Arts This Week: The Art Market on the Lawn
The very first UVA Art Market will be held November 6th and 7th from 10:30am to 3:30pm on the South Lawn.
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Forget the algorithm. Students are taking over the airwaves
Neither video, nor streaming, nor AI has killed the radio star, according to University of Virginia student DJs at WXTJ.
Ruth De Jong elucidates ‘The Art of Production Design’ at the Virginia Film Festival
Each fall, the Virginia Film Festival brings filmmakers and moviegoers to Charlottesville to celebrate the creative work behind cinema and its various facets.
A real UVA tradition inspired a horror mockumentary
In “Hauntings” the film, the haunted house the Mustard College coeds put on goes horribly wrong when their uptight resident adviser tries to crack down on their shenanigans and unwittingly releases an ancient evil.
39th Virginia Film Festival comes to a close
The 39th season of the Virginia Film Festival closed its five-day run with “1 15 41 Tragedy to Triumph,” an NFL Films documentary about the November 2022 shooting that killed three University of Virginia football players and injured two other students.
‘This is our Poe’: New exhibition explores Edgar Allan Poe’s student life
A new exhibition at UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library explores the pioneer of the detective novel’s time on Grounds and the lasting influence it had on him.
The Great Rotumpkin rises again at UVA
For three nights this October, Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical masterpiece will undergo a supernatural transformation.
Virginia Film Festival opens (appropriately) with ‘The Debut’
The 39th Virginia Film Festival opened Wednesday evening with a fitting title: “The Debut.”
UVA’s Historic Clothing Collection goes digital
The University of Virginia’s Historic Clothing Collection, established in the 1970s by associate professor of drama Lois Garren and currently managed by associate professor Marcy Linton, includes garments dating back to the late 18th century.
How this Hollywood Hoo became Bill Murray’s ‘Chopper’
A collage showing Casey Scharf at graduation, alongside Bill Murray wearing a flat cap, and Casey wearing a similar cap. Fifteen years after graduating from UVA, Casey Scharf is an accomplished documentary filmmaker. His latest project, “A Course Called Ireland” with Bill Murray, debuts this week on Paramount Plus and the BBC.
Arts This Week: UVA’s Global Artivism Project
Alissa Emond: You are listening to WTJU Charlottesville. For Arts this Week, we spoke with Nicole Bonino, organizer of UVA’s new Global Artivism Project, as it welcomes artist-in-residence Mirta Toledo.
The Virginia Dance Company trades competition for community
The Virginia Dance Company is composed of a tight-knit group of dancers, most of whom have danced competitively and consistently throughout childhood and high school.