Ground Zero steps up
Kat Legault has this thing she does in “Poor Edward,” a piece that’s part of this weekend’s portion of the Live Arts Dance Festival.
Rated FU for Restricted
Dear Ace: I see a few vehicles driving around Charlottesville with license plates that have FARM USE in bold red letters. What does this mean? Are these vehicles insured like […]
Where there’s smoke…
You remember November 2008, right? That magical time of hope and rejoicing for Virginia’s once-beleaguered Democrats, who rode a wave of Obama-inspired optimism to record gains,
Artistic license
I do not normally hawk artworks in reviews, but buying something from the current show at The Bridge would be a very good deed.
Rethinking the ‘‘I’’ in design
Alloy Workshop was formed two years ago this January as a partnership between licensed architect and contractor, Dan Zimmerman, and licensed contractor and carpenter, Zach Snider. In the past year, […]
Visible, invisible
Call this a tale of two public designs. They’re both local, but they’re very different from each other. One is a system of signs that points visitors toward the Downtown […]
Design for a new time
For this year’s Design Annual issue, we began as we usually do when brainstorming a story. We sat around a table and talked about what we thought was cool and […]
Their favorite things
Omnitech 1Gig Flash Drive “[It] has it all…looks, brains, and brawn. It has a capsule-like body with a soft rubber, black matte coating that makes it more fun than a […]
Our favorite things
Modern for a change Why do we love the two new additions to Campbell Hall, home to UVA’s School of Architecture? First, because of Dean Karen van Lengen’s smart and […]
Finding work in a down cycle
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 […]