Tuesday, August 15Taking care of businessForbes.com declares Virginia the “runaway winner” in a study of the top states for business. The Commonwealth finished in the Top 10 states in all six categories of competition, and received high praise for its meticulous balance of low business costs and high incentives. Governor Tim Kaine comments that Virginia […]
James TaylorJohn Paul Jones ArenaThursday, August 17 music It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the concerts of aging pop stars take on two distinct forms: 1) unanticipated choices in the song list are met with polite or semi-rapt attention, and 2) old favorites produce a surge—nay, a frenzy—of affection that is as close as human […]
Accepted (PG-13) Unable to get into college, an enterprising young man (Justin Long from those Mac computer commercials) invents his own fake college in order to fool his overzealous parents. In time, other slacker students flock to him, forcing the opening of a “real” fake school. This one basically throws Ferris Bueller, Animal House and […]
Restaurantarama is no different than anyone else. Frankly, at this time of year we are about as enthusiastic about working as we would be about lying naked on a mound of maggoty meat. The late-summer doldrums have set in with a vengeance. We can barely even type these words, so great is our ennui. So […]
Here at C-VILLE, we know how to party—which we did with gusto when we handed out our 2006 Best Of awards at the X Lounge one sultry Thursday night. Beautiful people in a beautiful space is always a recipe for fun, or at least intrigue, and the X provided some eye-popping hors d’oeuvres to round […]
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music The sweltering heat of late August is the perfect time for some cool jazz. James “Saxsmo” Gates is just the guy to deliver the goods. The performer and adjunct professor at the University of Richmond has played with some of the greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye. And we think anyone […]
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Walking Tours McIntire Building, 200 Second St. NE. 296-1492. www.albemarlehistory.org. Guided tours of historic Downtown every Sat-urday from April through October, 10am. Free.Beginner Bike Ride www.cambc.org. Join the Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club for an easy, socially paced ride, select Tuesdays and Sundays. Next ride is Tuesday, Septem-ber 5, at Observatory […]
This week, Restaurantarama is here to pass on a message. If you’re one of the C-VILLE readers who voted Ted Norris “Best Bartender” in our recent Best Of C-VILLE contest, Norris would like to thank you. “It makes me feel really good,” he says. Aww! If you are a Norris devotee, you probably […]
We stopped by Ming Dynasty and ordered up the “Vege” lo mein lunch special, at least partly because we always get a kick out of that variation on the spelling of “veggie.” When it came out (in approximately four and a half seconds), we spirited it off to our secret hideaway and tucked into the […]