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  • Bright orange background with a flower boarder. In the center says "Virginia Theatre Festival" in white letters, the word "Theatre" larger than the rest.

    Virginia Theatre Festival Announces 2026 Season

    https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/virginia-theatre-festival-announces-2026-season/

  • With visible theater seats in the background, a girl on stage wearing a long pink dress looks worriedly off stage, while a male actor in a suit sits at a nearby desk and looks at the girl.

    U.Va. Drama Brings ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’ to the Stage

    https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026/03/uva-drama-brings-natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812-to-the-stage?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

  • An image of a museum display case with 4 pieces of ceramic teaware, all white and accented with either gold or navy blue.

    The Fralin Explores Tea Making as a Form of Global Connection with Teaware Exhibition

    https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026/03/the-fralin-explores-tea-making-as-a-form-of-global-connection-with-teaware-exhibition?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

  • A digital image of a hand with a pixelated filter, and a cluster of grey and orange dots surrounding the hand's fingertips.

    Data Meets Art at UVA

    https://news.virginia.edu/content/data-meets-art-uva

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A large audience sits in rows of chairs inside the Dome Room of the Rotunda, facing a small stage of four speakers.
Visual Art

The Nature of Being Human: How Photojournalists Bring the World to You

Since the 1920s, photojournalists have documented the world, the good and the bad. But it doesn’t come without a cost to the men and women who capture those images.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/nature-being-human-how-photojournalists-bring-world-you

Performers Soren Corbett and Laila Bolté, playing characters Alfred Hallam and Alice Spencer, join hands and look out into the audience in front of a black-and-white brick background.
Drama

“Alice by Heart” Captivates Audiences with a Blend of Whimsy and Melancholy

Spectrum Theatre, one of the University’s student-run theater organizations, launched their spring 2024 production of Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson’s musical, “Alice by Heart” in the Student Activities Building Thursday.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/04/alice-by-heart-captivates-audiences-with-a-blend-of-whimsy-and-melancholy?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

UVA student Tara Sury holds a microphone and stands on the stage of 1515, next to a large mural of Dave Matthews on the wall.
Drama

UPC’s Stand-Up Comedy Show Opened the Doors of Stand-up Comedy to Everyone

University students eagerly gathered at 1515 Thursday for the University Program Council’s Stand-Up Comedy Show.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/04/upcs-stand-up-comedy-show-opened-the-doors-of-stand-up-comedy-to-everyone?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Audiences sit in a classroom facing a projector screen, which shows a sepia-toned scene featuring a girl in a dress. Matthew Marshall sits at a piano under the projector screen.

The Music Beat: This UVA Lecturer Turns Up the Sound on Silent Film

Marshall, joined by student and community musicians, perform the movie score during the viewing – just as audiences would have heard when the films were first screened.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/music-beat-uva-lecturer-turns-sound-silent-film

Several dresses are shown on mannequins. One on the left features an intricate top with puffy sleeves and a plain black skirt; another towards the back features flowy sleeves and yellow, orange and brown fruit; an antique black and white dress; and an off-white sleeveless dress with a lattice pattern.
Drama

Behind the Scenes and Into the Past: UVA’s Historic Clothing Collection

On the lower level of the Drama Building on Culbreth Road exists a treasure trove of historic clothing, aptly named the Historic Clothing Collection.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/behind-scenes-and-past-uvas-historic-clothing-collection

A mural of an orange monarch butterfly surrounded by several different species of plants.
Visual Art

Student Legal Services mural paints a picture of student resilience

On the fourth floor of Newcomb Hall, a monarch butterfly welcomes students into the newly renovated office for Student Legal Services.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/04/student-legal-services-mural-paints-a-picture-of-student-resilience?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Seven performers pose in a dance formation while holding jump ropes.
Drama

“What, like it’s hard?” — First Year Players Prepares to Stun With “Legally Blonde”

This year, the entirely student-run Contracted Independent Organization will put on the beloved musical “Legally Blonde,” continuing its tradition of giving first years and new transfer students the chance to perform.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/what-like-its-hard-first-year-players-prepares-to-stun-with-legally-blonde?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Five student stand-up comics smile for a photo at an outdoor bar.
Drama

UVA Stepmom Hosts its Second-Annual "Step Comedy Jam" on a Night of Endless Laughter

Comedy lovers at the University showed up in droves to Crozet Pizza Buddhist Biker Bar Tuesday night for the return of UVA Stepmom’s fun-filled “Step Comedy Jam,” with musical guest Loose Champagne.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/uva-stepmom-hosts-its-second-annual-step-comedy-jam-on-a-night-of-endless-laughter?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Five members of the band no composure play guitars, a bass, and a drum set on a sunny day on top of a wooden platform.
Music

No Composure Fosters Connection Through Music

The self-proclaimed “Old Dorms Band” came to be in the fall of 2023 after the band members found each other through a group chat for University Records — a student-run club that brings musicians together and hosts shows for them to perform.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2024/03/no-composure-fosters-connection-through-music?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest#google_vignette

Left: Person looking at artwork hanging on a wall RIGHT: Hallway lined with folks making art
Visual Art

Studio Art Thesis Exhibitions: 4th Year Students and Aunspaugh Fellows

Please join the Department of Art and the rest of our community in congratulating our graduating students and 5th Year Aunspaugh Fellows on the work they have done and the exhibitions we now get to enjoy on all three floors of Ruffin Hall and in Ruffin Gallery.

April 3, 2024
Two women pose for a photo taken in a studio in the 1950s — one holds her hands next to her face while staring at the camera, while the other holds a telephone to her ear.
Visual Art

A new book unearths a buried history of photography in West Africa

“Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840-1960” is published by Princeton University Press and released on March 5.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/01/style/senegal-photography-history-giulia-paoletti-interview/index.html

Rapper Eminem stands on a stage surrounded by red light, speaking into a microphone and pointing.
Music

Ben Shapiro’s hip-hop hypocrisy and white male grievance lands him on top of pop music charts for a brief moment

Over the past decade, conservative commentator and podcaster Ben Shapiro has made a living telling his followers that rap isn’t music.

https://theconversation.com/ben-shapiros-hip-hop-hypocrisy-and-white-male-grievance-lands-him-on-top-of-pop-music-charts-for-a-brief-moment-222545

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