We’re ready to turn our volume knobs to the max for week No. 19 of our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in C-VILLE. This week, a pair of locally spawned bands that every music fan should be proud to call our own (even if we call ’em […]
And we’re now 18 weeks into our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in C-VILLE. This week, familiar faces and familiar structures. Some 12 years ago, we reported on what seemed a likely outcome for the four storefronts known collectively now as the Wachovia buildings: demolition. If only! […]
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 May 31: “Watercolor Retrospective: 1960s to Present,” by Peter Almonte. Bozart Gallery 211 W. Main St., Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through May 31: Recent works by […]
Due to a reporting error in last week’s cover story, we mistakenly stated that a former Country Vintner employee directs J.W. Sieg’s wine import and distribution business. Derek Robinson, formerly of the Country Vintner, is a wine consultant for J.W. Sieg, but the business is under the direction of J.W. Sieg Vice President Smith Williams. […]
Carly Gullickson gives C-VILLE an inside look at the life of a 22-year-old tennis pro.
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 May 31: “Watercolor Retrospective: 1960s to Present,” by Peter Almonte. Bozart Gallery 211 W. Main St., Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through May 31: Recent works by Julia Kindred. […]
JUMP TO RESULTS: • FOOD • DEVELOPMENT • UVA • GOVERNMENT • ARTS pow·er Pronunciation: pau’( )r Function: noun 1 a (1): ability to act or produce an effect (2): ability to get extra-base hits Merriam-Webster’s first definition of “power,” as above, certainly lined up with the standards of C-VILLE writers when we set out […]
(1) Joel Salatin — Proprietor, Polyface Farm Having the term “progressive” applied to himself and his Staunton farm, Polyface, would likely make salt-of-the-earth Joel Salatin chuckle. But ever since “organic” entered the mainstream lexicon of even Wal-Mart shoppers and requests for “grass-fed beef” have become commonplace for customers beyond just fellow farmers and the Amish, […]
(1) Gary O’Connell — City Manager, Charlottesville Gary O’Connell: The big boss of Charlottesville’s budget may sit at the top of the totem pole, but he keeps close watch over City Council and projects from affordable housing to the Downtown Mall’s rebricking. In local government, elected officials come and go in four and eight year […]
(1) Charles "Chuck" Rotgin Jr. — President and CEO, Great Eastern Management Company He may not have the biggest stack of chips at the table, but Chuck Rotgin earns the top spot by playing the most politically active role among major developers or property managers. JUMP TO: • Up & Comers in this and the […]