READ MORE • The halls (and roofs and floors) of learning “Daddy, look what I made.” “That’s beautiful. But you know what, the adults are trying to have a conversation right now. So can you go in the other room and draw until Mommy gets home?” “O.K., Daddy.” Five-year-old Alice trots back into the kitchen […]
READ MORE • The halls (and roofs and floors) of learning “Daddy, look what I made.” “That’s beautiful. But you know what, the adults are trying to have a conversation right now. So can you go in the other room and draw until Mommy gets home?” “O.K., Daddy.” Five-year-old Alice trots back into the kitchen […]
ecoMOD1: the OUTin house, 2005 Partner: Piedmont Housing Authority • Two-unit condo built from eight small modules in Charlottesville’s Fifeville neighborhood • Designed to merge outdoor and indoor spaces • Includes first potable rainwater collection system in the city ecoMOD2: the preHAB house, 2006 Partner: Habitat for Humanity • Built in post-Katrina southern Mississippi • […]
The Live Arts Dance Festival, which took place over the past two weekends in downtown Charlottesville, presented a rather thorough view of what’s working in the local dance scene—and what is not. The good news: There are performers out there who can command the audience’s attention. In addition, some choreographers are making dance moves that […]
The UVA Foundation, the real estate holding wing of the University, bought the 60-room Econo Lodge at 400 Emmet St. for $6 million. That news is unsurprising—the acquisition is a logical connector, right in between the sports facilities and the heart of Grounds. What is surprising is that, rather than register the purchase under its […]
UVA made three notable hires last week, including naming (finally) Harry Harding the first dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
Once President Barack Obama took office, a new fleet of advisers, counselors and staff members disembarked in the nation’s capital—including the following folks who sharpened their skills at UVA. Janet Napolitano, as secretary of homeland security, is the highest-ranking UVA alum in the new administration. Former law prof David Martin will be the department’s deputy […]
Local property owners just got their latest assessments, which, for the most part, reflected the slump in real estate value.
After weathering yet another verbal squall, the 13-member South Fork Rivanna Reservoir Stewardship Task Force last week finally finished its report outlining reasons and proposed process for dredging. In the final report, the Task Force gave only two primary reasons for dredging: maintaining channels for UVA rowing and other recreational use; and preventing wetlands from […]
Halfway through his band’s two-plus-hour set on Saturday night, Jim Waive stepped to the edge of Bel Rio’s short stage
Dear Ace: What’s up with all the babies on the Downtown Mall? Has Charlottesville experienced a recent population explosion? Lately all I see are strollers when I walk Downtown.—Martin Shortie Martin: Ace knows what it’s like to stumble down the Mall after one too many whiskey sours and then trip over a double-wide stroller. And […]