The Charlottesville chapter of the English-Speaking Union will present the British Players in “Music Hall” at 8 p.m. Saturday in Meade Parish Hall at Christ Episcopal Church.

It looks as if the fox may have taken someone else’s sweater, too. A University of Virginia student is among the women pictured in Playboy’s “Girls of the ACC” pictorial.

The University of Virginia’s departments of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, history and media studies will present a film series, “100 Years in Quest for Democracy: The Mexican Revolution, Legacies and Debates (1910-1920)” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Newcomb Theater.

The songwriter responsible for “Cuts Like a Knife,” “Summer of ’69,” “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You,” “Kids Wanna Rock,” “Can’t Stop This Thing We’ve Started” and “Thought I’d Seen Everything” will be bringing his solo acoustic show to town.

Badfish cancels tonight’s show at IS Venue; refunds are available.

The Former Champions are a jam band, and mostly that’s what they do: jam.

Summers, a violinist and violist, and Bell, a cellist, were friends who performed together in the Charlottesville High School Orchestra and went on to busy careers as professional musicians.

Madison’s annual celebration will put art in the spotlight

Summer is over. So go ahead and wine a little.

Or a lot.

Earlier this summer, singer-songwriter Keith Morris started a new concert series at Mono Loco. Every other Saturday night, Morris headlines the outdoor music area of the downtown restaurant with his band the Crooked Numbers and invites one of his favorite local or regional acts to share the bill

New director of Virginia Film Festival aims to draw community into the action

Once upon a time there was a girl named Nina. She had a story to tell.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Nina. She had a story to tell.

New site is giving art-buying process a fresh perspective

Tickets went on sale to Paramount members this morning and will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The four-man group — along with a supporting cast of more than 10 people — will be singing and dancing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, when their “Go Bananas Live” tour comes to Charlottesville.

And on the third day Jefferson Airplane woke the multitude, and ushered them forth into the final hours of the greatest rock festival of all times — Woodstock.

Keith Urban’s life, art transformed by power of joy, hope

Kings Dominion plans to build the tallest and fastest roller coaster of its type on the East Coast next spring, the park announced this morning.

It takes a special skill to get your friends to do your work for you … and to pay you for the privilege of doing that work.

After years of street busking and hard road slogs, Old Crow Medicine Show has been able to prove that a down-home honest string band revival is ripe for the big stage.

On a Sunday morning in 1942, a barefoot 11-year-old boy in bib overalls climbed onto a Pearl Street shoeshine stand in Beaumont, Texas.

The Charlottesville Municipal Band will play everything from marches to movie music Tuesday evening as part of the final concert in its 87th annual Summer Concert Series.

Dancers, a baker’s dozen of them, will be diving into rehearsals today for a pair of performances of Martha Graham’s famed “Appalachian Spring” and other contemporary dance works at Wintergreen’s Evans Center.

Nevilles share hometown pride like no one else

For more than 40 years, Jackson Browne has been offering up classic songs that have made people think as well as tap their feet. His breakout 1972 hit, “Doctor My Eyes,” is a perfect example.

Clearly, “Red, White and Tuna,” which opened in the Helms on Tuesday, is one of them. The tongue-in-cheek show is a successor to two other “Tuna” expeditions into silliness, and it’s just that - silly, and fun - with a little bit of social commentary sneaked in.

Heritage Theatre Festival is enjoying one of its most successful runs in years.

In Central Virginia we have been known to celebrate films and books and photographs, presidents, steeplechases and fine wines.

The Art In Action station at the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center at Darden Towe will be geared to creating artist trading cards on Saturday and Sunday. Youngsters can paint or draw their own trading cards to keep or trade with friends. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3 per person.