Man of mystery
Dear Ace: Who’s that guy who’s always holding book signings in front of CaféCubano?—John Lee Booker John: Wait, you’re telling Ace that’s not John Grisham? No wonder the dude looked […]
The Screaming Infidels
music Let’s start off with the good: The highlight of the night was a two-person mosh pit that broke out during a rendition of what I believe was the “Teenage […]
Icky Thump
cd A solid 10 years into the mix as a band and the mythology of the White Stripes has completely taken hold: the “family members or former lovers” history of […]
Littlefoot
book A Zen monk senses death approaching, slowly stalking up the mountainside towards his temple. Languid and contemplative, the monk picks up a pen, unrolls a parchment and, like generations […]
Wanted: a strip club, a Home Depot, a botanical garden and more sidewalks
In 2004, Bert Sperling’s Cities Ranked and Rated was released to considerable fanfare. USA Today and the “Today Show” covered it. So did C-VILLE.
Well above average
Hang on. Don’t ready those Rant-dialing fingers yet. We really like this place, and there are at least a dozen reasons why. Herewith, a brief list of the areas where […]
What is Charlottesville missing?
Alex StarksCrew chief at Servpro“We need a minor league baseball team.” Cathrine RatliffBartender at West Main—A Virginia Restaurant“We need a convenient recycling center.” Molly O’BrienHappily unemployed“We need a downtown grocery […]
The crawl to nine stories
With the additional density afforded by the 2003 city rezoning, several nine-story buildings
Route 29 sinkhole reappears
Charlottesville commuters from Greene County and northern Albemarle County cursed June 18 as they crawled south on Route 29. What caused the connundrum? A sinkhole near the Hollymead Town Center, […]
What will become of Amvest headquarters?
This gorgeous facility at 1 Boar’s Head Pointe, assessed at $5.2 million, is the headquarters of Amvest Corporation, an energy empire primarily focused on West Virginia coal. Amvest, a private […]