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Partnership for the Ages
Conserved lands and cleaner waters go hand in hand in Albemarle County By Faith Schweikert, Piedmont Environmental Council, Communications Specialist At first glance, it may appear that Albemarle County's southern edge doesn't face much development pressure - at least compared to the north. But driving out to Schuyler to visit Pattie and Pete Hellmann's farm, recently protected with a conservation easement, I passed several now-familiar "Land for Sale" signs along the way.
New restaurant Wahoo Nori opens in Pav XI
In addition to a new Starbucks opening in Newcomb Hall, University Dining has opened a sushi location called Wahoo Nori. The fast-casual dining spot will join other favorites including Five Guys, Subway and Chick-fil-A in Pavilion XI in an attempt to diversify the available food options for students. “We are always looking for ways to enhance the dining program,” Aramark Marketing Manager Scott Aebersold said in an email.
BSA’s Welcome Week events look to create community
As both new and returning students bustle around Grounds looking to join clubs and organizations, the Black Student Alliance is continuing its tradition of hosting events every day of the first week of classes. “Everyone [at BSA] ... their main goal is to make sure that they can create a community that welcomes everyone else,” said Deja Wortham, a fourth-year College student and BSA special events chair.
Economics professor hosts running office hours at 7 a.m.
Office hours are seemingly always exactly at the same time as every other student obligation. To ensure his students still get a chance to see if him if this happens, Economics Prof. Lee Coppock hosts his office hours while running six miles in 45 minutes at 7 a.m. — least a few times a semester, that is. “We talk very little econ,” Coppock said. “I have regular office hours for that. Running office hours was just a catchy name for it, but I like to get to know the students better.
Roots opens new location, launches new app
Roots Natural Kitchen has come a long way since its humble beginnings.
SPCA offers puppy love year-round
At any given time, one can find a student walking down the Lawn who has stopped, dropped everything and run over to pet a dog. The University knows about the general affinity students have for animals because it brings them in every semester during finals week to soothe students’ souls. But in all this anticipation and longing, there’s been a place filled with animals just begging to be loved.
U.Va. alumnus creates new app for students
“You missed it,” Steven Le, University alumnus and MeeteR app founder, said. “If you weren’t a part of the Listserv or a Facebook group. Come Friday or Saturday, I would look at my phone and wish I had an app that had the places to go.” Now, as the tech world would say, there’s an app for that. MeeteR — a social events platform for colleges focused on the idea of centrality — combines information about all activities going on at a university into one location.
Chris Keup launches music publishing company Salinger Songs
It’s no secret that Chris Keup’s White Star Sound studio has a knack for producing stellar tracks for local as well as nationally known musicians. Now Keup is working to expand his purview with a new venture in music publishing: Salinger Songs. A musician and songwriter in his own right, Keup’s songs have appeared on television and film projects. With the launch of Salinger Songs, he hopes to offer licensing and commercial placement experience to other artists.
Film review: Spielberg lends his midas touch to The BFG
Though his name is practically synonymous with groundbreaking artistic vision, Steven Spielberg’s second wind may just be his greatest, most unprecedented achievement yet.
Steve Gunn captures the road well-traveled
The magnetism of life on the open road has a long-standing mythos in American popular culture. Wide-eyed travelers were encouraged to get their kicks on “Route 66” in the blues standard first recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946. Sal and Dean’s cross-country pursuits defined a generation in Jack Kerouac’s beat manifesto while the frenetic image of Raoul Duke barreling down the desert highway with drug-induced fervor in Hunter S.
ARTS Pick: Red Wing Roots Festival
By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT Mark Roebuck The World and All Within (Fear of the Atom) In 1980s Charlottesville, The Deal was a shining power-pop group poised for success: a musician conferral of “best unsigned band,” a contract with Bearsville, sessions at Ardent Recording Studios with help from Big Star’s Alex Chilton and By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT If you missed out on July 4 fireworks, have no fear—The Men of Magic Mike Tour is bringing even more sizzle to the hot summer...
ARTS Pick: Così fan tutte
By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT Mark Roebuck The World and All Within (Fear of the Atom) In 1980s Charlottesville, The Deal was a shining power-pop group poised for success: a musician conferral of “best unsigned band,” a contract with Bearsville, sessions at Ardent Recording Studios with help from Big Star’s Alex Chilton and By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT If you missed out on July 4 fireworks, have no fear—The Men of Magic Mike Tour is bringing even more sizzle to the hot summer...
ARTS Pick: The Men of Magic Mike Tour
By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT Mark Roebuck The World and All Within (Fear of the Atom) In 1980s Charlottesville, The Deal was a shining power-pop group poised for success: a musician conferral of “best unsigned band,” a contract with Bearsville, sessions at Ardent Recording Studios with help from Big Star’s Alex Chilton and By Faith Schweikert | LEAVE A COMMENT For decades, musicians on the road have been writing about home. So when touring was taking The Steel Wheels away from theirs...
