Dear Ace: Do you think maybe Willie Nelson is stalking us?—Perry NoydPerry: Ace has never been a man to buy into conspiracy theories, but for quite some time now, he’s often found himself looking over his shoulder in dark alleys. Shredding unwanted documents he gets in the mail. Separating his whites and darks (hey, he’s […]
Enlisting DJ Danger Mouse—one half of the psychedelic soul group Gnarls Barkley—Beck seemed poised for a return to the madcap sound collages of his landmark albums, Odelay and Mellow Gold. But on Modern Guilt, Beck’s 10th album, Danger Mouse streamlines the meditations on personal stasis and existential dread that have been the core of Beck’s […]
Gordon Emery didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life until he was 20 years old and started practicing Kung Fu …
In 1994, future UVA religion Professor Peter Ochs started an unusual but simple practice of having academics from the three religious traditions that share the Bible as a fundamental text gather to read scripture, whether it was the Torah, the New Testament, or the Koran. “On a basic level, Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is an experiment […]
Due to an editorial error, the website for Anita Gupta’s wedding cake business was misidentified in last week’s issue of UNIONS. The correct website is maliha creations.com.Also in UNIONS, due to a production error, the designer of a piece of jewelry was misidentified. This necklace was made by Nicole Noelle Sherman, nicole@nicolenoelle.com.We regret these errors. […]
Between 2000 and 2006, the median sales costs of houses doubled in the Charlottesville metropolitan area, and the county nearly kept the same pace. As a result, housing became affordable only for the few with enough money to spend on escalating properties. Your average family was practically priced out of town. “I was at a […]
Forget the motor mile—Preston Avenue is repositioning itself as the music mile, thanks to a little love from Coran Capshaw and his people. Red Light Management, operating under its moniker Starr Hill Presents, will lease a roughly 5,000-square-foot space at 608 Preston Ave. from the development team, led by Andy McGinty, that is renovating the […]
On Saturday, July 19, the Barack Obama campaign opened 20 offices around the state of Virginia—including one on the Downtown Mall in the old A&N building—as it prepares to wage battle against John McCain for the presidency of the United States.
During discussions last year regarding what to do about the city’s crumbling indoor swimming facilities, the lap swimmers of the world—well, at least of the city—seemed to hold their collective breath. With the subsequent decision to remodel Smith Pool, there were many fears that the pool’s closure would overload nearby Crow Pool. However, early signs […]
Worked for the county for: 30 years Resides in: Albemarle CountyJob title: Copy Center supervisor. The Copy Center handles copy and printing equipment and holds a small office supply area. The Center also makes booklets and forms for county schools, the HR department and other local government offices. Best of times: “Every day is different. […]