Charlottesville is an artsy town. Along with other small, southern cities like Ashville and Raleigh, it plays host to a tight-knit but fertile art community.
Colors and shapes in the abstract tend to elicit little from the average person beyond, "Oh, that's pretty." But Buffalo, NY artist Monica Angle's exhibit, Loose Leafs, featured at the Bayly Art Museum through July 17, presents abstraction with a rare lucidity. Originally out of Minneapolis, Angle's work in Loose Leafs is based on aggregations of rectangular monotypes -- the Leafs -- generated by painting small sheets of soft mulberry paper with watercolor inks.
Back in middle school, Ben Folds Five was fresh -- all the cool kids were into "Brick." It was kind of like parents' music, but younger and hipper. On the other hand, my youth was spent with Black Flag and Minor Threat.
Go out on a given weekend in Charlottesville and you'll find a myriad of nightlife. Bars crowd the Corner, outside and inside dining options pepper the Downtown Mall and fraternity parties line Rugby Road.
When I think of Tyrannosaurus Rock shows, often held in Maury Hall, two things come to mind. The first is sweat, which is to be expected when a bunch of energized college kids get together to dance.
Remember when !!!'s "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard" single came out and everyone was all, "This is totally amazing, I can't wait for the full-length to come out so I can dance for ten times as long?" That's been my feeling about Out Hud since its six-song LP S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D.