The return of... - C-VILLE WeeklyC-VILLE Weekly
The World and All Within (Fear of the Atom) In 1980s Charlottesville, The Deal was a shining power-pop group poised for success: a musician conferral of “best unsigned band,” a contract with Bearsville, sessions at Ardent Recording Studios with help from Big Star’s Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens and recordings with a pre-fame Dave Matthews (yielding enduring DMB fave “The Song Jane Likes”). But things fell through the cracks, and The Deal was never quite consummated.
ARTS Pick: Jason Ring
Growing up in southwestern Virginia with no shortage of bluegrass influences to choose from, Jason Ring didn’t see the need to pick just one. Since the age of 5, Ring has been putting his own twist on the blues using the fast, smooth scat of his “mouth trumpet” and flaming fingers on guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro and bass. And that sets him apart from the rest. Saturday 7/2. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
Living Picks: To-do this week
A community celebration for America’s birthday includes food, cider, wine, a bike parade, games and live music. The orchard will remain open late for viewing fireworks. Larry Sabato, founder and director of the UVA Center for Politics, speaks to new U.S. citizens from around the world at the 54th annual naturalization ceremony. Proceeds from the race, sponsored by Key Clubs at area high schools, benefit Camp Holiday Trails and its mission to help children with special needs.
Local rosé is a refreshing summer choice
Rosé wine can be made a few different ways. Some winemakers harvest grapes specifically for rosé and press them, keeping them on the skins for a short period. Other winemakers press their red wine harvest, and bleed off some of the initial pink-colored juice to ferment separately as rosé. This technique, called saignée, a word derived from “to bleed,” will help to concentrate the red wine fermentation by increasing the skin-to-juice ratio.
Bronwen Dickey talks pit bulls at the Charlottesville Reading Series
Though books about dogs never go out of fashion, popular dog breeds change over time. After all, it wasn’t so very long ago that Labradoodles didn’t even exist and everyone wanted a dog like Lassie or Rin Tin Tin to help out in an emergency. A recent book by Bronwen Dickey, Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon, explores one popular breed that has fallen out of favor in the past few decades. One of her own dogs, Nola, prompted Dickey to begin researching her debut book.
The Conjuring 2 relies too often on gimmicksC-VILLE Weekly
As a technically gifted and revolutionary presence in a once-stale genre that inspired both the best and the worst trends of the subsequent decade, it may be fair to say that James Wan is the Rage Against the Machine of modern horror films. As the creator of the Saw franchise (the first of which is a taut, effective mystery-thriller that’s surprisingly light on gore), Wan saw the insufferable trend of so-called “torture porn” rise as a result of his success.
ARTS Pick: The First Harmonics
By C-VILLE Writers | LEAVE A COMMENT Tales of men gone wrong and long-forgotten fables litter the songs of sisters Brechyn Chace and Larissa Chace Smith, who perform as The Hello Strangers.
Anthony D’AmatoC-VILLE Weekly
The latest from Americana singer-songwriter Anthony D’Amato, Cold Snap is a far cry from his first release, the album he recorded in his Princeton University dorm room. Cold Snap is a beautiful collection of sophisticated sounds and decisive melodies that channels Simon & Garfunkel and Bruce Springsteen at the same time. He crafts lyrics of heartbreak into music of jubilance, compelling the audience to hang onto every vibrant word. Tuesday 6/21. $10-12, 8:30pm.
The TemptationsC-VILLE Weekly
By C-VILLE Writers | LEAVE A COMMENT Tales of men gone wrong and long-forgotten fables litter the songs of sisters Brechyn Chace and Larissa Chace Smith, who perform as The Hello Strangers.
Offstage Theatre recasts The Maids as teenagers
Though Jean Genet’s 1947 play The Maids (Les Bonnes) is known as a sadomasochistic, cruel and absurd work, director Stephen Simalchik says he would describe his Offstage Theatre production as playful before he would call it dark. “Something that is only cruel or shocking I wouldn’t want to spend a lot of time on,” he says.
The Hello StrangersC-VILLE Weekly
By C-VILLE Writers | LEAVE A COMMENT It’s common knowledge on UVA Grounds that a cappella groups are selective. Whether you’re the Hullabahoos or The Virginia No Tones, each group is looking for something specific.
Post Sixty Five rides an undercurrent of emotional energy
Before a recent Post Sixty Five band practice, frontman Hicham Benhallam sat on a patch of grass outside the rehearsal space and stared into the trees nearby. The muggy June air blurred his vision, so he took off his dark-framed glasses and blinked a few times before acknowledging that there was no relief from the Virginia heat. Not that he minds it.
Historic eyesore eatery spot gets new dayC-VILLE Weekly
For more than 20 years, a gutted structure at the intersection of U.S. 250 and 240 near Crozet has stood in mute testimony to the collision of county regulations and an entrepreneurial dream. That era ended June 7, when the remaining shell came down. Current owner Bill McKechnie estimates all traces will be removed by the time this story appears in print. “It doesn’t seem real, but it is,” says McKechnie, whose Mechum’s Trestle LLC has owned the property since July 2004.
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