Election Watch 2007: Albemarle County
What a difference a day makesCounty voters may face a clear cut choice on November 6 Election Watch 2007Board of Supervisors: The money race Scottsville Focus on Scottsville DistrictThe issues and candidate profiles A different kind of preachingOn the campaign trail with challenger Kevin Fletcher In a sweltering churchOn the campaign trail with incumbent Lindsay […]
Guitar hero
Since the May 2007 release of Sky Blue Sky, Wilco's sixth proper album, the searing sounds of distorted jazz guitar—courtesy of lead guitarist Nels Cline—have wreaked impressive havoc on the eardrums of the C-VILLE staff. But Cline is only partially to blame for making our heads ring with exquisite racket.
Correction from September 18 issue
Due to reporting errors, in the story "Traveling fans look for comfort of home" [UVA News, September 18, 2007], there are—regretably—three instances where we need to set the record straight: Gordon Sutton started collegeweekends.com three years after graduating from UVA, not when he was a junior; Oxford Mississippi, and Blacksburg, Virginia, are the towns that […]
We Ate Here
The tricky thing about Hamdingers is that its venue often changes more than its menu—the gourmet food cart typically parks its organic chicken skewers and hot dogs in front of Central Place on the Downtown Mall, but has been known to head west towards the Mudhouse. Fortunately, it isn’t too hard to track the scent […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, October 9Another cartoon draws protests Only weeks after the Cavalier Daily’s cartoon scandal, another student paper has published a race-based comic that sparked protests on campus. As reported today in the Collegiate Times, the University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Kernel ran a cartoon on Friday that depicted fraternity members bidding on a slave. The same […]
Gorillas and cheerleaders [October 22]
This week's edition of Business Week includes an essay by Scott Clemente, a first-year student at UVA's Darden School of Business, about the long and winding road he traveled before deciding to get an MBA.
For sale: A buttload of houses [October 15]
Today sees the release of the third-quarter market report from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR), which is not a happy document if you're trying to unload a three-bedroom with updated kitchen.
Correction from October 2 issue
Due to a data entry error, last week’s print edition gave the wrong date for Sonia & Disappear Fear’s show at Gravity Lounge. It was October 6 not October 7, as stated. Apologies to the band and fans who might have missed the show.
We Ate Here
Tastings is one of those Downtown lunch spots we can all too easily overlook. Apparently other people do too, because when we ducked up a side street at the east end of the Mall and took a seat outside, we were nearly alone. But we didn’t mind. It’s fun knowing a secret. The menu was […]