Tim Kaine for (UVA) president [December 31]
With the ball set to drop on 2007, the Richmond Times-Dispatch is busy speculating on what Tim Kaine will be up to after the ball drops on his term as governor.
Local bloggers remember Bhutto [December 28]
The assassination of former Pakastani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has evoked strong reactions across the world, including on a couple of local websites.
On the first day after Christmas [Updated December 28]
Details are emerging about a murder/suicide at the Westhaven housing complex last night.
UVA still a long shot, and getting longer [December 26]
Even though UVA recently went out touring with Harvard and Princeton in an effort to open its doors to more low-income high school students…
Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
cd First off, the title of this collection of odds and ends from the Weezer frontman is disingenuous. Some of the songs were recorded in studios, most notably the segments […]
I'm Not There
cd Todd Haynes’ film I’m Not There is a Bob Dylan fan’s dream: six different actors representing six different sides of the rock ‘n’ roll chameleon, replicating familiar scenes from […]
Forgit about it
O.K., so there’s a little thing in this business that we call "bad timing." It’s like when Al Gore scheduled a major global warming speech in New York, and it […]
Greene acres
Dear Ace: I was out at Greene Meadows Tree Farm in Stanardsville, and I wondered, do the owners make enough money during the holidays to sustain them for the year?—Fraiser […]
Correction from December 11 issue
Due to a reporting error, in "Locals up for Grammys" [7 Days, December 11, 2007] one big name was missing: Batesville resident Mary Chapin Carpenter, who was nominated for "Best […]
Other News We Heard Last Week
Tuesday, December 18 One vote for solid waste Only one member of a five-person board was able to vote to fund solid waste services in the city and county, reports […]