From Grounds to the big screen
Even as a child, Jay Pendarvis Jr. was concerned with documenting the world around him.
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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.
Arts This Week: Live Arts Present ‘Be More Chill’
My name is Daniel Kunkel. I am the director of the Live Arts Teen Summer Musical Be More Chill.
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.”
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.
UVA students join Broadway talent for Newsies
For Luke Sullivan, auditioning for the Virginia Theatre Festival’s production of Disney’s “Newsies” felt like a long shot.
Owning My Masters (Mastered): The Rhetorics of Rhymes & Revolutions
Owning My Masters (Mastered) is a digital archive of original rap music and spoken word poetry containing two volumes of music, an annotated timeline, videos, and a digital book.
This UVA alumnus prints history by hand
On a Thursday in June, the University of Virginia alumnus coated inkballs (goat leather stretched over stuffing, attached to a wooden handle) in dark ink, and rhythmically rolled them over a metal plate bearing the words to the Declaration of Independence.
Giving up on a book isn’t giving up on reading
In March, the popular book tracking website Goodreads added a new category. Alongside “Want to Read” and “Currently Reading,” users can now mark books as “Did Not Finish.”
The Fralin puts art acquisitions in members’ hands
A new initiative at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia aims to give its loyal patrons a chance to shape the museum’s collection.
A new thriller draws inspiration from unique UVA research
A consultant for the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies travels to a small Massachusetts town to investigate a child who claims to have memories of a past life, only to plunge into her own dark past.
‘Top Chef’ alumna brings culinary history back to Grounds
When Tanya Holland enrolled at the University of Virginia in the mid-1980s, she had no idea she was laying the groundwork for a culinary career that would one day bring her back to Grounds as an instructor.