As the morning fog lifts from the rolling hills of Barboursville Vineyards, Melissa Close-Hart, executive chef at the Palladio Restaurant, is busy opening boxes of fresh local produce with her sous chef, Mike Yager, and three assistants. Later, from this assortment of basil, mint and mushrooms, they’ll prepare fresh garnishes for their handmade pastas and […]
There’s no shortage of creative potential on the 300 block of West Main Street, a section of the city’s Vinegar Hill neighborhood that was once populated with automobile shops like Russell Mooney Oldsmobile. And if destruction is a form of creation, then a recent meeting of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) provided a chance […]
Between shelved plans for a new library and a Master Plan that predicts what some residents feel is a larger-than-expected population build-out, it’s been a tough year for Crozetians.
During its regular session, the General Assembly passed legislation that allows localities to opt out of paying a 5 percent member contribution to the Virginia Retirement Services
Dear Ace: Surely you’ve noticed that rather large, frankly ominous structure that popped up recently at the southwest end of the Montalto Ridge, among all those glowing red towers near Carter’s Mountain Orchard? What is it, and should I invest in a tin-foil hat?—Inquiring Mind That hat sounds like a good start. Why do you […]
Les Yeux du Monde’s exhibition of photographer Sam Abell’s project “Amazonia” will give armchair travelers a destination even more hot and humid than a Charlottesville summer. Abell does a nice job of remaining true to stringent documentary photography techniques without stepping into the clichés of “National Geographic photographer travels to the Amazon.” His images are […]
Afton’s Hamner Theatre continues the local Bard-a-thon by presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream squarely on the heels of Live Arts’ Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, which arrived soon after Four County Players’ Othello; not to mention the ongoing work of Staunton’s American Shakespeare Center. A Midsummer Night’s Dream might be an overrated script, even […]
TO SEE LAST YEAR’S 25 ESSENTIAL CHARLOTTESVILLE EXPERIENCES, CLICK HERE. There’s a difference between being a resident and being a local. To be a resident, you need an address and a “434” area code. To be a local, you need time. How much? Well, that depends. You can’t grab Charlottesville’s classic milkshake (No. 9) at […]
Dear Ace: What would we be if we were Charlottesburg? What’s the difference between a ’ville and a ’burg, anyway?—Anton Burgess-Deville To begin with, you’d be reading these words in the C-Burg Weekly, not to be confused with that other paper, The Harpoon. Maybe that would be the extent of the difference. Then again, Ace […]
READ MORE Click here to read a previous cover story about Demonte Burgess and George Huguely. On June 10, three defendants charged in connection with the city’s first homicides since October 2008 were slated to appear in Charlottesville General District Court. While court dates for 22-year-old George Huguely and 19-year-old Demonte Burgess were moved to […]