The title of Russ Warren’s show at Les Yeux du Monde, “From Magic Mountain,” alludes to the early twentieth century novel by Thomas Mann, wherein a young shipbuilder-to-be heads to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps and winds up staying for seven years in a haze of indolent revelation. The experience of viewing Warren’s paintings […]
Holiday crowdpleasers are a necessary evil in the industry of community theatre.
Dear Ace: We’ve got a medical school and a massage school, but where around here can I learn to become a chiropractor?—Crooked-Condition-in-Charlottesville You can’t, so Ace hopes the prospect of leaving town for a spell doesn’t get you too bent out of shape. Or twisted up inside. Or feeling a pain in your neck. Meaning, […]
Four words, Ace: Cat on a leash. What the hell?—Militant-Cat-Harness-Abolitionist-in-Charlottesville Okay, Grizabella, but some people like to walk their cats instead of letting them grow fat and sedate in front of the television. The world is hard and cruel, and Ace for one doesn’t want some texting-with-one-hand minivan driver sending Ol’ Moses to the Heaviside […]
The case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington has captured the nation’s attention.
College students are a unique beast. They come and go without leaving a trace.
The redevelopment of the city’s public housing stock is nearing the end of its planning stage. Consultants who have been working on revamping Charlottesville’s old and battered sites presented a draft master plan last Thursday that calls for the complete redevelopment of Westhaven and the rehab of Crescent Hall among other projects. The plans, however, […]
You know, sometimes a story comes along that’s just so exquisitely absurd that it feels like someone has secretly fitted us with electrodes during the night and recorded the most outrageous of our feverish political dreams. “I was honored to be invited to attend the First State Dinner hosted by President Obama & the First […]
Well before Governor Tim Kaine took an interest in your health, your friends at C-VILLE offered to coach you through the painful process of kicking cigarettes just because it is a sound thing to do. Now that a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants is in effect, you may want to heed our advice. Visit […]
On a windy, overcast Wednesday morning around 8am, traffic already piles up at the intersection of Route 250 and McIntire Road. Most of those idled drivers can see the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) building and its parked fleet of white and neon orange emergency vehicles. The volunteer rescue and ambulance service responds to about 30 […]