City must decide on YMCA
The City Council is staring down a June 30 deadline to decide whether Charlottesville wants a $14 million YMCA in the city.
City, county agree on Darden Towe
It’s just after 5pm, and cars are beginning to roll into Darden Towe Park.Already groups of men—some young, others smack-dab in middle age—gather around pick-up trucks, passing out cans of […]
VMDO picked for school expansion
Charlottesville-based VMDO Architects will design the planned expansion of Brownsville Elementary School, pending resolution of a necessary contract. The firm has designed a number of area elementary projects, as well […]
Menu-gate
Dear Ace: What’s the deal with those cute little racks of restaurant menus that are at the Visitors Center and in hotel lobbies? Who’s putting them up and how do […]
Charlottesville—a “CITY OF ONE”
This spring the Charlottesville City Council joined over 50 other American cities in proclaiming that we are a “CITY OF ONE.” What does this mean? This is a part of […]
Strange fruit
“Personal” is a word often applied to Sally Mann’s photographs (along with others—“intimate,” “startling,” and sometimes that chestnut of wary critics, “disturbing”). And “personal” also describes the atmosphere of Steven Cantor’s documentary about Mann, What Remains,
Caroline Spence
music Caroline Spence took the stage in blue jeans and a simple white blouse. Her brown hair falling over her shoulders, she flashed a broad smile to the audience. She […]
Animal Collective, with Sir Richard Bishop
music By the end of Animal Collective’s performance at the Satellite Ballroom on May 30th, the condensation on the room’s air ducts was dripping onto the audience like a refreshing […]
In the Streets of Vinegar Hill
words The English poet Philip Larkin once remarked, “Form is nothing. Content is everything.” Sounds straightforward enough—except that Larkin was famous for writing poems that are both formally pleasing as […]
Commission approves Biscuit Run
All it took was for Hunter Craig to come out of the woodwork to represent the development in which he’s a principal investor.