Let it shine [April 17]
A gathering at UVA’s McIntire Amphitheater yesterday proved that, while there will always exist a rivalry between the University and Virginia Tech on the football field or basketball court, the two institutions are simpatico.
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Let it shine [April 17]
UVA holds memorial service on the one-year anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings
A gathering at UVA’s McIntire Amphitheater yesterday proved that, while there will always exist a rivalry between the University and Virginia Tech on the football field or basketball court, the two institutions are simpatico.
Charlottesville developer looks north [April 16]
What do you do if you can’t sell a condo to save your life around Charlottesville and Albemarle County?
Native son
As newly minted Republican presidential nominee John McCain surged his way across America last week with his “C’mon, Give a Guy a Break” bus tour, vainly attempting to break through the wall of cable-saturation coverage surrounding the interminable Clinton/Obama slugfest
Cat in the vat
Dear Ace: What are the other ways to skin a cat?—Mick E. Maus Mick: Well, assuming you already know the most common way (grab hold and pull, pull, pull! …Oh, how Ace kids), Ace will take a literal approach and he’ll also give a few of his own suggestions. First, Ace needs to be sure you […]
Steve Kelly
Steve Kelly seems to be at a crucial moment in his development at a painter. I say that not out of familiarity with his previous work—I haven’t seen it—but because of what I saw at the Bridge, where he has a solo show. (His brother, Greg Kelly, is a Bridge co-founder.) The crucial moment is […]
The Virginia Quarterly Review
Oh my, what a shock for literary snobs to behold a comic book image on the cover of the new issue of The Virginia Quarterly Review. Regular readers of the journal know, however, that one of the features of Ted Genoways’ editorship is frequent nods to the art of the graphic novel and all its […]
Couric Center going up! [April 12]
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric attended the groundbreaking of the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, the $74 million facility planned for the corner of Jefferson Park Avenue and Lee Street and named for her sister, the late Virginia senator. Couric joined Governor Tim Kaine and UVA President John Casteen for the hour-long, invitation-only event, […]
Red Light lands Roanoke amphitheater deal [April 13]
Roanoke has selected Charlottesville-based Red Light Management to develop and manage an outdoor amphitheater at the former Victory Stadium site. Red Light, a part of Coran Capshaw’s music empire, will be responsible for completing a feasibility study, designing the facility and operating the amphitheater once it’s completed, reported the Roanoke Times. Though Roanoke officials declined […]
Housing stock plump [April 14]
Here’s the quickie version of the first-quarter market report just out from CAAR (the Charlottesville Albemarle Association of Realtors).
Correction from April issue of ABODE
In the April 2008 issue of ABODE, due to an editorial error, the Hot House page contained text referring to the ecoMOD3 project on Fourth Street SW, but the photo shows the ecoMOD1 project on 7 1/2 Street SW. Unlike ecoMOD3, the ecoMOD1 project does not incorporate a pre-existing 19th century building.