The University drama department's production of "The Arctic Circle (and a recipe for Swedish pancakes)" opens this weekend at the Helms Theatre.
Each year the Virginia Festival of the Book brings authors to Charlottesville to speak about their past work and recent publications.
On Monday, the University Bookstore opened its doors to poetry lovers, friends, professors, and teaching assistants for the 20th Annual Fourth-Year Poetry Reading.
Last Friday, the Culbreth Theater hosted Charles Wright, the 2014-15 U.S. Poet Laureate, and National Book Award winner Mary Szybist.
Ruffin Distinguished Artist in Residence Claude Wampler’s exhibition “Trailing Spouse” is on display through Mar.
Last week, photographer Thomas Struth participated in a discussion with Assoc. Architecture Prof. Nana Last, who is is currently writing a book about Struth, and Art Prof. William Wylie.
This weekend the University's Dance Program showcased the Fall Experimental Dance Concert in the Culbreth Theatre.
The Virginia Players presented "Baby with the Bath Water" at Helms Theater Tuesday evening in the second show in their Reading Series. The production — part of an effort by the Drama Department's student liaison group to bring lesser-known plays to life through rehearsed readings — brought actors to the stage, dressed in street clothes and lined in a row.
As University students and community members headed downtown to the Tom Tom Founders Festival event Friday night, the streets buzzed with chatter as the fall block party amassed a couple hundred participants to celebrate art and innovation in the Charlottesville community.From families to young adults, students to dogs, a large cross-section of interested parties came out to the McGuffey Art Center, blocking off 2nd Street for the celebration.
Groove Cat Comedy’s 12-person improv cast took to the outdoor patio of the Three Penny Café last Wednesday, performing in casual dress as they stepped into a variety of scenes, music and personalities.
