AltWeeklies Wire
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
'Hard Candy' is a Good Dance Record, but is it a Good Madonna Record?new
Ray of Light, Music, Confessions on a Dance Floor, Erotica -- these are Grade A Madonna, pop music for the thinking woman. But this time around, while there's no shortage of beats, it seems that Madonna let somebody else do the thinking for her.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
05-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hard Candy, Madonna
Is Spring Really the Peak Season for Sexual Desires?new
Have you ever felt -- with the gloom of winter gone -- that life gets sexier? It might seem that way, but anthropologist Helen Fisher claims that fall is the season when humans seem to seek out love and romance, due to higher testosterone levels in men. But in general, there is no particular season when people are more interested in sex than usual.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
05-07-2008 |
Sex
Touring the Future of Virginia's Wine Industrynew
The Washington Wine Academy and Reston Limousine have started bringing groups from D.C. to Charlottesville to tour wine country, and intrigued by reports of Long Island wine tours gone mad, and by a recent article claiming that "Virginia wine success will come from tourism," I decided to get on the bus and see for myself what this approaching success will look like.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
UVA Dining Hall Adds Local, Organic Food to the Mixnew
Serena Weaver interned this semester for UVA dining supplier Aramark, helping the company include more local and organic fare at the University.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
04-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Election '08: Grading the Candidates on Sex Ednew
Planned Parenthood's Becky Reid on John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-30-2008 |
Politics
Playing Around with Sex Ednew
One girl in four has an sexually transmitted infection. Something has to change.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-30-2008 |
Sex
The Eco-Friendly Ways of Virginia's DelFosse Vineyardsnew
It has long been gospel that Virginia wines will never be organic; the sheer number of bugs and mildews pretty much necessitate spraying. But organic is sooo hippy dippy 1990s anyway; sustainability is what's hot.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Sex Files: There's Help for Survivors of Sexual Abusenew
For most women -- and men, for that matter -- overcoming past sexual abuse takes effort.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-23-2008 |
Advice
In Virginia, a Semantic Battle Over the Death Penaltynew
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 16 decision on lethal injection, the state's Democrats and Republicans fight the "reprieve" vs. "moratorium" battle via press release.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Home Sales Down, but Prices Are Up: Blame it on the Credit Crunchnew
After the bottom fell out of the subprime mortgage debacle, lenders started to look at potential borrowers with greater scrutiny. Gone are the days of borrowers with weak credit snagging mortgages with no money down. Yet higher-priced houses are still moving because better-off buyers have an easier time getting loans.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
04-23-2008 |
Economy
Zone of Contentionnew
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
C-Ville Weekly |
John Borgmeyer |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Steve McQueennew
AltWeeklies Award - Illustration
C-Ville Weekly |
Mario Zucca |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Come Here Often?new
AltWeeklies Award - Format Buster
C-Ville Weekly |
Nell Boeschenstein |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Marrying the Wild and the High-Tech at Acorn Hill Winerynew
Making wine is incredibly scientific and complicated, yet its marketing still emphasizes the pastoral. The truth is that today's winemakers might just as easily wear lab coats as Carhartts.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
04-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
