Correction from previous issue
Due to a production error, the final sentence of last week’s feature story, “Something in the air,” a quote from Avir’s Keith Holland, was cut short [in our print edition]. […]
Jeff Tweedy, with Tin Cup Prophette
music Halfway through their sleek, glacial opening set, Tin Cup Prophette’s Bjork-channeling lead singer offered her thanks to Jeff Tweedy, frontman for the rock group Wilco. “It’s great when super-successful […]
The Rapture, with Under the Influence of Giants
dance In a way, the crowd that shoved its way to the front of the stage for The Rapture’s first visit to Charlottesville was like a Russian Imperial ballet company. […]
The Pillowman
stage Run Rain Man, 48 Hours, Stalin, Mother Goose, The Brothers Grimm and The Passion of The Christ through the mind of Stephen King, add a dash of Kafka, a […]
Hoos in the Super Bowl
Correction appended Dear Ace: I was a little sad that, for all the local press, former Virginia running back Thomas Jones couldn’t lead the Bears to victory on Sunday. How […]
Becoming a jarhead
In the mid-winter night in coastal South Carolina, on an island just north of Hilton Head’s luxury and just south of Beaufort’s history, a bus pulls up under a floodlight that is casting a ghostly pallor in front of the steel doors of a homely and institutional brick building.
Virginia’s Marine senators say “No” to Bush
Even as President Bush is ordering an increase in the U.S. military presence in Iraq, two Virginia senators—both former Marines—are calling for a different policy. Newly elected Democrat Jim Webb […]
Marines account for 28 percent of U.S. military casualties
Marines account for 28 percent of U.S. military casualtiesThe Iraq War and the Marines by the numbers Total active duty U.S. troops: 1.3 millionPercentage that are Marines: 13 Total U.S. […]
Two women attacked on corner
In the wee hours of January 29, two UVA students were sexually assaulted in the Corner/Wertland Street area between 12:30am and 2:30am. Though the incidents were no doubt scary and […]
Ex-coach pleads guilty for kiddie porn
A former Albemarle High School JV girls’ soccer coach entered a plea agreement with federal prosecutors February 1 on counts of child pornography, attempting to obtain child pornography, and coercing […]