- C-VILLE recently gave some love to Charlottesville’s sister city of Besancon, France, when its residents collaborated with locals for a night of gospel music at the Paramount. So how could we not mention that we’ll be welcoming emissaries from our newest sissy city, Winneba, Ghana, at this weekend’s 21st Annual African-American Cultural Arts Festival at Washington Park?
- Things wind down this weekend over at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, which delivered a month of impressive classical programming around the region, including at Les Yeux du Monde, which—if you don’t feel like making the trip out to Wintergreen—hosts a concert tonight. There’s no place like it on a nice night.
- Can you believe that Primus, the band that made and then disowned "Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver," still exists? Well, they do, and they’re playing the Charlottesville Pavilion this weekend with—how long has it been?—Gogol Bordello.
A live version of Primus’ "My Name is Mud."
- The Heritage Theatre Festival continues its excellent summer of performances for the stage with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Was the Tony-winning musical written as a fictionalization of this scary documentary, released two years earlier? You be the judge.
Would you believe this blogger if told you he went to middle school with the fella who opens this trailer?
- And finally, on a more personal note, this is a big weekend for this blogger: He’s making the rash decision to move in with his girlfriend. It’s August, and lots of people and making the switch to new digs, some to share quarter with a loved one. To celebrate, here’s a song about domestic bliss:
"Watchin’ My Baby Get Ready," by Greg Oblivian and the Tip-Tops.