Recreation & Fitness
PLACE TO HIKE Sugar Hollow Runner-up: Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park Not all 47 acres of Sugar Hollow are primo for hiking (some parts are better for fishing, […]
Entertainment
BIG VENUE John Paul Jones Arena Runner-up: nTelos Wireless Pavilion Size does matter. At least, that’s true when it comes to where you go to see your favorite acts. This […]
Services
GENERAL PRACTITIONER Greg Gelburd of Downtown Family Healthcare Runner-up: Bruce Campbell What a paradox! (See what we did there?) Greg Gelburd and Bruce Campbell dominate again this year. The winner, […]
Get back in your seat
JUMP TO: • CLUBS • TEACHERS • FADS & FASHIONS • HANGOUT SPOTS • HOMECOMING Just like teenagers, you folks think you know everything. And, while that may be true when […]
Disparate times
Featuring dead birds, underwater towns, and ranch hands dining in the pastel dusk, Matt Kleberg’s paintings, now hanging at JohnSarahJohn, seem to conceal rich tales just beneath the thin layers of oil. Look closely at the finch outlined by the cream and brown stripes of “Right Now But Not Yet,” and you’ll see the base layers of paint from an earlier version of the ranch piece hung beside it.
Boys to Men
When Coach Mike London took over a UVA football program in disarray after the acrimonious departure of Al Groh, he promised to turn the program around by doing things the […]
Bites worse than barks?
Crimes that involve dogs aren’t treated too differently from those that involve humans. When Blackberry, a 9-year-old Labrador, attacked a neighbor dog, police collected details from witnesses and medical experts. […]
Red dirt alert!
The current reconstruction of one of Jackson Burley Middle’s multi-use fields will result in a new athletic track for the school and improved drainage systems for the field, George Shifflett, […]
Tony and the chocolate factory
Heath Bar-flavored ice cream has been a staple at Chaps Ice Cream for 23 years, according to owner Tony LaBua. The flavor —one of the shop’s most popular—recently drew the […]
Going south
Since its purchase by the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA), the vacant piece of land between King, Grove and Ninth streets in Fifeville has waited for a facelift for more than […]