"Brothers Manor" by Han West
The following trailer is courtesy of Han West. His film, "Brothers Manor," will be premiering on Wednesday, May 2nd. [Read more in this week’s C-VILLE story Casting Movies in a […]
After the Cook shooting, now what?
On August 21, 2004, a resident of Friendship Court called the police for assistance in a domestic dispute. When the officers arrived on the scene, the suspect, Kerry Cook, though […]
Chances are…
Dear Ace: I know gambling is illegal in Virginia. Is online gambling O.K.? —Tex S. Holdem Tex: Kenny Rogers’ rotisserie chicken chain may have gone belly-up, but his wisdom springs […]
Cheapskates' guide to love
Rent eats up our paychecks on the first of the month. The price of gas is still through the roof. Insurance costs an arm and a leg, and, let’s be honest— work sucks.
The Virginia Quarterly Review
words Eclectic, heterogeneous, multifarious—spiffy words that, either by themselves or lined up like cherries on a slot machine, can’t truly capture the range of material in any given issue of […]
Hair
stage The collegiate cast of Hair—and most of the audience on opening night last week—could be forgiven for thinking the recurring song “Manchester” was an homage to the birthplace of […]
Worn in Red, with Thunderlip and Fred Gable
music In high school, I played the Tokyo Rose basement for my one and only time as the bassist for Moments Without. That band now goes by the name Worn […]
On the trail with local game warden
Steve Ferguson was born to be a game warden. His father was a game warden, his uncle still is. When he was in the sixth grade,
Enraged dad gets 12 years
The kids had plans with friends at Chris Greene Lake, so last August 19 their parents, Colin and Virginia Glasgow, packed them into the family’s blue Toyota van and headed […]
Mom gets 9 months after re-trial
The adoptive mother of a 15-year-old boy was convicted April 18 of felony child endangerment for withholding HIV medication from the teen. County police were contacted by social services in […]