Topics > Arts & Entertainment
Books Dance Film Music Theater Visual Arts
Director Gregg Helvey goes to the Oscars
When Gregg Helvey (Col ’01) traveled to India three and a half years ago to make the film Kavi, he never thought he would end up at the Academy Awards…
Making a new family home
An alumna’s winding path to Charlottesville and U.Va.
When I first moved to Charlottesville in 1988, it was not to go to U.Va. I was escaping my life in New York City, where I had been working in…
A Stitch in Time
Former professor’s vision inspires designers from Culbreth to Broadway
Admire rare and beautiful items of clothing from the 1790s to the 1950s that are held in the Collection of Historic Dress.
Bestsellers at the U.Va. Bookstore: October through December 2010
1. Leavings: Poems by Wendell Berry2. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown3. The Mad Farmer Poems by Wendell Berry
Book Maker
Paper and print art pieces address contemporary issues
After folding folios into signatures, Kristin Adolfson (Col ’98) uses a needle and thread to sew the pages of her books together. She prints the text with a letterpress, and…
A Curious Feline
Geriatrician and cat attend to the dying
I thought he was just a cat.When Oscar came to live on the third floor of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I., I barely paid him…
Peaceful Stones
Ancient Chinese sculptures, some more than 2,000 years old, fill the University of Virginia Art Museum’s main gallery with a profound sense of serenity. “You can feel the karma in…
From Pennsylvania Avenue to Sesame Street
Sherrie Sandy Westin trades politics for puppets in many-hued career
Westin trades politics for puppets.
Bestsellers at the U.Va. Bookstore:July through September 2009
1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith3. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
HIGHLIGHTS
A Funeral Procession for the Marquis
An alumna explores La Fayette’s connection to the University
14 Reasons to Love Charlottesville in Winter
Fighting Fire at the University
In 1828, the Board of Visitors created the University Fire Company.
Stacked Up
Doubling the capacity of the Ivy Stacks.
Life Lessons on the Green
David Cook’s golf novel adapted to the big screen
In the Age of Slavery
U.Va. examines role of enslaved laborers in tribute to bell-ringer Henry Martin
The Simple Things Said It All
On being in the first class of women.
Body Builder
Mike Curtis helps athletes recover from injuries and maintain peak form
175 Years of Engineering
A few of the U.Va. engineers whose projects have touched our daily lives.
Look Book
A brief history of fashion at U.Va.
Scientific Six Pack
Improve your putting, earn more money, increase your odds of survival and other topics U.Va. researchers are exploring.
Costly Cartoons?
Fast-paced shows hurts executive function in children
