May 2009: What's New

Download dog Tired of shelling out $15 a pop for yoga classes? If you like having the guidance of a teacher, but need to economize, here’s the Middle Way: downloadable yoga classes from iHanuman.com. You can save cash and feel good about supporting a local company (iHanuman is based in Nelson County). Sara Pope, iHanuman […]

May 2009: Comfort To Go

Susan McCulley Age: 44 Occupation: Certified Black Belt Nia Instructor at ACAC Teaching The Nia Technique (a workout fusing dance, martial arts, and yoga) since 2000, Susan leads retreats to exotic locales such as Peru and Costa Rica. She says her favorite trips are the ones she shares with her husband Frank: “I often tell […]

May 2009: Caught You Looking Sweet

Hailey Frances Occupation: Good Morning Charlottesville news anchor on CBS 19 Where we spotted her: On the Downtown Mall Style sense: Hailey rises at 3:30am every day before delivering the news. She designs her look herself, combining old and new, classic and seasonal. Here, she is wearing a vintage skirt from the JABA shop Twice […]

May 2009: The great outdoors

Sweet ride Kimberly Blick wears a Johnny Was floral top from Spring Street ($187), a Cosabella Sol bikini top from Derriere de Soie ($108), AG frayed shorts from Eloise ($172), Toms flats from EG ($42), and a leaf bangle from Cha Cha’s ($12).                       Perfect […]

Gallery listings

Galleries Art Upstairs Gallery 112 W. Main St., Suite 3 (in York Place). Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, noon-5pm; Friday, 1-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 923-3900. www.artupstairsgallery.com. Through May 31: “Watercolor Retrospective: 1960s to Present,” by Peter Almonte. Bozart Gallery 211 W. Main St., Wednesday-Thursday, 3-9pm; Friday-Saturday, noon-9pm; Sunday, 1-4pm. 296-3919. www.bozartgallery.com. Through May 31: Recent works by Julia […]

Virginia vino gets the documentary treatment

Virginia’s burgeoning wine industry is going to be immortalized on film, yes, but no one’s exactly sure when. Footage, lots of it, has been shot for a new feature-length documentary by Charlottesville-based Silverthorn Films, called, for lack of an official title, Virginia Wine. Although there’s no release date yet, Bill Reifenberger and his partners have […]

How two independents became a family

Joe Murray met Sarah McIvor in middle school, but it took the two friends until the end of their senior year at Albemarle High to start dating. The timing was not in their favor: Sarah was about to start pursuing Government and African Studies double majors at William & Mary, and Joe was about to […]

May 2009: Around the House

The space in between Looking to rev up that patio? Inside meets out in Stephen Crafti’s Courtyards for Modern Living, a tribute highlighting the potential of courtyards to connect yard and home in creative, personal ways. It’s all about functionality, baby: Crafti shows us how it’s done with pages of inspirational outdoor living set off […]