Bill Cosby. Blackalicious. The Rolling Stones. A year ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that artists this big, this cool, would be coming to little ol’ Charlottesville. And yet here we are on the eve of the 2005-2006 cultural season, and here they are, gracing our stages, playing our clubs, generally rocking our worlds. Little ol’ Charlottesville isn’t so little anymore.
So behold, the lineup for the 2005-06 arts season.
In the calendar that follows you’ll be hard-pressed to find a night when something amazing isn’t going on that involves dancers, singers, actors, painters—or all of them combined! But don’t take our word for it. We reached out to local experts—artists and performers like Terri Allard, Damani Harrison and Russell Richards—to get their thoughts on some of the biggest names visiting this season, the shows they might cancel their own gigs to see.
Heed their words. Don’t be left out when everyone else asks, “Did you see….?”—Edited by Eric Rezsnyak
MUSIC
Tuesday, September 20
Widespread Panic; 7:30pm, $35. Charlottesville Pavilion
Peter Mayer; 8pm, $12-15. Gravity Lounge
Max Collins; 10:30pm, free. Cocktail Lounge, Starr Hill Music Hall
Wednesday, September 21
Moot Davis and the Cool Deal; 8pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Thursday, September 22
The Heavenly States; 8pm, $6. Gravity Lounge
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival featuring Boccherini’s Cello Quintet in F Minor, G. 348; Lieberson’s Piano Quartet; Hemphill’s One Atmosphere; J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; 8pm, $6-22. Jefferson Theater
Calf Mountain Jam and Tea Leaf Green; 8pm, $8-10. Starr Hill Music Hall
Friday, September 23
Skip Castro; 5pm, no cover. Charlottesville Pavilion
Cephas and Wiggins; 8pm, $18-22. The Prism
Saturday, September 24
Jan Smith; 7pm, $8. Starr Hill Music Hall
Opening Night 2005 Benefit Showcase; 8pm, pay what you can. The Prism
Tracy Grammer; 8pm, $10. Gravity Lounge
Sunday, September 25
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival featuring Penderecki’s Cadenza for Viola; Scarlatti’s Sonata in A Major, L. 391; Schnittke’s Piano Quartet; Part’s Mozart- Adagio; J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations; 3pm, $6-22. Jefferson Theater
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra &
The Pied Pipers; 4pm, sold out.
The Paramount Theater
Monday, September 26
Army of Me’s Brad Tursi; 9pm, free. Cocktail Lounge, Starr Hill Music Hall
Wednesday, September 28
Allman Brothers Band; 7:30pm,
$22-44.50. Charlottesville Pavilion
Thursday, September 29
The Pixies; 7:30pm, $35. Charlottesville Pavilion
Devon Sproule and Found Magazine; 8pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
Friday, September 30
Jimmy O; 5pm, no cover. Charlottesville Pavilion
Malcolm Holcombe and David Childers and the Modern Don Juans; 7pm, $8. Gravity Lounge
Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant 40th Anniversary Massacree Tour; 8pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Devil Music scoring Nosferatu; 8pm, $8-10. Satellite Ballroom
Matt Haimovitz; 8pm, $18-22. The Prism
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen; 9pm, $15-18. Starr Hill Music Hall
Saturday, October 1
Carbon Leaf; 7:30pm, $15-17. Charlottesville Pavilion
Jake Armerding Trio; 8pm, $12-15.
The Prism
The Lascivious Biddies; 8pm, $8-10. Gravity Lounge
Saturday, October 1-Sunday, October 2
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra presents Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin; Ewazen’s Concerto for Trombone; Mahler’s Symphony No. 4; 8pm (10/1) & 3:30pm (10/2),
$11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, October 2
David Ross Macdonald; 7pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Keller Williams; 7:30pm, $22. Charlottesville Pavilion
Monday, October 3
Chanticleer; 8pm, $33-39.
The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, October 4
Free Country; 7pm, $5-10.
Gravity Lounge
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Marc-Andre Hamelin; 8pm, $5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Dar Williams; 8pm, $20. Starr Hill Music Hall
Wednesday, October 5
Kate Campbell; 7pm, $10-15. Gravity Lounge
Starr Hill Presents Nanci Griffith and the Blue Moon Orchestra; 7pm, $22.50-$29.50. The Paramount Theater
O.A.R.; 7:30pm, $25. Charlottesville Pavilion
Thursday, October 6
The Rolling Stones and Trey Anastasio; 7pm, sold out. Scott Stadium
Seamus Kennedy; 7pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
Friday, October 7
Grrrrls Night Out with SONiA of disappear fear; 8pm, $10-15. Gravity Lounge
Bill Cole and William Parker; 8pm, $12-15. The Prism
Starr Hill presents The Pietasters, Big D and the Kids Table; 9pm, $10-12. Satellite Ballroom
William Walter & Co.; 10pm, free.
Starr Hill Music Hall
Saturday, October 8
Nickel Creek; 7:30pm, $22-29.50. Charlottesville Pavilion
Foster’s Branch; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Frankie Gavin; 8pm, $15-18. The Prism
Brazilian Girls; 9pm, $10-12. Starr Hill Music Hall
Sunday, October 9
Greg Howard’s Stick Night; 7pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Dean Musser and Friends; 7pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder; 8pm, regular-priced tickets sold out; only patron tickets left, $250-500.
