Downtown Mall finally gets its new lease on life
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 […]
Could Crozet Elementary be reborn as an arts academy?
Last June, a re-use study was conducted in the town of Crozet to determine the fate of its old elementary school.
We’d like to thank the Brickademy…
You may not believe it, but you’ll be pretty happy for us anyway. Trust.
The Beats: A Graphic History; Edited by Paul Buhle; Hill & Wang, 208 pages
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 […]
The Place and the Time; Moby Grape; Sundazed Records
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 […]
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
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 […]
Get out of my bed
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 […]
Corrections to the April 28 issue
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 […]
Meredith Woo focuses on the sciences and fundraising
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 […]
Faculty Senate puts emphasis on graduate students
“Funding has been a problem here for years,” says Ph.D. candidate John Burke. “I think the word is getting out to other colleges."