Stand up and be counted. When C-VILLE first started reporting on the best of what’s around here, we relied exclusively on our own wit and wisdom—earned from hours spent sitting in a cramped basement! Since then, we’ve gone the full circuit, seeking your insights over ours, dear readers, on an electronic ballot. This year we […]
Stand up and be counted. When C-VILLE first started reporting on the best of what’s around here, we relied exclusively on our own wit and wisdom—earned from hours spent sitting in a cramped basement! Since then, we’ve gone the full circuit, seeking your insights over ours, dear readers, on an electronic ballot. This year we […]
Game developers know that the majority of console gamers—and yes, that includes yours truly—are statistic/achievement/trophy whores. And even the least of Microsoft’s online Gamerscore Nation knows that there’s no quicker way to boost your totals than by popping in a sports game. Run—don’t walk—to rack up skill points in the brand new season of NCAA […]
Think of the 23 hip-hop acts on the New Legends of Streetball, Vol. 2 Mixtape as the average pool of players at local pick-up basketball spots like The Dell or the courts near Cherry Avenue. There are a few familiar names (Beetnix and Anonamys, mixtape emcee Big Scheem) and a few newcomers (J Willz, Jae […]
Dan Epstein, whose restaurant, Eppie’s, has been runner-up for "Best meal under $10" for the past three years, wants you to vote for the Downtown Mall restaurant next year. Here, his PSA. Pen Park is a perennial winner in the "Best park for kids" category. So we […]
It was a hub of renovation and development for a few months there, but now that the bricklayers have left, the Downtown Mall is conspicuously silent.
Call it the ultimate red dirt alert. Several years ago, during development of Hollymead Town Centre on 29N, a large swath of bare ground sat with no vegetation. Seasons passed, and every rainstorm washed away more soil. “We live downstream from Hollymead Town Centre,” said Scott Elliff, a director of the Forest Lakes Community Association, […]
Controversy over the new, proposed health care bill has been played out on the national stage for some time now, but local mental health providers may have a different kind of crisis on their hands. The University of Virginia will soon end its agreement with Martha Jefferson Hospital (MJH), where 20 beds in the psychiatric […]
“It’s a very historic event for the President of the United States to come out and applaud community colleges and praise them,”
We asked you to vote, once again, for the best stuff in Charlottesville. You delivered—100 of your picks for best pizza, best shoe store, best place to swim and more. Plus, C-VILLE staff pick a few winners you didn’t find on this year’s ballot. Don’t forget to comment, and check out the exclusive videos for […]