Under the cover of night a small group of UVA students walk cautiously down McCormick Road, tiptoe into the grass and then—CLINK—they’ve vanished. What happened? Escape hatch: The steam tunnel entrance at McCormick Road and Emmet Street leads to another world. No, they haven’t been abducted by the ghosts of ol’ TJ, Faulkner or Poe. […]
Last time on "Who wants to be arrested?" we checked in on some of the more ludicrous local laws, covering such important topics as pet skunk ownership, driving barefoot and hunting raccoons after midnight.
All work and no play? Hardly. Matt Foley, a life guard at Mint Springs Lake in Crozet, pans the surface of the water while kids paddle around. Of the 11 lifeguards on duty this summer, half were Western Albemarle High School students …
music While the sound of A Fine Frenzy frontwoman Alison Sudol’s dipping vocals and romping piano lines were a pleasant treat as I raced past Bashir’s Taverna towards the white gates at the Pavilion, I was concerned that I was a bit late. When I caught sight of a waifish redhead dressed in black beneath […]
The upstairs portion of the Outback Lodge is a combination ski lodge and video arcade—a pinball machine and foosball table lay at opposite ends of the space, and a moose head hangs on a wooden wall, facing the L-shaped bar.
music On Wednesday night, the rock gods bestowed a shower of riffs and feedback on Charlottesville. At Atomic Burrito, The Brimstone Howl and The Points whipped out gritty garage numbers. The Tea Bazaar reverberated with the psychedelic sounds of Phantom Family Halo. The powers that be, however, led me to Belmont’s "jazz and blues lounge," […]
words It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that every Thursday afternoon, the C-VILLE editorial staff holds its collective breath. That’s when Emily Flake sends in her latest "Lulu Eightball" comic, and it becomes clear what perverse subversions—or whatever you want to call them—we’ll be printing in the following week’s paper for all […]
Frances Anderson had lived in her house just outside Albemarle County for 27 years when Mike Hall of Aggressive Mortgage Corporation called her. After talking to Hall three or four times over the phone, Anderson, a 78-year-old widow, signed a mortgage that Hall said would save her a bundle of money. But come March, Anderson […]
The Charlottesville Planning Commission denied an application August 14 to rezone property at the corner of W. Main Street and McIntire Road for which a nine-story building is planned, citing the project’s lack of affordable housing. The proposed high-rise would contain 79 condo units and four retail establishments with more than 180 parking spaces on […]