We’re 20 weeks in to this 20th birthday party. We’re also less than a month away from the official start to summer, but Memorial Day marks its unofficial beginning so let the playtime begin! This week, a, er, backwards glance at our 1999 kick-off to summer activities as well our first take on a political […]
This past weekend marked the University of Virginia’s 180th Final Exercises. UVA President John Casteen awarded 6,280 degrees to the excited graduates. One thing the graduates didn’t expect was inclement weather. A constant drizzle of rain washed over the Lawn, but the decision was made to keep the ceremony out in the open. According […]
Download dog Tired of shelling out $15 a pop for yoga classes? If you like having the guidance of a teacher, but need to economize, here’s the Middle Way: downloadable yoga classes from iHanuman.com. You can save cash and feel good about supporting a local company (iHanuman is based in Nelson County). Sara Pope, iHanuman […]
Susan McCulley Age: 44 Occupation: Certified Black Belt Nia Instructor at ACAC Teaching The Nia Technique (a workout fusing dance, martial arts, and yoga) since 2000, Susan leads retreats to exotic locales such as Peru and Costa Rica. She says her favorite trips are the ones she shares with her husband Frank: “I often tell […]
Hailey Frances Occupation: Good Morning Charlottesville news anchor on CBS 19 Where we spotted her: On the Downtown Mall Style sense: Hailey rises at 3:30am every day before delivering the news. She designs her look herself, combining old and new, classic and seasonal. Here, she is wearing a vintage skirt from the JABA shop Twice […]
Sweet ride Kimberly Blick wears a Johnny Was floral top from Spring Street ($187), a Cosabella Sol bikini top from Derriere de Soie ($108), AG frayed shorts from Eloise ($172), Toms flats from EG ($42), and a leaf bangle from Cha Cha’s ($12). Perfect […]
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. […]