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John Kluge’s donation of an extensive collection of Australian aboriginal artworks, presented to the University of Virginia in 1997, was extraordinary. So it makes sense for the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, born from that gift, to pay tribute to the man on the occasion of his 95th birthday. What’s successful about this celebratory exhibition is […]

Last week’s three-band bill at Fry’s Spring Beach Club was likely the loudest event to resound through the thickly wooded neighborhood since the venue was constructed

Ten years ago, when Petronella Oostingh and her husband moved into a house on Harvest Drive, the nearby railway bridge over Old Ivy Road didn’t concern them much at first. Back then, she says, the concrete abutments that supported the rail overpass seemed sturdy enough to accommodate the frequent passage of load-bearing freight trains. Then […]

After a somewhat dormant summer, candidates for City Council are gearing up for the last two months of campaigning before the November 3 elections. As is customary with each local and statewide election, the Piedmont Sierra Club—whose city membership nears 400—handed each of the four City Council candidates a survey on the city’s well-being.   […]

Law and order is a great deal more complex than any 60-minute TV show can convey. It’s not just evidence and a verdict, that’s for sure. And that’s one reason we’ve looked at it from many angles over the years. From the gulf between the ideals of community policing and the funding it requires, to […]

All of Chris Regan’s new students are wearing laceless shoes.   Adidas sandals, flip-flops, woven plastic slippers. They also wear paper wristbands, like hospital patients, and black-and-white-striped uniforms. It’s the first day of class: 9am on a Tuesday in February. The students slouch in plastic chairs as Regan writes her name on the board. In […]

For quite some time now, Charlottesville has been the fulcrum of all things local: food, farms, local and sustainable businesses

“Give it a shot,” said Michael Koenig, Darden’s director of MBA programs, to a packed room of new MBA students. They are the first students to receive the new Kindle DX as part of a pilot program Amazon is sponsoring. Back in May, Amazon announced its plans to begin a pilot program in five colleges […]

Accessing the attic of the Massie-Wills residence means literally climbing the stairs, using both hands to scale the approximately seventy-degree incline. Reaching the top provides a fresh perspective on the historic designation of the house at 215 4th Street NE. The space contains a small library arrayed in bookshelves and boxes along the far wall, […]