How to dismantle a U2 concert
U2’s Claw stage, here pictured in Berlin in July, is 164 feet tall, will make use of 72 separate subwoofers and costs between $25 and $35 million dollars. With much […]
A week in review: the gubernatorial race
Last week, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Creigh Deeds, and his Republican counterpart, Bob McDonnell, found themselves in uncharted territory.
Monticello High School installs turf
At the end of July, Monticello High School athletes got a new state-of-the-art synthetic turf field. The school is the first of the three county high schools—including Western Albemarle and […]
Virginia may tighten screws on runoff pollution
Here’s a riddle. When is rainfall bad for the environment?
Monticello garden director Peter Hatch talks shop
It’s hard to believe, but Peter Hatch didn’t have gardening in his blood. Now 32 years into his work restoring the gardens at Monticello, a task that his former boss […]
Ticking away
What is a clockmaker to do, Ace? In this age of atomic timekeeping and all-in-one cellular gadgets, it seems like everyone’s turned a blind eye to our noble craft. I […]
Students, staff and faculty ask for an open-minded president
The first day of classes for all freshmen and returning students marked the start of last year for John Casteen as UVA president.
A sex-free Virginia political scandal?
You know, we spend all kinds of time poking and prodding into the seamy, unsavory corners of Virginia’s political basement, so you can trust us on this one
"What Will Last Beyond Today: John W. Kluge's Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art"; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection; Through December 20
John Kluge’s donation of an extensive collection of Australian aboriginal artworks, presented to the University of Virginia in 1997, was extraordinary. So it makes sense for the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art […]
The Fiery Furnaces, with White Rabbits and The Cinnamon Band; Fry's Spring Beach Club; Wednesday, August 26
Last week’s three-band bill at Fry’s Spring Beach Club was likely the loudest event to resound through the thickly wooded neighborhood since the venue was constructed