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(06/29/19 2:06pm)
It’s July in Virginia. The air is thick with humidity and young people everywhere are deep in the trenches of summer, living in blissful ignorance of upcoming classes in the fall. Incoming first years bravely trek the aisles of Bed Bath and Beyond, searching for the perfect mattress cover and wondering if the special shower shoes are worth $19.99 when you can just buy $2 flip flops at Old Navy (they aren’t). But college prep is more than buying various home goods and worrying about not getting to take Spanish — in order to be ready for the first semester of college, incoming first years should take note of these cultural touchstones and the lessons that can be learned before starting a new phase of life. Start the media consumption now, before arriving on Grounds in August.
(04/11/19 12:45am)
On Monday night, Virginia won its first national basketball championship in school history. Few feelings could top the excitement, pride and love coursing through Charlottesville as students took to the streets to celebrate the long-awaited victory. In fact, I’m not sure any moments — even ones that are scripted — can compare to Monday night’s joy. And to prove that fact, I’ve compiled a list of contenders — some the most jubilant, powerful, iconic moments in film, television and music history — which all, alas, fall short.
(03/20/19 10:48pm)
As basketball fans eagerly await the Cavalier’s first game in the NCAA Tournament this Friday, the Arts and Entertainment editors found themselves in a mild tiff — who was superior, legendary American singer Tony Bennett, or heralded, handsome Virginia Basketball coach Tony Bennett? We decided to duke it out the only way we know how — politely exchanging our thoughts and publishing them so the University, Charlottesville, the world and the gods could be the judge. Read our discourse below.
(02/26/19 8:16pm)
Visitors to the Fralin Museum of Art can hear the new installation from Pittsburgh-based artist Vanessa German before climbing the marble stairs to the second floor. A three-part exhibit accompanied by a 24-minute soundscape which plays on repeat, “sometimes.we.cannot.be.with.our.bodies.” — which opened Feb. 22 and is on display until July 7 — is the museum’s most visually and thematically impressive in recent memory.
(02/16/19 8:18pm)
Rappers A$AP Ferg and Aminé will perform at John Paul Jones Arena for the University Programs Council spring concert. The event, which will take place April 4, was announced Friday morning and will be the first UPC event at JPJ since Future and Lil Yachty canceled their Welcome Week show in August 2017 after the fatal Unite the Right rally.
(02/14/19 12:36am)
Hari Kondabolu wants comedy to show people another side of truth. The comic — who will bring his act to the Southern on Feb. 28 — reflected on his comedic inspirations, his view of what is “political” in stand up and the future of the form.
(01/30/19 5:22am)
“This is one of my favorite pictures,” Prof. William Wylie said as he addressed the robust crowd, which had gathered at the Fralin Museum of Art to hear him speak about his new exhibition. The image, entitled “Plaster relief, Gymnasium C, Stabian Baths (VIII.1.8)” was taken by Wylie in 2015, several years into his photography fellowship at Pompeii. Wylie took the photo while the sun shone onto the relief, creating highlights on the intricate wall. “I loved the way … it felt buried, sort of like Pompeii was buried,” he said.
(11/29/18 11:53pm)
“This is O’Keeffe geekdom … if that’s not your deal, this is the time to leave!” Carolyn Kastner, Curator Emerita of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, N.M., joked at the beginning of her talk. The crowd that gathered in Campbell Hall Nov. 15 for the annual Gladys S. Blizzard Lecture, “Learning to See Abstractly,” seemed eager to absorb the knowledge Kastner would share about the artist, particularly her time at the University.
(11/29/18 1:07am)
“Beale Street…is synonymous with the blues,” Associate Professor Maurice Wallace said as he introduced “If Beale Street Could Talk” — director Barry Jenkins’ latest since winning the Best Picture Oscar for “Moonlight” in 2016 — to the eager audience. Based on James Baldwin’s fifth novel of the same name, “If Beale Street Could Talk” was presented by the Virginia Film Festival on its final day Nov. 4 as part of the “Race in America” series.
