Gas prices drive contractors to new ideas

It’s a by now familiar sentiment: “We are definitely on a strict budget with gas.” But the person saying it is not a stressed mini-van mom trying to double up on trips to the pool and Kroger this summer. Those are instead the words of Ted Horn, executive vice president of Martin Horn Inc., the […]

For couple, new HR plan is family decision

Come the end of the year, UVA staff employees who have worked there since June 2006 are going to have to make a decision that will affect their futures at the University. For at least two of them, it will be a family affair. Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) members Michael and Jolene Kidd have […]

Slanted and enchanted

More: A C-VILLE soundtrackRecords in heavy rotation during my time at C-VILLE Music for me has always been about the ecstatic moments, when the wavelengths seem to align and something profound jolts through your mind and body. In those brief seconds, nothing else matters. Some epiphany, connection or passion reigns supreme, and, embracing that, you […]

GI bill an expected boon

In the late 1960s, UVA’s Dean of Admissions John Blackburn received veteran benefits to attend college. He enrolled at Western Maryland College and, with the help of the government, graduated from there and continued to graduate school. Blackburn, like many other veterans, took advantage of the GI bill, a 1944 mandate that was designed to […]

Dave Koehn is new “Voice of the Cavaliers”

UVA fans will hear a new voice when they tune in to Cavalier sports this coming season. CBS Collegiate Sports Properties, the University’s multimedia rights partner, announced that Dave Koehn (rhymes with “lane”) will become the “Voice of the Cavaliers” starting on July 7. UVA’s longtime play-by-play announcer, Mac McDonald, resigned in April to pursue […]

What’s in your backpack?

Mary Butcher Age: 20 Year: Rising seniorConcentration: Architecture Hometown: Madison, Virginia What’s in your backpack? Sketchbook, iPod, camera, wallet, reading glasses, watch, face cleanser, blister Band-aids, extra large Sharpie, empty Ziploc bag, dance shoes, two cell phones.

A C-VILLE soundtrack

More: Slanted and enchantedAnimals, airwaves, and other adventures that tilted my perspective on Charlottesville music Each week, my Feedback music column has featured the C-VILLE Playlist, a selection of tunes that my colleagues and I have been listening to while putting out the issue. Since this article looks back on my time at C-VILLE, I’ve […]

City of Angels

Gentlemen and ladies, open your programs: The 34-year tradition of summer theater at UVA is back after a hiatus last year due to construction of the Arts Grounds Parking Garage. One thing has changed: The somewhat stuffy name “Heritage Repertory Theatre” is now the more festive “Heritage Theatre Festival.”

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

If we’re to believe Oscar Wilde, that “one’s real life is often the life that one does not lead,” then music critics are like half-assed biographers. We manipulate the narrative of a songwriter’s life using the records we have at our fingertips and the murmurs of our peers and, when a new record comes out, […]