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 […]

Christmas at the Paramount

Caroling goes next level at Christmas at the Paramount, the Oratorio Society of Virginia’s annual holiday show. Music Director Michael Slon and over 80 community singers perform choral arrangements of […]

Holiday Stories Playback

Someone ate the cookies meant for the reindeer while rockin’ too hard around the Christmas tree, and who was that kissing Santa Claus? Storytelling meets improv at Hamner Theater’s Holiday […]

Brew & Buddy Run

Elves and cotton-headed ninny-muggins alike are invited to hit the town for the Brew & Buddy Run. Your adventure begins at The Paramount Theater, then you’ll journey through the seven […]