There is only one animated film I turn to when I feel the nostalgic desire to revisit my childhood. No, it’s not “The Lion King” or “Aladdin.” In fact, it’s not any Disney film.
Any time I catch drift that HBO is releasing a new show, it feels like Christmas morning all over again.
This story is a part of Arts & Entertainment’s “Underdog” series running this week, which highlights commonly underappreciated artists and artistic mediums.
On a sweltering day last July, Warped Tour’s Acoustic Basement Tent burst with the sweet indie-rock sounds of Allison Weiss.
Willard Smith, known to most as “Will” Smith, is the definition of a true Hollywood actor. Born in West Philadelphia, Smith was determined to make it big in the entertainment industry.
Earlier this month, a crowd of music lovers and friends gathered to watch Sophie Wohltjen give her Distinguished Major voice recital, in which she excellently performed an hour’s worth of music by Mozart, Hugo Wolf, and Irving Fine, among others.
New York-based band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart has released relatively boring music in recent years. I can only hope they revert to older, more exciting styles both in their upcoming album, “Days of Abandon” — which drops April 22 — and for their set at The Southern Saturday, March 8.
Sometimes the University feels like the set of “Pitch Perfect.” With A Capella Ball and sorority Big Sis week serenades, the talented voices in our midst just can’t be ignored. In helping to launch the start of the semester’s a cappella concert season, all-female a cappella group Hoos In Treble presented their spring concert, “HIT gets Fit,” last Saturday, displaying impressive voices and touching sentimentality.
The Institute of World Languages hosted the latest in a succession of movies for the 2014 IWL Film Series Feb.
Fans of William Fitzsimmons tend to be fans of the classic singer-songwriter stereotype. They keep coming back for soft melodies and intimate lyrics — two things Fitzsimmons delivers every time. It’s obvious he felt no need to change his recipe on his newest LP, “Lions.” If you came for more of the old, you came to the right place — though if you expected anything unique, I suggest looking elsewhere.
London, Paris and New York City are three of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. What do these cities have in common? The answer is art. Broadway, 5th Avenue, the West End, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées — these areas of creative expression astronomically enhance the cultural richness of the communities they serve.
The Regal Cinema on the Downtown Mall is set for a facelift in the fall of 2014, when the Violet Crown Charlottesville Cinema takes over its residence at the corner of 2nd and Main Street.
The Fralin Museum of Art hosted visiting professor Yui Suzuki last Thursday for a lecture titled “Twanging Bows and Throwing Rice,” which focused on medieval Japanese birthing scenes and how these artistic works reflect Buddhist traditions.
Georgia-based country singer Corey Smith and his band, who all have a long tradition of Charlottesville performances, returned Friday night to put on a show for their strong University fanbase. Arts & Entertainment had the opportunity to talk with Corey ahead of the show to find out what was in store at Jefferson Theatre and hear about his upcoming album release.
A perk of not knowing much about the musicians playing at a concert is having little or no expectations for their performance.
As part of the University’s commemoration of Black History Month, the University Program Council’s Cinematheque Committee partnered with the Office of African-American Affairs and the University chapter of the NAACP last weekend in presenting a double feature of “Fruitvale Station” and “12 Years a Slave.” The films focused on images of violence against African-Americans and the systematic marginalization of African-Americans in the United States in disturbing and poignant ways. The event also featured a panel of students and faculty to discuss the films and how they connected to broader themes of racial tension and equality. “One of our big goals is to be able to make this an annual event,” said second-year College Madeline Houck, a member of UPC.
There is a moment in the song “Let It Go” — arguably the most famous sequence in Disney’s “Frozen” — when main character Elsa gives herself a drastic makeover. Though some may call it damaging to women, it is, in fact, a powerful step on the road to progress.
Candice Glover’s debut album Music Speaks validates her win as an American Idol. She won the twelfth season of the competition and has continued her work within the R&B genre.
Beck’s 20-year career hit its high water mark with 2002’s incredible “Sea Change.” A stark deviation from Beck’s signature quirks and experimentalism, its poignant, heartbroken lyrics intertwined with simple acoustic arrangements still resonate.
I don’t think there is a single student at the University who doesn’t remember his or her favorite book as a child. My five-year-old self was constantly torn between Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” and Eric Carle’s classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Now far past that era in my life, though, children’s books have been, to an older me, exactly that: books for children.
