County should market local food

On May 9 the Albemarle Board of Supervisors voted to include funding in their new budget for a rural areas support position in the county planning department. Support for this

Felony cat hoarding

This week at The Odd Dominion, we’re going to take a rest from lampooning the Commonwealth’s elected representatives. For a change of pace, we thought we’d take a

Not a drop

Dear Ace: Why is Water Street next to the Downtown Mall called Water Street? I’ve been up and down the street plenty of times, but I’ve never seen any water.—H. Choo Oh H.: This is an easy one. Any Charlottesvillian worth his or her salt knows that Water Street is named for Thomas Jefferson’s buddy […]

Correction from previous issue

Due to a reporting error in “Where the money isn’t,” May 22, 2007, we incorrectly stated that The Paramount Theater’s auditorium was sponsored by Hunter J. Smith. It is the Paramount’s ballroom that is named after Hunter J. Smith. The auditorium itself is not named.

The Savage Detectives

book Mexico City, late 1975: Crime is on the rise; the economy is starting to backslide; political upheaval looms on the horizon. This was a turbulent time for our southern neighbor’s capital. But, despite the chaos and uncertainty, it is a time marked by nostalgia, remembered fondly for its student uprisings and passionate popular protests. […]

MLB 07: The Show

game Former UVA standout Ryan Zimmerman once had to do it. So did Jonathan Papelbom, Grady Sizemore and Joe Mauer.  In fact, most of today’s big league stars once had to scratch and claw their way through a rookie Grapefruit League season, trying to prove their worth to a major league roster and avoid the […]

“Bad Girls: Videos”

gallery Sadie Benning began making movies at age 15 when her father gave her a Pixelvision camera; she used the cheap, grainy technology to make short personal films. Despite her age, these films are stunning and insightful; this is a child’s game of dress-up that is also a brilliant recycling of film clichés and gender […]

Shifflett plea bargains

The man who led county police on a car chase and three-hour manhunt entered a plea deal with prosecutors saying there’s enough evidence to convict him of the crimes, without