Ah Virginia, where the political merry-go-round never knows to stop. With five weeks remaining in the 2009 political season, the 2010 race for congress in the Fifth District is already as crowded as a Saturday at the City Market. Five Republican hats are already in the ring for the right to challenge first term Democratic […]
On September 19, 1958 Lane High School and Venable Elementary Schools shut down for five months in an attempt by officials to prevent the desegregation of the Charlottesville School System. Now, City Council wants to say it is sorry for that. The action, known as Massive Resistance, was supported and advocated by Sen. Harry Byrd […]
You say you want a revolution? In this, the 39th week of our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in C-VILLE, we turn our attention to exactly that. Nothing says history quite like a Civil War re-enactment. Or, did we mean to say Wal-Mart? Earlier this year, we […]
“It’s not about slavery. It’s not about racism. For a lot of us it’s about ancestors.” Amanda Kutch is a United Daughter of the Confederacy and on Saturday morning, September 19, she’s dressed like one. Blonde, fair, and outfitted in a blue, flowered dress with a white blouse and a crocheted hairnet, Kutch is […]
At its last meeting on September 15, the city’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) had a full agenda
Virginia law does not limit the amount an individual or corporation can donate to political campaigns, but it does require candidates to disclose donations. The September 15 filing reveals that from July 1 to August 31, in elections for the Charlottesville City Council, Albemarle Board of Supervisors and House of Delegates, money was flowing but […]
Hey Ace, what gives? I get all primped and cologned to go groove with the ladies at Rapture, but I get there and find a bunch of shrimpy dudes and mousy chicks playing live bar trivia, wearing taped glasses and suspenders and stuff, but not ironically, you know? I asked them who they were and […]
Some UVA faculty members are mad over the implementation of the Student Information System (SIS)
In the first act of Glengarry Glen Ross, pairs of men in suits use bad words and sip hard drinks in a Chinese restaurant. This is the real estate business, a changing industry, and they’re desperate to keep their jobs by any means necessary. The lights are low and the music cheesy as each pair […]
JUMP TO: • HITS • MISSES PLUS: • From the owner’s suite: 20 years of C-VILLE [w/video tour!] • Saving us thousands of words What does it mean to turn 20? Well, you’re more than barely legal. You still have to rely on your friends to buy you beer. And you’re starting to improve behind […]