Think of the Hub as a missing link. Enthusiasm runs high in these parts for local food—it represents an alternative to the big-box way of doing business, among other much-discussed benefits. But that doesn’t mean it’s always easy for consumers to find or for farmers to market and distribute. To close the gap between supply […]
All local, all the time. At least, that’s what these corporations want you to think.
Roads. We hate them, we love them, we pollute them, we rename them.
Change is gonna come Want to know why true Charlottesville locals have “a distrust of come-heres?” Take a look at all the people who have moved here in the last 20 years and tried to change this once-beautiful county to closely resemble northern Virginia. Need we say more? P.S. Adding to your list of what […]
Is the Daily Progress in big trouble? Read more in this week’s cover story.
Galleries Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St., Suite 3 (in York Place). Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, noon-5pm; Friday, 1-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 923-3900. www.artupstairsgallery.com. Through August 2: “Vislumbres: Watercolor Landscapes,” by Mercedes Lopez. BozArt 211 W. Main St. Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through August 2: “Red, White, & Blue,” a collection of […]
July 3 First Friday is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many Downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues. Several spaces offer receptions. Angelo “Out to Pasture,” new paintings by Nancy Bass, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Gallery “Vislumbres: Watercolor Landscapes” by Mercedes Lopez, 5-8pm. The Box Works by Kate Daughdrill, 5-7pm. BozArt Gallery “Red, […]
Stating on June 25 that the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority has “significant respect for Gannett Fleming,” the firm that proposed a new design at Ragged Mountain Dam, RWSA Chair Mike Gaffney announced that the RWSA nonetheless has “decided that a new direction on design best serves the current discussions in this community.” As previously […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
Judge Jay Swett ruled on June 26 that the transfer of land from the city to VDOT was legal.