The Paramount Theater
Slightly Stoopid; 8pm, $12-15. Starr Hill Music Hall
Monday, October 10
Grrrls Night Out with Denice Franke
and Mary Ann Rossoni; 7pm, free. Gravity Lounge
Tuesday, October 11
Geoff Muldaur; 7pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
Matt Nathanson; 8pm, $10-12.
Starr Hill Music Hall
Lyrics Born and Pigeon John; 9pm, $12-15. Satellite Ballroom
Wednesday, October 12
The Strawbs; 7pm, tickets TBA.
Gravity Lounge
Thursday, October 13
Dave’s True Story; 7pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Dierks Bentley; 7:30pm, $17-29.50. Charlottesville Pavilion
Railroad Earth; 8pm, $8-10. Starr Hill Music Hall
Friday, October 14
UVA’S University Programs Council
presents Jason Mraz; 8pm, $15-35. Charlottesville Pavilion
Cat Power and Spokane; 8pm, $12-15. Satellite Ballroom
The Biscuit Burners; 8pm, $10-12.
The Prism
Robert Jospe’s Inner Rhythm; 8pm, $10. Gravity Lounge
Lockjaw; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Saturday, October 15
Soul Sledge; 8pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Raymond McLain and Mike Stevens; 8pm, $12-15. The Prism
Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, October 16
Adrienne Young and Little Sadie; 3pm, $7. Gravity Lounge
Nerissa and Katryna Nields; 7pm,
$10-15. Gravity Lounge
Sonya Lorelle; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Tuesday, October 18
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Sharon Isbin and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra; 8pm, $5-25.
Old Cabell Hall
Thursday, October 20
Jimmie Dale Gilmore; 7pm, $20-25. Gravity Lounge
Ensemble Galilei with Jean Redpath; 7:30pm, $10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill; 8pm, $20-25. The Prism
Steve Kimock Band; 8pm, $15-18. Starr Hill Music Hall
Friday, October 21
Eddie From Ohio; 8pm, $16-18.
Starr Hill Music Hall
Dromedary; 8pm, $12-15. The Prism
Metanoia; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Monticello Road and Sparky’s Flaw; 9pm, $8-10. Satellite Ballroom
Saturday, October 22
David Grisman Quintet; 7pm, $25-35. The Paramount Theater
Scott Fore and David Doucet; 8pm, $12-15. The Prism
Pantops Trio; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, October 23
Jan Smith and Caroline Herring; 7pm, $8. Gravity Lounge
Lori Derr with the George Turner Trio; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Thursday, October 27
Chris Smither; 7pm, $15-20. Gravity Lounge
Yonder Mountain String Band; 7pm, $20-25. The Paramount Theater
Young Artists Night featuring The Wave; 7pm, $3. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, October 28
Richelle Claiborne, Andy Waldeck and the C-villians; 8pm, $5. Gravity Lounge
Trashé Blues; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Atomic Halloween Party with Hillbilly Werewolf and Jimmy & the Teasers; 10pm, free. Atomic Burrito
Saturday, October 29
Rahim AlHaj; 8pm, $12-15. The Prism
Sweet Trouble; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, October 30
Nature Boys; 7pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Tuesday, November 1
Freakwater; 7pm, $10. Gravity Lounge
Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon; 8pm, $30. Starr Hill Music Hall
Wednesday, November 2
James McMurty and the Heartless Bastards; 7pm, $12. Gravity Lounge
Gogol Bordello; 8pm, $12-14. Starr Hill Music Hall
Friday, November 4
Clumsy Lovers; 8pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
Paddy Keenan; 8pm, tickets TBA.
The Prism
Johnnie and the Lowdowns; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Dougie MacLean; 7pm, $20-25.
