RESTAURANTZocaloRunner-up: MasWhen this place opened, it won “Best New Restaurant.” Then, last year, it won “Best Restaurant.” Now here it is again with what some might consider the top prize in the entire “Best Of C-VILLE” universe. Wow! Better get on the horn and make yourself a reservation at this Latin-fusion hotspot on the Downtown […]
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etc. Little Miss Sunshine, a Sundance Film Festival smash starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell and Alan Arkin, was produced by our very own Virginia Film Festival board member Ron Yerxa. To honor this, the VFF hosts a special screening of the film at the Regal Downtown Mall Cinema. Follow the fictional Hoover family from Albuquerque […]
Albemarle Therapy 1102 Rose Hill Dr. 979-8628. Offers an open gym/indoor playground for children 4 years or younger, with parental supervision, every Monday and Wednesday, 9:30-11am. $3.Summer Art Camp for Children with Lee Alter 109 E. Jefferson St. 963-0540. Classes in watercolor, drawing, collage and murals and design. August 10-12: three day session for ages […]
Tuesday, July 25Cavs have room to GrohOne problem UVA football won’t have this year is high expectations. The ACC media pick the Cavs to finish fourth of six teams in the ACC Coastal Division, just one point ahead of UNC (though far ahead of Duke). Al Groh plays up the low bar in the press […]
Can’t Get Noby Rick VeitchVertigo, 352 pages words Can’t Get No, the latest graphic novel from writer and artist Rick Veitch, chronicles a fictional man’s experiences in the aftermath of 9/11. Like the Rolling Stones song from which the book gets its name, Can’t Get No expresses disillusionment with materialism and mainstream thinking. Oh yeah—there’s […]
Horrendous recent disasters aside, New Orleans still shines in the popular imagination as a bastion of culinary and cultural wonderfulness. Maybe it’s the any-excuse-for-a-party spirit, maybe it’s the spicy flavor of both food and people. Or maybe it’s the fact that, in the French Quarter, you can drink beer in the street while getting your […]
The appeal of the Biltmore Grill in the summertime is undeniable: a big, breezy, vine-covered outdoor patio, affordable beer, and the charm of Elliewood Avenue with a minimum of young Wahoos to spoil it. The American fare here is always a good bet, and the Bison Cheeseburger offers a summer favorite with, as the menu […]
C-VILLE Weekly defines an exhibition space or gallery as a venue that displays art and is either nonprofit, donates space to artists or hosts regularly rotating exhibitions. Gallery listing is at editorial discretion. To have your show considered for inclusion, please provide the names of artists and shows, media used, contact information and the show’s […]
music When Dwight Yoakam swaggered into town last August, his mug graced C-VILLE’s cover. Our music critic Spencer Lathrop called him a risk-taking country superstar with genuine traditional roots who’s known as “The Mailman, because he always delivers.” And this country boy’s got the look to match the sound: “long and lean, with the big […]