Near the end of a May 5 vigil that gathered thousands from the UVA community to mourn the death two days earlier of fourth-year student Yeardley Love, Student Council President Colin Hood called for a moment of silence. For precisely 27 seconds, all the ambient noise of the vigil—the sobs of some, the whispered conversations […]
I just finished a large painting commission inside the Darden School of Business. It’s sort of a continuation of my machine painting series
ZOMBIEMANIA Click here to read more about the current zombie craze. “Zombies are hot,” says photographer Billy Hunt. “Zombies are now. Zombies are fresh. I feel like you throw a rock and you hit a zombie these days in Charlottesville.” While that may be better than throwing a rock and missing a zombie, it goes […]
What are you currently working on? Well, I am working on a series of figurative pieces. These are etchings and ink drawings, one of which I was working on when you called, an ink drawing on a white box that I did a figurative piece with, drawing from a model with the image underneath a […]
All the presents in the world won’t keep UVA President John Casteen from stepping down in August. Last week, the head ’Hoo was gifted with a tray of cupcakes bearing his likeness (see above), the Piedmont Virginia Community College Medallion for his support of the school, and an elm tree, which will be planted near […]
You think it’s going to be such an ordeal, this business of getting healthier and living better. You’ll have to trade in your sedan for a bike, give up your favorite TV shows, eschew the brew entirely, and in general become a bore. T’ain’t so! READ MORE Going to health: Or, How I learned to […]
Six local medical professionals tell you how to get (or stay!) healthy.
THIS YEAR’S STARS: • Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court Columnist • Fifth Congressional District Seat • Maurice Cox, Architect • Francesca Conte, Ultramarathon Runner • Jack Fisk, Production Designer • Kevin Crowe, Large-scale Potter • Sudhanva Gurumurthi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science • Emily Hodson Pelton, Winemaker [with video!] • Brad Wilcox, Sociologist • Jaffray Woodriff, […]
While her artful analysis is typically reserved for the nine minds of the nation’s highest court, Dahlia Lithwick turned her attention to her book collection last fall. When liberal Justice John Paul Stevens retires from the Supreme Court, Charlottesville and the rest of the country will still have court correspondent Dahlia Lithwick, who covered John […]
In 2008, Tom Perriello’s victory against six-term Republican incumbent Virgil Goode was one of the great upsets in Virginia politics. The freshman congressman defeated Goode by a mere 727 votes after a Goode-called recount. The past year has brought unprecedented attention to the Fifth Congressional District and its freshman occupant, Tom Perriello, who ranks among […]