Some journalistic traditions deserve to endure: coverage of season-opening football games, jokes at the expense of millionaire rock bands, exasperation at callers who want to pitch stories about Charlotte. But there are certain stories we’d be glad to surrender to history. One example: the dire needs of people who don’t have health insurance who depend […]
Peter Hatch, whose books The Gardens of Monticello and The Fruit Trees of Monticello are standard-bearers in historic gardening
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. September 4-27: “Surfaces—Abstracts in Acrylic,” works by Ucky Light. The Bridge/Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello […]
First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Angelo “Dreaming Dam Square,” mixed-media collages by Loes van Riel, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Gallery “Home Sweet Home: Scenes We Know and Love,” oil paintings by Randy Sights Baskerville, 5-8pm. BozArt “Surfaces—Abstracts in […]
What are you working on right now? I’m working on a piece right now, about halfway finished, and the idea is that I’m doing this ring of fire floating on the waves. So we have several layers of waves, and I’m using larger flames as the ring comes around to the front, to the effect […]
Law and order is a great deal more complex than any 60-minute TV show can convey. It’s not just evidence and a verdict, that’s for sure. And that’s one reason we’ve looked at it from many angles over the years. From the gulf between the ideals of community policing and the funding it requires, to […]
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It’s amazing to us that a little less than 13 years ago, we sent a reporter to investigate a pending facelift in Belmont and he came back writing about the neighborhood’s “P.R. problem.” Sheesh, where did that go? These days, the place has an image too hip for its own good. At least that’s what […]
My husband Jeremy [Taylor] and I are making a collaborative drawing or painting—in our case, they’re sort of one and the same.
BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through August 31: Works from associate members of the gallery. C’ville Arts 118 East Main St. Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm; Friday, 10am-9pm; Saturday, 10am-8pm; Sunday, noon-6pm. 972-9500. www.charlottesvillearts.com. Through August 31: “Let the Games Begin,” intricate chess sets and other one-of-a-kind bead creations by […]