Starr Hill Music Hall
Sunday, November 6
Brokedown Palace; 8pm, $3. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Doc Severinsen with the Richmond Symphony; 8pm, $46-52. The Paramount Theater
Monday, November 7
The Perceptionists featuring Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, and DJ Fakts One; 9pm, $12-15. Satellite Ballroom
Tuesday, November 8
Rockin’ Blues Revue with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers; 8pm, $33-39. The Paramount Theater
Tuesday Evening Concert Series
presents Rebel Baroque Ensemble & Deutsche Naturhorn Solisten; 8pm,
$5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Thursday, November 10
David LaMotte; 7pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
Pat Metheny Trio with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez; 8pm, $43-75. The Paramount Theater
Mofro; 8pm, $10-12. Starr Hill Music Hall
Friday, November 11
Acoustic Muse presents Billy Jonas; 7pm, $5-15. Gravity Lounge
Jawbone (Tony Trischka and Bruce Molsky); 8pm, tickets TBA. The Prism
The Orderlies; 8pm, $3. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, November 11 &
Sunday, November 13
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra presents Bernstein’s Candide Overture; Bartok’s Viola Concerto; Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem; 8pm (11/11) & 3:30pm (11/13), $11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Saturday, November 12
Laurie Lewis Band; 8pm, tickets TBA. The Prism
Foster’s Branch; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, November 13
The Kinsey Sicks’ “I Wanna Be a Republican”; 3pm, $20-35. Gravity Lounge
The Kinsey Sicks’ “Sickest of the Sicks”; 7pm, $20-35. Gravity Lounge
Crooked Road; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Monday, November 14
Galactic; 8pm, $20. Starr Hill Music Hall
Tuesday, November 15
Richard Shindell; 7pm, $15-20. Gravity Lounge
Wednesday, November 16
The Pink Floyd Experience; 8pm, $23-29. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, November 17
Vince Gill; 6:30 & 9:30pm, regular-priced tickets sold out; only patron
tickets available, $125. The Paramount Theater
Acoustic Muse presents Slaid Cleaves; 8pm, $12-15. Gravity Lounge
Friday, November 18
Sierra; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Saturday, November 19
Devon Sproule; 8pm, tickets TBA. Gravity Lounge
John Jorgenson Quintet; 8pm, tickets TBA. The Prism
2 Red Shoes; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, November 20
Lori Derr with the George Turner Trio; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, November 25
The Moscow Boys Choir; 7:30pm,
$21-30. The Paramount Theater
Friday, December 2
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra Family Holiday Concert (with the University Singers); 8pm, $11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Bluzonia; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver; 8pm, $23-29. The Paramount Theater
Acoustic Muse presents Catie Curtis; 8pm, $15-18. Gravity Lounge
Saturday, December 3
Virginia Consort’s “Christmas with the Consort”; 4 & 7pm, $15-20. First Presbyterian Church
The Wastrels; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, December 4
PVCC Chorus Holiday Concert; 3pm, free. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Christine Lavin; 7pm, $22-27. Gravity Lounge
Las Gitanas; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, December 9
Sun Dried Opossum; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Saturday, December 10
Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice; 8pm, $27-33. The Paramount Theater
Long Slide; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, December 11
Charlottesville Municipal Band Holiday Concert; 3:30 & 7:30pm, free (tickets required). PVCC Dickinson Theater
High Ground Bluegrass; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, December 16
Jerry Harmon; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Saturday, December 17
Sweet Trouble; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Sunday, December 18
Beleza Brasil; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Friday, December 30
Wayne Parham; 8pm, $5. Kokopelli’s Cafe
Saturday, December 31
Jesse Winchester, Paul Curreri, Devon Sproule and the Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko Band; time and price TBA. Gravity Lounge
Monday, January 16
Gospel Choir of Harlem; 7:30pm,
$10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Tuesday, January 24
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon; 8pm, $5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Monday, January 30
Riders in the Sky; 7:30pm, tickets TBA. Blackfriars Playhouse
Saturday, February 4-Sunday, February 5
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra presents Tower’s Made in America; Gluck’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits; C.P.E. Bach’s Concerto in D minor; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; 8pm (2/4) & 3:30pm (2/5), $11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, February 5
The Temptations; 8pm, sold out.
The Paramount Theater
Friday, February 10
Liz Story and Lisa Lynne; 8pm, $23-29. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, February 12
Sing! Sing! Sing!; 7pm, $27-33.
The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, February 14
CeCe Winans; 8pm, $36-42. The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, February 21
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Magdalena Kozená & Les Violons du Roy Chamber Orchestra; 8pm,
$5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Friday, February 24
