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The creative joy in Richmond Ballet’s New Works Festival

Of the six engaging, varied pieces shown last week in Richmond Ballet's New Works Festival (each having been recently set over three weeks during...

Review: W.A.S.P. at Toad’s Place

Behold! And Blackie Lawless came forth with his epic tale, and bestowed it upon his people!Well, unlike Moses, he didn't lead millions of faithful...

UR’s Artists eighth blackbird Win Grammy

Eighth blackbird, the new-music sextet in residence at the University of Richmond, won a Grammy Award for best chamber music performance for its album...

The Two Man Gentlemen Band at Cous Cous

Big ups to local DJ Chris Bopst for turning me on to this highly entertaining vaudevillian swing band featuring lots of smoking kazoo work,...

Photos from Carytown NYE 2008

They screamed, they danced, they reveled and drank. And eventually, with a little police prodding, they left. A reported 15,000 people crammed the streets...

Who Cares About the Comics?

The comics occupy less and less space in the newspapers these days, and even when they have a page or two of their own,...

Gates & Wesley give up the funk at the Canal Club

It's easy to dismiss James "Saxsmo" Gates as a gifted musician caught somewhere between smooth jazz and the real deal. But it's far more...

Gates & Wesley give up the funk at the Canal Club

It's easy to dismiss James "Saxsmo" Gates as a gifted musician caught somewhere between smooth jazz and the real deal. But it's far more...

Wilder’s office moves forward on its purge of City Hall

Sept. 21 may well have been Black Friday.Beginning with a morning news release by Mayor L. Douglas Wilder's press secretary that stops just millimeters...