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Local book author Wendy Vigdor-Hess explains why it’s tricky to keep from eating GMOs.

Saturday 3/24 Walk the talk If you’ve seen Girl Talk live, you know the rush of hundreds of adrenaline and alcohol-fueled, sweat-drenched tiny dancers grinding against you. Girl Walk/All Day is a feature-length music film that allows you to experience the music of Girl Talk without the slew of neon-clad, underage partiers.  Set to Girl […]

The federal designation funnels HUD funds to local companies.

 Police arrested five for driving under the influence, delivered citations for expired licenses, and had one narcotics bust.

 New office in Charlottesville will serve as Democratic community hub for the 2012 election season.

Fluvanna SPCA 5K The Fluvanna SPCA will be holding its 2nd annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, April 14th at 7:30 a.m. at the Lake Monticello Golf Course in Palmyra.  Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female finishers overall and per age group.  Cost is $15 for age 15 and under, $20 for […]

In his novel The Longest Journey, E. M. Forster makes a rare literary nod to architectural ornament. A naked boy climbs on the roof of a country house and shouts to those in the garden below: “Am I an acroterium?” The answer: “Yes, but they are unfashionable. Go in at once.” An acroterium (from Greek […]

Every few years, it seems, someone comes out with a study finding that Americans are reading less. But not in Charlottesville. In Charlottesville the driver looking down in the next lane over may be texting, or he may be rereading War and Peace. We love our books in Central Virginia, and we love our book […]

Garden, livestock and people are beginning to form a system.

Within a few years four directors of large Charlottesville non-profit organizations were fired.