This expanse of 15 acres between Cherry and Cleveland avenues, called the Cherry Hill Planned Unit Development, will soon become 117 housing units. The project consists of 94 townhouses that will be ringed by 23 single-family homes, according to plans filed with City Neighborhood Development Services. Some dwellings should be on the market as early […]
On a beautiful late-summer night, The Black Crowes brought their Southern rock style and drawn-out jams to the Charlottesville Pavilion.
The IllusionistPG-13, 110 minutesNow playing at Regal DowntownCinema 6 Just as video killed the radio stars, movies dealt a blow to magicians, causing audiences to wonder where sleight of hand ended and camera tricks began. And now, a hundred or so years later, a movie is paying tribute to the good old days, when a […]
All this talk of “phasing” and “clustering” and “mountain overlay” has many residents of the rural areas in a real lather. Those folks need to look at the other side of the coin.
In Restaurantarama’s experience, it’s not unusual to walk through a parking lot and wonder to oneself, “What’s that smell?” Normally, the answer is not the kind of subject that is suitable to a dining column. But all that has changed since mid-August, when Alex George opened Just Curry, a place where the name says it […]
When it rains, which it’s been doing lately, we need sandwiches—basic, comforting, well-made sandwiches. This is why we went to the New Deli, shaking off our umbrellas and shutting the door quickly to keep out the dampness. Behold the veggie wrap! Stuffed with all manner of crispy produce, layered with provolone and expertly constructed inside […]
MusicTuesday, September 12The Flaming Lips. $35, 6pm. Charlottesville Pavilion, Downtown Mall, 877-CPAV-TIX.Mark Rock solo and other acts perform as part of the Jamie Dyer Presents series. No cover, 8pm. Outback Lodge, 917 Preston Ave., 979-7211.Flaming Lips after-party featuring The Damnwells. $8-10, 10pm. Starr Hill Music Hall, 977-0017.Howling Hex. $7, 10pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Downtown […]
Tuesday, August 29Football and Tom Cruise: two American institutions finally joinedFinancially disowned by Viacom’s Paramount Pictures two weeks ago, actor and creepy scientologist Tom Cruise found new financial support for his film projects today through Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. The Washington Post reports that Snyder and Paula Wagner, Cruise’s production partner, revealed the unlikely […]
There are restaurants, and then there are restaurants. We were at a local eatery recently, slurping down some fine, housemade soup full of ingredients from area farms, when a slightly hungover-looking fellow approached.
It\’s been a hot and sweltering summer. Yet one of the most popular dishes at D\’Ambola\’s Italian restaurant in Afton is the equally hot and spicy Alici con Bucatini Rigati.