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At their almost weekly shows in town, Drunk Tigers have secured their place as Charlottesville’s go-to goodtime band. Put on their new EP Black Square and all of a sudden […]

On December 14—two weeks before the Commonwealth of Virginia purchased the nearly 1,200-acre Biscuit Run property for a $9.8 million bargain sale

 I’ve been hearing more and more about these ongoing, semi-private house concerts in Palmyra. Apparently they’ve been happening regularly for a while, and it looks like they’ve been putting on […]

The Charlottesville City Market rang up a record $1.2 million in 2009, more than six times what the market generated when it first moved to the Water Street lot in […]

  MEET THESE LOCALS Angie Hogan (Typesetter, Virginia Arts of the Book Center) Sarah Barker (American Sign Language instructor, Independent Resource Center) Jennifer Maton (Calligrapher, If So INKlined) Ben Miller […]

“I’m not opposed to one thing or the other,” says Hogan of letterpress versus e-books, “but it’s like the difference between writing somebody a letter by hand and sending them […]

“People tell me that I fingerspell constantly, without even realizing that I’m doing it,” says Barker. Typical workday? I only teach evening classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights. There’s no […]

“Occasionally when we’re using screwdrivers and we flip off the screws, we’ll accidentally stab our fingers,” says Bright. “Or burn our hands from working with soldering. But in general, it’s […]

“They’re normal hands,” says Maton. “The pen I use is fairly smooth, so it doesn’t rub my fingers raw at any points.” Typical workday? I usually start around 8:30am with […]

“I wear gloves all day long, which keep my hands fairly soft,” says Miller. Tools? For the most part, we use tattoo machines anywhere from an ounce to six ounces […]