Setting new tables Ivy Road House is a new restaurant that focuses on familiar comfort foods while taking inspiration from a wide variety of cuisines. The menu includes everything from tzatziki-laden lamb meatballs, to roasted chicken with onion jam and maple glaze, to a veggie-based lasagna. Created by Christian Kelley, co-owner and executive chef at […]
Setting new tables Ivy Road House is a new restaurant that focuses on familiar comfort foods while taking inspiration from a wide variety of cuisines. The menu includes everything from tzatziki-laden lamb meatballs, to roasted chicken with onion jam and maple glaze, to a veggie-based lasagna. Created by Christian Kelley, co-owner and executive chef at […]
Groove moves: If you’re bummed about missing the high-energy party vibe of Mardi Gras this year, you can beat your blues with the blues at Ultramarine, a showcase featuring the Chickenhead Blues Band and Eli Cook. The Chickenhead’s five-man ensemble features NOLA’s own Aric van Brocklin on guitar, alongside Skip Haga on the keyboards, Granville […]
By Lisa Provence Nothing happens quickly with the Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel. Not its mid-19th-century eight-year construction, nor Nelson County’s nearly 20-year effort to reopen it, nor the documentary recently released by local filmmakers Paul Wagner and Ellen Casey Wagner. “I thought it would only be a few years, weaving the reopening and the […]
Safety dance: “Well, everybody’s dancin’ in a ring around the sun,” sang the Grateful Dead. Seems that vibe is right on time to shake off a year of COVID quarantine. GD cover band The ’77z takes up the mantle of the hippie pied pipers at Equinox. The live gig will explore the transitional moods of […]
Star power: Can you feel it? That change in the air? If you follow your weekly horoscope faithfully (p. 29) and align your moods with celestial bodies, local astrologer Ilana Khin’s guided meditation Feeling Into The New (Moon) may be the gentle assist you’re looking for to connect with the cosmos. Khin offers “ritual suggestions […]
By Erika Howsare Most of us have experienced some degree of cabin fever during the past year. As we near the anniversary of the dramatic upheaval brought on by the pandemic, we look back on a full 12 months lived much closer to home than many folks are used to. At the same time, spring […]
Ready to rumba: Before settling into a style influenced by the gypsies of Southern France, self-taught guitarist Vincent Zorn studied music in various global outposts, including Spain, Turkey, and Mexico. The Charlottesville-based musician, who frequently plays with his duo Berto & Vincent and tours with flamenco dance band Last Caravan, will perform his lively, mesmerizing […]
Summer better: Nothing says summer like a ripe tomato, fresh from the vine. But for novice gardeners, growing one may not be as easy as it looks. Ira Wallace, owner/worker with the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, talks viewers through trellising, pruning, mulching, watering, preventing disease, controlling pests, and amending the soil in her virtual lecture […]
By Will Ham Just 10 days after opening Now & Zen in 2011, chef/owner Toshi Sato’s hometown on the east coast of Japan was struck by a devastating tsunami. The disaster in Kesennuma was dubbed the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the seismic activity destroyed large parts of the region, spilling fuel from the town’s […]
Smoke in our eyes A new Q joint started smoking last Friday. Vision Barbecue is pioneered by co-owners Mike Blevins and Gabi Barghachie, who came up with their “vision” for the restaurant while working together at Maya. These barbecue boys are on a mission to add their own take on authentic smoked meats and sides […]