“Independent” Fenwick declares for City Council
Bob Fenwick, founder of www.savemcintire.com and member of the Coalition to Preserve McIntire Park, has announced he will be running for City Council as an Independent.
Transit authority gets a green light, but no green
When it comes to regional transit, what the General Assembly gives with one hand, it takes away with the other. This year the Assembly passed legislation to permit Charlottesville and […]
Cummings asserts Thomas-like platform
An hour before the convening of the county’s Democratic caucus on May 11, the two candidates for the Board of Supervisors from the Samuel Miller District—pharmacist Madison Cummings and architect […]
Long black train
Dear Ace, What’s up with the Buckingham Branch train (which has, like, a total of five cars) which is forever parked on the tracks in front of the Transit Center? […]
Is this where once-great political parties go to die?
Lenin returning triumphantly to Finland Station. Napoleon plotting his phoenix-like second act from the Isle of Elba.
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
We’re ready to turn our volume knobs to the max for week No. 19 of our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in […]
Planners to hear controversial application for Belmont restaurant
The commercial strip on Belmont’s Hinton Avenue has seen steady development in the past few years.
Tartuffe; Live Arts, in the DownStage Theater; Through May 23
It is no accident that David Dwyer’s set design for Tartuffe incorporates dramatic, gilded picture frames that stretch from the stage to the Live Arts balcony. Like the title character […]
Forty-five songs that every Charlottesville music fan should know
Stephen Malkmus (left) of Pavement, No. 26 Things are going to get loud. And I don’t strictly mean musically speaking, though we have our fair share of the really noisy […]
Lit mag gives UVA docs a creative outlet
“A lot of doctors have writer’s block,” says Dr. Daniel Becker, “but they all have stories and they all tell stories.” Think about that the next time you describe your […]