Virginia Republicans look to 2009…and beyond
If there’s one thing that we love about Virginia’s odd-year election cycle, it’s that it stretches the already interminable political season into near-perpetuity,
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
Some bouts mean more than others. The struggle against bulldozers and development is no laughing matter. It concerns the look and temperament of a place, and if a battle is […]
Walking the route that will become the Meadowcreek Parkway
On the day that I set out to walk the future route of the Meadowcreek Parkway, a friend and I spoke about the old Vinegar Hill neighborhood. The vibrant Black […]
Wilco (The Album); Wilco; Nonesuch
“Clearly, they’re waiting for a party to start,” said David Letterman before introducing Wilco for a recent performance on “The Late Show.” He gestured at the table pictured on the […]
Virginia Quarterly Review; Summer 2009
Mahmoud Darwish was a young Palestinian poet living in Haifa, effectively in exile, when he published these words: “I do not hate people/Nor do I encroach/But if I become hungry/The […]
Lone read
Dear Ace: Why haven’t your devoted readers asked you any questions this week?-Ace Ace, Recently Ace has become frustrated by the lack of authentic reader questions. This week he was […]
Splat
Ace: Every day I walk past the construction site on Maury Avenue for the Jefferson Scholars’ new building at UVA. One day, I looked up and saw a good size […]
Pain, Fears and Insects; Fugue in Cow Minor; Baby Opaque; BabyOpaque.com
O.K., I admit it—I still owe Michael Dean 20 bucks. See, way back in the misty, mohawked recesses of time (like, 1984), when I was but a wee, dog collar-sportin’ […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
It’s a matter of precision. With the word “local” at risk of becoming a term as ubiquitous and somewhat meaningless as “green” or “organic,” as this week’s cover story illustrates, […]
A look at construction projects underway
At the moment, UVA’s Grounds seem to have construction projects everywhere you look, but the University is slated to wrap up some of that orange fencing this summer and fall.