If you thought denim was done, you thought wrong. The famed material certainly peaked during the mid-90s and early 2000s, but it only left us for a short time before returning with a vengeance.
Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-born, American-raised author, treated the University community to a reading of her various works last Thursday.
Tim’m West, a hip-hop artist, poet and the new director of Teach for America’s LGBTQ Initiative, presented “Empire: A Talk on the Intersectionality of Race, Sexuality and Hip-Hop” last week during his first visit to the University. The architecture of West’s talk was supported by FOX’s knockout drama, “Empire,” which focuses on a family choosing the next executive of a hip-hop entertainment company when the current head is diagnosed with ALS.
Estelle’s current obscurity in R&B is simply a shame. She continues to delivers excellent material that both separates from and harkens back to her 2008 breakout single, “American Boy.” Her latest album, “True Romance,” finds the British songstress navigating the themes of relationships and heartache through an eclectic mix of R&B sounds and some stylistically-different tracks.
Anne Grant opened her traveling art exhibit “Shmattes” at the Brody Jewish Center Friday. Grant, who received her degree in Jewish Studies from the University in 2012, presents viewers with a collection of t-shirts to show different representations of cultural Jewish identity in modern America.
“Hollow City,” the second novel in Ransom Riggs’ best selling series, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” continues to please its readers as well as those jumping into its universe for the first time.
Ghostface Killah has always been nearly impossible to predict. His releases, besides the Wu-Tang Clan, have offered an eclectic mix, especially the most recent ones.
The latest movie-musical to hit theaters is Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years,” starring “Pitch Perfect” star Anna Kendrick and renowned Broadway star, Jeremy Jordan.
Big Sean’s latest studio album comes at a pivotal point in the rap music industry. Drake recently surprise released an album and Kendrick Lamar is making waves with new music, while newcomers like Rae Sremmurd and O.T.
From the start of its lackluster publicity pushes, “Jupiter Ascending” failed to live up to its promise to be one of the biggest sci-fi blockbusters of the year.
Everyone’s favorite yellow sponge from Bikini Bottom is back in “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.” This film, directed by Paul Tibbitt, is essentially an extended “SpongeBob” episode that transports the audience to an altered state of consciousness.
Originally intended as a spin-off of “The Office” with Ed Helms or Craig Robinson playing a lynchpin part, “Parks and Recreation” was so unsure of itself during its first season that even the all-star cast couldn’t have saved it.
Last week, author Caryl Phillips read a section of his new novel “The Lost Child” to an audience on Grounds. Phillips is known for his post-colonial style of writing — characterized by a passage of time and space as well as insight into how history dwells on names and people.
The 87th Academy Awards Sunday evening brought an end to a contentious and controversial awards season, though the telecast itself was a mixed bag.
The release of Florence and the Machine’s new song and music video “What Kind of Man” marks the end of the group’s lighthearted era.
"Locust Avenue” — the first LP from Nettles — is an indie offering with built-in surprises.
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.
Forget the fact that “50 Shades of Grey” is an awful piece of filmmaking and that I almost left within the first ten minutes. Forget that its script is laughable, its actors’ chemistry unbearably dull, and that its supposed sexiness is about as sexy as an itchy wool turtleneck.
Last Thursday, Drake pulled a Beyoncé, tweeting a link to a project entitled “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.” It arrived with no singles, no marketing campaign and minimal immediate fanfare. This isn’t to say the LP-cum-mixtape went under the radar – that’s been unthinkable for Drake for half a decade now – but it’s certainly a far cry from the Canadian artist’s past releases. The difference goes beyond release style, however.
Stand-up comedian Lee Camp, a former humor columnist for The Cavalier Daily, is returning to Charlottesville Saturday to perform at the Main Street Annex.
