The key word is “special.” Perhaps the American Society of Magazine Editors’ recent decision to honor The Virginia Quarterly Review’s fall 2007 special issue on South America will in the future inspire editor Ted Genoways to put together more than the journal’s usual share of special issues. Already, the summer 2008 edition can almost be […]
The key word is “special.” Perhaps the American Society of Magazine Editors’ recent decision to honor The Virginia Quarterly Review’s fall 2007 special issue on South America will in the future inspire editor Ted Genoways to put together more than the journal’s usual share of special issues. Already, the summer 2008 edition can almost be […]
Dear Ace: In light of the “Best Of” voting, I was wondering: What’s the best church in Charlottesville?—Evan Lee Evan: Ace was really hoping he’d be assigned to cover “Best Place to Stumble Home From At 4am” this week, as he’s already been preparing for that assignment a hefty portion of his adult life. Alas, […]
Needled by the thorns of flowery 19th century poetry and its grip on the first years of the 20th century, Ezra Pound made a now-famous pronouncement: “Poetry should be at least as well written as prose.” The monster that this concept inadvertently spawned is in some ways a friendly monster. There are plenty of contemporary […]
Although best known for supplying the sample beat for Grandmaster Flash’s “White Lines (Don’t Do It),” downtown New Yorkers Liquid Liquid left behind a catalog that deserves as much praise as that seminal rap hit. Like “Sex Machine”-era James Brown, Liquid were determined to melt rhythm down to its purest essence. Unlike the funk showman, […]
Developers can be hard cats to pity, but it does kind of suck to be a builder right now. On top of the woes that come from a slowed real estate market, increased construction costs and tightened credit, fees are going up for a slew of government services, from building inspections to sewer hook-ups. The […]
It was a steamy day for a hot topic. A dog-day haze hung over farm stands piled with tomatoes, squash and other high-summer goodies. August 6, at the Meade Park farmers’ market, the Virginia Farm Bureau was set to launch a PR campaign that would land the group squarely on the local foods bandwagon. “Save […]
The Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) has come under some criticism from a few local residents for its plans to extend its runway 800',
In 2004, UVA tennis coach Brian Boland took a 48-hour flight to Chennai, India, to visit a tennis prospect.
It seems as if local developer Keith Woodard’s dreams of a massive nine-story building with the city’s coolest parking garage on the corner of First and Main streets on the Downtown Mall have been definitely deferred.
One of Patricia Gordon’s proudest moments happened last year. On May 19, 2007, she wore a cap and gown and processed down the Lawn. “I graduated at 49, just before my 50th birthday, so a double landmark year!” she says. “My family, daughters, parents, sisters and friends were tremendously supportive and proud. It was a […]