City Assessments rise 14 percent
Though the rest of Central Virginia’s housing market has slowed, Charlottesville apparently didn’t get the memo. The local real estate market is healthy, and assessments, just mailed to homeowners on […]
"Bad as it's ever been"
For the past 23 years, Jack Horn Jr. has seen a disturbing trend. As president of Martin Horn General Contractors
RED DIRT ALERT!
Never fear: This apparent blemish on Monticello’s (www.monticello.org) nearly flawless face is but a necessary step on the path toward improvement. Construction of the new 42,000-square-foot Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center […]
Corrections from previous issue
Due to an editorial error, last week’s Get Out Now calendar incorrectly listed the band Jolie Fille as playing at Atomic Burrito on Saturday, January 27. Jolie Fille actually played […]
Short timers
Dear Ace: Why is February the shortest month?—Cal N. Dar We all remember the old rhyme: “Thirty days hath November, and please don’t forget September. But if April and May […]
Wincing the Night Away
cd By indie standards, The Shins are huge. They’ve been helped along the way by a catchy tune in a McDonald’s commercial and the words Zach Braff put into the […]
“Fernand Léger: Contrasts of Forms”
gallery The 13 works gathered here fill a single, smallish room that many museumgoers will walk through too quickly. Besides holding works from a crucial, concentrated period in Léger’s development, […]
An ongoing inquiry into the curious state of Virginia politics
You remember Virginia, right? The first settled (and 10th admitted) American state? The one that launched our fledgling republic with the Declaration of Independence …
Something in the air
On January 8, two curious stories made the rounds of the national media. The first came out of New York City where reports surfaced that sometime in the early morning, commuters had detected a strong gas-like smell that wafted through Manhattan and soon overtook neighboring areas.
Ayers: It’s still all about the benjamins
By some measures, UVA is tops. For one, it’s the only public school to be in the Top 20 for graduation rates (92 percent and above), and it has the […]