Usurper! [March 8]

At the conclusion of the monthly Albemarle County GOP breakfast, perhaps while his colleagues reloaded one more time on biscuits and sausage gravy at the Golden Corral Steakhouse, First Vice […]

Charlottesville under Tibetan flag [March 10]

On this date in 1959, the people of Tibet rose up against Chinese occupation. They weren’t able to drive the Chinese from their capital, Lhasa, and in the run-up to this summer’s Beijing Olympics, Tibetan refugees around the world are trying to draw attention to their nation’s plight.

Corner owner confirms CVS interest [March 5]

Terry Vassalos, owner of the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner, which is now occupied by Satellite Ballroom and Plan 9 Music, would neither confirm nor deny rumors that a CVS pharmacy may take over the space at the end of May. “It’s nothing definite. It’s not done,” he says.

What would Kenny G do?

Ace: I’m fascinated by that funky mosaic mural on Fifth Street. I heard an out-of-town artist organized the effort. Do you think anyone would mind if I replaced the missing […]