Virginia's Dems win a squeaker
On Tuesday, January 12, somewhere in Richmond, Tim Kaine breathed a very shallow sigh of relief.
News
Virginia's Dems win a squeaker
Homophobic nut job loses by 2
On Tuesday, January 12, somewhere in Richmond, Tim Kaine breathed a very shallow sigh of relief.
Virginia Quarterly Review; Winter 2010
“Most American writers seem to have forgotten how to write about big issues,” Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Ted Genoways wrote in the February issue of Mother Jones. “As if giving two shits about the world has gotten crushed under the boot sole of postmodernism.” Genoways’ concerns are as artistic as they are practical: Not giving […]
Whatever happened to Naked Phish Guy?
Hey Ace, whatever happened to the “naked guy” at the Phish concert? Did they kick him out? (It was freezing that night!) Give him a jacket? Give him backstage passes?—Phishin’-in-Charlottesville Although you’d think that streaking and the Phish live concert experience would go together like milk and cookies, the appearance of the naked guy […]
Allen vs. Webb part deux?
For those of you who want another brutal, no-holds-barred political cage match à la Allen vs. Webb 2006, George Allen has one word for you
Reduce, reuse, redesign: A fresh take on recycling
READ THE FEATURE • The Paper Chase Challenge [with video!]: Three designers, three weeks and a whole lot of waste paper • Four local designers turn trash to treasure • What’s old is new again: Local items to attract your eye and your eco-consciousness. It started as a source of self-gratification and ended up a celebration of sustainability. […]
The Paper Chase Challenge
Ted Nelson’s chair for a new age Ted Nelson, architect and owner of Design Build Office and a 2002 graduate of the UVA Architecture School, says it took hundreds of hours to design, test and complete his newspaper chair. Architect and builder Ted Nelson takes a seat in his paper project. The chair is comprised […]
Four local designers turn trash to treasure
Willie Drake makes the most out of being a mountain man Willie Drake, founder of world-renowned Mountain Lumber Co., a reclaimed wood and millwork company in Ruckersville with a showroom in the Main Street Market, says he fell in love with salvaging abandoned wood timbers from old barns and factories “long before I was an […]
What's old is new again
Recycled cardboard deer trophy from Galen A. Wright of Cardboard Safari. $52 at Blue Ridge Eco Shop. Vintage reproduction Chippendale bench reupholstered in burlap. $895 at And George. Giraffe made of 100 percent […]
American Festivals Project; The Bridge; Through February 5
The American Festivals Project at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative documents the 40,000-mile journey of artist-explorers Ross McDermott and Andrew Owen, who investigated 37 “subculture gatherings” in 2008 and 2009. It may not be the most original idea for an exhibition—I have an aunt and uncle who travel to see things like the world’s largest […]
What sort of ammo will the GOP lob at the Democratic National Committee Chair?
It has been a difficult two weeks for former Virginia Governor and Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine, and, by the look of it, things are not going to get better any time soon. “It appears that it’s going to be a job and a half,” as Virginia Delegate Kenneth Plum put it to […]