Business as usual
We admit it: We’ve got Washington envy. It often seems as though that nonstop traffic jam across the Potomac has more of everything the Odd Dominion holds dear
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Business as usual
What happens when Virginia companies get in bed with beltway bandits? The good, the bad, and the ugly
We admit it: We’ve got Washington envy. It often seems as though that nonstop traffic jam across the Potomac has more of everything the Odd Dominion holds dear
The Every Piece Of Art In The Museum Of Modern Art Book
book “This book contains every piece of art that was visible to the public at The Museum of Modern Art from January 19 to January 31, 2005.” The flatness of this declaration, printed on the book’s inside front cover, reverberates in its stark black-and-white presentation throughout, as expressionless as a pamphlet on fire prevention. This […]
Say Something
cd Listen to Loving You by Richelle Claiborn with Andy Rowland on alto sax: powered by ODEOCourtesy of Richelle Claiborne – Thank you! There is something to be said for conviction, that lock-jawed, tooth-grinding determination to not simply say something, but to, you know, mean it. A million musicians may play the same three-chord tune […]
Where the bison once roamed
Dear Ace: Where’d the bison out in Albemarle County go?—Buffalo Bill Buffalo: Yes, local food-lovin’ Charlottesville has lost some local food. The bison around here have gone the way of the buffalo, as it were. What’s the deal? The 100 or so bison that were here until recently were residents of Georgetown Farm, an operation […]
Looking for lessons from VT shooting
This event, April 16, was the 9/11 for colleges and universities across the country," said Phil Schaenman, staff director for the
Of cameras and cannabis
Downtown businesses were able to leverage fear from the "white t-shirt gang attacks" and push the city to move forward with plans for Downtown Mall cameras—despite the fact that none of the incidents happened there. The city has put out a request for proposals and has budgeted $300,000 for the surveillance, which city Police Chief […]
Photo finish
One requirement. That’s all we had: “Be bold.” Otherwise, our instructions to photographers in this year’s the-art-director- is-on-vacation photo contest were fairly freewheeling.
Correction from July 10 issue
In the July 10 cover story ["Food fights"] The Farm at Red Hill was misidentified as Red Hill Farm. Also, it is located in North Garden, and not Free Union, as was stated in the article. Our sincere apologies to the fine folks at the farm for the reporting errors.
Corrections from July 17 issue
In last week’s story on the proposed government auction of bandwith ["City Fire Chief Enters Bandwidth Battle," Government News], the position and role of Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner was misrepresented. Werner is not a public safety commentator with the Association of Public Safety Officials International. Moreover, while there are concepts in the Frontline proposal […]
Iraq vet's journey from soldier to "malingerer"
When he talks about the sludge of bureaucracy that Iraq veterans must wade through for combat-related disability pay