Living

Last week we reported that restaurant business was not as bleak as it could have been in 2009 given the sorry state of the economy.

2009 was a rough year for local restaurants.

This week, longtime Live Arts artistic director John Gibson resigns from his lead role.

We can all vividly recall the moment we found out that Santa Claus doesn’t actually exist

Local comedian Alex Modic has his preferences. Richard Pryor over Dane Cook, for instance, and Jimmy Carr over Larry the Cable Guy. He has his favorite subjects, which he lists: “Sex. Politics. Religion. My own insecurities.” He’d rather perform outside of theaters than on stages, he says—spots like Charlottesville Comedy Roundtable’s monthly gig at Buddhist […]

What do you do when you meet President Barack Obama for the first time?

Jay Gwaldis and Louise Largiadèr are really into motorcycles. The two met in June 2007 on their way to a BMW motorcycle rally at the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina. Louise, 46, was on her very first solo ride, accompanied by her brother Anton, a BMW motorcycle technician, and his girlfriend. Jay Gwaldis and Louise […]

Whether due to a true holiday spirit or to the expectations of social intercourse, your December calendar probably filled up fast with invites to cookie exchanges, dinner parties and tree-trimming gatherings. Between the expected and the impromptu invitations, along with anything planned at your own home, you may find yourself reaching to the very bottom […]

Lauren Hoffman has released final albums before. In a 2000 issue of C-VILLE, Stephen “Cripsy Duck” Barling wrote on the occasion of her departure from town that local songwriter Hoffman, then 23 years old, was “just gone. No more music. Moving to London. See ya.” During a recent meeting at C’ville Coffee, Hoffman—now in her […]