of light bites […]
Rivanna Roots matches the scorching summer temps with piping-hot honky-tonk from Ramona & the Holy Smokes. The band channels country and western styles of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s into […]
Charlottesville-based Alix E. Harrow’s latest fantastical novel, 2025’s time-traveling The Everlasting, is in the running for a prestigious Hugo Award for best novel. (The winner will be announced on August […]
Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall diner, The Nook, turns 75 this year, and beyond serving your breakfast and lunch homestyle favorites—eggs Benedict with Edwards Virginia Smokehouse country ham and fried green tomatoes, […]
Two multi-talented artists come together as Hall & Jones for an evening of soulful sounds built around a pairing of voice and piano. Richmond-based jazz musician William “Chan” Hall began […]
Hailing from Torrance, California, pop-punk purveyors Joyce Manor have been peddling sounds from the softer side of the hardcore spectrum since 2008. The trio of singer-songwriter and guitarist Barry Johnson, […]