There’s little doubt that would-be governor Creigh Deeds is currently stuck between Barack and a hard place. Long known as a genial, gun-lovin’ Democrat, Deeds has been forced to fight his current battle against Bob McDonnell—a slick, well-coiffed conservative Ken doll—well outside his comfort zone. Consider this: In their previous match-up, a hard-fought 2005 campaign […]
There’s little doubt that would-be governor Creigh Deeds is currently stuck between Barack and a hard place. Long known as a genial, gun-lovin’ Democrat, Deeds has been forced to fight his current battle against Bob McDonnell—a slick, well-coiffed conservative Ken doll—well outside his comfort zone. Consider this: In their previous match-up, a hard-fought 2005 campaign […]
We’re 41 weeks into this year-long archive search, and with this issue the theme is musical entertainment. First, what has become the perennial question of which music venues will survive: We asked that last week with the shuttering of Is, just as we pondered it 12 years ago, as Trax started to unravel. Then, the […]
Fitzgerald said his bit about “no second acts in American lives,” but F. Scott didn’t see Superchunk at the 9:30 Club in 2002. Turns out there are more than second or even third acts; there are also opening acts. Which might explain why, on that particular tour, bandleader Mac McCaughan and his band warmed up […]
Ace, I’ve got a few questions about that Three Notch’d Road historical marker on the east end of the Pedestrian Mall. First, what are the notches? Second, where did the road go? Lastly, who the heck was Jack Jouett, and what “famous ride” of his does the sign refer to?—Scratch’d-Head’d in Charlottesville Listen, my friend, […]
Those high notes don’t just hit themselves! If you’re at a football game and you feel like taking your jacket off, you can just…take it off. Unless you’re in UVA’s Cavalier Marching Band, in which case you wait until you’re told to take your jacket off. Built on the principle of coordinated movement—all hats on […]
“Isn’t this the darndest thing? I broke my foot for this occasion,” Meredith Richards told a large crowd at the Amtrak station off Main Street last Wednesday, gesturing to a cast. A broken foot, however, is not keeping her from enjoying one of the greatest moments in her life. Meredith Richards, who was singled out […]
Ace, Charlottesville’s FM dial has put a spell on me, and I can’t get no satisfaction—or relief, for that matter. Mostly, I just don’t know where to go for what I like. Any chance you can help me find what I’m looking for?—Ray Diogaga Funny you should ask, Ray. Ace was just receiving some instant […]
If you’ve been putting off buying that seven bedroom, nine bathroom country manor with several hundred acres of land, you might want to stop procrastinating: It’s a buyer’s market. Built in 1740, 0 Gordonsville Road tops the price list at $18 million: It includes a manor, three additional cottages, a carriage house and 16 stall […]
There are plenty of contentious issues at stake, but it was nonetheless a calm affair when dozens of Crozet residents turned out to Western Albemarle High School
To the likes of “Horse Enthusiast” and “University of North Carolina” (wtf?), the Virginia DMV may someday add “Vegetarian” to the list of specialty license plates available to drivers registering vehicles in the Commonwealth. Several veggie-minded groups are pushing to make the plates available as soon as April 2011. “Vegetarian” license plates? The Virginia […]