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WTJU 91.1 FM 2025 Rock Marathon with Albums, CDS and other media players with googly eyes
Music

WTJU 91.1 FM Celebrates 55 Years of Rocking in the Free World with the 2025 Rock Marathon - April 7-13

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.”

April 4, 2025
A promotional drawing that reads VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK in red lettering, decorated with white flowers. Underneath, an open book that reads "Charlottesvile March 20th-23rd, 2025".
Creative Writing

UVA Poet Rita Dove To Honor Renowned Colleague at Book Festival

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.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-poet-rita-dove-honor-renowned-colleague-book-festival

Iris Herrera, left, and Simone Marijic, right, stand on a stage lit by purple lights, each wearing pink and singing into a microphone.
Music

In a Nail-Biter, Michael Bublé Saves This Hoo’s Day

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.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/nail-biter-michael-buble-saves-hoos-day

Arts on the Hill with Mt. Joy
Music

ARTS ON THE HILL with MT. JOY

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.

April 3, 2025
Orlando (center, Julian Rivera Santiago) is head-over-heels for his newfound love, Rosalind (right, Maya Andersen). After Orlando escapes to Arden, Ganymede (left, Maya Andersen) vows to cure his lovesickness, as Orlando and his fellow exiles learn to live and love freely in their new home in the forest. UVA Drama presents As You Like It, music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, directed by Jessica Harris, opening March 27, 2025 in the Culbreth Theatre. Photos by Kori Price
Drama

'AS YOU LIKE IT' A Community-Engaged Musical

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!

April 2, 2025
People in the Ruffin Art Gallery
Visual Art

Arts This Week: Ruffin Hall Studio Art Exhibition Series

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.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-ruffin-hall-studio-art-exhibition-series/

Kluge Ruhe Installation Shot -Large Red and Blue Abstract Painting
Visual Art

Arts This Week: Spinifex Artist Exhibition at Kluge-Ruhe with Katina Davidson

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.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-spinifex-artist-exhibition-at-kluge-ruhe-with-katina-davidson/

Puppeteer Matt Vogel gives life to Count von Count and Big Bird on “Sesame Street.” (Photo courtesy of Sesame Workshop; photo illustration by John DiJulio, University Communications)

Q&A: How Do You Become a ‘Sesame Street’ Puppeteer?

"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.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-how-do-you-become-sesame-street-puppeteer

Russ Warren, Lyn Warren, 2024. Sennelier oil pastel on 600 lb rag paper, 29.5 x 22"
Visual Art

Russ Warren: FACES + David Hawkins: New Works

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.

https://www.lydmgallery.com/events/russ-warren-faces-david-hawkins-new-works/

One of the scrolls in Maria Villanueva’s “Free to Be, a Collective Virginia Landscape” installation.
Visual Art

‘Free to Be’: New art installation in Shannon investigates our shared Charlottesville landscape

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.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2025/free-be-new-art-installation-shannon-investigates-our-shared-charlottesville-landscape

Nici Cumpston :: Photo by Saul Steed
Visual Art

Nici Cumpston: Indigenous Artist Turned Curator to Lead Overseas Museum

Nici Cumpston has played a transformative role at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Over the past 16 years she has driven First Nations curatorial practice to new heights, shaping what began as a biennial exhibition into a festival of contemporary Indigenous art that surveys artmaking across the continent.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/nici-cumpston-kluge-ruhe-tarnanthi/104932580