To most of Charlottesville, last Thursday may have seemed like a beautiful, sunny day. But inside UVA’s Zehmer Hall, it was like something out of a Jerry Bruckheimer movie: Dams were stressed to the bursting point. Bridges were washed out. Six-foot-deep puddles dotted the soaked landscape. And then there was the propane tanker explosion. It […]
To most of Charlottesville, last Thursday may have seemed like a beautiful, sunny day. But inside UVA’s Zehmer Hall, it was like something out of a Jerry Bruckheimer movie: Dams were stressed to the bursting point. Bridges were washed out. Six-foot-deep puddles dotted the soaked landscape. And then there was the propane tanker explosion. It […]
People in suits, sundresses and heels are milling around three tables laden with food—salsa, chips, doughy cookies, veggies. The setting resembles someone’s vacation condo—warm brown walls, wood floors, eclectic upholstery. A copy of The Well Adult sits on the coffee table; tribal-sounding music plays on a boom-box in the background. A front desk is at […]
A national government watchdog with its home here in Charlottesville is getting two more big names for its Board of Trustees. Brit Hume and Dahlia Lithwick have joined the Board for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, the TJ Center announced May 15. The Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression doesn’t […]
A little over a year ago, the Board of Supervisors voted 5-1 to redraw the boundary lines of the growth area off of Route 29N for developer Wendell Wood, in exchange for him selling
Though Charlottesville City School Board member Louis Bograd had already said he would not run for election in November, he made it official last week, putting in his letter of resignation effective July 11. Bograd’s wife is taking a job at the University of Kentucky. Four of seven city School Board members are up for […]
Dear Ace: What’s this about Monticello and UVA being declared a UNESCO “World Heritage Site”?—Hester E. Buff Hester: Sounds prestigious, huh? It is. This ain’t “world’s greatest grandpa” here; being a World Heritage Site is a pretty big deal. So who decides which sites get to bear that designation and how do they decide? Is […]
Due to a reporting error in “Westhaven residents air complaints,” Government News, April 24, 2007, we incorrectly stated that “a generous donation from IMPACT, a group of local faith congregations, paid off $17,000 in overdue rent for nearly 80 residents of city public housing.” In fact, the money was given directly by several local congregations, […]
book A review of a review of self-help books…hmm. Initially, Practically Perfect’s subject didn’t interest me, as I’m not generally given to fits of self-doubt—at least, not the kind that can’t be quelled by rearranging the furniture or eating half a Toblerone. But Niesslein—editor of Brain, Child magazine and a former C-VILLE staff member—writes with […]
stage A production of Cyrano at the Blackfriars adds some twists to the question of appropriate theatrical technique. The play is set in the French 17th century, when staging practices were similar to those which the American Shakespeare Center seeks to reproduce. Indeed, the first act of Cyrano unfolds in a small theater much like […]
cd Here are my two Helen Horal anecdotes: I first met Helen on November 16, 2006—the night that she won the First Amendment Writes competition at Starr Hill. Horal plugged her acoustic guitar into an amp in a back room at the Biltmore and ran through a victorious-if-giddy rendition of “Wonderwall” by Oasis. Up there […]