UVA Alumna Tina Fey: ‘It Feels So Good To Be Back’
The conversation with Tina Fey, moderated by President Jim Ryan, highlighted the importance of the arts at the University and in society.
Students on Air at U.Va.’s Underrated Freeform Radio Station
Operating out of a snug studio one mile west of the Rotunda, University students are on the air from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily on 100.1 FM. WXTJ is the University’s freeform student radio station, and it’s been a beloved home to student DJs for nearly 10 years.
Years After She First 'Met My People,' Tina Fey Readies for Return to Grounds
For the second time in 10 years, Fey will return to Grounds on Sunday to participate in the President’s Speaker Series for the Arts, a series that featured Fey as the inaugural guest in 2013.
Eye-Catching REDress Project Memorializes Indigenous Women
The REDress Project, launched in 2010 by the mixed-ancestry Métis artist Jamie Black, honors Indigenous victims in the United States and Canada.
Two Poets Who Debated Every Syllable
Rita Dove taught Safiya Sinclair that “it’s OK to say a thing plainly.”
Law and Order: Organized Crime Series Regular, Ainsley Seiger, to Lead Virginia Theatre Festival Production of Cabaret
The Virginia Theatre Festival has made its first casting announcement for its upcoming 2023 season-opening production of Cabaret. Ainsley Seiger leads the cast as Sally Bowles. Seiger returns to the Virginia Theatre Festival stage after having been seen in 2018 productions of A Chorus Line and The Cocoanuts. Seiger is a graduate of UNCSA and became a series regular on NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime in early 2021, playing Detective Jet Slootmaekers.
CRAVE Builds a Creative Community Through Fashion
CRAVE — standing for Creative, Raw, and Very Edgy — combines design, performance and spirit to produce a fashion show each spring featuring student performances, production and choreography.
UVA Singers to Present Oratorio Honoring Matthew Shepard 25 Years After Murder
When the University of Virginia University Singers perform a new oratorio on Friday evening, audience members can find their way into the story of Matthew Shepard through a variety of musical genres.
Years After She First ‘Met My People,’ Tina Fey Readies for Return to Grounds
Without ever having stepped foot on the University of Virginia’s Grounds before, Tina Fey nervously moved into Metcalf House, the dorm she would soon call home, in the fall of 1988. “I didn’t grow up in a world where people went on college tours,” Fey said. “You kind of looked at a paper catalog about colleges, and then you would try to get in somewhere.
