First Friday—October 2

First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. The Art Life Studio Recent works by Jill Baskin and Heather McNulty, 5:30-7:30pm. An image by Milenko Katic at C’ville Arts Art Upstairs Gallery “Patron Art Show: Everyone’s a Winner,” works by […]

Checking in with Chris Patrick

What are you working on these days? Currently I’m in rehearsals for David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at Live Arts. I’m also back to work on a series of children’s novels, the first of which I hope to have complete by this time next year. [Editor’s note: Glengarry Glen Ross plays at Live Arts through […]

20 years of hits and misses from C-VILLE's archives

JUMP TO: • HITS • MISSES PLUS: • From the owner’s suite: 20 years of C-VILLE [w/video tour!] • Saving us thousands of words What does it mean to turn 20? Well, you’re more than barely legal. You still have to rely on your friends to buy you beer. And you’re starting to improve behind […]

Win some, lose some: Misses from C-VILLE's past 20 years

Assault with an inky weapon Blogs were yet to become commonplace, but "Gail Force" managed to flame misdirected Working Weekly publisher Gail Bentley, anyway, using all the tricks of the yet-to-be-born trade: anonymity, vitriol and recurrent posts that lasted for months. Too bad somebody didn’t hit the editorial staff in the head with one of […]

Saving us thousands of words

  Judging the Miss Gay Charlottesville contest at Club 216 August 12, 2008 Photo by Jason Lappa     Choir from Free Union’s Faith Mission Fellowship singing on The Corner August 10, 1994 Photo by Lou Baron     Foxfield Races December 30, 2008 Photo by Aaron Farrington   Jak ‘n’ Jil’s John Clark at […]

Gallery Listings

Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St. Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5pm. 923-3900. Through September 27: “Home Sweet Home: Scenes We Know and Love,” oil paintings by Randy Sights Baskerville. BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through September 27: “Surfaces—Abstracts in Acrylic,” works by Ucky Light. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative 209 […]