At BAR, Ridge St./Cherry Ave. green development gets high marks
At its last meeting on September 15, the city’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) had a full agenda
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At BAR, Ridge St./Cherry Ave. green development gets high marks
Also, five-story warehouse-aesthetic building to be built across from C&O
At its last meeting on September 15, the city’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) had a full agenda
Rob Bell tops summer fundraising with $80K plus
Virginia law does not limit the amount an individual or corporation can donate to political campaigns, but it does require candidates to disclose donations. The September 15 filing reveals that from July 1 to August 31, in elections for the Charlottesville City Council, Albemarle Board of Supervisors and House of Delegates, money was flowing but […]
Binge of the nerds
Hey Ace, what gives? I get all primped and cologned to go groove with the ladies at Rapture, but I get there and find a bunch of shrimpy dudes and mousy chicks playing live bar trivia, wearing taped glasses and suspenders and stuff, but not ironically, you know? I asked them who they were and […]
New student course enrollment software draws criticism
Some UVA faculty members are mad over the implementation of the Student Information System (SIS)
Glengarry Glen Ross; Live Arts; Through October 10
In the first act of Glengarry Glen Ross, pairs of men in suits use bad words and sip hard drinks in a Chinese restaurant. This is the real estate business, a changing industry, and they’re desperate to keep their jobs by any means necessary. The lights are low and the music cheesy as each pair […]
20 years of hits and misses from C-VILLE's archives
JUMP TO: • HITS • MISSES PLUS: • From the owner’s suite: 20 years of C-VILLE [w/video tour!] • Saving us thousands of words What does it mean to turn 20? Well, you’re more than barely legal. You still have to rely on your friends to buy you beer. And you’re starting to improve behind […]
Win some, lose some: HITS from C-VILLE's past 20 years
Someday, kid, you’re gonna be a star Early brushes with David Matthews (and his sister Jane), Tina Fey, Trevor Moore and Steve Keene. December 21, 1989 November 22, 1994 May 12, 1998 November 13, 1990 […]
Win some, lose some: Misses from C-VILLE's past 20 years
Assault with an inky weapon Blogs were yet to become commonplace, but "Gail Force" managed to flame misdirected Working Weekly publisher Gail Bentley, anyway, using all the tricks of the yet-to-be-born trade: anonymity, vitriol and recurrent posts that lasted for months. Too bad somebody didn’t hit the editorial staff in the head with one of […]
From the owner's suite: 20 years of C-VILLE
I have had two business partners: a tall one, Hawes, and a shorter one, Rob. Each had their strengths. Hawes was a lively editor who dutifully ran the paper when I moved to New York for several years, but left the company seven years ago; much later I stuck around when Rob, known around here […]
Saving us thousands of words
Judging the Miss Gay Charlottesville contest at Club 216 August 12, 2008 Photo by Jason Lappa Choir from Free Union’s Faith Mission Fellowship singing on The Corner August 10, 1994 Photo by Lou Baron Foxfield Races December 30, 2008 Photo by Aaron Farrington Jak ‘n’ Jil’s John Clark at […]