Trapdoors, from both sides now
Something enchanting happens when we cross the threshold between illusion and what lies behind it. That’s a fancy way of saying that I’m a sucker for a behind-the-scenes experience. I’ve […]
Puzzling it out
Anyone walking the Downtown Mall on March 16 might scratch their heads and wonder what’s going on when they see more than 350 teams scouring the area, decoding clues, cross-referencing […]
Dining adventures
Small and unassuming, the original Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy, has served classic cocktails to celebrities and locals since 1931. The Alley Light restaurant owners, Chris Dunbar and Robin McDaniel, […]
The Big Picture
GWAR slammed Charlottesville on Monday, March 4, with a sold-out gross-out show at The Jefferson Theater. The outrageous “Scumdogs of the Universe” were founded in Richmond in the 1980s, in […]
Goth grown up
Sea shanties seem to have had a moment. Could dark chamber cabaret be next? If so, Charlottesville’s Please Don’t Tell will likely help lead the macabre movement. After all, the […]
Master vs. apprentice
Longtime Albemarle County resident Jack Fisk ranks among movie-making’s greatest production designers. His current Academy Award nomination for Best Production Design for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is […]
Mixed works
Four renowned choreographers present an eclectic performance by the Richmond Ballet that includes imaginative works such as Awkwarium, a piece that evokes the atmosphere of a life underwater, and delves […]
Their time has come
Folk meets indie, uniting two unique, popular bands in The Tag Team Tour: An Evening with Dawes and Lucius. Dawes has an easy-going-yet-moody jangle that’s heavy on instruments with a […]
Powerful voices
A group of singers who banded together to start a local chorus in 1966 has kept the vision alive for decades as The Oratorio Society of Virginia. Together in Song: […]
March galleries
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,” plus other permanent exhibitions. Chroma […]