Yo-Yo Ma with the Silk Road Ensemble; 8pm, regular tickets sold out, patron tickets still available, $250-500. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, March 2
Chick Corea & Touchstone; 8pm, $43-49. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, March 5
Virginia Consort‘s “Midwinter Masterworks” featuring Ravel’s Trois Chansons and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War; 3:30pm, $15-20; Cabell Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, March 8
The Fab Four; 8pm, $23-29. The Paramount Theater
Friday, March 17
The Polish Chamber Orchestra with Sir James Galway & Lady Jeanne Galway; 8pm, regular-priced tickets sold out; patron tickets available $150. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, March 18-Sunday, March 19
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra presents John D’earth’s Blues for Orchestra; Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5; 8pm (3/18) & 3:30pm (3/19), $11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Tuesday, March 21
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents St. Petersburg String Quartet; 8pm, $5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Saturday, March 25
Terri Allard; 8pm, $10-$15. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Tuesday, March 28
Soweto Gospel Choir; 8pm, $34-40. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, April 6-Sunday, April 9
Pierre Bensusan 2006 Residential Guitar Seminar, times and prices TBA. The Prism
Saturday, April 8
Jane Monheit; 8pm, $24-30. The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, April 12
Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Sergey Schepkin; 8pm, $5-25. Old Cabell Hall
Saturday, April 22-Sunday, April 23
Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty; 8pm (4/22) & 3:30pm (4/23), $11-22. Old Cabell Hall
Tuesday, April 25
Charlottesville Municipal Band Spring Concert; 8pm, free. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Sunday, April 30
PVCC Chorus Spring Concert; 3pm, free, PVCC Dickinson Theater
Saturday, May 13
Virginia Consort’s “Spring Concert” featuring Mozart’s Sancta Maria and John Rutter’s Requiem; 7pm, $15-20. First Presbyterian Church
STAGE
Through Friday, November 25
Hamlet; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Through Saturday, November 26
The Three Musketeers; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
All’s Well That Ends Well; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Through Sunday, November 27
The Comedy of Errors; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Tuesday, September 13
Second City Comedy National Touring Company; 7:30pm, $10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Friday, September 16-Saturday, October 15
Noises Off; Live Arts DownStage
Sunday, September 18
Theatreworks USA Aesop’s Fables; 1 & 3pm, $5. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Wednesday, September 21-Thursday, September 29
DAH Theatre Research Centre’s Jadranka Andjelic Project of Serbia
residency; Live Arts
Saturday, September 24-Saturday, October 22
Rumpelstiltskin (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Friday, October 7-Saturday, October 15
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe; New Lyric Theater. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Friday, October 7-Sunday, October 23
Lightly Seasoned; Four County Players. Barboursville Playhouse
Wednesday, October 12
The Bomb-itty of Errors; 8pm, $18-27. The Paramount Theater
Friday, October 14
The Berenstain Bears On Stage; 7:30pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, October 18
Broadway—The Star-Spangled Celebration; 8pm, $40-49. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, November 3-Thursday, November 17
Cloud 9; UVA Drama Department. Helms Theatre
Friday, November 4
The Smothers Brothers; 8pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Friday, November 4-Wednesday, November 16
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf; UVA Drama Department. Culbreth Theatre
Friday, November 4-Sunday, December 4
Pinocchio; Old Michie Theatre
Saturday, November 5
Live Arts GALA; 6pm, $200 (reservations required; call 977-4177, x102). Live Arts DownStage
Saturday, November 5-Thursday, November 17
Call of the Wild; UVA Drama Department. Culbreth Theatre
Saturday, November 5-Saturday, December 10
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Thursday, November 10-Sunday, November 20
Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th; PVCC Drama. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Friday, November 11-Saturday, December 17
Having Our Say; Live Arts UpStage
Thursday, November 17
Paula Poundstone; 7:30pm, tickets TBA. Blackfriars Playhouse
Wednesday, November 30-Saturday, December 31
The Santaland Diaries; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Friday, December 2-Sunday, December 18
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Four County Players. Barboursville Playhouse
Friday, December 9
Laughter Arts Festival; 8pm, $26-32. The Paramount Theater
Friday, December 9-Friday, December 30
A Christmas Carol; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Tuesday, December 13
Troupe America, Inc. and Mainstage present A Christmas Carol; 7:30pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, December 17-Saturday,
December 24
The Elves and the Shoemaker (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Friday, January 13-Saturday, February 4
Macbeth; Live Arts DownStage
Friday, January 13-Sunday, January 29
