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  • A movie poster with the title, "Silents Scored: Live" in large white letters. Behind the title is a collage of various male and female silent films stars.

    Silence is Golden: Celebrating the History of Silent Films

    https://engagement.virginia.edu/learn/thoughts-from-the-lawn/20260204-Marshall

  • Bright orange background with a flower boarder. In the center says "Virginia Theatre Festival" in white letters, the word "Theatre" larger than the rest.

    Virginia Theatre Festival Announces 2026 Season

    https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/virginia-theatre-festival-announces-2026-season/

  • Large black letters in the top left corner say "ABCs" and the rest of the page is filled with the alphabet with colorful backgrounds. The bottom right says "of the UVA Library."

    From Artists’ Books to Zines — the ABCs of the UVA Library

    https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/artists-books-zines-abcs-uva-library?mtm_campaign=em&mtm_kwd=sub

  • A blonde man in a white jacket adjusts a large framed photograph in a hallway, admiring the picture.

    Studying Medicine, Creating Art

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/studying-medicine-creating-art

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Seven performers pose in a dance formation while holding jump ropes.
Drama

“What, like it’s hard?” — First Year Players Prepares to Stun With “Legally Blonde”

This year, the entirely student-run Contracted Independent Organization will put on the beloved musical “Legally Blonde,” continuing its tradition of giving first years and new transfer students the chance to perform.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/what-like-its-hard-first-year-players-prepares-to-stun-with-legally-blonde?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Five student stand-up comics smile for a photo at an outdoor bar.
Drama

UVA Stepmom Hosts its Second-Annual "Step Comedy Jam" on a Night of Endless Laughter

Comedy lovers at the University showed up in droves to Crozet Pizza Buddhist Biker Bar Tuesday night for the return of UVA Stepmom’s fun-filled “Step Comedy Jam,” with musical guest Loose Champagne.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/uva-stepmom-hosts-its-second-annual-step-comedy-jam-on-a-night-of-endless-laughter?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Five members of the band no composure play guitars, a bass, and a drum set on a sunny day on top of a wooden platform.
Music

No Composure Fosters Connection Through Music

The self-proclaimed “Old Dorms Band” came to be in the fall of 2023 after the band members found each other through a group chat for University Records — a student-run club that brings musicians together and hosts shows for them to perform.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/no-composure-fosters-connection-through-music?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest#google_vignette

Left: Person looking at artwork hanging on a wall RIGHT: Hallway lined with folks making art
Visual Art

Studio Art Thesis Exhibitions: 4th Year Students and Aunspaugh Fellows

Please join the Department of Art and the rest of our community in congratulating our graduating students and 5th Year Aunspaugh Fellows on the work they have done and the exhibitions we now get to enjoy on all three floors of Ruffin Hall and in Ruffin Gallery.

April 3, 2024
Two women pose for a photo taken in a studio in the 1950s — one holds her hands next to her face while staring at the camera, while the other holds a telephone to her ear.
Visual Art

A new book unearths a buried history of photography in West Africa

“Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840-1960” is published by Princeton University Press and released on March 5.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/01/style/senegal-photography-history-giulia-paoletti-interview/index.html

Rapper Eminem stands on a stage surrounded by red light, speaking into a microphone and pointing.
Music

Ben Shapiro’s hip-hop hypocrisy and white male grievance lands him on top of pop music charts for a brief moment

Over the past decade, conservative commentator and podcaster Ben Shapiro has made a living telling his followers that rap isn’t music.

https://theconversation.com/ben-shapiros-hip-hop-hypocrisy-and-white-male-grievance-lands-him-on-top-of-pop-music-charts-for-a-brief-moment-222545

Ta-Nehisi Coates sits in a chair and speaks to Robert Greene, who sits and speaks into a microphone.
Creative Writing

Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks at UVA on the Future of Reparations and the Power of Writing

Author, journalist and activist Ta-Nehisi Coates, spoke on Friday, March 8, to a UVA audience and to attendees of the ninth annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society hosted by the University’s Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies.

https://as.virginia.edu/ta-nehisi-coates-speaks-uva-future-reparations-and-power-writing

Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn

Poetic Unity: 'A Standing Witness' Examines Our Nation’s Recent History Through a Cycle of Songs

Rita Dove was on sabbatical from the University of Virginia English department when Richard Danielpour emailed the U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. The Grammy Award-winning composer wanted to discuss collaborating on A Standing Witness, a cycle of songs that covers 50 years of American history, with original music set to poems as lyrics. The project was no small task. And Dove says that, at first glance, it seemed outside her wheelhouse.

https://www.c-ville.com/poetic-unity

Arts on the Hill Battle of the Bands in Partnership with WXTJ
Music

2024 Battle of the Bands: Submit Now!!

Submit to be part of the Arts on the Hill: Battle of the Bands and a chance at $500!! Submissions are due by April 15th at 11:59pm.

March 28, 2024
Two members of Fair Verona perform in a basement lit by string lights — one plays an electric guitar while the other holds a microphone.
Music

Fair Verona: A Standout All-Girl Band at U.Va.

Among a plethora of student bands, from fraternity bands to cover bands, one made entirely of female musicians sets itself apart from the rest, Fair Verona.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/fair-verona-a-standout-all-girl-band-at-u-va?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

The Commodores — featuring sixteen musicians in Navy uniform, some on brass, others on keys or strings — perform onstage in Old Cabell Hall.
Music

U.S. Navy Band the Commodores Stunningly Pay Tribute to Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan

Students and Charlottesville locals filled Old Cabell Hall Sunday evening, eagerly waiting for the arrival of the Commodores, the United States Navy’s premier jazz ensemble.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/u-s-navy-band-the-commodores-stunningly-pay-tribute-to-duke-ellington-and-sarah-vaughan?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

Jack Stepanian holds an electric guitar while staring off into the distance, leaning against a rusted orange wall.
Music

Jack Stepanian Steps into the Spotlight of the Charlottesville Music Scene

While he has always loved performing, Stepanian said his recent top priority has been cultivating his own unique sound by creating and releasing original pieces.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/jack-stepanian-steps-into-the-spotlight-of-the-charlottesville-music-scene?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

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