In a crowd of poseurs—drunken college students pretending to have the time of their lives, 40-something couples in age-inappropriate outfits—Alanis Morissette is just herself: brilliant but comfortable, jilted but on the mend, sad but laughing. And she must be tired. Not in the sense that her performance last Thursday night lacked enthusiasm. In fact, quite […]
In the second panel of Rosamond Casey’s 10-panel exhibition of Capitol Hill imagery, “Men In Suits: A Day on the Hill,” there are no men in suits. Instead, there’s a conference room with chairs in rows and a microphone at a podium, and then a second image of two pay phones. It’s incredibly evocative, practically […]
On September 2, Charlottesville resident Raymond Mason addressed City Council, decrying the disrepair and mess at Westhaven, the city’s oldest public housing project.
A record number of registered voters in the city prompted the City Council on September 15 to authorize $48,500 for the purchase of nine new voting machines in preparation for election day, November 4. According to Sheri Iachetta, the city’s general registrar, in the month of August alone, close to 3,000 new voters registered, bringing […]
John W. Whitehead’s prose is in demand. Whitehead, founder and president of the Rutherford Institute (and recent C-VILLE cover boy), has provided written testimony to the Senate Constitutional Subcommittee about the need to “Restore the Rule of Law,” which he feels has been weakened under the Bush presidency. The main focus of Whitehead’s testimony was […]
Worked for the city for: 2 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Spanish teacher and wrestling coach for Charlottesville High School Best of times: Working with the wrestling team. “They come out after a long day of classes and schoolwork, and still want to work at improving themselves. It’s cool because though we don’t […]
What happens when you hold a public hearing and no one comes?
The director of a pro-growth business organization is seldom invited to guest lecture the no-growth grassroots, but Michael Harvey of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development (TJPED) did just that September 18 at a meeting of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP). ASAP vainly opposed Albemarle County’s decision to join TJPED, which is […]
With fewer tourists coming through its doors, the visitor center on Route 20 will shut down on October 1. So what does this mean for the 11,000-square-foot building located at the base of Piedmont Virginia Community College? With enrollment up at PVCC, the institution would seem well positioned to use it, and, turns out, it […]
Hey Ace: What happened to that newsstand that used to be on the Downtown Mall? Didn’t that guy who bought it want to turn it into a bar?—Rhea Porter Rhea: Ace is always skeptical when someone wants to buy something with the intention of turning it into a drinking venue. Seems to Ace all those monies […]