Young Divorcees won’t get fooled again
Halfway through his band’s two-plus-hour set on Saturday night, Jim Waive stepped to the edge of Bel Rio’s short stage
Making census
Dear Ace: What’s up with all the babies on the Downtown Mall? Has Charlottesville experienced a recent population explosion? Lately all I see are strollers when I walk Downtown.—Martin Shortie Martin: Ace knows what it’s like to stumble down the Mall after one too many whiskey sours and then trip over a double-wide stroller. And […]
Ground Zero steps up
Kat Legault has this thing she does in “Poor Edward,” a piece that was part of last weekend’s portion of the Live Arts Dance Festival. Pitched on her back between her shoulder blades with her knees bent and her hips arched, she jumbles herself into a bridge. She does it a few times throughout the […]
Wind turbines generate more debate
If you’ve ever dreamed of brandishing a lance and racing at windmills like a modern-day Don Quixote, your fantasy may soon become a reality. Though the Albemarle County Planning Commission has been debating the addition of a wind turbine ordinance for about eight months, the Commission seems close to formulating a resolution. Jason Ivey, vice […]
Officially and unofficially, Charlottesville moves ahead with “dialogue on race”
City Council has committed to spending $10,000 on a community-wide “dialogue on race,” and during budget hearings, it will weigh whether to spend up to $50,000 more. But the very idea of a dialogue on race seems to have started one, even before Council has spent a dime. Eugene Williams wants the city to go […]
PVCC forced to do more with less
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) doesn’t want to fall victim to its own success in this recession.
Blackburn remembered as advocate for diversity
At Westminster Presbyterian Church on Rugby Road, a crowd of several hundred—including University faculty, administrators, students and Congressman Tom Perriello —paid tribute to one of UVA’s most beloved figures. Dean of Admissions John Blackburn —known as Jack—lost his battle against cancer on Tuesday, January 20. He was 67. Even the additional church hall, set up […]
Construction is imminent, but Meadowcreek Parkway opponents keep fighting
Even as the bulldozers are revving their engines to begin work on the county portion of the Meadowcreek Parkway—that two-mile road that has gestated in the womb of government for 40-plus years—some activists are still hoping for a last-minute halt.
Twenty years of local news and arts in the spotlight
We’re bigger, older and wiser. Over the past two decades, we’ve sometimes been well ahead of the curve, like when we projected DMB’s rise to the top, and sometimes we’ve been, well, wrong. We’ve captured people saying things they might regret later; we’ve championed the underdog (hello, Congressman Perriello!). Each week, as we celebrate our […]
How C-VILLE's arts guy spent 48 hours covering Obama's inauguration
“We want to see the Wizard!” “The Wizard? But nobody can see the great Oz. Nobody’s ever seen the great Oz. Even I’ve never seen him!” “Well then, how do you know there is one?” —The Wizard of Oz This is the end.” The man in front of me in the dark uniform steps toward […]