Rules to run by

As we reach the height of campaign season, perhaps it behooves us all to pause for a moment and review the rules of the game. We’re not claiming that politics is a piece of cake, or that following a a set of simple steps will guarantee your election. But folks, come on! If you’re going […]

Here's looking at you, Virginia Film Festival

When Flynt finally got back to work, he continued to grow his $400 million media empire from a golden wheelchair. The man in the golden wheelchair Larry Flynt regrets nothing, or at least very little After Larry Flynt was shot in the spine by a sniper—a neo-Nazi who had been offended by a spread featuring interracial […]

UVA's Garrett Hall, $12.2 million later

Originally a dining hall dubbed “the Commons” by students, Garrett Hall was approved by the UVA Board of Visitors on June 11, 1906. The structure’s cost was pegged at $21,000, more than the cost of the President’s home on Carr’s Hill, which was conceived the same year by renowned architecture firm McKim, Mead and White. […]

Superior Donuts is satisfyingly sweet

Aren’t we fascinated when real people live up to well-worn stereotypes?​ The characters in Superior Donuts seem like stereotypes, but they embody realistic contradictions, which makes them endearingly plumb. Isaih Anderson (left) and Tim McNamara bring nuance and heart to thinly scripted roles in the Live Arts production of Superior Donuts. When I say that protagonist Arthur Przybyszewski (Robert McNamara) is […]

One wounded Afghanistan veteran's quest for recognition

You’re angry. They get scared of you when you tell them what you’ve been through. You’re not a jerk. It’s just, you signed over your body to the government, spent a year getting shot at in Afghanistan, 7,000 miles away. It’s not you, but what the war did to you: The post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), […]