(11/09/18 1:50am)
The Virginia Film Festival boasts an impressive slate of documentaries every year, highlighted in 2018 by “Free Solo.” The movie chronicles professional climber Alex Honnold’s journey towards becoming the first person to free solo El Capitan, a 3000-foot wall of granite in Yosemite National Park. The film is about more than just the climb, though directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi attempt to unpack the psyche of Honnold, document one of the riskiest athletic achievements of all time and confront the ethical questions of filming a person risking death.
(10/26/18 6:48pm)
“I love plays by women about women that aren’t love stories,” “The Wolves” director Amanda McRaven said of the drama department’s latest production, currently running at the Ruth Caplin Theatre. The play centers around the members of an indoor soccer team as they prepare for their games, exploring their friendships, personal struggles and individual wills.
(07/24/18 4:07am)
A few months before the violent events of Aug. 11 and 12 garnered national attention for Charlottesville, A.D. Carson moved from South Carolina to begin his new post as professor of Hip-Hop at the University. Now almost a year after the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally, as the community and the nation still reckon with the events that transpired, Carson has followed up his late 2017 project with “Sleepwalking 2,” an album that meditates on the power of language in a world of strife and urges engagement with each of its tracks.
(06/25/18 5:46pm)
“Ocean’s 8” elicits audible responses. It’s like that DirecTV commercial basketball fans were forced to watch hundreds of times throughout the NBA playoffs — because apparently the NBA loves to make its fans suffer — with the guy staring at the camera and having a bunch of different reactions to all the prestige TV he’s binging and then the narrator says, “get DirecTV if your ‘thing’ is not being a chump.” In actuality, it’s rare for a movie to command heart and mind with such variety and frequency in under two hours, but “Ocean’s 8” delivers.
(04/24/18 5:08am)
As tensions in the Cold War increased in the late 1950s, the Space Race ramped up to new levels as the United States and the Soviet Union battled to reach new frontiers before the competition. The stories of this time period enchant and inspire — space is cool, and that’s just a fact. Rockets, planets and big star explosions make people forget that there’s no new land to discover on Earth, because there’s an eternity in the cosmos. When he landed on the moon, Neil Armstrong professed it as “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Notably sidelined in this quote? Half the world. Netflix’s “Mercury 13” seeks a more inclusive story of America’s journey into space, exploring the lives of 13 female pilots who wanted to explore the stars.
(03/29/18 5:12am)
“I was going to start with a big and grand and complicated question, but I’m going to do something else instead,” moderator Rita Dove said at the beginning of “Writing the American Story’s” Q&A session. She began with a seemingly simple query — what made the panelists hopeful?
(03/21/18 7:04am)
Seattle-based hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces — made up of Ishmael Butler, also known as Palaceer Lazaro, and Tendai "Baba" Maraire — headlined a concert last Friday at the University Chapel presented by WXTJ. The unique venue became the ideal location for a night of experimental jams.
(02/15/18 7:21am)
The only library on the Lawn, the Music Library — located in the original coal furnace area of Old Cabell Hall — has a distinct architectural and historical presence at the University. Boasting a significant music collection and supporting research in a variety of arts-related fields, the library has served as a performance and presentation space for many student groups and community members. This Friday, the library will also be host to an evening of short plays authored by University students in Assoc. Prof. Doug Grissom’s playwriting class.
(02/01/18 7:19am)
In 1999, Pouya Shahbazian graduated from the University with a degree in theater, packed his bags and moved to Los Angeles, determined to work in the entertainment industry. Starting his career in the mailroom of a major agency, Shahbazian described his attempts to channel his passions, utilize his skill set and find his place in the entertainment world.
(01/25/18 7:27am)
The tortured genius is a character well-suited for the screen. Dissecting the life of a social pariah, misunderstood but harboring immense talent, represents a stylistic opportunity as a director and, for the audience, a fascinating window into a complicated psyche. Reynolds Woodcock of “Phantom Thread” — a couture fashion designer in 1950s London — is fictional, but the tension built by director Paul Thomas Anderson feels real. Visually and sonically, “Phantom Thread” is close to perfection. Narratively, the film suffers from the inevitable question of a “tortured genius” story — is extraordinary talent an excuse for indecent behavior?
(11/27/17 5:12am)
On Nov. 14, People Magazine blithely announced the chief warrior in the fight for cheek-blushing and lip-biting, the man they deem sexiest alive, in the entire world, in a certain year.