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 […]
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 […]
“I think I overdid it,” says Christina Fleming. “Like always.”
She massages her skinny arms, still sore from the gym.
On June 2, three candidates for City Council will be selected at the Democratic Nominating Convention from a field of five. Only one is an incumbent, Mayor David Brown. As no
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
Two men convicted of local gang-related activity pleaded guilty to threatening violence against another inmate and his family. In U.S. District Court on May 23, Judge Norman K. Moon sentenced Terrance Kenneth Suggs, Jr. and Timothy Wayne Jason Lee Mawyer to an additional year in prison following their current sentences. Suggs was previously convicted in […]
Robert Wayne Wyant, the Scottsville resident charged with the murder of 8-month-old Alexis McFadyen, has been denied bond for a second time. Wyant, who had been dating the child’s mother at the time, was babysitting McFadyen when she reported to the UVA Hospital with injuries similar to those of Shaken Baby Syndrome. McFadyen died two […]
Imagine this scenario: A police officer gets called out to a “domestic,” typically a dangerous and volatile situation. On the scene, the officer encounters a “suspect” who’s acting distraught, irrational and intimidating his spouse. But, after a few seconds, the officer isn’t reaching for the cuffs. He’s talking it out with the guy, dissuading him […]
In April, an investigation into the relationship between university financial aid offices and banks hawking student loan programs came to a head. When the dust cleared, several
Just north of Monticello lies a relic of one of the less illustrious aspects of Charlottesville’s not-too-distant past. The Blue Ridge Hospital housed tuberculosis patients until 1978, but has since gone into disrepair as it has passed through the hands of a number of organizations, all unsure of what to do with the 142-acre property. […]
Many institutions of higher education, including UVA, offer alumni and faculty a unique final resting place near the hustle and bustle of academic life: With burial space on campuses dwindling, colleges and universities are now building columbaria—memorials used for the internment of funeral urns after cremation—to meet a growing demand among aging alumni and faculty. […]