45'33"

cd This album-length single was commissioned by Nike to serve as a soundtrack to a 45-minute run, and it’s only available online as a $9.99 download from Apple’s iTunes store. Music composed for exercise has a very specific set of challenges: It’s got to push you forward without burning you out, and it has to […]

Dean Dass and Clay Witt, "Dark/Light"

art Collaboration tends to attract a lot of puzzled-sounding critical ink—who made which part, whether the match is fruitful—but when artists with compatible interests work together, the work speaks for itself. Divisions of authorship, real estate-style, are not really the point, as Dean Dass and Clay Witt’s show beautifully illustrates. Each artist contributes a body […]

A Child's Christmas in Wales

stage Although 60-degree days may try to fool us, Christmastime is in full swing. There are cards to write, presents to buy, cookies to bake—all kinds of chores to be done. How can any adult avoid it? Of course, lest we forget, we once were children, and Christmas was something very different then. On December […]

The friendly skies

Dear Ace: I recently read about an American Airlines flight being grounded because a woman lit a match to cover up an unpleasant smell. After my giggles subsided, I got to wondering: How secure is the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport anyway?—Joan Jet Dear Joan: Ace wouldn’t know. He’s been boycotting air travel since airlines started banning smoking […]

Correction from previous issue

In an article about circuit judge candidates [“Who are you outside of the law?” Courts & Crime News, December 19], we incorrectly reported the name and marital status of one of the candidates. Her name is Elizabeth Brady, not Patricia Brady, and she is unmarried. Apologies to Ms. Brady.

Final Countdown

It’s the 25th anniversary of First Night Virginia, and the list of New Year’s entertainment options is as long as your bar tab ought to be by the night’s end (if you choose to cap off your First Night Virginia experience with a few spirits, that is)…

First Night 2007

In celebration of 25 years of cramming extraordinary entertainment into a single day, First Night Virginia adds a few new events to a list of returning favorites from the 2006 festivities. Musical options range from salsa and showtunes to Creole and classical; magic acts and comedy showdowns follow each other; the night even adds a […]

Biscuit Run: more complaints

It ought to have been a festive occasion: Lane Auditorium was all decked out with frazier fir boughs, decorative ribbons, yellow poinsettias and Christmas lights. An eclectic crowd filled the seats and the County planning commissioners adjusted their nameplates so that they weren’t obscured by the decorations. But Christmas didn’t come early for those in […]

BAR relents on nine-storey building

A nine-storey building planned for 201 Avon St. finally was conditionally approved at the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) meeting on December 19 by the slender margin of one vote. A 4-3 decision, it came down to whether enough board members could stomach having such a massive building at the site, which shares a block […]

Woodlands kills woodlands

On December 10, a thick forest of trees sat idly alongside Sunset Avenue Extended, separating the developments of the Villas at South Ridge and Jefferson Ridge. Four days later, the trees were gone, and in their stead stood a barren landscape of red clay upon which 300 residential units will be built.