Five classic resolutions done right
INSTEAD OF…Losing weight. RESOLVE TO…Vegetate. Says Jay Leno: “Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average…which means you have met […]
Toast of the town!
Soon we’ll ring in another new year, and that means many of us will be anywhere from partially to unequivocally hammered in large groups of people. Situations like these demand […]
Ancestral Ace
Dear Ace: I was wondering if you’re up on any of the Atkins genealogy from the area? My ancestors came to Surry County, VA on the “Gods Giffte” in 1623, […]
Following NEA stint, Cox returns to architecture faculty
In 2007, following a stint on City Council that included a term as mayor, Maurice Cox took a break from the University of Virginia architecture faculty to become design director […]
Church/state divide falling for the sake of teenage porn
Sure, Thomas Jefferson was fervent about a “wall of separation between church and state”—but little did he anticipate the “shadows of the Internet” that would later haunt his beloved Virginia. […]
Stop saying that!
Each November, the New Oxford American Dictionary celebrates one new word that’s garnered serious cultural currency in the past year. In 2008, it was “hypermiling,” or to maximize gas mileage […]
Split 7"; Invisible Hand/The Alphabet; Funny/Not Funny Records
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Invisible Alphabet Show. The format of today’s program will be 45 revolutions-per-minute 7" vinyl, that tried-and-true audio format introduced 60 years ago by RCA. […]
PVCC faculty art exhibit; In the V. Earl Dickinson building; Through January 20
Viewers aren’t given a title or theme for this year’s faculty show at Piedmont Virginia Community College, and with 10 different artists united only by the fact that they all […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
Ice, ice, baby—too cold? Too much? It’s been about 14 years since we received a winter wallop like the snow-smacking we got last weekend. And when C-VILLE revisited our coverage […]
Halsey Minor refiles charge, alleges "sabotage"
Landmark Hotel owner Halsey Minor was true to his word.