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Arts This Week: The Drag Bazaar

The Drag Bazaar, an all Drag King show, will be at the Looking Glass at IX Art Park on Saturday, August 8.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-the-drag-bazaar/

Oliphant in 2018 at the exhibition of his work in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
Visual Art

Remembering Patrick Oliphant

Patrick Oliphant, a giant of 20th-century political cartooning, has died in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 90 years old.

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/remembering-patrick-oliphant

Henry Crater, the lead actor in “Newsies,” gets a hug from his brother, Luke, after a performance.
Drama

For these Hoos, ‘Newsies’ is a family reunion

When actor Henry Crater accepted the role of Jack Kelly in the Virginia Theatre Festival’s production of “Newsies,” he did not expect a bunch of college kids to correct him.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/these-hoos-newsies-family-reunion?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Logo reading "The Front Porch" with a small microphone in a yellow circle on a blue background.
Music

Arts This Week: Open Mic Night at The Front Porch

We spoke with Erynn McLeod from The Front Porch to tell us more about the Songwriter’s Open Mic night happening this Thursday at Potter’s Craft Cider.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-open-mic-night-at-the-front-porch/

A woman leaned over preserving an artwork.
Art History

How UVA conservators bring books back to life

The second floor of Shannon Library at the University of Virginia is home to a place where books go to get well. Or, at a minimum, usable.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-uva-conservators-bring-books-back-life?utm_campaign=UVATodayWeekend&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=2026July11&utm_content=original_story

Collaged image of a man holding a microphone surrounded by orange and blue images of running and film production.
Visual Art

From Grounds to the big screen

Even as a child, Jay Pendarvis Jr. was concerned with documenting the world around him.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/grounds-big-screen?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Split image with the portrait of a woman and the book cover for "Love You More" featuring a road leading to a sunset.
Creative Writing

She expected to be a lawyer. Now she’s a best-selling author

Emily Giffin’s family moved frequently when she was a child, so, to make each new city home – be it Greensboro, North Carolina, or Chicago – she and her mother went to the local library and got their library cards.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/she-expected-be-lawyer-now-shes-best-selling-author?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Cartoon image of a woman looking at a bookshelf labeled "Dark Little Apartment Reads" next to "Beach Reads."
Art History

Need a laugh? CartoonStock is here for you

In a 1956 interview with Alistair Cooke, American humorist James Thurber said, “Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all costs.”

https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/need-laugh-cartoonstock-here-you

Blue and white logo advertising "Cville Downtown Mall 50th."

Arts This Week: Cville Lantern Parade

On Friday, July 3rd, the downtown mall will be hosting a lantern parade as part of its 50th anniversary celebration.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-cville-lantern-parade/