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Tuesday Concert Series

By Flo Overfelt | October 28, 2013

Music can tell just as good a story as any Walter White, a fact I was reminded of last Tuesday at the Tuesday Evening Concert Series in Old Cabell Hall featuring the Les Violons du Roy chamber orchestra accompanied by mezzo-soprano opera singer Stephanie Blythe. I walked into this spectacle somewhat underdressed and underprepared, but thankfully the musicians did not. The Les Violons du Roy opened with “Orchestral Suite No.

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Falling into a short story

By Therese Codd | October 28, 2013

The separation of a book lover from his books is a sorry sight. Unfortunately, college students often feel too busy for any reading beyond their course syllabi.

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'Sticking' around

By Flo Overfelt | October 22, 2013

Patrick Dougherty would have no problem saying his work is “for the birds.” Currently on display at the Fralin Museum of Art, Dougherty’s “Stickwork” consists of thousands of wood saplings twisted and twined together into a “Stickwork” sculpture.

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How the west was won

By Julia Skorcz | October 21, 2013

Imagine mountains so distinct, caverns so resonant, deserts so desolate that they seem separated from Rugby Road only by a thin windowpane.

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Trivium's pursuit 'falls' short

By Robert Shimshock | October 21, 2013

The success of Orlando-based quartet Trivium has long seemed causally linked to an arithmetic pattern.

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Getting ‘crazy’ at the Culbreth:

By Becca Stein | October 20, 2013

Directed by Robert Chapel, the Drama Department’s production of “Crazy for You” opens this week at the Culbreth Theater.

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20 years later — nothing's changed

By Amber Fauber | October 20, 2013

With the opening lyrics of “Getaway,” the first track on Pearl Jam’s 10th studio album, “Lightning Bolt,” lead singer Eddie Vedder propels the ‘90s grunge band back into the contemporary music scene. The album is a nice smorgasbord of alternative rock that accentuates Vedder’s diverse stylistic capabilities, aiming to appeal to a wide array of listeners.

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‘Nine-Nine’ Problems and ‘Brooklyn’ is One

By Emity Benedict | October 20, 2013

I’ll preface this article by saying I am a huge crimedy (crime comedy, copyright pending) fan; Monk, Psych, White Collar, and the like are all great.

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An album to remember:

By James Cassar | October 17, 2013

I was sixteen once: angst-ridden, hopelessly-romantic and wrapped up in a Tumblr blog. I had just moved from Michigan to Northern Virginia and felt my contribution to the world of umpteen identical town-house complexes and frozen yogurt joints was best spent holed up with an iMac and an unhealthy dose of hormones. No record accompanied my long nights adding pages to my digital diary more often than A Day to Remember’s brilliant “What Separates Me From You.” It’s half paint-by-numbers metalcore, half incredibly well-done pop-punk, and the combination served as the ideal soundtrack for my formative years.

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Tom Breihan provokes C-ville audience with blunt talk

By Will Mullany | October 17, 2013

It’s amazing what credentials can do. Last Tuesday, credentials proved the only way to differentiate between a lengthy diatribe on pop culture from a man on the street and a thought-provoking discussion led by famed media critic Tom Breihan at Open Grounds.

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College radio nowhere

By Scarlett Saunders | October 17, 2013

Ask just about any student if he likes music, and the answer is bound to be yes. Beyond this general preference, however, artists and styles of choice tend to vary infinitely.

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Different strokes for a different 'folk'

By Riley Panko | October 17, 2013

At any moment during last weekend’s Richmond Folk Festival, visitors could stop anywhere and find themselves listening to an extremely eclectic mix of sounds: Newfoundland fiddlers, West African drums, Tuvan throat singers, salsa, Irish flutes, reggae, bluegrass — and that’s just the short list.

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A look at Lorde

By Catherine Jessee | October 17, 2013

It didn’t take much more than one Billboard chart-topping single to call Ella Yelich-O’Connor “the queen of alternative.” Not long after releasing her EP “The Love Club” last March, the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s “Royals” claimed the No.

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A different kind of rapper

By Will Mullany | October 9, 2013

Rappers these days can be put into a few different camps: the hold-overs from the golden age of hip-hop, emcees who emphasize lyricism, storytelling, technical dexterity, and often some sort of message and, on the opposite spectrum, energetic rappers who rely on adrenaline and sonic bombast, rather than lyricism, to make loud, instantly gratifying music.

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'Baroque' my ears

By Robin Yeh | October 9, 2013

I was 11 when I stopped taking musical lessons. As a child, I played piano for a few years before I realized it wasn’t my forte.

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Building bridges

By Vondrae McCoy | October 8, 2013

This past weekend, local organization Art With A Mission-Charlottesville debuted its latest exhibit, “Gukiza (to heal): The Art of Rwandan Children.” The exhibit features artwork from Rwandan youth who have been working together through Rwanda’s Art With A Mission program.

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‘Doctor Sleep’ not ‘Shining’

By Rebecca Stein | October 8, 2013

It’s been 36 years since Stephen King published his famous hotel horror story, “The Shining.” After global acclaim and a successful movie adaptation lauded for Stanley Kubrick’s precise direction and Jack Nicholson’s maniacal performance, it seemed as though the story of the Torrance family and the Overlook Hotel had settled in with the classics.

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'Breaking' Down Gilligan's Masterpiece

By Fritz Metzinger | October 6, 2013

During the past week and a half, one question has addled the collective American psyche: Is Huell ever going to get out of that room?

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Eccentric STRFKR brings flair, energy to Jefferson

By David Quinlan | October 3, 2013

I’m not sure what I was expected when I walked into the Jefferson Theater last weekend for the STRFKR concert, but whatever it was was miles away from what I found.

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A Princess on Fire

By Katie Cole | October 2, 2013

At the tender age of 5 years old, my grandfather took me to see Disney on Ice: Beauty and the Beast.