C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald

Virginia's Neglected Patch of Civil War Battlefieldsnew

Over a century after the real skirmish, the Battle of Waynesboro unfolds on a privately held piece of land that once belonged to Confederate Major William Patrick.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 06-28-2011 | History

Tags: Civil War, Virginia, Re-Enactments

Charlottesville's Infant Mortality Crisisnew

In 2009, Charlottesville’s infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births—more than 25 percent above the Virginia state average. Focus on the city’s African-American population and the rate jumps to 17.5.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 03-11-2011 | Children & Families

Tags: Infant Mortality, Shawnte Rawlings

Virginia Quarterly Review Editor Speaks Outnew

Breaking his silence after a staffer's suicide, Ted Genoways depicts pressures at VQR and answers the charge that he bullied Kevin Morrissey to death.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 09-28-2010 | Media

Tags: Ted Genoways, Kevin Morrissey, Virginia Quarterly Review

Virginia Lacrosse Teams Believe in Life After Lovenew

University of Virginia men's and women's lacrosse teams advance in NCAA tourney, deal with grave loss.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 05-18-2010 | Sports

Tags: George Huguely, Yeardley Love

Virginia is For Gun Loversnew

Recent laws make it easier to conceal info, carry weapons in Virginia.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 04-21-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: Ken Cuccinelli

No Cost for Dredging South Fork Yet: Locals Weigh In on Possibilitiesnew

With the exception of a slip of the tongue by Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Mike Gaffney, last week’s public meeting on a dredging feasibility study for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir kept talk of potential costs underwater.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 03-17-2010 | Environment

Tags: Rivanna Reservoir, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, South Fork, environment, dredging, housing and development

Danny Schmidt Saves the Best for Lastnew

If the only stupid question is the one not asked, then Danny Schmidt, a Charlottesville expatriate and a founding father of the local folk scene, is thumbtack sharp, a songwriter with the curviest question marks.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 03-25-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Danny Schmidt, Instead the Forest Rose to Sing, folk music

We're Off to See the Wizard: 48 Hours Covering Obama's Inaugurationnew

Attending the Inauguration was an epic of sorts — a journey from home through obstacles and barriers toward some ultimate confrontation with fate. You don’t just skip ahead to the end of a quest — you struggle to reach it and hope that it brings the resolution you wanted from it.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 01-28-2009 | Art

Tags: Obama inauguration, portraiture

Virginian Artists and Teachers Struggle with Gov's Budget Cutsnew

As part of Gov. Tim Kaine's Oct. 9 budget cuts, state funds for the Virginia Commission for the Arts were reduced by 15 percent, and the Virginia Arts Foundation fund has been frozen.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 01-07-2009 | Economy

Tags: Education, Virginia, artists, Tim Kaine, economic issues, state budgets

'Lookout' Brings a New Plot Twist to the Silver Jews Saganew

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is an ecstatic experience in the literal sense, an often joyous, crisp rock album that leaves David Berman poised on another precipice, ready to start another chapter or, should he desire, a new book altogether.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 06-25-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Silver Jews, Drag City Records, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, David Berman

Gnarls Barkley Forges an Identitynew

There's a big gap between accepting Gnarls masterminds Cee-Lo Green and Brian Burton and understanding who they are, or what it is, exactly, they're doing.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 05-14-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Gnarls Barkley, the odd couple