Baby Dee makes a musical scene at Gravity Lounge tonight
And she has a rather unexpected local connection. Read on for more.
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Baby Dee makes a musical scene at Gravity Lounge tonight
And she has a rather unexpected local connection. Read on for more.
UVA flabergasts fans by shutting out Terps
Who knows why 50,747 people came to Scott Stadium to see Maryland play Virginia. Maybe they came to tailgate on an achingly gorgeous fall night. Maybe they came to see if the lifted sign ban would bring out provocative posterboard. Maybe they came to see an embattled bunch of Cavaliers for the same reason that people rubberneck at gruesome highway crashes.
Giving away the gold: a big compost score
So, when you are geeky about composting like we are, you wind up getting excited over some pretty weird things. A week ago, we were in a certain local restaurant and spotted a big bucket of compostables. “Hey, can we have that?” I asked. And they literally started giggling with delight.
Prior to Friday debate Mark Warner gets endorsement from local Republicans
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner has received endorsements by 600 local elected officials and nearly half of them are Republicans and Independents.
Biden Owned It
I am troubled by the suggestion that because Palin did not have a truly spectacular brain-fart moment, that means she somehow “held her own.” She did not hold a candle to Biden.
Birdmonster and small crowds at huge shows
What’s your all-time favorite underattended local concert?
You should go to GreenMatters
Why, you ask? Because, A), passive is the new active, and B), it’s free, not to mention C), it won’t last forever, plus D) all the carbon-neutral kids will be there. GreenMatters is the free green-your-home workshop series hosted by the Habitat Store, itself an essential resource for the reuse/recycle set, and it’s been chugging along for well over a year now. Anyone who’s gone to all the workshops since they began in May 2007 is, at this point, pretty well-versed in the basics of making one’s household a less impactful place.
Pre-Veep Debate Musings
I’ll be watching the Vice Presidential debate in the company of cartoonists and cartoon fans in Bethesda, MD, where I’ll be for the annual Small Press Expo. Should be an entertaining, if gut-wrenching evening.
Disfranchisement of Virginia student voters rampant, according to study
Disfranchisement of student voters in Virginia is still an issue even four weeks before Election Day.
UVA bows to student pressure on sign ban
Craig Littlepage, UVA’s athletics director, announced today by press release that he is repealing the policy prohibiting signs, banners and flags in all UVA athletics venues.