If there’s one thing we’ve learned in 20 years of covering Charlottesville, it’s this: Folks here are political animals, but they’re not always electoral animals. Consider that seven years ago winning a measly 11 percent—11 bleedin’ percent!—of city voters was enough to land a new guy on City Council. We’re hoping that the pollsters are […]
What are you working on? I’m the director of a program called the Voice Project, over at Fluvanna Women’s Prison. It’s a theater and writing program. I took over the reins about four years ago, as a drama therapist, and it started out with [inmates] creating their own productions based on their own life stories…We […]
GOVERNOR Bob McDonnell Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1954. Grew up in Northern Virginia. Education: B.B.A., University of Notre Dame. M.S.B.A., Boston University. M.A./J.D., Regent University School of Law. Political career: – Served 14 years as a representative of the 84th District (Virginia Beach) in the Virginia House of Delegates, starting in 1991. – Co-chair of […]
Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner says the city is stepping up to make sure every home has a working smoke detector.
Welcome to the 42nd week of our year-long trip through two decades of C-VILLE archives. Here is your table. Here is your napkin.
Right now I’m working on making new music with my band while simultaneously working with Zack Orion from Casa De Chihuahua
We know what it’s like. Sometimes even the thought of frying an egg (free range and local or not) is too much for your tired brain. It’s then that you turn to the telephone and instant grub gratification. And why not? Interesting delivery options abound around here, beyond basic pizza. Here are nine such dishes […]
Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 923-3900. Through November 1: “Patron Art Show: Everyone’s a Winner,” works by multiple artists. BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through November 1: Graphite drawings of portraits, stills and landscapes by Michele Price. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello […]
What are you working on currently? Invisible Hand is in the process of finishing a full-length album at White Star Studios in Louisa. Another project of mine, Great Dads, is focusing on total catharsis. In addition to sharing his love of the New York Times Crossword application on his iPhone, local musician Adam Smith also […]
We’re 41 weeks into this year-long archive search, and with this issue the theme is musical entertainment. First, what has become the perennial question of which music venues will survive: We asked that last week with the shuttering of Is, just as we pondered it 12 years ago, as Trax started to unravel. Then, the […]