Virginia Film Festival 2010

This year’s Virginia Film Festival is going to be different. Less classic cinema. More new and independent flicks that reflect contemporary concerns. A snazzy new festival logo. Plus, they’ve established an additional box office at the Main Street Arena, so viewers don’t have to trek to Culbreth for a movie that’s showing Downtown. But what […]

Taxpayer State Park

Five years ago, local investors bought 1,200 acres of Albemarle County land for $46.2 million. The developers promised to build the county’s biggest and best neighborhood, and after two years of review, a plan for 3,100 housing units won approval and accolades. The county government said it was a good thing. After I.J. Breeden bought […]

Silverman plots West Main biz amidst dust-up

Gabe Silverman and Allan Cadgene have a vision for the stretch of West Main Street near Sixth Street. The local developers want to turn the former C&R Auto Service—thousands of square feet arranged in three neighboring buildings, currently vacant, dark and dirty—into a medical and retail hub for the adjacent communities. A lot of give-and-take: […]

Tom Perriello's gotta have faith

With the Fifth Congressional District race entering its last week, Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello is trying to keep the political faith alive by returning to a stronghold: churches. In the past few months, Perriello has stopped in at least four churches around the district, in Palmyra, Farmville, Charlottesville and Lawrenceville.  Hail Mary? Democratic incumbent Tom […]

2010 Food & Drink Annual

There’s more to food than just eating. You’ve got chewing, licking, nibbling, sighing, buying, imbibing, smacking, chuckling, wiping, and grinning. And then you get to start again. When we’re not busy running our mouths, we’re busy stuffing them. In those moments between editorial meetings and interviews, C-VILLE’s writers and artists can often be found somewhere between “Snacking” […]