CARS response times headed for an interchange?
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 […]
BOS puts breaks on Crozet Library
At their regular meeting last Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors voted to postpone the construction of the new Crozet Library via a plan that halts construction projects for five years. […]
Halsey Minor faces foreclosure on Albemarle County estate
On November 20, as reported by the Daily Progress, Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward Hogshire granted a demurrer, filed by former Landmark Hotel developer Lee Danielson and his attorney, that […]
New Old Lynchburg Road is like Christmas
For Becky Sims of Old Lynchburg Road, the biggest problem on her block is “feeling safe. It’s the traffic. Obviously, the police can’t keep up with the speeding, and the […]
Phish; John Paul Jones Arena; Saturday, December 5
As during a full moon, strange things happen when Phish comes to town. Glow sticks burst forth from hidden sources. Clumps of hair mysteriously clump into dreadlocks. On Friday night, […]
Our American Ann Sisters; Live Arts; Through December 19
If, when you go to the theater, you require a heaping helping of linear narrative smothered in a thick gravy of realistic character, then Live Arts’ current offering, Our American […]
Ten steps to a greener Charlottesville
Even as freezing rains tear autumn’s last leaves from branches, things in the city and county seem to be getting greener. Local greenies are jazzed about a $500,000 grant that’s […]
Leading Charlottesville’s green charge
ALLYSON MELLBERG and JEREMY TAYLOR Artists and advocates of nontoxic art materials If it’s not enough that Allyson Mellberg and Jeremy Taylor’s art focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between people […]
Purple pros
December arrives, and thereby the onset of my discontented literary winter approacheth. Well, not “discontented” so much as “lacking content,” verily. Lacking inspiration, space wherein to work, and desperately needful […]
Faculty debate copyrighted works resolution
Over one year after UVA’s Faculty Senate formed its Task Force on Scholarly Publications and Authors’ Rights, debate continues