Shea Gibbs

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From Carthaginians to Virginia

Your bathroom is cool, comfortable, and clean. Your kitchen is stain-resistant, sleek, and stylish. Why? Tile, of...

Interview

Fitz and the Tantrums just seem to have a way of finding the spotlight. Remember that video where they were all on...

Melanie Martinez hopes to sidestep the reality...

 I was convinced that Taylor Hicks would not only win the 2006 season of “American Idol,” but would also become...

Out of their way

John Hellerman was out clipping his fields, conditioning the grass so his crops would thrive in the coming growing...

Joyful noise

John D’earth was about 4 when his father—“a great listener, but not a musician”—taught him an important lesson about...

Threepenny Café is going all out to become part of community

Merope Pavlides and her husband Peter Emch didn’t come to Charlottesville on the best of terms. Their son was ill and...

Where do national chains fit in with the local beer scene?

If you put any thought at all into the food and drink you consume, chances are you think “chain restaurants” are...

Charlottesville Women’s Choir celebrates three decades of...

A recreational choir, started by amateur singers around a coffee shop piano, shouldn’t last 30 years. The demands of...

Hues at home

Fretting about what color to paint your living room? Good news, the hottest trend is to give up on color altogether,...

Paint the house

There are two kinds of people in this world—those who can get Ralph Macchio to paint their house by pretending to...