Another snow day-- for some
Late March brings another four or more inches of heavy, wet snow, closing city and county schools yet again. No such luck for UVA students trudging to class on Monday, March 25.
View ArticleJohn Lewis and the power of love
Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis was arrested 40 times in the '60s, and four times since he's been in Congress. The youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington and the leader of the...
View ArticleSign o' the times
Ruby Reed Guy-Wolnick (pink hat) attends a rally on the Downtown Mall with her moms, Meridith Wolnick and Deborah Guy, on March 26, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on California's...
View ArticleAzalea in the snow
An azalea outside the Main Street Arena ignores the snow piled around it and blooms anyway. Photographed around 1pm April 4 at 42 degrees.Update 7:05pm: Frozen matter is falling west of town at 39...
View ArticleRally for immigration reform
Five-year-old Yovani Hernandez joins his dad, José Hernandez, and dozens more April 8 on the corners of Ridge-McIntire and Preston Avenue at and across from the Albemarle County Office Building....
View ArticleFlash dancers
If dancers seem to be spontaneously making the Downtown Mall their stage April 12, odds are good it's part of the Tom Tom Founders Festival. Veronica Hart and Katie Schetlick dance outside the Wachovia...
View ArticleLine at the Jefferson on a Tuesday afternoon
The occasion for pre-teen-heavy line on April 16 around 4pm at the Jefferson Theater was a V.I.P. event involving R5, a popular boy band, Charlottesville Circuit Court Clerk Llezelle Dugger, who was in...
View ArticlePoems in your pockets
Jefferson Madison Regional Library employee Chris Smith spreads the joy of poetry on the Downtown Mall on Thursday, April 18, for the library's "Poem in Your Pocket" day. April is National Poetry...
View ArticleIllegal sign removal-- coming soon?
Remember when Albemarle County announced at the end of March that its staff would be removing advertising signs in highway rights-of-way, particularly in entrance corridors? Well, apparently the folks...
View ArticleThe '80s called and wants its video games back
Retro-stalgia moment when Ms. Pac-Man is spotted on 2nd Street. One of the most popular video games ever, Ms. Pac-Man is back and moving to Miller's, along with another blast from the past: pinball...
View ArticleGarden week on Hartman's Mill Road
Historic Garden Week is in full swing, and there are plenty of lush gardens all over town that are not on the official tour. For instance, there's Asher Conn's profusion of tulips and creeping phlox in...
View ArticleColbert report
Giddy that political satirist Stephen Colbert will be in town as keynote speaker for the 2013 UVA Valedictory Exercises May 18, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression...
View ArticleBob Fenwick, small-business candidate
City Council candidate Bob Fenwick wants the plight of small businesses and nonprofits to be represented on council. "Many times City Council and city staff appear to treat businesses as a source of...
View ArticleAnother old building demolished on West Main
The 1939-built Merchant's Tire building is now just a memory as the site at 854 West Main prepares to become the Plaza at West Main, a mixed use project of 219 residential units west of the Amtrak...
View ArticleLieutenant gov candidate on Water Street
When this picture was snapped May 14, nine people were vying for the seemingly ho-hum position of lieutenant governor. Seven of them are Republicans, and by May 18, the GOP will have picked its...
View ArticleThe planting of the planters
Robbie Kuykendall and Aubrey Howers are doing the spring planting of the planters May 16 on the Downtown Mall. Even though that's right before graduation weekend, John Mann, the guy in charge of...
View ArticleCopper top: Rotunda gleams for graduation
Final exercises at University of Virginia took place on the Lawn last weekend, May 18 and 19, and while much was made of tradition, something was different: the dome of the Rotunda was copper colored –...
View ArticleCrozet Library nears completion
The long-awaited new library in Crozet, more than 10 times larger than the current 1,700-square-foot facility, is expected to open this fall. Meanwhile, a volunteer group, Build Crozet Library, is...
View ArticleDem decision: Slow day at the polls for primary
The polls were slow on Tuesday, June 11, as a small percentage of Charlottesville residents showed up to cast ballots in the Democratic primary. While Rick Sincere, chairman of the Electoral Board for...
View ArticleDive-bombing the mall?
Giant photos in trees on the Downtown Mall signal the Look3 Festival of the Photograph, which starts June 12. Photographer Tim Laman captured a male red bird of paradise in Batanta Island, Indonesia....
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