Residents question Hope shelter [April 22]
Two residents of the 10th & Page neighborhood where the Hope Community Center is located urged councilors Monday night to take a closer look at the homeless shelter in the residential neighborhood.
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Residents question Hope shelter [April 22]
Edwards: Haven’t talked about homelessness in “comprehensive” way
Two residents of the 10th & Page neighborhood where the Hope Community Center is located urged councilors Monday night to take a closer look at the homeless shelter in the residential neighborhood.
A generous competition [April 20]
Apparently, AccessUVA wasn’t a premeditated work involving years of planning as much as a hasty reaction to compete with UNC, the New York Times reports today. An article on increasingly generous financial aid packages details an October 2003 Board of Visitors meeting where UVA President John Casteen was handed a press clipping on UNC’s decision […]
One famous cradle [April 21]
If you ask the national media, Earth Day has expanded to basically the entire month of April, and Charlottesville-based architectural visionary William McDonough is a favorite subject.
State launches wine distribution company [April 18]
Yesterday, Virginia launched a state-subsidized wine distribution company to help small vineyards in the state…
CVS near deal for Plan 9, Satellite space [April 17; updated April 21]
Last month, Terry Vassalos, owner of the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner that currently houses Plan 9 Music and Satellite Ballroom, would neither confirm nor deny rumors that a CVS pharmacy might replace the two music establishments when the space’s lease expires at the end of May.
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.
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 […]