Law students get supreme experience
When Michael Watson, then 55 years old, accepted an unloaded pistol as payment for 24 doses of OxyContin, the definition of a single word came into question. A federal provision […]
Ancient Rome revitalized via virtual reality
Bernard Frischer spends most of his life living in—to borrow a line from Stevie Wonder—a pastime paradise. As I sit across from him at the foot of a 20′ projection […]
Take it lying down
They lay on their backs, shoulder to shoulder, for three minutes. Each was dressed in black, and each wore maroon and yellow ribbons around his or her neck. Thirty-two UVA […]
City not happy with proposed YMCA pool
When Kurt Krueger, the president of the Piedmont Family YMCA’s Board of Directors, got up to speak at the October 15 City Council meeting, the first thing he said was […]
School, church partner on $200K award
This summer, Rydell Payne—executive director of Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries—approached Johnson Elementary Principal Vernon Bock with a proposal. For almost three years, Abundant Life had been working out of their […]
Safety last?
Dear Ace: I was a recent passenger of Amtrak‘s Crescent line and had a bit of a mishap. Not-so-spry passengers had to negotiate a wire fence and stumble over an […]
Who's to blame for Lake Hollymead?
One morning almost three years ago, Forest Lakes resident Jim Grace woke up and walked out to look at his stunning view of Hollymead Lake. Stunned he was. "It was […]
Adding value to Crozet strip mall
Built in 1967, the Crozet Shopping Center is now the drab home of a less than pristine Great Valu grocery store. Located in the heart of downtown, it is also […]
Cecil McDonald, Jr.: "Domestic Scenes, Imaginary Play" [with video]
In Cecil McDonald's photographs, the opposite of documentary is ambiguity.
In Rainbows
cd Sometimes Radiohead‘s front man sounds like a whiny dweeb who needs a lozenge. Then again, sometimes he sings like a sweet, demented angel who’s come to save the universe. […]