Tuesday, August 8Oooh, stinkyBlacksburg residents were breathing easier today after an Indonesian corpse flower stopped blooming on the campus of Virginia Tech. By heating up a sulfur-based compound within its stalk, the plant produces a roadkill-like odor and attracts flesh-eating insects for pollination. This process takes several years, but the bloom lasts only a few […]
Albemarle Therapy 1102 Rose Hill Dr. 979-8628. Offers an open gym/indoor playground for children 4 years or younger, with parental supervision, every Monday and Wednesday, 9:30-11am. $3.Summer Art Camp for Children with Lee Alter 109 E. Jefferson St. 963-0540. Classes in watercolor, drawing, collage and murals and design. August 10-12: three day session for ages […]
Tuesday, July 25Cavs have room to GrohOne problem UVA football won’t have this year is high expectations. The ACC media pick the Cavs to finish fourth of six teams in the ACC Coastal Division, just one point ahead of UNC (though far ahead of Duke). Al Groh plays up the low bar in the press […]
Ashtanga Yoga of Charlottesville 505 Monticello Rd., above Mas restaurant. 970-7980. www.charlottesvilleashtanga.com. Offers Ashtanga Yoga classes and Mysore Practice Sunday-Friday. $12-15 ($7 for Mysore) for drop-ins; first class free. The ATTiC Glass Building, 313 Second Ave. SE, Suite 208. 977-7186. Offers Alexander Tech-nique teacher training with Daria Okugawa, plus yoga classes, workshops, privates and more. […]
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society Walking Tours McIntire Building, 200 Second St. NE. 296-1492. www.albemarle history.org. Guided tours of historic Downtown every Saturday from April through October, 10am. Free. Beginner Bike Ride www.cambc.org. Join the Charlottesville Area Mountain Bike Club for an easy, socially-paced ride, select Tuesdays and Sundays. Next ride is Tuesday, August 1, at […]
Folks at UVA\’s psych department are all a-twitter today over a Sunday New York Times Magazine article that adds new fodder to the nature-versus-nurture debate. Recent research apparently shows that environment has more to do with intelligence than we thought.
Tuesday, July 11
Daughtry gets a deal
Come forth and shine, fellow bald men. “American Idol” finalist and one-time Fluvanna County resident Chris Daughtry has cut his own record deal. Daughtry, who, inexplicably, was voted off the hit show “American Idol” at fourth place, signed a joint deal with 19 Recordings Unlimited and big-time producer Clive Davis for a record slated to be released later this year.
Try This Now is a rotating listing of classes, workshops and ongoing events to help you broaden your horizons\-ake a hike, learn how to blow glass, or sign up your kid to act in a play. The schedule of topics goes as follows: First Tues-day of the month: Wellness; Second Tuesday: Kids; Third Tuesday: Arts and Fine Arts; Fourth Tuesday: Outdoors; Fifth Tuesday: Grab Bag.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines “magic” as follows: 1. the power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces; 2. conjuring tricks performed to entertain; 3. mysterious and enchanting quality; 4. (informal) exceptional skill or talent.
Well, if you’re looking to see this definition in the flesh, here’s your chance.
Tuesday, July 4No surprise: fatal crash on the Fourth The Fourth of July weekend is usually an ugly one, traffic fatality-wise, and this one was no exception. In Staunton, a crash on Independence Day took the life of a 37-year-old Verona woman and left her 8-year-old daughter in critical condition. The cause of the accident […]