We ate here

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 […]

Fall Arts Preview

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 […]

Other news we heard last week

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 […]

Chained up

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.

Spice of life

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.

We ate here

Is there any restaurant in Charlottesville or Albemarle—or the entire Commonwealth, for that matter—with a weirder location than Aroma\’s?

Film Reviews

In 1985, Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan starred in a movie called The Protector, his second attempt at cashing in on the American film market.

Reviews

The Bob lives. And on Modern Times he also loves and leers, remembering a past that seems impossibly far away, even as he surveys the details of the Right Now and a not-so-far-off Judgment Day.

Local music matters

With the recent completion of the massive John Paul Jones Arena, and the continuing popularity of music venues like Starr Hill and the Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville now rivals Richmond for the title of hippest city in Central Virginia.

Jan Cornell is Opinionated

As a citizen of Virginia for 27 years, a union member, a single mom and a staunch Democrat, I feel compelled to write concerning George Felix Allen’s latest faux pas