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For Bon Iver, Tereu Tereu and bike-mounted soundsystems

UVA basketball player Will Harris is transferring, The Daily Progress and TheSabre.com reported this weekend.

“Will Harris?” you say. “Isn’t he the guy who was injured most of the year and played limited minutes after that?”

What happens when a few big players run all of our venues?

Tom Perriello, the Albemarle native challenging 12-year incumbent Virgil Goode for his congressional seat, just got a big boost from national Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) announced today that it has moved Perriello’s campaign to the Red to Blue Program and will supply additional money and people to help spread the gospel of Tom.

With links to excellent live sets by Billy and Bon Iver.

Not bad for a Friday afternoon after all. Earlier today the C-VILLE office was witness to a full on, crane-swinging, tackle-to-the-ground fight between a restaurant patron and a Henry’s waiter on the Downtown Mall.

The confident strut, the dark khakis and the blue tie do little to hide the smile Devin Schneider is proudly sporting this morning. His swagger is unfazed by the metal detector. It is an important day for him, a day he said he’ll remember for a long time. He is drug-free and has been for a whole year.

Albemarle County Sheriff J.E. “Chip” Harding announced today in a letter that the number of evictions in Albemarle County has risen 40 percent since 2006. By this time two years ago, there were 203 evictions, compared to 264 at this point last year and 285 this year. Most of those evicted are renters.

Locally-connected billionaire John Kluge isn’t immune to a weak economy, at least in the sense that some of the restaurant chains he owns have had to close. According to the New York Times, the national chains Bennigan’s (an Irish pub sort of place) and Steak & Ale (beef and beer, we’re guessing) are facing dire times. Bennigan’s was shuttered Tuesday and has filed for bankruptcy, and Steak & Ale will also close.