Sitting very still and quiet with portrait artist Eliza Evans
In which your arts blogger puts his best (only) face forward for the local painter. Just look at that blog icon! Here’s what happened
Daughtry coming to John Paul Jones Arena [VIDEO]
Elsewhere, New Yorker music critic doesn’t dig Parachute, and our "Supermodel" Colin Steers tweets about whisker warnings
Save the dates
A few friends from UVA were in town last week for three days of matri-mania—a cigars-and-bonfire bachelor party on Thursday, rehearsals and dinners on Friday, and the all important “I do” on Saturday night. But the newlyweds weren’t the only ones who “did.” I embraced the dance floor, reveled in the visual stimuli and, when […]
Latest Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers film released [VIDEO]
Elsewhere: Reading about the Weinsteins, thinking about ATO Pictures
C-VILLE Minute: Your weekend preview [VIDEO]
Whether you’re going Gaga over the latest Lady rumors or engaged in some other sort of Girl Talk, we’ve got your weekend planned
Jonathan Kane’s February at the Tea Bazaar tonight! [VIDEO]
If you see only one drum-centric, No Wave-y blues band tonight…well, this is probably the one to catch
Meet the superlatives!
The annual “Best Of” issue gets me thinking about “Best Of” albums. My first Talking Heads purchase was the excellent two-disc set, Sand in the Vaseline, and The Who’s My Generation: The Very Best Of… is playing in the C-VILLE office as I write this. My favorite recent “Best Of” purchase? The Stax Records 50th […]
Best ornithological discovery
Between the ages of 8 and 10, I owned four parakeets—Sparky, Tweety, Sparky II and Zippy. The fact that one of these birds was named “Sparky II” should tell you that this story doesn’t end happily for everyone involved. Squack ‘n’ roll! The duo behind Birdlips (Lindsay Pitts and Cliff Usher) are still perched […]
Best stop on the local celebrity tour
When Dave Matthews Band returned to town to perform at the John Paul Jones Arena in April, the producers of CBS’ “Sunday Morning” sent a film crew to Miller’s to collect footage of the group’s early home. Built like a rock: Local architect Gate Pratt’s house sits at the center of local music history, […]
Best reason to look at scantily clad hotties
So, what do you watch when you’re not watching the fists of the fiercest females in our city? Depends on who’s wrasslin’. Turn the other cheek? The Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers may be that revealing, but they aren’t as forgiving. Even when the Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers first started gripping up and getting down for […]