The year in afterparties

Let’s be honest with each other, Charlottesville: The only thing that a “new year” means is that your old calendar is no good. When you peel the shrink wrap from your new 2009 Desk or Wall Calendar—decorated with pictures of Labrador puppies or Batman or swimsuit models—you’ll have 365 small, white boxes to fill with […]

Lake affect

Dear Ace: When they make the snow at Wintergreen, where does all the water come from, and how does it get onto the slopes? I’ve read some unsavory things about the water used in snow making at other ski slopes.—Dwight Stuff Dwight: Ace works on a pretty low budget here at the C-VILLE office, so […]

Breaker Moran

There’s a long list of desperate campaign tactics that we here at the Odd Dominion like to call “Things that never work.”

When a flashmob strikes

Have we seen the start of a new tradition? On December 12 at around midnight, a group of 1,000-plus students flooded Clemons Library for a party phenomenon known as a flashmob. Music was blasted from a small boom box. For a few minutes, raucous dancing ensued, capped by a group rendition of “The Good Ole […]

Rights recognized for public housing residents

For years, rumors have circulated among Westhaven residents that redevelopment was coming—whether they liked it or not. But now that redevelopment is imminent, residents of Westhaven and the rest of the city’s public housing sites have some assurances that they will not be merely pawns in the process, thanks to a Residents’ Bill of Rights […]

Innisfree closes, Mall casualties add up

The latest casualty of the nation’s economy is Innisfree World Artisans, joining the list of closing businesses on the east end of the Downtown Mall with Sage Moon and Migration galleries. Innisfree will officially shut its doors on January 30. The store is an outlet for Crozet’s Innisfree Village, a community of mentally challenged adults, […]

Turf questions linger after supes' approval

Though the county Board of Supervisors voted to allocate $225,000 to replace natural grass on high school football fields with synthetic turf, questions remain about the safety of the turf. Supervisors David Slutzky and Ann Mallek opposed the measure, citing health and safety concerns. Slutzky, who with Mallek was appointed to try to answer questions […]