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Coming ashore

As dusk sets in over Charlottesville, young girls swing silver buckets to and fro in front of the Ix Art Park...

ARTS Pick

The life of a country music icon plays out in the nationally acclaimed musical, A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. In...

All that jazz

When Greg Thomas sent an audition tape of the Albemarle High School Jazz Ensemble to Swing Central last fall, he...

A closer LOOK3

This year marks the 10th year of LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph but promises to bring a new approach to the popular...

ARTS Pick: Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy has evolved into a mainstream pop band, but you can still hear the angst that emanates from its...

Below the surface

Janet Bruce’s “Shorelines” paintings sneak up on you. Standing in front of them, you see them come alive, as things...

Jack of all trades

Known around Hollywood as a hands-on art director, Jack Fisk is not a...

Invitation to play

Playing with the art in a gallery is not always the viewer’s first instinct. “I always worry that video [art] is...

Other-worldly

In the art world, every overnight success will tell you there’s no such thing as overnight success. Playwright Sharr...

Sweet gifts

On Valentine’s Day, keep an eye out for a bunch of Cupids zipping around town on bicycles. They’ll be dressed in zany...