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 […]
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etc. Forget about jogging, it’s waaay too hot. Exercise your funny bone instead while viewing Duck Soup, arguably the Marx Brothers’ comedic masterpiece. The political satire, set during the Depression, was the last film to feature all four brothers. Its cynical, slapstick take on the political and economic crises of the 1930s was controversial in […]
Acting for Film classes 1144 E. Market St. 977-1371. Offers weekly workshops on acting for film with Emmy-winning director. Call for days and times. $150 per month.Actors’ Lab 123 E. Water St. 977-4177. www. livearts.org. Live Arts holds weekly intense acting workshop. Meets Saturdays through August 26, 10-11am. $15 drop-in fee.Biscuit Run Studios potluck 981 […]
Tuesday, August 8Oooh, stinkyBlacksburg residents were breathing easier today after an Indonesian corpse flower stopped blooming on the campus of Virginia Tech. By heating up a sulfur-based compound within its stalk, the plant produces a roadkill-like odor and attracts flesh-eating insects for pollination. This process takes several years, but the bloom lasts only a few […]
The Ruins By Scott SmithKnopf, 319 pages words It starts the same way every time. An interchangeable group of Young Americans, on a rowdy bacchanal in a Foreign Paradise, stumbles across Something They Shouldn’t. Ignoring all the obvious warnings, they Venture Where They Daren’t and end up unleashing a Supernatural Horror that proceeds to dispatch […]
While the Main Street Market does have many virtues (including a fine array of purplish hues on its exterior and a preponderance of top-quality foods), it is not exactly known for affordability. I mean, you could drop $5 on a tomato in that place, easy. So we were pleasantly surprised to get a look at […]