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Wind Turbines Generate More Debatenew

Though the Albemarle County Planning Commission has been debating the addition of a wind turbine ordinance for about eight months, it seems close to formulating a resolution.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Shea Connelly  |  01-28-2009  |  Environment

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

Precision Dance In the Age of Obamanew

Ten step teams converged to compete for $1,500 in total prize money, with proceeds going towards a local scholarship fund. The evening was billed as a celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama, and our new President’s name was emblazoned on everything from pins to scarves.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  01-28-2009  |  Performance

Have Our Schools Rushed to Judgment On the Safety of Synthetic Turf?new

Converting grass playing fields to synthetic turf ones has been a growing trend nationwide. But possible health risks have led to debate in many communities. Locally, however, the debate has hardly been fierce.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Chiara Canzi  |  01-14-2009  |  Environment

Virginia Organizing Project Fights for Ex-Con Voting Rightsnew

A recent speeding ticket set back Harold Folley's efforts to regain his voting rights, 15 years after he was released from prison. He's trying to help other ex-cons navigate Virginia's byzantine restoration process.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Chiara Canzi  |  01-14-2009  |  Politics

Is Nonalcoholic Wine For Real?new

The problem with wine is that if you heat it to remove the alcohol, you end up damaging all of the stuff that isn't alcohol, precisely the stuff you want to keep.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  01-14-2009  |  Food+Drink

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

Sour Grapes: If Anyone Orders Norton, I'm Leavingnew

Norton tastes terrible. There's just no way around it. I've had countless versions, from many of the 21 wineries in the state that offer Norton, and I just can't understand the appeal.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  01-07-2009  |  Food+Drink

Tom Cruise Gets Fuhrer-ious in 'Valkyrie'new

Valkyrie puts forth the idea that not all Nazis should be categorized as either ferocious barbarians or craven order-followers. We knew this, of course, from Schindler's List. And from history. And from not being idiots. And yet we watch. We are curious.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Jonathan Kiefer  |  01-07-2009  |  Reviews

The Year Ahead: A Comic Essaynew

2009? Really? Wasn't it just 1999? Oh, all right. Fine. Here's a look at the year ahead.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Jen Sorensen  |  01-07-2009  |  Commentary

Stop the 'Earth,' We Want to Get On!new

The cheesy new Keanu Reeves film, however utterly unnecessary and half-assedly realized and anticlimactic it may be (quite, it's fair to say), is also, in fact, a model of the true and absolute essence of cinema. I am offering a way to really appreciate this film, if only you can open your mind.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Jonathan Kiefer  |  12-17-2008  |  Reviews

Virginia's GOP Chairman Navigates Some Stormy Watersnew

Not only did the much-despised Democrats thoroughly trounce the GOP at every level in the November elections, besting Republicans at the top, bottom, middle and occasionally along all four edges of the ticket, but Jeff Frederick also attracted a great deal of negative attention for some of his pre-election antics.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Dan Catalano  |  12-10-2008  |  Commentary

Lush Lit: Five Great Wine Books for the Holidaysnew

A wise person once said that talking about music is like dancing about architecture. The same could perhaps be said in regards to talking about wine, an exercise so absurd it's regularly mocked on novelty napkins. Writing about wine, however, is another thing entirely. Wine is an especially literary liquid; no other nutrient gets its own section in the bookstore.
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  12-10-2008  |  Books

Body of Lies: When True Love is Really Just Good Sexnew

Is it bad to mistake good sex for love, you ask? Yes, if it leads you to try and force a relationship to work even when it's not right. But there's a way to keep your head in the game when you're in the hormone haze.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Marya Choby  |  12-03-2008  |  Culture

'Four Christmases': Holidazed and Confusednew

In the annual tradition of forgettable Vince Vaughn holiday vehicles (last year brought Fred Claus), Four Christmases is underfunny and insubstantial, but sweet and innocuous: a nice little stocking stuffer of a movie.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Jonathan Kiefer  |  12-03-2008  |  Reviews

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