http://www.c-ville.com/rss/1991704080566501.rss en-us 2008-05-14T01:00:02+01:00 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605083887751 The Charlottesville Pavilion has announced that rock band Modest Mouse will scurry onto the venue's stage on June 29. Hailing from the depths of Issaquah, Washington, the group is not without local ties. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605083887751 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605083058232 Norris says he'll vote no on MCP easements. Will he be alone? http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605083058232 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030505083118869 Maybe the sky is not falling after all. When it comes to the U.S. economy, experts abound, including some at Darden. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030505083118869 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030205083142973 The Virginia Quarterly Review went one-for-three last night at the National Magazine Awards, where National Geographic and Vanity Fair knocked multiple categories out of the park. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030205083142973 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030205080364594 According to a press release from the University of Oregon, former UVA Art Museum director Jill Hartz, whose name was quietly removed from the museum's staff website during the winter, has accepted a position as executive director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030205080364594 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030105084107529 As the saying goes, "Every dog has his day." Well, the dog formerly at the center of Irwin Berman's exhibit at the University of Virginia Art Museum has left the school with a steaming, heaping pile of orange and blue turds on its paws. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030105084107529 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083569809 A nice chunk of change was given Tuesday night to GraceWorks, a small local nonprofit that runs an afterschool program for needy kids. GraceWorks earned the blessing of a committee of 10 high school students... http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083569809 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11961704080577271 UVA holds memorial service on the one-year anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11961704080577271 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083038614 Hey, everybody -- Charlottesville has coffeeshops! Lots of coffeeshops. This serves as news peg for a fairly frothy piece in today’s Washington Post... http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083038614 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11981804080905408 Yesterday, Virginia launched a state-subsidized wine distribution company to help small vineyards in the state, reports The Washington Post. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11981804080905408 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083476645 The Hope Community Center's role as an evening shelter is coming to an imminent end, its founder revealed today. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12033004083476645 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982304083200797 Two residents of the 10th & Page neighborhood where the Hope Community Center is located urged councilors Monday night to take a closer look at the homeless shelter in the residential neighborhood. The community center, which acts as a shelter for the homeless during the night http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982304083200797 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982504083127091 We're a few hours from the start of the Atlantic Coastal Conference Lacrosse finals, and Duke already has the barest of psychological edges over the UVA squad. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982504083127091 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982304080407245 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982304080407245 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982404083118568 State lawmakers reconvened yesterday to take final action for the 2008 General Assembly regular session, passing a two-year, $77 billion budget and giving Governor Tim Kaine the power to appoint his own nominee to the state corporation commission, according to today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982404083118568 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982404080860764 “Shad, shad, shad,” sang more than 70 fourth graders from Stone Robinson Elementary at around 1:30pm today as they prepared to release approximately 10,000 of the tiny fish"all bulging eyes and translucent amoebic tail"into the Rivanna River at Shadwell. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982404080860764 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982504080931871 What's worse than a child that doesn't speak in a classroom? http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982504080931871 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982804083469793 Fresh this morning, news that combines two of our favorite things: bowling and little kids. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982804083469793 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982804080766510 A 20th-century modern dance genius is coming to town http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982804080766510 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982904083373186 At least 200 people were injured Monday, according to the AP, as severe storms barraged central and southeastern Virginia http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982904083373186 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982904084677681 Anderson Brothers Building owner Terry Vassalos has confirmed that a deal to bring a CVS pharmacy into the space currently occupied by Satellite Ballroom, Just Curry, Higher Grounds and Plan 9 has now been signed and made official, NBC 29 reports. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=11982904084677681 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605080507634 Debbie Ryan had better make sure her team is on its game this exam season: all UVA sports teams made the academic cut this year, though women’s basketball didn’t have much room to spare http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605080507634 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605081583596 "Police feel the suspect has left the campus and the area," http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030605081583596 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030705082885817 A week ago, it was our coffee. Now it's our dining scene generally. The Washington Post just can't seem to get enough of Charlottesville food... http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030705082885817 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030705080755074 Not that, ahem, we noticed back in March or anything, but W.G. Clark's house is very cool. The local architect designed this unapologetically modern concrete-block dwelling for himself and this month, it appears in the Oxford American's Home Sweet Home issue... http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030705080755074 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805083505976 A 16-year-old teen has pleaded guilty to five of 15 felony charges filed in connection to his role in the Interstate 64 shootings that took place in March, injuring several people and forcing authorities to shut down the road and local schools http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805083505976 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805083992860 Albemarle School officials "vigorously" deny that teenage girls who wore "Virginity Rocks" t-shirts to school were ordered to change their shirts or turn them inside-out. Yesterday, Rutherford Institute attorneys sent a letter to Albemarle superintendent Pam Moran alleging that the girls were instructed to change or reverse their shirts and warning that the schools could face legal action. This morning, Rutherford says that while the school principal may have approved the t-shirts, "the message still has not trickled down to other school employees." http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805083992860 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805084076768 Everybody who's anybody is bailing out of the art world, it seems, and Second Street Gallery's executive director Leah Stoddard is the latest to jump ship. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805084076768 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805081040152 Reverb-loving Southern indie rock band My Morning Jacket will be making their way to the Charlottesville Pavilion on September 2. Not a huge surprise, considering the band is signed to Coran Capshaw and Dave Matthews’ ATO label. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030805081040152 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030905083678175 Sixteen-year-old Albemarle High School student Sydney Aichs was killed this morning when a tractor trailer collided with her 1999 Chevy Cavalier. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030905083678175 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030905081080547 We're beginning to wonder if the Washington Post plans to open a satellite office in our cozy little 'ville because, as frequently as they've written about our food and coffee, it might save reporters some money on gas. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12030905081080547 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031205083056884 The UVA women's lacrosse team gave up five goals to a UNC freshman yesterday, bringing their season to a close. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031205083056884 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031205080702547 Albemarle Police have arrested two teens in connection with a Saturday afternoon armed robbery on Pantops. The boys are being held at Blue Ridge Detention Center. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031205080702547 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031305083008873 A 19-year-old already facing 15 felony charges in Albemarle County now has six more to worry about in Waynesboro. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031305083008873 http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031305081143083 The opinionmaker website Daily Kos has taken notice of the U.S. Congressional race happening right here in our own Fifth District, where incumbent crazyhead (and Republican) Virgil Goode faces a challenge from Democrat Tom Perriello. http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=addcm&pid=12031305081143083