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Joseph Gordon-Levitt "dons" interesting new role

With his recent on-screen successes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has decided to try his luck behind the camera with an offbeat love story, “Don Jon.” In addition to writing the screenplay, he stars in the film alongside Scarlett Johansson and seasoned veterans Julianne Moore and Tony Danza.


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Sigur Rós sets stage ablaze

John Paul Jones Arena was flooded last week by a sea of rainbow colored hair, non-prescription glasses and mustaches, with the faint scent of thrift store clothing floating through the air as fans from around Charlottesville streamed in to see Icelandic sensation, Sigur Rós.


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Orchestral beauty enthralls

Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra kicked off its season Friday, filling Old Cabell auditorium with its production, “A Musical Kaleidoscope.”


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Nothing 'missing' here

Regardless of your orientation within the Tumblrsphere in 2011, it was hard to ignore the proliferation of underground rock band Balance & Composure.


	The cast of the First Year Players’ production of “Legally Blonde The Musical” rehearses outside the Chemistry Building after the organization was unable to book a rehearsal space for Wednesday.
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Spaced out

A new administrative policy on academic space reservations has performing arts CIOs up in arms, as scores of theatre directors and a cappella group leaders scramble to find available spots for rehearsals.


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Give Me Moore

Country fans decked out in boots, cut-off jeans, tank tops and camouflage piled into downtown Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater last Thursday, hoping for the chance to stand in the front row to see smooth-singing Nashville-native Kip Moore perform.


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LOL?

On Friday night, the University Programs Council put on an improv comedy show in Newcomb Ballroom featuring UVa’s own groups, the Whethermen and Amuse Bouche, as well as the Upright Citizens Brigade, a nationally renowned ensemble whose notable alumni include Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz, among others.


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Anything but ‘ratchet’

The origins of DJ duo Ratchet Cat are almost as epic as their stage name. Eeshaan Sachatheva and Ishaan Chaudhary, two current fourth year students in the Comm and E-school, respectively, happened to meet up in New Delhi two summers ago and kick-started their music career together over a shared passion for music.


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Norfolk native hits The Southern

Virginia native, K Ishibashi, known onstage as Kishi Bashi, is setting the bar high for an up-and-coming genre of music that blends synthetic violin looping with an epic, psychedelic sound.


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Spotlight: Fridays After Five

An eclectic mix of C’ville-ians gathered for local band The Hill and Wood downtown at the nTelos Pavilion last Friday for the final concert in the Fridays after Five series.


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You can never break the Chainz

Out of all of hip-hop’s major label stars, no one has more reason to celebrate than 2Chainz. After rapping for 10 years as half of the duo Playaz Circle, the man born Tauheed Epps is enjoying a late career renaissance.


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‘Yarn’ makes C-Ville spin

Next Friday, September 27th, Brooklyn alt-country outfit Yarn sets its sights on the Southern for a night filled with flashes of Americana, folk and the undeniable charm of the golden age of rock music.


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Transitions

Progressive thought has always been at the nucleus of punk music. Whether it’s the Hostage Calm fan that shows up in the mosh pit wearing a shirt that proudly broadcasts “I Support Same Sex Marriage” or Against Me!’s grapple with gender identity — the focus of this article — punk’s unrelenting acceptance of all who enter the scene is the genre’s most noble characteristic.


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James Torgerson, WXTJ co-event director and second-year Data Science student, discusses WXTJ’s history, community and house shows.