The Charlottesville city schools efficiency study was supposed to appease budget hawks and confirm what everyone thought they knew about the school system. Instead, it has unleashed a Pandora’s box of possible changes that has riled faculty, staff and parents. Like many, School Board member Llezelle Dugger thought the efficiency study, commissioned in the spring […]
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 […]
In Under the Veil, Iranian-born choreographer Miki Liszt offers an intriguing and deeply personal investigation of what she calls in a program note “the ways in which cultures reveal and conceal women.”
Mornin’, bricksters! Whether it’s a good morning is a different topic. Brick Watch was set to get a cup of coffee before work today but was nearly deterred by a looming cloud of dust at the west 200 block.
Dear Ace: What is your rule of thumb?—Digit Bardot Digit: As much as Ace loves to talk about himself (and does so, on occasion), he fears his paltry answer would leave you, dear reader, feeling a bit slighted. So, in an effort to avoid wasting perfectly good column inches, perhaps the bigger question should be: […]
• Click here for Brendan Fitzgerald’s interview with Andy Friedman. The last year was a rough one for urban cowboys in New York City. First, Robert “The Naked Cowboy” Burck sued Mars Incorporated, manufacturer of M&Ms, after a blue M&M appeared on billboards similarly dressed in white briefs and a bucket hat. Then, Johnny Utah’s—a […]
This spring, high school athletes in Albemarle County Public Schools will receive a belated Christmas gift from an anonymous donor and county supervisors: state of the art synthetic field turf for the football fields. Thousands of students will walk, run and fall on that surface while playing football, field hockey, soccer or lacrosse. Though each […]
“Unemployment insurance claims can now be filed by telephone. Call 1-866-832-2363. It’s easy, trouble-free and so convenient!” says a flyer advertising the Virginia Employment Commission’s (VEC) filing hotline. I dial. “Due to heavy call volume, wait times will be longer than normal…. To expedite the claim process, you may file your claim online. If you […]
Virginia is one of only two states, along with Kentucky, that do not automatically restore voting rights to felons who have served their time.