Correction from May 31 issue
Due to a reporting error, May 31’s “Final Exam” cover story incorrectly stated that Amuse-Bouche was UVA’s oldest improv group. In fact, The Whethermen improv group is the oldest, performing […]
The Beard of Avon
Live Arts’ latest offering is a vigorous and charming production of Amy Freed’s mess of a comedy about the Shakespeare authorship question, The Beard of Avon.
Say goodbye to Smith Pool
With a vote on May 19, City Council O.K.’d the decommissioning of Smith Pool, which is adjacent to Buford Middle School off Cherry Avenue. The utilitarian swimming lanes will be […]
Hardscrabble
We’ve all heard of brain food, and the debut book of poems from Kevin McFadden, associate program director of the Virginia Festival of the Book, is a full-course meal for […]
Grand Theft Auto IV
O.K., let’s get one important thing out of the way: Everything you’ve heard is true, both the bad and the good.
Voting rights elusive for ex-felons
In the coming summer months, when Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) organizer Harold Folley knocks on doors and talks to folks about the 2008 elections, inevitably some will tell him that they aren’t able to vote.
Helping the homeless…by bowling
At the same time that Charlottesville’s homeless population is growing, so are the efforts to help them. After conflicts with city government and lack of funds have forced the Hope […]
Your tax dollars, at work
Worked for the city for: 29 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Customer service representative for utility billing. Works with customers with billing disputes and those unable to pay their […]
Saturation point
For an update on City Council’s May 19 public hearing on water needs, click here. In many ways, the latest flap over the community’s long-term water-supply plan is quintessential Charlottesville. […]
Trailer park owner evicts tenants
On April 25, 2008, R.S. Glass—the owner of the Zion Crossroads trailer park—mailed a letter to all his tenants.