Carly Gullickson, who at 22 is a 12-year veteran of the game, returns a ball during a marathon match against Lindsay Lee-Waters in the semifinals of the Boyd Tinsley Women’s $50,000 Pro Tennis Championships at Boar’s Head last weekend. Lee-Waters ultimately took the trophy, defeating Ekaterina Bychkova in the finals. Out on the clay courts […]
Carly Gullickson, who at 22 is a 12-year veteran of the game, returns a ball during a marathon match against Lindsay Lee-Waters in the semifinals of the Boyd Tinsley Women’s $50,000 Pro Tennis Championships at Boar’s Head last weekend. Lee-Waters ultimately took the trophy, defeating Ekaterina Bychkova in the finals. Out on the clay courts […]
Last night, as we said they would, City Council met to review the Mall rebricking project. Here’s what we came away with.
If you’re anything like us (and honestly, our condolences if you are), you probably spend way too much time following the vagaries and vicissitudes of Virginia’s preening political class. And if you’ve been watching closely over the past few weeks — while completely ignoring that insignificant little thing we call real life—you could be excused […]
Ace: I have been hearing an incredibly loud piercing sound the last several days near Tiger Fuel, across from C’Ville Market on Carlton Road. My friend and I traced the sound as far as the RR tracks and the recycling center. I was wondering if you know anything about this odd sound. It is elusive […]
At the start of The Cinnamon Band’s recent set at Outback Lodge, one of the band’s members—either guitarist John Harouff or drummer Neil Campbell—leaned into a microphone and announced in a sly, clear voice: “Cut the shit, start the pit.” It’s a testament to the band’s power as a live act that, for an instant, […]
Sonata Mulattica is a mixed child of sorts: half epic-like poem, half poetic series.
UVA senior John Pappas had been working on a beautifying project for the corner of University Avenue and 14th Street for more than a year.
“We need you,” said Jeffrey Sachs to a packed auditorium in Old Cabell Hall. “We should find ways to team up.” Sachs, a leading international economic adviser, outlined the need to merge resources to solve major global problems, such as poverty, at the 2009 Annual Spring Symposium, presented by the UVA McIntire School of Commerce […]
In December 2007, on a 3-2 vote, City Council approved the ground lease for the Piedmont YMCA to construct its facility within McIntire Park. And that’s when the controversy began. The construction of the YMCA has been at the center of a heated debate over the possibility of losing the park’s softball fields. “If you […]
It was only four months ago that local architect Bill Atwood enthusiastically discussed a new, scaled-back design for the Waterhouse project to comfortably sit on Water Street.