UVA students kicked off the new academic year Saturday, August 22, with a free concert by indie-pop artist Malcolm Todd at John Paul Jones Arena. Sponsored by the University Programs Council as part of Wahoo Welcome, a six-week program to help first years acclimate to life on Grounds, the show also featured a performance by […]
Soul of Cville’s Legacy Lounge brought generations together at The Fralin Museum of Art on August 12 for a garden party inspired by the art, music, and fashion of the Harlem Renaissance. Guests arrived in period-inspired looks, listened to live jazz, viewed work by artist Jacob Lawrence, and recorded messages to their past or future […]
Thunder and lightning may have cut short Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s July 26 benefit concert for the Charlottesville Free Clinic, but the sudden storm couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the band or its fans. For more than an hour, Isbell and co. poured forth heartfelt hits like “24 Frames,” “Dress Blues,” and “If […]
Nearly a month after its June 23 opening, Shake Shack at The Shops at Stonefield still has lines stretching out the door—and, on some days, down the block. The burger chain, which got its start in 2004 as a humble hot dog cart in New York City’s Madison Square Park, has built a cult following […]
Scott Stadium hosted more than 24,000 fans for the NCAA men’s lacrosse Championship Weekend May 23-25, a rare return of the event to a college campus after years at pro venues. Tufts won its third straight Division III championship Sunday, while Princeton and Notre Dame advanced to Monday’s Division I title game, with the Tigers […]
By 7:15am on May 16, the crowd at Ellie’s Country Club was already shoulder-to-shoulder, with commencement-day revelers packing the patio beneath a canopy of balloons. Lines outside bars on the Corner began forming as early as 5am ahead of Saturday’s Final Exercises for students graduating from the College Arts & Sciences, and the Batten and […]