The UVA athletic department decided to go “retro†for Saturday’s football contest against Richmond. The players wore the electric orange jerseys of two decades prior. Michael Jackson and Different Light were blasted through the speakers at Scott Stadium before the game, and during halftime, the marching band moved through a medley of ’80s songs from Phantom of the Opera and Top Gun.
At an undisclosed location in Albemarle County last month, I got to see an impressive number of solar panels being installed on the roof of homeowners Richard and Melissa King. Thirty-six panels, in fact. They nearly cover the south roof face of this 2,500-square-foot house, which is being built on a fairly ordinary lot in a small, quiet subdivision.
Best live show ever? Discuss. Also, Straight Punch to the Crotch pays us a visit!
A high-speed car chase that started on I-64 ended in a car crash on Roosevelt Brown Boulevard near the UVA Medical Center.
You know you loved the 80s! But what’s your favorite decade for music? Take our survey!
Tom Perriello, Democratic challenger for the Fifth District congressional seat, went on the attack against incumbent Republican Virgil Goode last night during a debate in Danville before a crowd of more than 300.
The financial foundations of the Landmark Hotel, the nine-story building rising on the Downtown Mall, may be shakier than they appear. Bloomberg.com is reporting that Halsey Minor, a principle investor in the Landmark Hotel, is being sued by Sotheby’s auction house for not paying $16.8 million for several art works, including Edward Hicks’ “Peaceable Kingdom.†Minor bought the painting in May for $9.6 million.
On the morning after the raucous Sarah Palin pep rally last night in St. Paul, Joe Biden sought contrast in Virginia Beach, where he came this morning to have a serious discussion on foreign affairs and veteran’s issues with several hundred current and former members of America’s military.
Boy, am I excited to be introducing our brand-new blog, Green Scene. I see this as a chance to talk with all of you on a regular basis about things that interest me anyway: everything from figuring out how to set up a rain collection system at my house, to local debates between developers and preservationists.
The much-awaited decision of City Council to approve the redesigned Jefferson Park Avenue bridge is finally here.