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May 09, 2008
Review: Comics!!!
A discussion of awesome books you could buy.May 08, 2008
O’Connor’s American sound strikes a chord
Mark O’Connor’s quest has explored two old ideas — classical music and American ingenuity — and uncovered something brand new where they meet.
SUPER grover
Somewhere between the dancing vegetables and the drowsy rendition of the toothbrush song from the back seat, a little superness sinks in for young audience members of “Sesame Street Live: Elmo! Ready for Action.’’That’s Watson’s story, and fans are sticking to it
Stories and songs have gone together since the days before music videos, moving pictures and even front porches. Long before there was a YouTube, there was a “your turn.’’An irresistible farce will draw audiences out to Four County
Four County Players will present “Lend Me a Tenor’’ at 8 tonight and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Barboursville Community Center.Need Mother’s Day gift for gospel fan? Go to FUMA
The Isaacs will be bringing gospel music and more to Fork Union Military Academy for a Mother’s Day Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday.‘Viva Vivaldi’ hops from Bach to Macbeth
The Virginia Consort and Virginia Consort Youth Chorale will present “Viva Vivaldi’’ at 7 p.m. Saturday at University Baptist Church.Wilson School of Dance springs into action
The Wilson School of Dance Spring Performance will offer two completely different dance presentations 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center.May 05, 2008
Hartz leaving UVa Art Museum for Oregon post
Hartz will begin work in August at JSMA, the largest museum between Portland, Ore., and San Francisco.Heritage changes name to Heritage Theatre Festival
The new name reflects the fact that Heritage repertory company but is no longer presenting its shows in the “rotating repertory’’ format.Modest Mouse is next big cheese for Pav
Modest Mouse will be performing 7 p.m. June 29 at the Charlottesville Pavilion. Doors will open at 6 p.m.May 01, 2008
Will third time be the charm?
Right now, fans who kept the faith — and kept their tickets — are getting ready for Van Halen’s concert tonight at the John Paul Jones Arena. Other fans, tempted, are trying to decide whether to jump at the chance.
After two postponements, the show is set to go on at 8 tonight, with rising star Ryan Shaw opening.
Allan’s worth a listen
So you’ve heard Gary Allan’s hits — “Her Man,’’ “Smoke Rings in the Dark,’’ “Right Where I Need to Be,’’ “Best I Ever Had.’’ But if you haven’t heard him sing his other material in person, you’re missing out, says one loyal fan.
‘Les Miserables’ offers slice of life
The plot of “Les Miserables’’ addresses themes that can keep people apart. The current production at Albemarle High School, however, is bringing a lot of community members together. The impoverished character Valjean gets a hefty sentence for stealing a loaf of bread, setting a complex chain of events into motion that made Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel an international favorite and the 1980 musical version by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil a worldwide hit. At AHS, director Fay Cunningham calls the challenging show “really a community event.’’‘Mary Poppins’ drops in at Arts Center
The Academy of Dance Arts will present “Mary Poppins,’’ its biennial recital, at 8 p.m. Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center. Jordan Lindbeck will play Mary Poppins, Katelyn Coyner will play her friend Bert, Bridget Braley and Meg Pritchard will portray Jane and Michael Banks and Rebecca Baldwin will be the Bird Lady.Zephyrus explores composers who inspired young J.S. Bach
Zephyrus will explore the German composers whose works J.S. Bach would have heard while he was growing up. The vocal group, which specializes in music of the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras, will present a concert 8 p.m. Saturday at University Baptist Church at 1123 W. Main St.Bach’s Lunch serves midday musical fare
You’re invited to a musical 20th anniversary. The music ministry of Christ Episcopal Church is presenting its Bach’s Lunch series starting noon today. David Breneman, carillonneur of the Luray Singing Tower at Luray Caverns since 1984, will perform in today’s season opener. He is director of music at Reformation Lutheran Church in New Market.Orchestra serves ‘Odds and Ends’
The Blue Ridge Chamber Orchestra will present “Odds and Ends: 300 Years of String Music,’’ its spring concert, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul’s Memorial Church. Richard Baritaud will direct the performers in “Suite No. 2’’ from Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen,’’ a 1692 work, as well as Tchaikovsky’s “Andante Cantabile,’’ Dvorak’s “Notturno in B’’ and Puccini’s “Crisantemi.’’ There also will be two 20th-century piano preludes by Shostakovich arranged for string orchestra.Play On’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ is a sure bet for fans of musicals
Play On! — A New Virginia Theatre will bring the musical “Guys and Dolls’’ to its Theatre at Ix stage starting 8 p.m. Thursday. Gangsters, gamblers, nightclub dancers and missionaries are among the characters in Frank Loesser’s Tony Award-winning Broadway show about bustling New York City in the 1940s. Clinton Johnston directs a cast that includes Heather Waters as Sarah Brown, Allen Van Houzen as Sky Masterson, Mark Gruber as Nathan Detroit and Jane Scatena as Miss Adelaide.Layman bids WAHS fond farewell Sunday
Western Albemarle High School will say farewell to its band and choir director, Steve Layman, during its Spring Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Jazz Ensemble, Warrior Jazz Band, Concert Choir and Sym-phonic Band will perform. Layman began his career at Walton Middle School in 1977 and moved to Western Albemarle in 1985. He also directs the Charlottesville Municipal Band. The Jazz Ensemble will open the program with Dean Sorrenson’s Afro-Cuban arrangement “Mutual Deception,’’ Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite’’ and Horace Silver’s “The Preacher.’’Reverend’s mission is sustaining tradition
Josh Peyton is technically an ordained minister, but the spirit of the blues has taken him down a different career path. On stage the burly, bearded youngster from the plains of Indiana is known as the Reverend Peyton. With his Big Damn Band he pumps out raucous Delta foot-stompers with gospel fire, but his days of preaching are over.Springsteen electrifies JPJ audience
A performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band filled the John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday night in Charlottesville.
April 28, 2008
Give your regards to Broadway—at the Jack
Starting in October, the John Paul Jones Arena will be bringing national tours of top Broadway shows to Charlottesville through a partnership with Roberts Group Entertainment.Slideshow: Couldn’t make it to Foxfield? We were there for you.
Dapper Southern gentility mixed with frat antics and dress: men in blue seersuckers, pink shirts with pastel green ties; women in floral, wallpaper-like sundresses.
April 24, 2008
Expect a Feisty show
4, 3, 2, 1 — count down to some concert fun. Feist will be performing 7 p.m. Saturday at the Charlottesville Pavilion. Hayden also will perform. Leslie Feist, from Alberta, Canada, is a Juno Award winner and Grammy Award nominee who reached a new national audience when her song “1234’’ was featured in a television commercial for the iPod nano. The song is on “The Reminder,’’ her third solo album.Tour’s off on the right Foot
Guitarist Drew Shirley said fans can expect “a good, old-fashioned, sweaty rock show’’ when Switchfoot plays Sunday in the Charlottesville Pavilion.
The show, which includes performances by Athlete, a double-platinum-selling British band, and local favorites Sparky’s Flaw, is part of Switchfoot’s Up in Arms Tour.
The tour of Southern and Midwestern college towns is boosting awareness of To Write Love on Her Arms, a nonprofit movement designed to offer help and hope to people who are struggling with depression, addiction and other issues. Group founder Jamie Tworkowski is a friend of Switchfoot’s members, who have been wearing the group’s T-shirts on stage and helping raise awareness in other ways.
Look busy
Here comes The Boss.
He’s been glorified by Grammy voters and loved by listeners. Now Bruce Springsteen is scintillating to scholars.