Many theories abound about when exactly Deeds lost the race
As expected, Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds got creamed yesterday by Republican Bob McDonnell, losing by about 18 points.
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Many theories abound about when exactly Deeds lost the race
And lose it he did, by 59 to 41.
As expected, Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds got creamed yesterday by Republican Bob McDonnell, losing by about 18 points.
Theatres Of War
I never thought I’d have to choose between cinema and the stage, but the Virginia Film Festival is throwing its big closing night bash at X-Lounge on the same night that Live Arts is hosting its Gala & AfterGlow party. What’s up with that, Ace? And which one will you be attending?—Nicky Lodian You might […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
This year’s Virginia Film Festival, “Funny Business,” will not inaugurate a new era of Virginia Film Festivals wherein funny things—and celebrities—happen. (Onetime local Steven Soderbergh popped in 16 years ago, for Cripes sake!) Things have always tended to get a little funny when Tinseltown’s A- through C-listers come to town. As we reported 10 years […]
Residents pack 250 Interchange design hearing
More than 40 people took the microphone at the October 29 public hearing for the proposed design of the Rte. 250 Bypass Interchange at McIntire Park.
UVA study finds recidivism rate cut in half by Re-entry classes
For local jail inmates, going through an eight-week Re-entry program before being released can make a big difference in whether they wind up back in jail. C-VILLE reported in September on the New Beginnings Transitional Re-entry program, whose efficacy is confirmed in a newly released study, conducted by UVA’s Ann Loper and Kathryn Scheffel Fraser. […]
Planning Commission O.K.s Places 29
The future of the U.S. 29 corridor has always been a point of contention among business owners, developers and those who wish to protect rural land and prevent the expansion of the growth areas. The County Planning Commission meeting on October 27 was no different. At stake: the Places29 Master Plan. The commission was tasked […]
Abstract Photography: Selections from Glenstone; UVA Art Museum; Through January 3, 2010
Is a photograph a straightforward document of reality? Hardly anyone thinks so anymore. In the art photography realm, it’s been nearly a century since artists like Alfred Steiglitz and Paul Strand—now firmly in the canon—began playing with the medium’s relationship to representation and truth. Students of the medium are well-accustomed to thinking about how fluid, […]
Crazy Rhythms reissue; The Feelies; Bar None Records and The Pleasure Principle reissue; Gary Numan; Beggars Banquet
Come on, feel The Feelies Their big glasses, casual wear and New Jersey suburban pale faces didn’t conform to the usual images of rock saviors who strutted and spat their way across the postpunk stages of 1980, but the Feelies nonetheless had as great an influence on the future of alternative rock. Their sotte voce […]
"Is the Virginia Film Festival right for me?" and other fabricated, facetious FAQs
What is the Virginia Film Festival? It is your plan for the weekend, resolved. Can you be more specific? Yes. The Virginia Film Festival is an annual motion-picture exhibition event, taking place again this Thursday through Sunday, November 5-8, in multiple venues with more than 80 movies of varying size, shape, disposition and value to […]
C-VILLE Weekly walks into a bar…ouch
What’s the one thing that both comedians and the Virginia Film Festival fear? A tough audience! Ba-zing!