Dee Dee Hallock moved to Charlottesville from Florida after her son Nicholas fell ill. He began having issues walking in the fall of 2019. Within six weeks, he was fully in a wheelchair. In January 2020, his oxygen levels dropped and he needed to be admitted to the ICU for two months. That’s when he […]
Video games are complicated. Even a game as deceptively simple as Pac-Man is composed of a delicate concoction of level design, character art, artificial intelligence, and audio/video signals, all powered by lines upon lines of code. Today, the biggest games inthe industry, which draw revenue eclipsing Hollywood blockbusters, take years to develop and can involve […]
How much do I want fried chicken? That question haunted me. It began as a simple test of endurance: How long was I willing to sit in traffic to get lunch? But as I initiated that test again and again, at different hours and on different days, the question began to transform—to molt, much like […]
The first episode of “The Big Brunch” opens on chef Antwon Brinson. He stands almost in silhouette over a hot pan, stirring a sauce that coats some delicious-looking meatballs. Brinson is framed by his steel teaching kitchen, an everything-you-could-need creative cooking space at his business Culinary Concepts AB, located just off Barracks Road. In this […]
#1 Chef’s choice V.34, No. 1 – January 5–11 The first issue of the year was also our most popular, with a mouthwatering cover that featured Chimm Street’s basil stir-fry chicken. The story inside, however, was more than just a picture of scrumptious food—it included delicious descriptions of local chefs’ favorite dishes. Will Ham spoke […]
I grew up playing video games on my mother’s lap. We had all four Microsoft Entertainment Pack collections on our Windows 95 Gateway PC, from Minesweeper to Chip’s Challenge. Tetris was a favorite—still is—as the satisfaction of clearing lines in a never-ending falling block puzzle seemed to have a grip on some primal part of […]
A menu is a canvas for Executive Chef Alicia Simmons, who presents Through the Seasons, a thoughtfully crafted dining experience, every three to four months at Tavola. The seasonal one-day-only dinner is filled with the restaurant’s recent daily specials, prepared in collaboration with chef de cuisine Kendall Moore. Simmons typically handles the dessert course, while […]
As Bob Good’s two-year term comes to a close, the representative for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District has reason to feel secure in a potential victory on November 8—VA-5 has elected Republicans for years, with the last Democrat winning by a hair in 2008. For this article, C-VILLE Weekly wanted to hear Good defend his record […]
On the evening of October 11, Danielle Keats Citron took the stage in the Swanson Case room at the downtown library to speak about her latest book, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age. The event, organized by Cville Dems, put Citron in conversation with her friend and peer […]
As soon as I sat down with Eva Surovell at Grit Coffee, I realized that I had no questions prepared. Normally, for me at least, this would be a terrible start to an interview. But as we were placing our orders, the editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily revealed herself to be so personable and eager […]