Aris Cuadra’s been racing around the local restaurant scene for more than a decade, from The Clifton to Tavola, Pasture, and Cafe Bocce. But these days, he’s content just to loaf. That’s right, the Puerto Rican native went all in on sandwiches when he opened the Wich Lab in the CODE Building a few months […]
The self-anointed CVille Sandwich King would rather not tell you his name. But he’s happy to tell you—not to mention listeners to his “Sandwich Minute” on WTJU and 1,000-plus Instagram followers—where to get a good sammie.—Shea Gibbs Knife & Fork: How did you ascend to the local sandwich throne? CVille Sandwich King: I’ve lived here […]
When Mason Hereford opened Turkey and the Wolf to widespread critical acclaim in the city of New Orleans, it was like a butter knife to Charlottesville’s back. It was like Dave Matthews saying he got his start in Nashville. Hereford, a Charlottesville native and University of Virginia graduate, has won scores of awards for his […]
When accomplished local violinist Fiona Hughes says she loves music that “transcends the divide between high art and popular,” she ain’t talking about the divide between Brian Eno and Bryan Adams. Hughes is into the type of sounds that would’ve made the rounds in Colonial Virginia, specifically post-Renaissance baroque tunes. In other words, her favored […]
Danny Wagner knows he’s a baby in the modern movie biz. The young filmmaker has worked as a production assistant for major television studios on shows like “Young Sheldon” and as a production coordinator on multiple feature films. But he says he’s still “not there yet” when it comes to making it in Hollywood. Wagner’s […]
Gene Osborn is keenly aware that he is “walking a fine line” between his day job and night life. After performing with his band We Are Star Children in the evenings, the longtime Charlottesville educator shifts gears before morning to serve as Red Hill Elementary School’s assistant principal. “There is a tension between having a […]
Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd made his first hit record when he was only 16 years old. Now, almost 30 years later, the child phenom is relishing the past while looking toward the future. Shepherd completed an exhaustive tour promoting the 25th anniversary re-release of his breakout album Trouble Is… in May. He’s back on […]
Nick Morrow recently took over as president of Cville Pride, adding to his impressive portfolio of professional activism. Morrow is communications director for Vote.org, the country’s largest nonpartisan digital voter engagement organization. Before landing with the national nonprofit, he led the Human Rights Campaign communications team while living in Washington, D.C., with his now-fiancé. Morrow […]
If the origin story of local metal band Age of Fire were a rom-com, there wouldn’t be a dry eye in the theater at this point. Put on some Evanescence and try to dig it. Boy meets girl in South Florida in 1982—but in this case, the girl is heavy metal. After six years of […]
For years, new brewers all said it: I brew what I like. But times have changed, and spots like SuperFly Brewing Co., which opened this summer at 943 Preston Ave., have changed with them. “The thing that excites me is drinkability,” SuperFly owner Ed Liversidge says. “But when a band writes a record, it’s hard […]