Martha Marcy May Marlene; R, 120 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
If unremitting festival buzz about writer-director Sean Durkin’s first feature counts as anything
UVA Men beat Wake Forest 4-3 in ACC soccer tourney quarterfinal
The UVA Men’s Soccer team beat Wake Forest in a barn burner ACC Tournament quarterfinal Tuesday night at Klockner Stadium, earning a 4-3 victory with Brian Span’s golden goal, scored with just 20 seconds remaining in the second overtime period.
SEAL Team PT pushes past the individual's physical plateau
One day in August, I got up well before the sun and drove over to Darden Towe Park, where I pulled in next to a small group of cars and joined a growing gaggle of people stretching, jogging, and chatting. Within 15 minutes I was face down in a dew-soaked field doing push-ups beside nearly […]
Former Biscuit Run investors pursue $87M appraisal
Forest Lodge LLC—a venture that includes developer and Virginia National Bank Vice Chairman Hunter Craig and Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw—have filed a civil case in Albemarle County Circuit Court to contest land preservation tax credits received after they sold Biscuit Run to the state.
Change of occupation
Thanksgiving may be a time of transition for Occupy Charlottesville. The movement is debating whether to physically decamp from its current base in Lee Park for the winter, with the idea of coming back stronger and better organized in early spring.
Albemarle development attracts forgery claims, court actions
Sixteen acres of light-industrial land in northern Albemarle, assessed at roughly $1.8 million, is currently the subject of more than $6 million in contested liens shared among limited liability companies, individuals, and mortgage companies.
Neff drives Eastern Bypass criticism before election
Robert Frost has a thing or two to say about divergent roads. So do Republican Ken Boyd and Democrat Cynthia Neff, the two candidates for Boyd’s seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, November 8, the roads most traveled may be those to the polls, where county voters will likely weight the […]
The Hill and Wood; The Hill and Wood; Self-released
The Hill and Wood may be named after a funeral home, but one would be hard-pressed to find a dead note on the band’s self-titled debut. Melodically, lyrically and symphonically, this album is thoroughly alive. The Hill and Wood releases its self-titled album on Friday, November 11 at the Haven, with frontman Sam Bush supported by an outfit of […]
UVA Women take first Commonwealth Shield rugby crown
Virginia Tech women’s rugby coach Heather Booher looks to her left with a wistful smile on her face, “This is the first one,” she says. “Hopefully we’ll own it next year.”