Films have shaped the way we perceive and experience the summer for decades. Would we dance in the streets with our friends without having seen the classic “Grease”? Probably not. Would we have begged our parents to send us to summer camp in hopes of finding our long-lost twin without “The Parent Trap”? No. These classic summer movies have been a huge influence on this generation’s upbringing.
Looking for a good book to read this summer? Take a gander at the list below, which matches excellent summer books with college majors.
First Year Players dazzled its audience with its performance of the musical “Kiss Me, Kate” in the Student Activities Building last week.
Independent artist Matt Hires performed in Charlottesville Thursday night in his third stop in a series of house shows.
A murderous Spaniard, French men who cannot correctly pronounce their consonants, plenty of bushy moustaches, hairy men and a whole lot of running around and shouting in general confusion.
Because one person’s experience with a disorder may vary greatly from another’s, mental health issues are difficult to portray in movies.
Cartoon television shows have become one of the basic methods of building a strong foundation in education, morality and kindness for children whose lives are increasingly spent in front of screens.
Michal Menert discovered the power of music at a young age — finding in it something inexplicable that resonates with shared human emotions.
Some of the most memorable characters in classic American literature suffer from severe mental illness — Benjy Compson, Edna Pontellier, Holden Caulfield and Lennie Small.
With the advent of spring, it seems appropriate to delve into the ethereal and complex world of Pink Floyd, the classic 1970s anti-establishment rock-and-rollers who once ruled psychedelic culture.
Coming to the University from its previous display in Lyon, France, “Joseph Cornell and Surrealism” is currently on display at the Fralin Museum.
Enter YG, a Compton-bred emcee with a legitimate grassroots following and big-league ambitions, who has just released the most exciting and fully-realized rap album of 2014.
Take Back the Night, a national organization founded in 1999 which “seeks to end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all other forms of sexual violence,” according to its website, has shown its presence in full force this week as the University chapter hosts a number of events leading up to Thursday night’s rally and vigil.
The newest album from Breathe Carolina, “Savages,” may not be super fresh or exciting, but it is certainly a good EDM record to jam out to.
Here at the University, we love our a cappella. We adore our artsy folk concerts on the Downtown Mall, and our live bands during afternoon philanthropies.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” concluded its fourth season last week. The “The Real Housewives” franchise — one of the most popular series on Bravo, a reality television juggernaut — started in Orange County and has since expanded to six other localities in the United States, four other cities internationally, and spawned a number of spinoffs. Like any other reality TV series, “Real Housewives” documents reality and edits footage to introduce a sense of fantasy — and the Beverly Hills version is no exception.
Native American writer and poet Simon Ortiz visited the University Bookstore Friday for an evening of poetry reading.
Downtown came alive for five glorious spring days last week with the sun shining, people swarming and music playing for the Tom Tom Founders Festival.
Members of “singular rock and roll band” The Deadmen — Josh Read, Justin Jones, Justin Hoben, John Hutchins and Mike Smirnoff — made their musical debut March 15 with the release of their first self-titled EP.
Honesty. Blatant, unreserved honesty seemed to be a key characteristic of many Humanities Week presentations.
