A few short years ago, just about any site in the Charlottesville area seemed viable for redevelopment, whether it was currently occupied by 100-year-old houses, a historic church or public housing. Banks were lending, money was flowing, and everybody’s cousin had a development idea within reach. Welcome to 2009. In a climate like this, when […]
On January 1, the Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) officially ended its six-year run. Communications Workers of America (CWA), SUUVA’s parent union, cut its funding for lack of new membership. In December, SUUVA had 250 members, but CWA’s target was at least 1,000. UVA has roughly 17,000 full-time and part-time employees and faculty members. Before […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers are on their way to their second Super Bowl in the past three years. And what’s it have to do with Charlottesville? No. 83 of course: 6’5" tight end Heath Miller, who made a name for himself playing for Al Groh at UVA. Miller had three receptions for 62 yards, second only […]
Phil Webster Age: 29 Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Year: Grad student Concentration: Religious studies What’s in your backpack? Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, Pocket Classical Greek Dictionary, Selections from Herodotus, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God, The Fathers of the Church, five small notebooks, Latin course readings, two folders, shirt, Ziploc bag […]
The unmistakable smell of change is dissipating in the air. After Noah Schwartz left as executive director of the Charlottesville Redevelopment Housing Authority, another position within the city has opened up. Mike Svetz is leaving Charlottesville for the spring training town of his beloved Cleveland Indians. Mike Svetz, Charlottesville’s director of Parks and Recreation, is […]
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.