If you don’t know your “hasenpfeffer” from your “weltanschauung,“ get yourself to “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling...

So what do tattooers do when they aren’t injecting colorful inks into human skin? Judging by last year’s “Drawing Blood” and its...

Get into The Spirit of Christmas (32 pages, Feiwel and Friends, $16.99, 32 pages). Author/illustrator Nancy Tillman tells her lyrical story using the cadence...

EXPERIENCED BASSES—Soundworks, central Virginia men’s a cappella ensemble, is holding auditions for three experienced basses for the 2010 season...

Nov. 22, 1963, marked the beginning of the’60s as a cultural unit and the end of the baby boomers’ innocence. The assassination of President...

Ongoing productions on area stages African American Repertory Theatre, Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, 600 E. Grace St., 355-2187. “Mahalia,“...

In A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge (197 pages, Pantheon, $24.95), Josh Neufeld achieves in a graphic novel what may have eluded media outlets in their...

The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 has been auctioned off for $350,000. As the glove’s...

If you’re in danger of taking secular holiday traditions too seriously—if you find yourself getting teary at instrumental renditions of “Frosty...

Sixteen-year-old Jenny learns the ways of the world in the coming-of-age drama “An Education.“ Carey Mulligan is radiant as a suburban teenager...

TLC’s reality show “Jon & Kate Plus 8” will end its spectacular but stormy run Monday. During this final hour, Jon and Kate Gosselin,...

Chris Brown received an “extremely favorable” report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said yesterday. Brown...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon,“ also known as “Twilight: The Squeakquel,“ is actually pretty good—a tick better than the first “Twilight,“...

The redemption-minded sports flick “The Blind Side” serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist. Writer-director John Lee Hancock wisely...

Campaigners against eating disorders criticized Kate Moss yesterday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on pro-anorexia Web sites. Asked...

As construction continues on the new McGlothlin Wing, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is reinstalling galleries and bringing artworks out of storage....

Chris Brown receives ‘extremely favorable’ report

Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011

Record sales continue to free-fall—sales are down about 13 percent from last year but that isn’t preventing the labels from unloading a massive...

Have you ever wanted to perform in a show at the Barksdale Theatre? If you attend one of the upcoming productions of the two-act musical “The 25th...

John Mayer’s new “Battle Studies” album is in stores this week, and the singer/Twitter King will embark on a tour with Michael Franti...

Still going   African American Repertory Theatre, Gottwald Playhouse, Richmond CenterStage, 600 E. Grace St., 355-2187. “Mahalia,“ $38....

Dora’s Brazilian Grill expects to be open by today. The new churrasco at 1331 E. Cary St. has been awaiting final city permits.  The restaurant...

See you later: Leaving tomorrow are “The Stepfather,“ “Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,“ “Saw VI”, “The...

The Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville will reopen Nov. 27 with a performance from Sons of Bill and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit. The venue has been...

upnext “THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT”—Nov. 27, 29. Virginia Opera production of Donizetti’s comic opera, 8 p.m. Nov. 27 and 2:30...

ALLEY KATZ—10 Walnut Alley, 643-2816. Crunk Budder, Cast Upon Blind Eyes, Since 1913 and others, 4 p.m. Friday, $7. Joe Enroughty & His Royal...

Science Museum IMAX “Sharks”: noon, 4 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; 4 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. $8.50.  “Journey...

Corporate & Museum Frame recently opened an exhibition by artist and photographer Katy Bea Martinez Arizala Keller.  The show consists of large-scale...