UVA Department of Drama is thrilled to be welcoming Guests Artists in Residence, Ècritures Théâtrais Contemporaines en Caraïbe (ETC Caraïbe) in Spring 2025. This residency will include a performance of Rosanie Soleil, by Ina Césaire, a French playwright and ethnographer whose writings explore the oral heritage of her home of Martinique.
Can you hear that sound? It’s the WTJU Rock Marathon, a weeklong, 24-hour-a-day Rock-a-Thon airing April 7-13, designed to raise money for WTJU 91.1 FM, one of the few freeform radio stations left on the radio dial in the United States. “Ever since I came here 14 years ago, I’ve been struck by how WTJU as a whole and WTJU Rock in particular have been a beacon of independence, innovation, and creativity,” said WTJU General Manager Nathan Moore. “The 2025 Rock Marathon will push boundaries, cross genres, and create unique musical experiences for listeners of all shapes and sizes.”
The Virginia Festival of the Book, an annual celebration of reading Virginia Humanities hosts under the umbrella of the Virginia Center for the Book, kicks off March 20.
William Dozier, a 2018 English and media studies graduate, launched his online reading recommendation presence in August of 2022.
With a declaration by “The Voice” host Carson Daly, University of Virginia third-year student Simone Marijic and her friend Iris Herrera began their duet, which, paradoxically, was also a faceoff.
Arts on the Hill will be held at Carr's Hill, home of President and Mrs. Ryan, on Friday, April 18th from 5-6pm (Doors will open at 4:30pm). All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to enter the lottery. The deadline to enter the lottery is 11:59pm on Friday, April 11. Winners will be notified no later than 5pm on Wednesday, April 16.
As part of the UVA Department of Drama’s production of Shaina Taub’s musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It this spring, we are excited to announce that on Saturday, April 5th, two members of the original cast of the Public Works production of the show for the Public Theater at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park – Joel Frost and UVA alumna Brianna Cabrera – will join us for a talkback after that night’s performance!
The University of Virginia art department is hosting opening receptions at Ruffin Hall throughout April as part of a thesis exhibition series for arts. This week, we spoke with Elena Yu.
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection’s latest exhibition is called “In the Beginning: Paintings by Senior Artists of the Spinifex Arts Project.” For Arts This Week, we spoke to the curator, Katina Davidson.
"Sesame Street” is coming to the University of Virginia’s Grounds. Cast members from the friendliest street in America will perform Thursday at Carr’s Hill for an Arts on the Hill event, following a workshop with students in Helms Theatre. Sesame Street puppeteer Matt Vogel, who gives life to Count von Count and Big Bird, is one of the cast members who will perform at Carr’s Hill. Vogel talked to UVA Today ahead of the performance about how he joined the show’s cast and some of the most surprising things about being on the show.
Les Yeux du Monde is pleased to present two new exhibitions, Russ Warren: FACES, and David Hawkins: New Works, which will open Friday, March 28th and run through Sunday, May 4th.
On the second floor of Shannon Library, two massive mixed-media collages hanging side by side are catching the attention of passers-by. The art installation, titled “Free to Be, a Collective Virginia Landscape,” is the work of Maria Villanueva, an Assistant Professor of Art who arrived at UVA in August. Using layered transfers of photographs, gouache and watercolor paints, and colored pencils, Villanueva mixes Charlottesville’s urban spaces with the lush landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains, interspersing local birds, people, and texts into the visual narrative, all presented on giant scrolls.
