If you’ve attended a classic-rock concert the past few years, you might have noticed that a significant faction of the audience for artists such...

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The answers to these, and other questions less biblical, can be found in “El Día...

Sibling rivalry is usually enough to give an edge to most family get-togethers. Throw in a will that insists that the siblings spend the entire summer...

Andy Warhol, that enduring mass of Pop art contradictions, dubbed himself “a deeply superficial person.“ This utterance was all the excuse...

Books recounting the histories of Virginia’s counties crop up with regularity, but few achieve the beauty and breadth of Martha W. McCartney’s...

A MECHANICSVILLE MADRIGAL CHRISTMAS—Seeking actors and singers of all ages to form an ensemble company for performances. Auditions will be held 6...

In the long history of novels, love triangles have rarely ended well. The one that drives Paul Auster’s fascinating new novel, “Invisible,“...

You haven’t seen “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” until you’ve seen it in Korean. Celebrating its 10th anniversary,...

The Richmond Symphony began its new Lollipops concert series yesterday with a program well-suited for children and the adults who brought them. If this...

Novelist Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA’s lifetime achievement award at a December ceremony. Leonard, 83, has written more than 40 westerns,...

The steadily rising career of a Richmond-raised classical music composer hit a new peak last month when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra appointed him a...

They used to hang pirates on a small island in New York harbor, near where the Statue of Liberty now stands. Today, after years as a testing station for...

THIS IS HOW IT GOES Through: Nov. 21 Tickets: $10-$25 Info: (804) 355-2001 or

Playwright Neil LaBute is known for exposing the bad behavior and bad motives that people like to hide. In plays such as “In the Company of Men”...

Aman pleaded guilty yesterday to resisting police outside the set of a Miley Cyrus movie on the Georgia coast after prosecutors dropped charges that he...

Randy Scott, a name familiar to Richmond radio listeners in the 1960s and ‘70s, is returning to the airwaves Monday. Scott, who hosted the morning...

The Guitar Center is participating in a nationwide food drive beginning Sunday. The Richmond location, at 9128 W. Broad St., will be the drop-off point...

LOS ANGELES Snakes. Guns. Violence. Some scary stuff is universal, and even celebrities aren’t immune. Here’s a look at the secret fears spooking...

LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson’s This Is It” comes too late in the year to be considered for a documentary Oscar, but the film about the late...

Roy DeCarava, a photographer whose black-and-white images captured Harlem’s everyday life and the jazz greats who performed there, has died at age...

Nicolas Cage’s father, August Coppola, dead at 75

A trustee for the child stars of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ says poor school attendance is putting their trust fund at risk.

Call it fortuitous, but the timing of the Richmond appearance for Who’s Bad, which calls itself “The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band,“...

From the sidewalk, I did a double take. Was there really no wall, or was I going to run into a sheet of glass and embarrass myself in front of this newest...

Sometimes you forget Michael Jackson is dead, because he’s so alive in “This Is It.“  Other times, you’re struck with a profound...

It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what a Coen brothers’ movie is. That’s part of the great allure of them.  As writers and directors,...

The cartoonist Robert Crumb has drawn countless images of himself or his alter egos since his work first appeared in the mid-1960s, but recent glimpses...

If you missed Madonna’s record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour (its $408 million gross is the highest for a solo artist), check out the new premium...

Still going   Barksdale Theatre-Hanover Tavern, 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road, Hanover, 282-2620. “Souvenir,“ $10-$38. Through Sunday. ...