Clash of the titans
As many irate readers of this column have pointed out, after two months on the job, we’ve had very few kind words for politicians of any stripe, and have been particularly vicious toward pols of the Republican persuasion.
A county by any other name?
Dear Ace: What’s an Albemarle anyway? How did the county get its name?—Al B. Marlow Al: If nothing else, it’s certainly a mouthful for outsiders: Ace has heard every pronunciative […]
“Landscape at the Limit”
art If landscape means nature through a human lens, “Landscape at the Limit” should be required viewing for anyone with a Sierra Club calendar at his desk. Instead of those […]
God of War II
game Consoles, like newspaper reporters and offensive lineman, tend to merit lousy send-offs as their careers hit twilight: Nintendo gave Gamecubers a watered-down version of Wii A-lister Zelda: Legend of […]
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
cd Fourteen years, countless drunken concerts and six albums later, Isaac Brock and his band, Modest Mouse, are one of the few surviving pre-Strokes indie rock bands that still matter. […]
Whose e-mail is it, anyway?
Two years ago, 40-year-old William Beebe sent a letter of apology and subsequent e-mails to then-38-year-old Liz Seccuro for a sexual encounter he had with her in 1984 when she […]
Investigation under way in deadly fire
Brett Quarterman, a 25-year-old engineer and Crozet resident, died March 20 of injuries sustained in a fire that broke out in the wee hours of March 18 at a residence at 2015 Lewis Mountain Rd.
Bringing commerce to the Lawn
The plywood barriers lining UVA’s East Lawn, though pleasantly peppered with chalked poetry and event announcements, nevertheless leave student and visitor passers-by wondering, “What’s going on back there?” The answer […]
Dress code debacle gets ironed out
No shoes, no shirt, no problem? It’s more like shoes, shirts and problems on the Corner this week as flurries of heated debate and media coverage zero in on Jabberwocky, […]
Few changes for Hardware Store
Ever since Stan and Marilyn Epstein announced plans to sell the Hardware Store building to Octagon Partners, Downtown Mall watchers have wondered what might materialize in the space zoned for […]