This year’s Virginia Film Festival is going to be different. Less classic cinema. More new and independent flicks that reflect contemporary concerns. A snazzy new festival logo. Plus, they’ve established an additional box office at the Main Street Arena, so viewers don’t have to trek to Culbreth for a movie that’s showing Downtown. But what […]
Even before the action begins in the Live Arts production of Morris Panych’s The Dishwashers
Five years ago, local investors bought 1,200 acres of Albemarle County land for $46.2 million. The developers promised to build the county’s biggest and best neighborhood, and after two years of review, a plan for 3,100 housing units won approval and accolades. The county government said it was a good thing. After I.J. Breeden bought […]
Gabe Silverman and Allan Cadgene have a vision for the stretch of West Main Street near Sixth Street. The local developers want to turn the former C&R Auto Service—thousands of square feet arranged in three neighboring buildings, currently vacant, dark and dirty—into a medical and retail hub for the adjacent communities. A lot of give-and-take: […]
The manager and food vendors of the Charlottesville City Market received an unpleasant surprise upon opening the bill
With the Fifth Congressional District race entering its last week, Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello is trying to keep the political faith alive by returning to a stronghold: churches. In the past few months, Perriello has stopped in at least four churches around the district, in Palmyra, Farmville, Charlottesville and Lawrenceville. Hail Mary? Democratic incumbent Tom […]
There’s more to food than just eating. You’ve got chewing, licking, nibbling, sighing, buying, imbibing, smacking, chuckling, wiping, and grinning. And then you get to start again. When we’re not busy running our mouths, we’re busy stuffing them. In those moments between editorial meetings and interviews, C-VILLE’s writers and artists can often be found somewhere between “Snacking” […]
They met in living rooms to craft arguments, stood on the curb of Route 250 to plot traffic flow
Since Halloween is right around the corner, we thought it might be a good time to revisit one of the cardinal rules of politics