The Greater Tuna; American Shakespeare Center. Blackfriars Playhouse
Saturday, January 14-Saturday, February 18
Rapunzel (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Saturday, January 21
The Flying Karamazov Brothers; 7:30pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Friday, January 27-Sunday, February 19
The Prince and the Pauper; Old Michie Theatre
Saturday, January 28
Helikon Opera presents Strauss’
Die Fledermaus; 8pm, $41-47.
The Paramount Theater
Saturday, February 4
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co.; 7:30pm, $18-27. The Paramount Theater
Friday, February 10-Saturday, February 25
Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Live Arts UpStage
Wednesday, February 15-Sunday, February 19
PVCC Drama winter play; Maxwell Theatre
Thursday, February 16-Saturday, February 25
Truth and Beauty; UVA Drama Department. Culbreth Theatre
Saturday, February 18
Mame; 8pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Tuesday, February 28
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (featuring Hector Elizondo and JoBeth Williams); 8pm, $30-36. The Paramount Theater
Friday, March 3
Aquilla Theatre presents Hamlet; 7:30pm, $10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Jekyll & Hyde—The Concert; 8pm, $43-49. The Paramount Theater
Friday, March 3-Saturday, March 25
Metamorphoses; Live Arts DownStage
Saturday, March 4-Saturday, April 1
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Friday, March 10-Sunday, April 2
Babes in Arms; Four County Players. Barboursville Playhouse
Saturday, March 18
The Trip to Bountiful; 8pm, $26-32. The Paramount Theater
Wednesday, March 22
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka; 7:30pm, $15-24. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, March 23-Saturday, April 1
Luminosity; UVA Drama Department. Helms Theatre
Friday, March 24
Nobodies of Comedy; 8pm, $19-25. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, April 6
Opera Roanoke and the Roanoke Symphony present The Marriage of Figaro; 8pm, $39-45. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, April 8-Saturday, May 13
Puss In Boots (puppet show); Old Michie Theatre
Thursday, April 13-Sunday, April 23
Rupert Holmes’ Accomplice; PVCC Drama. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Thursday, April 20-Saturday, May 6
Our Lady of 121st Street; Live Arts DownStage
Friday, April 21-Saturday, April 29
The Spring Festival of One-Acts; UVA Drama Department. Culbreth Theatre
Saturday, April 21-Sunday, May 14
A Little Princess; Old Michie Theatre
Saturday, April 22
The World-Class Juggling of Mark Nizer; 7:30pm, $13-22. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, April 29
Bill Cosby; 5 & 8pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, May 4
Broadway Center Stage: Broadway Love Stories; 8pm, $23-29. The Paramount Theater
Friday, May 5-Sunday, May 21
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Four County Players. Barboursville Playhouse
Thursday, June 1-Saturday, June 17
All My Sons; Live Arts DownStage
Thursday, July 13-Saturday, August 5
Urinetown; Live Arts DownStage
Friday, July 21-Sunday, August 13
All’s Well That Ends Well; Four County Players. Barboursville Ruins
DANCE
Thursday, September 22
Dance Master Class: Flamenco Vivo with Carlota Santana; 6:30-8pm, $10. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Friday, September 23
Flamenco Vivo with Carlota Santana; 7:30pm, $10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Wednesday, November 2
The Parsons Dance Company; 8pm, $32-41. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, December 1-Friday, December 2
PVCC Dance presents “Choice: Movement in the Moment”; 7:30pm, $5. PVCC Maxwell Theatre
Saturday, January 28
Dance Master Class: Hawaiian Dance with Audrey “Aukele” Jung; 1:30-3:30pm, $10. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Wednesday, March 8
Richmond Ballet Youth Performance; 7:30pm, $5. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Thursday, March 9
Dance Master Class: Malcolm Burn, Ballet Master, Richmond Ballet; 3-4:30pm, $10. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Richmond Ballet; 7:30pm, $10-17. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Saturday, March 11
Russian National Ballet presents Swan Lake; 8pm, sold out. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, April 1
Dance Master Class: Modern dance with Doug Hamby; 1:30-3:30 pm, $10. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Tuesday, April 25
Miami City Ballet; 8pm, $36-250. The Paramount Theater
Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6
PVCC Dance presents “A Celebration of Movement”; 7:30pm, $8-10. PVCC Dickinson Theater
Saturday, May 20
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange; 8pm, $21-30. The Paramount Theater
ART
Through September
“Graham Caldwell: Thin Lines and Solid Air”; Second Street Gallery Main Gallery
“Short Films by Kevin Everson”; Second Street Gallery Dové Gallery
“Truth be Told,” paintings by Lisa Beane; Les Yeux du Monde
Through October 2
Tim O’Kane (Main Gallery), Central Virginia Watercolor Guild (Lower Halls 1 & 2); McGuffey Art Center
Through October 17
“Insistent Absence: The Unacknowledged Influence of Ukiyo-e on Modern Japanese Prints”; UVA Art Museum Entrance Gallery
“The Power of the North: German, Dutch, and Flemish Old Master Prints”; UVA Art Museum Graphics Gallery
Through November 5
“Above and Beyond: Perspective in Aboriginal Art”; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Through November 23
