Gorillas and cheerleaders [October 22]
This week's edition of Business Week includes an essay by Scott Clemente, a first-year student at UVA's Darden School of Business, about the long and winding road he traveled before deciding to get an MBA.
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Gorillas and cheerleaders [October 22]
A newbie's view of Charlottesville
This week's edition of Business Week includes an essay by Scott Clemente, a first-year student at UVA's Darden School of Business, about the long and winding road he traveled before deciding to get an MBA.
For sale: A buttload of houses [October 15]
Today sees the release of the third-quarter market report from the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR), which is not a happy document if you're trying to unload a three-bedroom with updated kitchen.
Nelson County for Double H [October 11]
On Wednesday, October 10, I spoke with Double H farmer Richard Bean, now a local celebrity both for his produce…
High anxiety
Ace: What would you say is the highest point in Charlottesville?—Rhett E. Tuclime Rhett: Ace’s knee-jerk reaction to your question was to say that Lee Park is probably the highest point in Charlottesville (heh heh). But, Ace realized that, in all seriousness, this wasn’t what you meant, and therefore brushed up on some terms to […]
Correction from October 2 issue
Due to a data entry error, last week’s print edition gave the wrong date for Sonia & Disappear Fear’s show at Gravity Lounge. It was October 6 not October 7, as stated. Apologies to the band and fans who might have missed the show.
Bob Log III, with The 40 Boys and The Corndawg
music Take Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band and pack them into one man’s body. Zip that body up in a blue spandex jumpsuit adorned with mirrored sequins. Slap on a glitter-covered, half-motorcycle, half-space helmet with a telephone receiver glued to the front. Feed the resulting Frankenstein some scotch and amphetamines. This is Bob Log […]
Ubu Roi
stage You know what I miss? A good old-fashioned art riot. When Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi premiered in Paris in 1896, the audience shouted down the production due to its foul language and strict disregard for theatrical niceties, and it closed after a single performance. A century should have tamed the wild response to […]
Follow the guns
It’s just after 2am. As the temperature drops into the 30s, four men creep around the corner to the front door of Mountain River Outdoors Inc off Route 29N. They’re here to get what waits inside: black-market gold. Guns.
One-stop shopping
Virginia is the leading supplier of out-of-state-guns for New York City. While you can only buy one gun a month in Virginia, good luck getting your hands on one gun a year in New York City. To buy a gun in New York City, you must: – Have for a handgun license ($340) – […]
Heat 101
Smith & Wesson 9mm – The best-selling handgun at Charlottesville’s Mountain River Outdoors Inc., the Smith & Wesson 9mm is marketed as the perfect sidearm for law-enforcement types or civilians interested in personal protection. The 5606TSW model’s clip holds 10 rounds, plus one in the chamber. (Suggested retail: $995) Smith & Wesson 9mm Sig Sauer […]