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Kiersey Clemons and Jay Ellis in Dave Franco's "Somebody I Used To Know," which arrives on Amazon Prime this Friday, Feb. 10.

A Low-Stakes Watch

Director Dave Franco’s “Somebody I Used To Know” follows a rom-com formula that can’t own up to its nature.

A Better “Book”?

A Better “Book”?

After revisions made during the pandemic, “The Book of Mormon” arrives with a more empowered woman at its center.

Valerie (Shalandis Wheeler Smith), Daphne (Dorothy “Dee D.” Miller) and Claudette (Zakiyyah Jackson) has such a comfortable chemistry in RTP's “How Black Mothers Say I Love You,” that it often feels like we're eavesdropping on intimate family moments, writes our critic.

Mother of Contradiction

“How Black Mothers Say I Love You” is a moving, must-see highlight of the local theater season.

Muralist Hamilton Glass says that he didn't envision the Mending Walls public art project as a print product until he started getting invitations to speak at local schools.

Conversation Starter

Forthcoming coffee table book takes a deeper dive into the Mending Walls mural project.

Andres Acosta as Timothy Laughlin and Joseph Lattanzi as Hawkins Fuller in Virginia Opera's production of "Fellow Travelers" playing Feb. 10 and Feb. 12 at Dominion Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Lavender Scare

Virginia Opera’s “Fellow Travelers” highlights the persecution of gay men during the era of McCarthyism.

The Perfect Drug

The Perfect Drug

Yes, And!’s play “Placebo” humorously explores human connection and communication.

The Latest

  • (From left): Kate Fowler, director of community partnerships and development at Studio Two Three,
Chris Mackenzie, board chair at Studio Two Three and attorney at Sands Anderson, and Ashley Hawkins, executive director and co-founder of Studio Two Three.

    Guest commentary: Why We’re Buying a Building

    The executive director of Studio Two Three on anchoring the arts in an era of condos.

    By Ashley Hawkins | Nov 22, 2022

  • Australian actress Margot Robbie in director Damien Chazelle's "Babylon," which the entertainment media is calling her second big bomb of the year.

    Go Hard or Go Home

    The adolescent pyrotechnics of Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” and James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

    By Chuck Bowen | Dec 28, 2022

  • The More Things Change …

    The More Things Change …

    From an activist perspective, we still have a long way to go.

    By Phil Wilayto | Nov 15, 2022

  • Scott Wegener, an adjunct instructor of illustration at VCU, and his creative partner, Brian Clevinger, have been publishing the "Atomic Robo" comic for 15 years. Fans love its "mixture of comedy, nerd trivia and action," and the strip has twice been nominated for an Eisner award, the Oscar of the comics world.
    Scott Elmquist

    Science Friction

    Fifteen years later, the creators behind the "Atomic-Robo" comic are still boldly going.

    By Don Harrison | Dec 15, 2022

  • Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in the 1986 film, "Blue Velvet," by director David Lynch. The 
movie plays at the Byrd Theatre this Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m.
    Mgm Studios

    In Dreams

    Revisiting the David Lynch masterpiece, “Blue Velvet.”

    By Chuck Bowen | Jan 12, 2023

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