“A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon, III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts”; UVA Art Museum Main Gallery
September 28-September 29
“Sankofa: African-American Museum on Wheels” with Angela Jennings; 7pm (9/28), 12:30pm (9/29), Free. PVCC
September 28-October 26
Works by Chica Tenney. PVCC Dickinson Building
October
“Casting a New Light”; Second Street Gallery
“Russ Warren: Forgive Us Not”; Les Yeux du Monde
Watercolors by Barbara Wachter; BozArt Gallery
Quilts by Rose Rushbrooke and paintings by Judith Towns; Sage Moon Gallery
October 1-October 30
“Advent: Work by Chica Tenney”; UVA Art Museum Foyer Gallery
October 4-October 30
Chica Tenney (Main Gallery), Jim Henry (Lower Hall 1), Lee Alter (Lower Hall 2), Children Youth and Family Services Fundraiser/Auction (Upper Halls 1 & 2); McGuffey Art Center
October 26-December 23
“Mi Cuerpo, Mi Pais: Cuban Art Today”; UVA Art Museum Entrance Gallery, Graphics Gallery
November
“Ju-Yeon Kim: Recent Paintings”; Second Street Gallery Main Gallery
“True Defenders of the Craft: Drawings by Warren Craghead”; Second Street Gallery Dové Gallery
“Katherine Porter & David Summers: An Uncommon Alliance”; Les Yeux du Monde
Tribute oil paintings by Vido Palta; BozArt Gallery
Oil paintings by Jennifer Young; Sage Moon Gallery
November 1-November 20
Ann Cheeks (Main Gallery), Julie Godine (Lower Hall 1), Steve Taylor (Lower Hall 2), Murray Whitehill (Upper Hall 1), Terese Verkerke (Upper Hall 2); McGuffey Art Center
November 2-November 30
PVCC Art Faculty Show; PVCC Dickinson Building
November 15-February 18
“Yilpinji: Love Magic and Ceremony”; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
November 22-January 4
Holiday Group Show; McGuffey Art Center
December
“Gary Baseman: The God of Love and Other Works”; Second Street Gallery Main Gallery
“Lincoln Perry: Faeries and Rabbits”; also showing works by Cary Brown, She Fisher, William Mead and Christophe Vorlet; Les Yeux du Monde
Group Show; BozArt Gallery
Oil paintings by Andre Lucero; Sage Moon Gallery
December-January
“Interactions 2”; Second Street Gallery Dové Gallery
December 5-December 23
“Portraiture: Identity”; UVA Art Museum Main Gallery
Monday, December 12
C-VILLE Talks presents renowned photographer William Albert Allard, who shows photos from Bollywood, the Indian film industry; audience discussion to follow. 7pm, free. Live Arts DownStage
January
Oil paintings by Elliott Twery; Sage Moon Gallery
January-February
Donna Mintz and Celia Reisman; Les Yeux du Monde
January 3-January 29
Kathy Craig (Main Gallery), New Members Show (Lower Hall 1 & 2); McGuffey Art Center
January 14-February 26
“The Social Lens: Photography from the Graham Collection”; UVA Art Museum Entrance Gallery, Graphics Gallery
January 21-March 19
“Guardian of the Flame, Art of Sri Lanka”; UVA Art Museum Main Gallery
January 31-February 26
Rose Hill (Main Gallery), Figure Drawing Group (Lower Hall 1 & 2), Bob Anderson (Upper Hall 1), Ron Langman (Upper Hall 2); McGuffey Art Center
February
“Still: Paintings by Chris Scarborough and Stanley Taft”; Second Street Gallery Main Gallery
“Nora Sturges: Adventures with Marco Polo”; Second Street Gallery Dové Gallery
Oil paintings by Wantue Major; Sage Moon Gallery
February 28-April 2
McGuffey Alumni Show (Main Gallery), Chris McAndrew (Lower Hall 1), Grex Sykes (Lower Hall 2), “Charlottesville 2-D” (Upper Hall 1 & 2); McGuffey
Art Center
February 28-April 29
“Proof: Portraits from the Movement, 1978-2003”; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
“Ancestor Spirits in Aboriginal Art”; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
March-April
“Terra Incognita: Forty Years of Anne Slaughter, 1966-2006”; Second Street Gallery, Les Yeux du Monde
Trisha Orr; Les Yeux du Monde
March 8-April 22
“The Mutant Image: Photographs, Prints, and Drawings from the Collection”; UVA Art Museum Graphics Gallery
March 12-May 21
“A Soldier’s Life: Selections from the Charles J. Brown Soldier Trust”; UVA Art Museum Entrance Gallery
April 1-May 12
“Humanism and Enigma: The Art of Honore Sharrer”; UVA Art Museum Main Gallery
April 4-April 30
Robin Campo (Main Gallery), Kris Onuf (Lower Hall 1), Kelly Lonergan (Lower Hall 2), Sea Aviar (Upper Hall 1), Diane Siebels (Upper Hall 2); McGuffey Art Center
May
“Will May: Interrupt”; Second Street Gallery Main Gallery
“Manual: Video by Matthias Müller and Christoph Girardet”; Second Street Gallery Dové Gallery
John Borden Evans; Les Yeux du Monde
May 2-May 28
Robin Braun (Main Gallery), Blake Hurt (Lower Hall 1), Nancy Bass (Lower Hall 2), Fleming Lunsford and Susan Leschke (Upper Hall 1); McGuffey Art Center
May 9-August 19
“Mysterious Beauty: Edward L. Ruhe’s Vision of Aboriginal Art”; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
June
Jan Aronson; Les Yeux du Monde
June-August
“Love Letter Invitational”; Second Street Gallery
FILM
Tuesday, September 20
Virginia Film Society presents the Manhattan Short Film Festival, featuring shorts from around the world; 7pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Vinegar Hill Theatre
Saturday, September 24
National Velvet; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
My Fair Lady; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, September 25
3-Iron; 7 & 9:30pm, $3. OFFScreen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater.
Wednesday, October 5
Virginia Film Society presents Darwin’s Nightmare; 7pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Vinegar Hill Theatre
Sunday, October 9
Mysterious Skin; 7 & 9:30pm, $3. OFF-Screen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater.
