True story What is Big Blue Door? Charlottesville native Joel Jones and his wife Jennifer Hoffman Jones are accomplished storytellers, producers, actors, directors…the list goes on. So living in New York City, a place where they could pursue a variety of theatrical endeavors, really worked for them. But in the summer of 2012, the married […]
True story What is Big Blue Door? Charlottesville native Joel Jones and his wife Jennifer Hoffman Jones are accomplished storytellers, producers, actors, directors…the list goes on. So living in New York City, a place where they could pursue a variety of theatrical endeavors, really worked for them. But in the summer of 2012, the married […]
The year in living… 6 Chefs moved from one restaurant to another Musical chefs, anyone? Charlottesville’s food and drink scene is ever changing, and this year, at least half a dozen chefs switched kitchens. Renowned sushi chef Hihishiro Tauchi left Ten to open Kokoro, Curtis Shaver swapped his post at Duner’s for one at […]
Ever since she was a child, Lara Call Gastinger has found ways to combine science and art. “My parents would take us to these National Wildlife Federation Summits where I started keeping a field journal, like this one,” she said, pointing to the notebook of illustrations on a desk in the sunny studio in her […]
In perpetuity Two very different sites on the same list of important spots—and neither has an easement that specifically protect their natural resources. UVA holds a dark skies easement on the property with the granite outcrop, intended to keep light pollution down near its observatory, but it doesn’t specifically protect plant habitats. And while Kuttner […]
Editor’s Note: This story on Rob Coles’ life as a Thomas Jefferson descendant and impersonator originally ran in C-VILLE Weekly on June 19, 2012. According to his obituary in The Daily Progress, Mr. Coles died peacefully Tuesday. For a few minutes before he goes on stage, assuming there is a stage, Rob Coles sits quietly […]
No place like home Charlie Company’s first taste of war hadn’t been that bad, not as wars go, anyway. They’d entered the town of Garmsir on April 28 with heavy air support to relieve the outnumbered British troops, and they’d pretty much kicked the Taliban’s ass. When they were done, it was like a vacation. […]
The default option for any working band looking to raise some quick funds is usually Kickstarter, but We Are Star Children, as always, are thinking outside the box. To help fund the distribution of their next album, the local group are instead hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning, May 18 at the Alloy Workshop. […]
The two-body problem NRAO refers to its data management hurdle as an “infoglut.” Astronomers are not alone in dealing with this issue. But for ALMA, the difficulty is particularly acute right now, as the systems come together for handling the data and massaging it into something that scientists can use. They call it “the pipeline,” […]
When did the demon dogs of hell stop merely influencing movie stars and studios and begin pulling the strings? To reiterate the inescapable point, A Good Day to Die Hard is a piece of shit.
Using Exile-era Stones as their sacred text, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion crank the knobs up to 11.