Prospective presidents: How they might appeal to the BOV
It has long been an intriguing question. Did the leaders of the ouster of UVA President Teresa Sullivan have someone in mind when they made their daring weekend move? Also in this issue: • McDonnell's BOV: Who gets their donations?
September 27th, 2012 issue #1139
McDonnell's BOV: Who gets their donations?
Since what's now called "UVA June," the question has arisen: Why should the governor, whose budget funds just seven percent of the University of Virginia's operations, get to make 100 percent of the appointments to its Board of Visitors?
News
Big pie: Two key Sullivan foes make Forbes billionaire list
Forbes magazine has come out with its annual ranking of American billionaires, and while nobody in Charlottesville has made the cut (sorry John Grisham, Coran Capshaw, and ...
Civil Kickstarter: Film on Julian Bond needs $24K
A documentary on noted civil rights leader and retired UVA professor Julian Bond has received no support from any of the institutions with which Bond, former chair of the N...
Coming up: Civil rights icons headline book fest
Civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis and Black Power Olympic medalist John Carlos are among the speakers coming to next spring's 19th Virginia Festival of the Book. L...
Garage banned? Nope, big hole can't stop tiny venue
Music fans nearly lost their smallest venue Friday night when an elderly driver drove a vehicle through a brick wall at the Garage, a converted downtown structure adjacent ...
Love exclusive: Katie Couric interviews Yeardley's mom, sister
Three weeks after former UVA lacrosse player George Huguely was sentenced to 23 years behind bars for the May 2010 murder of his estranged girlfriend, Yeardley Love, the la...
Oh, happy day: JPA bridge finally opens
"Is this it?" a passerby says to a VDOT worker near the new Jefferson Park Avenue Bridge."This is it," he says, loading a "Road Closed" sign into the back of a truck.And wi...
Remember six things: New DMB album makes rock history
Back in February, L.A. Weekly ranked the Dave Matthews Band #1 on a list of the "20 Worst Bands of All Time," saying "Dave Matthews croons like Kermit with a hangover, for ...
The photo: Spacek-Obama meeting 'wonderfully serendipitous'
It was a photo that shot around the blogosphere as a classic Charlottesville moment: the president of the United States greets a town's favorite Oscar winner. And it wasn't...
Confederates in the Attic author Tony Horwitz was in town September 20 discussing his latest book, Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War. Amon...
Barefoot's big scoop: WINA host snags POTUS interview
As host of the WINA drive-time radio talk show Charlottesville Right Now, Coy Barefoot's talked to his share of high power guests from Virginia governors to corporate capta...
Young pedalers: Club's cycling challenge raises big bucks
For a small group of dedicated teen cyclists, Sunday, September 16 marked the end of a summer of grueling bike training as they took to the starting line at Old Trail Town ...
The Dish
Acing it: New BBQ comes to Henry Avenue
Chef Brian Ashworth has a bit of advice for "hoity-toity" chefs who might think that leaving a fancy restaurant job to open a BBQ joint would be easy. "No way, making good ...
Chef's return: Langhorne wows Clifton crowd
In the first installment of its Chef in the Garden series, the folks at Clifton Inn welcomed rising star chef Jeremiah Langhorne, the 26-year old Albemarle High School grad...
Tacos to go: Whole Foods hits the road
Possibly you've seen the leafy-greens-and-giant-corn-emblazoned truck at Fridays After Five. Or perhaps in the Whole Foods parking lot. Or maybe near Lee Park on West Marke...
Essays
UVA June: Dragas just a tool in right-wing 'reform'
By Peter Gunter
Real Estate - On the Block
New trend? Ramsay goes on absolute-auction block
It turns out the rich are as hesitant to buy real estate in a down market as the not-so-rich, and high-end properties have languished since the bubble burst. That's why Har...
Real recovery? Belvedere, Old Trail cite building booms
Realtors say they're seeing positive signs. New construction starts and sales have jumped in the past year, say the management of two of the county's most audacious mixed-u...
Facetime
Hidden otherness: Dimock draws and advocates in plain sight
Kaki Dimock gives new meaning to the term “working artist.” By day, she is the Executive Director of The Haven, the day shelter on Market Street. By night, in her home ...