Saturday, October 15
Dial M For Murder; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, October 16
North By Northwest; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Young Rebels; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFF-Screen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Sunday, October 23
Brothers; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFFScreen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Thursday, October 27-Sunday, October 30
“IN/JUSTICE”: The 18th Annual Virginia Film Festival. Confirmed premieres include Nine Lives (featuring Glenn Close, Sissy Spacek and Holly Hunter) and Manderlay (featuring Danny Glover), plus screenings of Dirty Harry, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anatomy of a Murder and Inherit the Wind, and many more. Various venues including Culbreth Theatre, Regal Downtown Cinema 6 and more
Saturday, October 29
Virginia Film Society presents The Kid Brother, a silent film with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton; 1pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Culbreth Theatre
Sunday, October 30
Nobody Knows; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFF-Scren Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Sunday, November 6
Kings and Queen; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFF- Screen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Tuesday, November 8
Virginia Film Society presents Unseen Cinema: Experimental Treasures from the World’s Leading Archives; 7pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Vinegar Hill Theatre
Saturday, November 12 & Sunday, November 13
Gone With The Wind; 7pm (Saturday), 2pm (Sunday), $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, November 13
Nights of Cabiria; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFF-Screen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Tuesday, November 15
Virginia Film Society presents The Talent Given Us; 7pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Vinegar Hill Theatre
Sunday, November 27
Juilette of the Spirits; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFFScreen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Sunday, December 4
I Am Cuba; 7 & 9:30pm, $3; OFFScreen Cinema, Newcomb Hall Theater
Tuesday, December 6
Virginia Film Society presents I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth; 7pm, $8, free to Film Society members. Vinegar Hill Theatre
Saturday, December 17
It’s a Wonderful Life; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, December 18
White Christmas; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, January 7
Woman of the Year; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, January 8
Top Hat; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, March 4
Rocky; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, March 5
The Magnificent Seven; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, April 1
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, April 2
Kiss Me Kate; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Thursday, April 13
The Ten Commandments; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Saturday, May 13
It Happened One Night; 7pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
Sunday, May 14
Sleepless in Seattle; 2pm, $4-6. The Paramount Theater
PAUL WALKER ON REBEL BAROQUE ENSEMBLE AND DEUTSCHE NATURHORN SOLISTEN
The emphasis in this concert is on the natural horn, which is not something you hear very often. What that means is that there are no valves: The players can only play certain notes, and they do that by lip. The sound is often associated with horn calls, like for hunting. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that valves were put on and people could play the entire chromatic scale.
The most famous piece here is the first Brandenburg Concerto by Bach. Bach’s music is well known and often performed today. It’s head and shoulders above his contemporaries. His music is just at the limits of what a human being can do. Anybody who’s played or sung it can tell you that. But he himself could do it, so he wasn’t asking people to do something that he wasn’t prepared to do himself.
A lot of the audience is also likely to know the first Brandenburg. The melody in the Handel Concerto in F Major also appears in the Water Music, and so people will recognize that as well. It may sound slightly different, but they’ll recognize it. And recognition often increases enjoyment for people.
Paul Walker is an associate professor of music at UVA, director of Zephyrus and director of the Early Music Ensemble. Rebel Baroque Orchestra performs Tuesday, November 8, as part of the Tuesday Evening Concert Series.
TERRI ALLARD ON VINCE GILL
When I think of Vince Gill I think about his gorgeous voice. His range is incredible. He can sing low and also these absolutely beautiful, pure high notes. He just has one of the most beautiful voices. He can kill a ballad. I’m always drawn to voices, but he’s also a great guitar player. I don’t think that the general public knows that. I think that he’s one of those guys who can play just about anything he puts his hands on.
I like some of his earliest ballads. He had that hit, I think it was in ’89, “When I Call Your Name,” and the other ballad that he sang, “Never Knew Lonely.” I love both of those. I get goose bumps just talking about them. Beautiful, simple country ballads that he absolutely conquers.
I think that he has written or co-written most of his hits. The other one that I like is “Liza Jane.” It kicks. It’s a song that grabs you, then takes you away. It’s fun. It’s up. It’s so catchy you’ll sing it all day after you hear it.
Terri Allard is an Albemarle County-based folk singer-songwriter. Gill performs Thursday, November 17, at The Paramount Theater.
MATTEUS FRANKOVICH ON GOGOL BORDELLO
If you asked me two years ago I would have said Gogol Bordello was turning people on to a lot of cultural freshness and turning them around from their 64-ounce American servicing. It’s cool that they’re not just Romanian guys playing punk music; they’re actually hearkening back to some tradition of the music. Like the 60-year-old violin player with some traditional nontraining training. They’re from New York, so that has the whole melting pot thing going on—a lot of different worlds colliding violently but gracefully together.
Last time they came through town they added that whole reggae dub dancehall moment to it. Then there is the more classic driving yelling punk side to the songs. A little singy-songy traveling gypsy ballad side to them, too.
The joie de vivre of Gogol Bordello? They’re lunatics. They’re driven. Eugene Hutz has that insuppressible thing. He can do it every night—drinking wildly and tearing his heart open and pouring it on people. They’ve got the drinking down to a well-paced science through the evening.
In the midst of it I get off on the music in a shamanic trance-inducing way. You’re going crazy, your stomach muscles are cramped for two hours in a pit of sweaty bodies somehow unified and writhing like baby serpents.
If you’re going to see them in Charlottesville, there’s such an enthusiastic response by everyone who is there you can tap into that. Looking around at the last show and seeing all these people I cross paths with on a regular basis and everybody was going on this kooky gypsy train. It was a great unifying moment for Charlottesville.
Matteus Frankovich is a proprietor of the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar and a science impressario. Gogol Bordello performs Wednesday, November 2, at Starr Hill Music Hall.
RUSSELL RICHARDS ON GARY BASEMAN
I had seen these very distinctive illustrations and art in magazines like Art Juxtapoz, but it wasn’t until recently that I placed a name to them. Some of my art appeared in Super-7 magazine, and in the same issue (No. 5) there was a big article about Gary Baseman, which was what really acquainted me with his work. This article described a variety of his creations, from the animated TV series “Teacher’s Pet” to vinyl toy designs like the Dunces and the Dumb Luck rabbit. Incidentally, I gave a copy of that magazine to Leah [Stoddard] at Second Street Gallery, which resulted in her contacting him, so I feel somewhat responsible for the show.
