The Lord of the Rings
Order extra popcorn and pop, because the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring clocks in at just under four hours. Peter Jackson’s fantasy […]
The good Berman
Kylie Wright spent a lot of time with late indie rock icon David Berman while they were students at the University of Virginia. They both hosted radio shows in WTJU’s […]
Illiterate Light
Illiterate Light ends the year on a high note in a year filled with high notes for the Harrisonburg duo. The band’s critically acclaimed album Sunburned came out in January. […]
Sarah White’s Country Christmas Show
Sing along among the trees at Sarah White’s Country Christmas Show, a festive evening full of twinkling lights, tons of ornaments, and honky-tonk holiday tunes. The Virginia-based singer-songwriter is joined […]
Quirk’s New Year’s Eve Bash
Count it down at the Quirk’s New Year’s Eve Bash. Festive cocktail attire is encouraged at this chic soirée, which takes over the hotel’s lobby. Snack on hors d’oeuvres, grab […]
Godzilla 1, Tokyo 0
Writer and director Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One is easily among 2023’s most engaging, exciting, and poignant films. This isn’t some pulp monster movie to be casually dismissed by snobs—it’s […]
Sounds like Charlottesville
By Erin Lyndal Martin In 2023, Charlottesville’s music scene thrived with blurred genres and an array of music venues. The year saw bands incorporating ’80s pop hooks, ’90s synths, and […]
Taking care of our own
In considering the bookish highlights of the past year—the breadth of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and zines read and shared with others; the bookstore shelves browsed and little free libraries visited; […]
Go with the glow
My Christmas spirit sense starts tingling early and often here in Charlottesville. Way before Carter Mountain Orchard serves its first apple cider donut, I’m half-deranged with holiday anticipation, eager to […]
Photo finish
The results are in! In November, C-VILLE readers submitted the best photo they captured in 2023, each illustrating the theme “What a day!” Our judges—Ézé Amos and Stacey Evans—reviewed more […]