The “M” Word
So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but with a press release.
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The “M” Word
Welcome to the real world of Virginia, Georgie Boy
So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but with a press release.
Correction from January 15 issue
Due to production and proofreading errors, the grid in last week’s crossword puzzle didn’t correspond to the questions below it, making the puzzle impossible to solve, even for all the crossword puzzle experts out there. To make amends, in this issue we’re running last week’s corrected puzzle (page 44 of print issue), as well as […]
Building a history
Additional reporting by Jayson Whitehead and Scott Weaver WARNING: The things you are about to see may baffle you. With a few exceptions, these are the places that you didn’t expect anyone to care about, or at least not anyone in Charlottesville. But Charlottesville isn’t Disney’s Thomas Jefferson Land. We have some buildings that reflect […]
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
It’s mostly couples, but they don’t have room to dance save for a shrug of the shoulders or the shifting of weight from one foot to another.
Baseball bat bill strikes out [January 22]
Pitching in a high school baseball game last year, junior George Miller was struck in the knee by a ball that was hit so hard he was rushed to the emergency room.
Breaking down the basketball spectacle
From heartbreakers to heroes, it was an up-and-down week for the men’s basketball team with an overtime loss to Virginia Tech and a big win against Boston College.
Where's the quarterback? [January 18]
True freshman quarterback Peter Lalich had better mature quickly.
Snow. Cameras. Action! [January 17]
Anticipating the first significant winter storm of the season today, the City of Charlottesville held a press conference yesterday to unveil two new strategies to cope with such situations.
2008 Design Annual: Intelligent design
When you think of design in Charlottesville, you probably think of UVA’s Lawn and the Rotunda and Monticello and blah bity blah, blah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But do you also think of Booker T. Washington Park? Blue Light Grill? The Live Arts building? The silkscreened posters for the Wilco show at the Pavilion? You should.
Function is the new form
Feature articles: Rock this townMatt Pamer on designing music posters and paying his bills Fresh airA modern landscape breathes new life into formerly segregated Washington Park Home styleTransplants shop for tradition; tourists come for the cutting edge Democracy in designMaurice Cox champions a traditional ideal to solve modern urban problems According to one local architect, […]