Baseman’s artwork manages to be edgy and charming at the same time, and he successfully applies his recognizable style across a diversity of media—an ability that I certainly respect. As far as influence, I do feel akin to Baseman and other artists who have forged a unique personal iconography, but by definition that kind of imagery comes from within.
His style is like a surrealist tableau of childlike devils, scary cats, autumn trees, ghosts, skeletons, naked women, dumb rabbits and menacing snowmen, rendered with a deceptively simple-looking technique. They’d be best appreciated by an art fan with a sense of humor.
Russell Richards is an artist and member of the McGuffey Art Center. “Gary Baseman: The God of Love and Other Works” shows at Second Street Gallery during the month of December.
JON-PHILLIP SHERIDAN ON WILL MAY
May has shown his photography at the McGuffey in the past, so many people are probably familiar with his old mode of working. He used to shoot with a large-format camera, and used film that would distort the tonality of the image to make the composition harsh or grey, which created a kind of Gothic aesthetic.
Though rooted in his traditional themes, this show is a big departure from what May has done before. He has moved to a cleaner color photography, in which objects are focused and articulated. A maximalist by nature, May is drawn to the Baroque. But ultimately, May attempts to balance his dramatic maximalism by infusing his photography with contemporary elements of minimalism.
Skeptical of the way that people interpret photography as reality, May tries to make his photos more like paintings and less like traditional photographs. Inter-rupting the image with digitally layered noise, May attempts to make his viewers active. By creating photographs that are also sculptural objects, May creates visual narratives that require an act of interpretation on the part of viewer. He believes that you can either make stuff to put in a living room or make stuff that challenges. May chooses to do the latter.
Jon-Phillip Sheridan is a local photographer. “Will May: Interrupt” shows at Second Street Gallery during the month of May.
RONDA HEWITT ON
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Woman of the Year is a fantastic film for many reasons. Its film-history value comes from being the first time Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy teamed together on the big screen. Their chemistry was very palpable and they would later do, like, seven or eight films together. It also marked the beginning of their 25-year, real-life love affair.
But the film as a piece of art is also extremely valuable. It was made during World War II and during that time movies tried to be a little less serious and a little more entertaining. But this film was unique because it dealt with domestic issues and dealt with them in a very progressive way.
It’s about two journalists—played by Katharine and Spencer—who fight and feud as Katharine’s character tries to juggle a career and marriage. Every time she thinks she masters it, something happens and the audience ultimately realizes that she can’t in fact juggle both. One of the last scenes in the movie is of her trying to cook a very simple breakfast, and if I recall correctly, she can’t even work the toaster or the coffee machine or something like that. She just couldn’t do it.
The film’s message may come across today as very sexist, but it was monumental for its time. And the bottom line is that there is this struggle for women even today. I think there’s still, for better or worse, this angst to try to match family with career. Women feel pressured to not let one area of their life be less fulfilled than another. So this struggle is almost instinctual.
Ronda Hewitt is a playwright and actress, and marketing director at Live Arts. Woman of the Year screens Saturday, January 7, at The Paramount Theater.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
New site examines art censorship
Art inspires. It enlivens. And as the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression ably demonstrates on its newly unveiled Internet art tour, art can also enflame. This week the venerable First Amendment center, which is located in town, opens its virtual guided tour to art works that have ended up in court largely because of free expression disputes. With dozens of works vividly reproduced on the site, www.tjcenter.org/ArtOnTrial, backed up by legal summaries that, thankfully, are written in plain English, “Art on Trial” is a layman’s study guide to complicated terrain.
“There is a lot of misperception about the legal limit of artistic expression and the First Amendment right of free speech,” says Josh Wheeler, the center’s associate director. Besides presenting information objectively and without jargon, the project has another goal: “to encourage people to examine their own views as to what should be [Constitutionally] protected,” as Wheeler says. “A picture truly is worth a thousand words when discussing censorship of the arts.”
A tour through the site makes clear that sometimes art is censored as a byproduct of other laws that seem to have nothing to do with expression. In one case, restrictions on who can give tattoos, enacted in the name of public health, resulted in a censorship court case. Or how about the one where Mattel invoked trademark privileges to try to restrain a photographer who made a series that situated Barbie with a variety of household appliances? In that one, the court figured that the public didn’t need to be protected from any potential offense that Barbie, in a compromised position with a blender, might generate.
Though there is no central theme to arts cases that land in front of a judge, Wheeler says that the works depicted in “Art on Trial” have something in common with the many other censorship cases that the TJ Center considers. “There’s often this paternalistic attitude involved in censoring the arts. People usually are advocating censoring the work in order to ‘protect’ somebody else. How often do you hear someone say that a work should be banned because ‘it’s harmful to me’?
“That’s a disturbing trend when somebody else is making decisions for me about what I can or cannot see.”—Cathy Harding