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  • A.D. Carson performing on stage with the Charlottesville Symphony

    UVA’s Dr. A.D. Carson Debuts Orchestral Hip-Hop Project “& metaphors” with Charlottesville Symphony

    July 10, 2025

  • A rainbow background with a stack of three cartoon books in the center. Three blocks with the phrase "A & E" are on top of the books.

    A&E Book Club: Queer Fiction Set in the Past, Present and Future

    https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/06/ae-book-club-queer-fiction-set-in-the-past-present-and-future?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

  • Group of UVA students in the Hullabahoo a-capella group jumping in celebration at the top of the Rotunda.

    The Music Beat: UVA’s Hullabahoos Hit the Right Note – And Win Big

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/music-beat-uvas-hullabahoos-hit-right-note-and-win-big

  • Two trophies both in the shapes of silver microphones, sitting on a wooden table.

    WTJU Wins Six National and State Awards for Radio Excellence

    https://www.wtju.net/wtju-wins-six-national-and-state-awards-for-radio-excellence/

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Visual Art

Arts This Week: The Phaeton Gallery

The Phaeton Gallery is hosting an opening reception as part of a joint exhibition for works by Krista Townsend and Nikki Hare for arts. This week, we spoke with artist Krista Townsend and Lisa Hogan with the gallery.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-the-phaeton-gallery/

Fourth-year student Mary Hall is a co-director of the free-form student radio station WXTJ. She was recruited to the station in her first year. (Photo by Kelly West, University Communications)
Music

The Music Beat: Breaking the Algorithm’s Rhythm, These Students Give Music the Human Touch

Every week before his radio show on the University of Virginia’s student-run station WXTJ, co-director Jacob Hobbs asks himself a question: “What do I want to subject everyone to this week?” Hobbs, along with fellow WXTJ co-director Mary Hall, hosts “High Up and Low Down,” a radio show that features house music, neo-soul and tracks by artists like Lady Gaga and Charli XCX. The show, Hall said, is “haphazard.” That’s by design. “Our station is special because it’s entirely free-form,” Hall said.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/breaking-algorithms-rhythm-these-students-give-music-human-touch

Dr. R. Suryaprakash
Music

Arts This Week: SPICMACAY Spring Concert

The UVA Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY) is hosting their Spring Concert on Saturday, March 1st. For Arts This Week, we spoke to the SPICMACAY at UVA co-presidents, Bhadra Kadangal and Aashni Shetty.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-spicmacay-spring-concert/

Elena Heraldo plays the drums in front of an ornately patterned background.
Music

This Famous UVA Drummer Is on Your Favorite Soapy Netflix Show, ‘Sweet Magnolias’

Last winter, Elena Heraldo received an intriguing email. It was related to her Instagram account, the account where the University of Virginia student posts viral videos of herself drumming. The account that has nearly 500,000 followers.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/famous-uva-drummer-your-favorite-soapy-netflix-show-sweet-magnolias

A collage of photos of Kiera Chambers on the set of "Saturday Night Live," with some images of the studio's signs.
Film

How a UVA Student Landed Backstage at ‘SNL50’

Few college internships offer the chance to work alongside comedy and music legends, but for University of Virginia fourth-year student Kiera Chambers, it was another day at the office at the “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-uva-student-landed-backstage-snl50

Five students handle tree branches outside.
Visual Art

Culture in Their Hands: Students Shape Exhibition of Jewish-Inspired Objects

A collection of intricate and ornate Torah pointers – some centuries old, others created just last year – have found a home at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/culture-their-hands-students-shape-exhibition-jewish-inspired-objects

Timmins sits in front of a computer and looks down at a machine, smiling.
Architecture

Legally Blind Hoo Pursues Architecture With a Different Design

Nola Timmins has planned on being an architect since she was at least 8 years old – which may seem like a big dream, considering she is legally blind.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/legally-blind-hoo-pursues-architecture-different-design

Cut-out images of Jalen Rashad wearing all blue, superimposed on an orange-tinted background of a football field.
Dance

This UVA Alum Just Performed in the Super Bowl Halftime Show – Again

When his agent told him he didn’t book Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, Jalen Granville told her to check the list again. He still wasn’t on it.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-alum-just-performed-super-bowl-halftime-show-again

An illustration of rapper Kendrick Lamar at the super bowl over an orange background that reads "SUPER BOWL 2025"
Music

The Music Beat: Diving Into Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

The fans who packed the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday may have rooted for different teams, but they were part of two shared experiences – Super Bowl LIX and Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance

https://news.virginia.edu/content/music-beat-diving-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-halftime-show

A collage featuring three images: one of the members of Zac Brown Band; another of singer Maggie Rogers, looking at the camera; and one of comedian Joe Zimmerman also looking at the camera.
Music

The Music Beat: Zac Brown Band, Maggie Rogers To Perform at John Paul Jones Arena

Grammy-winning country musicians Zac Brown Band and Grammy nominee Maggie Rogers will be hitting the UVA stage.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/music-beat-zac-brown-band-maggie-rogers-perform-john-paul-jones-arena

Anant Das strikes a comical pose in front of lit-up white letters that spell out "OHIO," surrounded by balloons.
Drama

From Bollywood to Broadway: UVA Alum Brings Musicals to Life

An almost-forgotten app changed Anant Das’s life.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/bollywood-broadway-uva-alum-brings-musicals-life

An illustration of the scales of justice, with a dog in one and a microphone in the other, overlaid with a curling dotted line and against an orange background.
Drama

Comedy, Canines and Courtrooms: A UVA Law Student’s Unconventional Journey

Before stepping into the halls of the University of Virginia School of Law, first-year student Michael Napoles had already worn many hats: business owner, entrepreneur, stand-up comic and father.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/comedy-canines-and-courtrooms-uva-law-students-unconventional-journey

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