Look out for these fun events this weekend.
Two UVA-related Final Fridays exhibits are worth the trip tonight from 5:30-7:30pm. The Aboriginal artist Reko Rennie, who I wrote about in this week’s Feedback column unveils his installation "Patternation," a post-graffiti installation at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum. Or head over to the UVA Art Museum to celebrate the opening (though they’ve been on view for two weeks) of two awesome shows: Southern Views/Southern Photographers and Society Portraits: Andy Warhol’s Photographic Legacy.
An undated Warhol photo of Margaret Hamilton. More below.
And music. I caught the Richmond indie rock group White Laces in their home city a couple of months ago and the message they sent was clear: If you like angular guitars and funny time signatures, look out for these Built to Spill soundalikes, who just released a very good EP. White Laces hits the Tea Bazaar tonight with another of Richmond’s most Charlottesville-friendly acts, the pop group Hot Lava. The earnest Wahoo yahoos Left & Right, who also have a new record called Miss Virginia, round out the bill.
Hot Lava — "Apple+Option+Fire"
Also, don’t miss a couple of strong songwriters Saturday night at The Southern. Clay Cook (a Berklee grad who cowrote tunes with classmate John Mayer) and Levi Lowrey.
Local fare? We got that too. WNRN hosts Winter Ball at sometime swim club sometime venue Fry’s Spring Beach Club tonight. Blue Moon fort-holder Mister Baby kicks off at 8:30 on the bill, with the E’ville Fuzzin’ 6 Day Bender and Teddy [Pitney] & The Roosevelts rounding out the party. Tickets for this blowout are $8-10.
On Saturday night Live Arts does for local theater what Adrenaline did for filmmaking, or the Design Marathon did for…design. 24/7 (“Real. Fast. Theater.”) returns for its third year, cramming the writing, directing, and rehearsing processes into a single day. Seven teams each present their own 10-minute plays. An e-mail from Live Arts yesterday afternoon said the early show was already sold out; hit up the box office to see if tickets are still available for the 10pm show.
Dig this groovy 24-hour time lapse.
What are you up to this weekend?