The sorry state of saying "I'm sorry"
The “perfect” apology, if there is such a thing, can be whittled into three pieces, each of which is well illustrated in a letter that Emily Post dreamt up for […]
Regrets only
1 Moderators for the conservative blog Free Republic allowed readers to post a slew of horrific comments on their website directed at a picture of Malia Obama. Obama was pictured […]
Virginia Quarterly Review; Fall 2009
With 20 murders in a population of 750,000, El Paso, Texas was one of the safest cities in America in 2008. Across the border lies Juarez, a city roughly twice […]
Daughtry; John Paul Jones Arena; Friday, November 20
Daughtry’s latest album Leave This Town focuses on physical and emotional departures, but former Fluvanna High School student Chris Daughtry’s appearance at the John Paul Jones Arena marked a return […]
Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues; Various artists; Old Hat Records
Popular music in America seldom gives space to the kind of working men who left the textile mill of Gaston County, North Carolina, between 1927 and 1931 to record the […]
Twenty years of music and arts in the spotlight
It seems we here at C-VILLE have kind of a thing about reporting while using alternate modes of transportation. Just as this week’s cover story stems from a walk through […]
All that Twitters
Dear Ace: MySpace is played out, Facebook is getting there, and I’m ready to set up a new circle of on-the-Internet friends. Who are some of the most prevalent Tweeters […]
Worn In Red stays brutal, vital
Nearly every song on Worn In Red’s recently released full-length, In the Offing, follows the structure of penultimate track “Mise En Abyme.” Big musical shifts come in tempo and rhythm, […]
Albemarle's walkability goals are slow to gain a foothold
READ MORE • Click here for more information on pedestrian safety. On the outer fringes of Hollymead Town Center, at the corner of Grand Forks Boulevard and Perseco Lane, there […]
Studying what walkers need
Studying what walkers need Do big cities have anything to teach towns the size of Charlottesville, or for that matter, suburban areas like those in Albemarle, about creating safe places […]