Creigh Deeds crawls toward the finish line
There’s little doubt that would-be governor Creigh Deeds is currently stuck between Barack and a hard place. Long known as a genial, gun-lovin’ Democrat, Deeds has been forced to fight […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
We’re 41 weeks into this year-long archive search, and with this issue the theme is musical entertainment. First, what has become the perennial question of which music venues will survive: […]
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records; John Cook, with Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance; Algonquin Books, 289 pages
Fitzgerald said his bit about “no second acts in American lives,” but F. Scott didn’t see Superchunk at the 9:30 Club in 2002. Turns out there are more than second […]
Three Notch’d, Thrice Answer’d
Ace, I’ve got a few questions about that Three Notch’d Road historical marker on the east end of the Pedestrian Mall. First, what are the notches? Second, where did the […]
Banging out the Homecoming game with the Cavalier Marching Band
Those high notes don’t just hit themselves! If you’re at a football game and you feel like taking your jacket off, you can just…take it off. Unless you’re in UVA’s […]
New D.C. passenger train makes first local stop
“Isn’t this the darndest thing? I broke my foot for this occasion,” Meredith Richards told a large crowd at the Amtrak station off Main Street last Wednesday, gesturing to a […]
Sound choices
Ace, Charlottesville’s FM dial has put a spell on me, and I can’t get no satisfaction—or relief, for that matter. Mostly, I just don’t know where to go for what […]
It's a buyer's market for country manors
If you’ve been putting off buying that seven bedroom, nine bathroom country manor with several hundred acres of land, you might want to stop procrastinating: It’s a buyer’s market. Built […]
Crozet prepares for tough redevelopment discussions
There are plenty of contentious issues at stake, but it was nonetheless a calm affair when dozens of Crozet residents turned out to Western Albemarle High School
DMV may offer meatless license plates
To the likes of “Horse Enthusiast” and “University of North Carolina” (wtf?), the Virginia DMV may someday add “Vegetarian” to the list of specialty license plates available to drivers registering […]