Charlottesville’s Democrats used a new “unassembled caucus” Saturday, May 9, to elect Dave Norris and Kristin Szakos as their candidates for City Council and James Brown III, as their candidate for Sheriff in the November 3 general election.
Disappointingly, there were no “oohs” or “aahs” at the May 4 City Council meeting when Jim Tolbert made a final slideshow presentation on the rebricking project, but its unofficial slogan—“on time and under budget”—was uttered at least twice. “When all the bills are paid,” Tolbert, director of Neighborhood Development Services, said, “we should be 10 […]
Last June, a re-use study was conducted in the town of Crozet to determine the fate of its old elementary school.
You may not believe it, but you’ll be pretty happy for us anyway. Trust.
The Beats: A Graphic History is a graphic biography of the close-knit group of avant garde macho writers of the 1950s and ’60s like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs who were referred to as “the Beatniks” or “Beats.” At a time when American society was defining itself through suburban expansion, commercial development […]
It becomes clear after listening to these demos, live cuts and auditions why Moby Grape was different from the hippie bands of San Francisco and Los Angeles. They were rock and pop purists still imbued with a raucous sock hop/surf fever amped until their rough licks also propelled them into a future of Big […]
And we’re now 18 weeks into our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in C-VILLE. This week, familiar faces and familiar structures. Some 12 years ago, we reported on what seemed a likely outcome for the four storefronts known collectively now as the Wachovia buildings: demolition. If only! […]
Dear Ace: When I drove home to my Barracks Road estate last Saturday evening, I observed a vast number of pickup trucks full of youngsters heading towards town. The Foxfield revelers were packed like drunken sardines in the backs of these trucks, many of them still drinking Bud Light. How on earth is this legal? […]
Due to a reporting error in last week’s cover story, we mistakenly stated that a former Country Vintner employee directs J.W. Sieg’s wine import and distribution business. Derek Robinson, formerly of the Country Vintner, is a wine consultant for J.W. Sieg, but the business is under the direction of J.W. Sieg Vice President Smith Williams. […]
Less than a year into her new job as the dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Meredith Woo was asked a hard question. While talking to undergraduate students on Grounds, a freshman wanted to know how the College would be different in 15 years. “And I thought about it. It […]