“Pitch”Zen Monkey ProjectMcGuffey Art CenterContinues November 15-16 and 18-19 dance The term “modern dance” conjures a lot of ideas, many of them stern, such as humorless chorines in scratchy woolen tights performing works that illuminate the sharp treacheries of the choreographer’s soul amidst a setting of bare overhead light bulbs. Informality, humor and mutual support […]
Tuesday, November 7 We are getting sleepy Researchers at UVA discovered that jet-lagged mice die early, according to a study released in Current Biology today. Scientists subjected older mice to periods of light and darkness meant to imitate international travel. Apparently, erratic schedules and being damn sleepy (not to mention the stress of finding such […]
Restaurantarama sometimes feels amazed by what’s happening here in our little burg. Not only do we enjoy a collection of fine restaurants that many cities twice our size can’t match, but new places join the pack every month. And many of those newcomers, it seems to us, evince a sheer urbanity that makes our heads […]
Nothing says, “Happy anniversary, sweetheart” like rubber dog turds. I had a rough night. I had a dream that I drank the world’s biggestmargarita, and I woke up—there was salt around the toilet bowl.That’s not good right there. Thank goodness I didn’t eat the worm at the bottom, I’ll tell you that right now. I […]
Some new restaurants make a big old noise to let you know they’re coming (see below for Exhibit A, Chick-fil-A). Others just quietly appear like a night-blooming flower. Though it’s been right under everybody’s nose, the former Garden of Sheba space on E. Market Street hasn’t generated much talk as it changed hands over the […]
Tuesday, October 31 Currying favor The Curry School at UVA escaped the scathing admonishment of education schools in a Washington Post piece today, which reported on the shoddy state of ed programs across the country. David F. Labaree, an educational historian at Stanford, wrote in his book: “The ed school is the butt of jokes […]
Though consistently ranked at the top of the heap, UVA doesn’t cut it for some ambitious college students who want more than Mr. Jefferson’s manicured lawns, neoclassical architecture and renowned professors. So where can they go to get away from the whole “public school” feel of things? The law school, of course, and its crowning […]
Method ManStarr Hill Music HallMonday, October 30music “If you want a conventional show, you in the wrong spot.” So said Method Man in one of his many successful bids to pump up the crowd during his show at Starr Hill, and he was not lying. The concert started normally enough, as hip-hop shows go, with […]
Do UFOs really exist? Do French people know something we don\’t? If either or both of these questions have ever plagued you, then you might find comfortâor at least a small congregation of like-minded peopleâat the main branch of the local library this weekend. That\’s when Charlottesville resident Marc Letourneau, the East Coast rep for the Raelian Movement,
The RochesGravity LoungeOctober 26 music Rumor has it that the Gravity Lounge will soon be closing. If that’s true, then a shadow hung over The Roches’ lovely show last Thursday night at the Downtown Mall space, the ideal venue for the intimate sounds and warm stage presence of the three-sister acoustic group. All this was […]