Clinton packs Paramount, raises dough
The blonde from New York may not have understood her own true whereabouts on Sunday afternoon, standing in front of Sal’s on the Mall, but nevermind—she was assured in her opinion.
Marshals nab suspect in rural homicide
“Can I say he was definitely 100 percent part of the Bloods, no I cannot say that.” Those are the words of U.S. Marshal David Thomas in reference to Ryan Martez Turner, an 18-year-old Charlottesville man who was wanted on one count of capital murder and was apprehended by marshals in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday, […]
Hair
stage The collegiate cast of Hair—and most of the audience on opening night last week—could be forgiven for thinking the recurring song “Manchester” was an homage to the birthplace of the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays. For though the musical is 40 years old, under Thadd McQuade’s direction it seems to be located nowhere […]
Enraged dad gets 12 years
The kids had plans with friends at Chris Greene Lake, so last August 19 their parents, Colin and Virginia Glasgow, packed them into the family’s blue Toyota van and headed out from their home in Crozet. The plan: drop the kids (a son and daughter) and Virginia at the lake while Colin, unemployed, would continue […]
Go inside Charlottesville’s black market
We all know there’s a market for illegal goods and activities out there. Pick up any newspaper—including this one—or watch any news broadcast and find the evidence amply displayed.
Top drawer
This is Dwanna Smallwood’s launch moment, the Alvin Ailey American Dance publicity machine is making sure of that. Thirty-three and this year’s poster girl, Smallwood just got a spread in Vogue,
Region Ten gets new director
Later in April, the public will have a chance to meet Robert L. Johnson, whose expertise in managing substance abuse programs will be parlayed into his new job as executive director of Region Ten Community Services Board, the mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse service provider that serves five area counties and the city […]
Justin Timberlake with Pink
music Forget sexy. JT is bringing curvy back. Say what you want about Justin Timberlake, the man does not seem to go in for the emaciated aesthetic. The women among his back-up singers and dance crew are frankly female in form. Tiny waists, I grant you, but hippy hips and round butts. The better to […]
"Classical Savion"
dance He burst onto the scene as a tap prodigy 21 years ago, a snap-crackle-pop, step-ball-change 12-year-old star. Eventually he earned a Tony, got dubbed, somewhat homophonically, “the savior of tap” (he had by then surpassed classical steps, bringing tap to a new edge), and exemplified the complexity of physics as his fleet-footed moves eluded […]
Kid stuff
For more than 20 years, National Geographic photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols has been throwing slideshow parties, projecting photos onto a large screen for assembled friends. The parties started in his Berkeley,