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The Tom Tom Founders Festival drew hundreds to Downtown Charlottesville last Friday evening for food, music and festivities. 
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Tom Tom Fall Festival fosters intimate, enriching experience for patrons

By Kristen Clevenson | September 30, 2014

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.

Nearly two decades on, “South Park” still manages to crank out satire as sophomoric as it is profound.
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“South Park” continues in the right direction

By Noah Zeidman | September 30, 2014

Most of the best episodes of “South Park” meet two key criteria: they satirize at least two completely unrelated things, and they focus on Eric Cartman.This formula works because “South Park” is at its funniest when at its most absurd and most biting.

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Greg Ward played at Boylan Heights last Friday.
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Greg Ward brings Cville together with homemade rhythms

By Flo Overfelt | September 29, 2014

Friday afternoons are a sort of limbo time for University students ? it's too early to go out, the motivation to do work was lost somewhere closer to Tuesday and the call of Netflix is stronger than ever.Boylan Heights on the Corner may have found a solution to Friday fatigue: reggae guitarist and vocalist Greg Ward.

Bon Cafe's September Open Mic Night featured performances by several local musicians, as well as writers from the area.
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Bon Cafe Open Mic Night is a uniting and enriching experience

By Mary Donnelly | September 29, 2014

Just one block from the Downtown Mall, by the train tracks off South Street West, lies a small gem: Bon Café, a colorful hole-in-the-wall that functions as café, bar, art marketplace and small concert venue.Bon's website says the venue aims to promote “the creativity of the human spirit” within the Charlottesville community ? and from its weekly art marketplace, drum workshops and classes on meditation and yoga, it succeeds in doing just that.

“Red Band Society” proves that writing a comedy-drama about cancer — balancing humor, emotion and plot alongside the hell that is chemotherapy — is downright impossible.
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“Red Band Society” is a pre-packaged failure

By Flo Overfelt | September 26, 2014

Fox’s latest comedy-drama, “Red Band Society,” lumps every known cliché together, adds a smattering of humor and a pinch of originality for a show which, though not terrible, is hardly entertaining.“Red Band Society” premiered last Wednesday and, like the “Dead Poets Society” (1989), follows a group of young, carefree teenagers as they romp through their quirky lives.

FOX's popular sitcom "The Mindy Project" returns for it's third season. 
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The return of “The Mindy Project”

By Robin Yeh | September 23, 2014

FOX’s “The Mindy Project” debuted its third season last Tuesday. If anything, the premiere reassured viewers this fresh and innovative sitcom isn’t growing old anytime soon.In season two’s finale, Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) and Danny Castellano (Chris Messina) found themselves at the top of the Empire State Building in a Nora Ephron-esque conclusion.

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Spectrum Theatre brings ‘Voices of the Class’ to life

By Mary Donnelly | September 22, 2014

“I consider my legs my most redeeming physical quality. ? If the skies are out, my thighs are out.”This fantastic line, written by a current first year in his application essay to the University, is just a glimpse into the hilarity found in Spectrum Theatre’s “Voices of the Class” during their performances this past weekend.To create this comical performance, the troupe took lines from current first years’ admission essays and transformed them into more than 20 original comedy sketches.During the summer, co-directors Cherise Pack and Lou Garcia, both third-year College students, sampled hundreds of essays to find material for the show.

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Jeff Tweedy’s first true solo album lacks variety

By Noah Zeidman | September 22, 2014

“Sukierae” might best be described as the Jeff Tweedy fan’s ultimate Jeff Tweedy album. It is 20 tracks of Tweedy exploring his various musical styles, from the progressive rock style of his main project, Wilco, to the acoustic sound he displays at live solo shows.

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