Allen vs. Webb part deux?
For those of you who want another brutal, no-holds-barred political cage match à la Allen vs. Webb 2006, George Allen has one word for you
Reduce, reuse, redesign: A fresh take on recycling
READ THE FEATURE • The Paper Chase Challenge [with video!]: Three designers, three weeks and a whole lot of waste paper • Four local designers turn trash to treasure • What’s old is new again: Local items to attract your eye and your eco-consciousness. It started as a source of self-gratification and ended up a celebration of sustainability. […]
The Paper Chase Challenge
Ted Nelson’s chair for a new age Ted Nelson, architect and owner of Design Build Office and a 2002 graduate of the UVA Architecture School, says it took hundreds of hours to design, test and complete his newspaper chair. Architect and builder Ted Nelson takes a seat in his paper project. The chair is comprised […]
Four local designers turn trash to treasure
Willie Drake makes the most out of being a mountain man Willie Drake, founder of world-renowned Mountain Lumber Co., a reclaimed wood and millwork company in Ruckersville with a showroom in the Main Street Market, says he fell in love with salvaging abandoned wood timbers from old barns and factories “long before I was an […]
What's old is new again
Recycled cardboard deer trophy from Galen A. Wright of Cardboard Safari. $52 at Blue Ridge Eco Shop. Vintage reproduction Chippendale bench reupholstered in burlap. $895 at And George. Giraffe made of 100 percent […]
American Festivals Project; The Bridge; Through February 5
The American Festivals Project at The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative documents the 40,000-mile journey of artist-explorers Ross McDermott and Andrew Owen, who investigated 37 “subculture gatherings” in 2008 and 2009. It may not be the most original idea for an exhibition—I have an aunt and uncle who travel to see things like the world’s largest […]
What sort of ammo will the GOP lob at the Democratic National Committee Chair?
It has been a difficult two weeks for former Virginia Governor and Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine, and, by the look of it, things are not going to get better any time soon. “It appears that it’s going to be a job and a half,” as Virginia Delegate Kenneth Plum put it to […]
Intimate Apparel; Live Arts; February 6
Last year, Lynn Nottage won a Pulitzer Prize for her play Ruined. Now Live Arts has revived Nottage’s 2003 play Intimate Apparel, set in 1905,
Belmont noise issue goes on record
The Belmont-Carlton Neighborhood Association (BCNA) finally got to speak its mind on what many consider the severe noise problem in Belmont’s commercial zone
Starting every game of her career, star guard Monica Wright grabs scoring record
Hall of Fame Head Coach Debbie Ryan has seen some pretty spectacular players during her 33 years at the helm of Virginia women’s basketball. Cathy Grimes. Donna Holt. Dawn Staley. They won national accolades, set records in their time, and had their numbers retired. Yet none of them scored as many points as current senior […]