Tuesday, March 6UVA offers subpar gym benefits Virginia State Senator R. Creigh Deeds thinks domestic partners of UVA employees ought to go to the gym just like everyone else. UVA is behind the curve in domestic partner benefits. The Flat Hat, the student newspaper at the College of William & Mary, reports on the shameful […]
This ugly-looking hole in the ground will someday (a year from now) grow up to be Pantops Park. Not in fact a park at all, Pantops Park will be home to another Virginia National Bank
Little house: the remakeecoMOD3 saves, greens, and adds onto historic Fifeville home John Quale says that for the historic house he and his students are renovating, "The worst possible scenario would be to beautify." In 2004, the small, ramshackle house at 223 Fourth St. SW faced a bleak future. The City was considering demolishing it, […]
Tuesday, February 27New move for local food Soon, those who eat organic will realize they’re not doing enough. “Buy Fresh, Buy Local” will guide shoppers to food’s new zen—eating locally. The Daily Progress picks up on the local food movement story on their website today. “Charlottesville-area gastronomes are choosing to shun traditional grocery stores in […]
It’s an election year for every single member of the General Assembly, and the Republican majority knew coming into this session that it was now or never to make a play on transportation.
How to get the surfer lookTwo websites where you can decorate for less Click on “heck yeah”: Free stuff for your pad is all over local websites. The Salvation Army and Goodwill are wonderful groups, to be sure, but trolling their stores isn’t the only way to snag used furniture and other treasures at prices […]
Due to a reporting error, public housing advocate Holly Edwards was identified last week [“City public housing faces huge cuts,” Government News] as a public housing resident in Westhaven. In fact, she is a Belmont homeowner. C-VILLE regrets the error.
Tuesday, February 20Wines fit for the Queen Yesterday, 10 wine experts swished and spit for a tasting at White Hall Vineyards, wine expert Dave McIntyre blogs. The oenophiles were in search of Virginia wines to showcase in London as part of our state’s Jamestown 400th anniversary celebration. Having been eliminated of the “aromas of rubber […]
With a key-pounding “Root Beer Rag” dedicated to Virginian pianist Bruce Hornsby, a rendition of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” fronted by a roadie named Chainsaw, and even a dirty joke or two, on February 23 the aging Piano Man showed the John Paul Jones crowd that he can still kick in on a Friday night. […]
Abundant Life Gallery “People and Petals,” paintings by Eliza Evans and Virginia Rieley, 6-9pm. Angelo “The Observed World of a Right-Handed Painter,” stills by Tim O’Kane, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Recent works by Michael McGurk and James Nemer, 6-9pm. Batteau Custom Framing Work by Karina Goldstein, Ken M. Nagakui and Joanne Coleman, 5:30-8:30pm. Ben Around Tattoos […]