Without facility, local YMCA cramped
In recent months, the Charlottesville City Council has vigorously debated whether to spend the money it would take to renovate two area swimming pools, one of which the Piedmont Area […]
Election Watch 2007
Update, October 24, 2007: Keep up-to-date on the "money race:" On the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) website you can get contribution profiles on all the Albemarle County Board of […]
From grape to table: the economics of Lovingston Winery
Harvest Number of Mexican pickers hired at harvest time: 4 Average each is paid per eight-hour day: $102 Amount of grapes picked on a normal day: 3 tons Total harvest […]
Girl Talk [Online Exclusive]
A few hours before the Satellite Ballroom’s 8pm door time, and the space is quiet.
Score one for crass political calculation [Online Exclusive]
As both Democrats and Republicans cast about last week for an Iraq policy that was both acceptable to their respective bases and capable of passage, political courage, if not competence, was in short supply for both parties.
He's a one-band man
Anything cookin’ with Chris Daughtry these days? —Miss N. Idol Miss: First, Ace will assume you mean Daughtry, the band created by Fluvanna County product and ex-"American Idol" contestant Chris […]
Off to the races
He's baaaack! After briefly flirting with a presidential run (before telling his shocked supporters "I want to have a real life," and mysteriously dropping out of the race), former Governor…
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
When the white-haired usher at the Paramount shines her flashlight on the ticket, she says, “The show tonight will start at 8:30pm, not 8pm.”
Anais Mitchell
music With all the excitement surrounding the return of Bob Dylan to Charlottesville, it’s easy to forget that his foundation—straight-ahead folk music—has been largely banished to the shadows. New folk […]
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival
music The eighth annual Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival began with a major bang on Sunday, September 9. Literally, a major bang, as the event opened with Mozart’s String Quintet in […]