Delivering the core of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, C-VILLE’s 20-year track record puts your message where it matters most – just outside your doorstep, in the heart of Central Virginia’s population centers. 24,000 copies every Tuesday and counting! HIGHLIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION POINTS Regions: Downtown Mall The Corner Barracks Road Pantops Mountain Rt. 29 North Ivy […]
Delivering the core of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, C-VILLE’s 20-year track record puts your message where it matters most – just outside your doorstep, in the heart of Central Virginia’s population centers. 24,000 copies every Tuesday and counting! HIGHLIGHT OF DISTRIBUTION POINTS Regions: Downtown Mall The Corner Barracks Road Pantops Mountain Rt. 29 North Ivy […]
Joe Garnett grew up here in town, and he played music with bassist Steve Riggs in junior high school. He took time off from playing the drums later in life, but he worked as a woodworker, and five years ago he decided to experiment making a set of drums. Joe Garnett builds drums only as […]
“House” Tuesday 9pm, Fox Hometown hero Dave Matthews has landed another acting gig (adding to a resumé that includes 2005 kid-flick Because of Winn-Dixie), this time on the small-screen medical drama “House.” Matthews plays a piano prodigy who gained his miraculous ivory-tickling skillz after being hit by a bus. The downside: The accident also left […]
300 (R, 117 minutes) Much like his previous work, Sin City, Frank Miller’s stylish comic book, 300, comes to life on the big screen. This faithful (nearly panel-for-panel) adaptation arrives courtesy of up-and-comer Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead). This violent, highly visual adventure tale tells the story of story of the battle of Thermopylae […]
“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” Tuesday 9:30pm, Fox “Survivor” and “Apprentice” mastermind Mark Burnett came up with this new quiz show. And if anybody knows how stupid adults are, it’d be him. The concept is pretty obvious: Well-meaning adults and actual fifth graders are asked questions taken directly from basic elementary curriculum. Can […]
The Abandoned (R, 94 minutes) This audience choice favorite from the recent “8 Films to Die For” Horrorfest tour now gets its own solo theatrical release. It’s your basic ghost story about an orphaned girl who returns to her biological parents’ isolated Russian farmhouse. Director Nacho Cerda, known for his transgressive underground shorts (Aftermath, Genesis), […]
Dave Matthews’ place behind the bar at Miller’s is not the only draw for musicians to Charlottesville. In 2003, rocker Zaba Grace (www.zabagrace.com) moved here from Toledo, Ohio, to work with sometime DMB engineer Chris Kress. Grace credits Debbie Gibson as an influence. “I dreamed when I was 12 of putting something together that sounded […]
Abundant Life Gallery “People and Petals,” paintings by Eliza Evans and Virginia Rieley, 6-9pm. Angelo “The Observed World of a Right-Handed Painter,” stills by Tim O’Kane, 5:30-7:30pm. Art Upstairs Recent works by Michael McGurk and James Nemer, 6-9pm. Batteau Custom Framing Work by Karina Goldstein, Ken M. Nagakui and Joanne Coleman, 5:30-8:30pm. Ben Around Tattoos […]
“Aqua Teen Hunger Force” Weekdays midnight, Cartoon Network A few weeks ago Boston went into a panic when flashing devices were discovered in subway tunnels and bus shelters. Turns out, they weren’t bombs—they were promo items for this Adult Swim cartoon featuring the villainous “Mooninite” characters giving people the finger. The city fined Cartoon Network […]
I once played in a band where members lived in Virginia, Baltimore and New Orleans. The long distance relationship may be hard, but it can be done. Adam Smith of Truman Sparks (www.myspace.com/trmnsprx) has been figuring out where he wants to live. He recently checked out Philadelphia, where former locals The Extraordinaires have found a […]