Arts This Week: Chihamba African American Cultural Arts Festival
For Arts This Week, we chatted with Ayanna Mitchell and Lillie Williams from the Chihamba African American Cultural Arts Festival.
Remembering Patrick Oliphant
Patrick Oliphant, a giant of 20th-century political cartooning, has died in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 90 years old.
For these Hoos, ‘Newsies’ is a family reunion
When actor Henry Crater accepted the role of Jack Kelly in the Virginia Theatre Festival’s production of “Newsies,” he did not expect a bunch of college kids to correct him.
Arts This Week: Open Mic Night at The Front Porch
We spoke with Erynn McLeod from The Front Porch to tell us more about the Songwriter’s Open Mic night happening this Thursday at Potter’s Craft Cider.
How UVA conservators bring books back to life
The second floor of Shannon Library at the University of Virginia is home to a place where books go to get well. Or, at a minimum, usable.
From Grounds to the big screen
Even as a child, Jay Pendarvis Jr. was concerned with documenting the world around him.
She expected to be a lawyer. Now she’s a best-selling author
Emily Giffin’s family moved frequently when she was a child, so, to make each new city home – be it Greensboro, North Carolina, or Chicago – she and her mother went to the local library and got their library cards.
Arts This Week: Live Arts Present ‘Be More Chill’
My name is Daniel Kunkel. I am the director of the Live Arts Teen Summer Musical Be More Chill.
Need a laugh? CartoonStock is here for you
In a 1956 interview with Alistair Cooke, American humorist James Thurber said, “Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all costs.”
Arts This Week: Cville Lantern Parade
On Friday, July 3rd, the downtown mall will be hosting a lantern parade as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.