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.
Imagine mountains so distinct, caverns so resonant, deserts so desolate that they seem separated from Rugby Road only by a thin windowpane.
The success of Orlando-based quartet Trivium has long seemed causally linked to an arithmetic pattern.
Directed by Robert Chapel, the Drama Department’s production of “Crazy for You” opens this week at the Culbreth Theater.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Long gone are the days of innocent, catchy pop from of Montreal, as the band hailing from Athens, Georgia released their new album, “Lousy With Sylvianbriar” on October 8.
A precocious white rabbit, bewildered smoking caterpillar, and grinning Cheshire cat — these are some of the many fantastical creatures envisioned in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 classic novel, “Alice in Wonderland.” A tale re-imagined countless times in the past century, from Disney’s 1951 animated film to Tim Burton’s 2010 live-action remake, ABC now provides its own twist on the story with its new spinoff series, “Once Upon a Time in a Wonderland.” Set in 19th century London, the show begins with a familiar character — Alice.
At first glance, The Southern seems the least likely Charlottesville venue to hold an ear-shattering dubstep concert.
I feel no shame in saying that I judged Miley Cyrus harshly for her VMA performance. That said, after listening to “Bangerz,” the former Disney Channel’s star’s latest studio album, I’ve been forced to acknowledge that Miley is far, far more than what she seems.
This weekend, the University Programs Council is bringing “Despicable Me 2” to the Newcomb Theater.
After Dwight Howard Johnson, the opening act at The Southern this past Thursday night, had played its piece and left the stage, there was an obvious alteration in the audience.
“Life in space is impossible.” These words appear on-screen at the start of “Gravity,” the latest effort from A-list director Alfonso Cuarón (“Children of Men”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) This simple sentence sets the tone for the rest of the film, which offers one of the best cinematic thrill rides you’re likely to see this or any year.
If you were at the Jefferson Theater last Friday night, you know that you don’t need a time machine to go back to the ’80s.
The second annual Refugee Film Festival kicked off Sunday afternoon with Newcomb Theater’s screening of “Crossing Over,” a film which illustrates the different hardships immigrants face while making a life for themselves in the U.S.
