Month: September 2012

  • “Little C’ville” comes to the Discovery Museum

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    The Virginia Discovery Museum, the DTM’s go-to place for the wee ones, has a new exhibit: Little C’Ville. Think of it as local urban geography lesson for kids. There’s a play Panera, a play Paramount Theater, etc. The Panera comes complete with bread trays, cash registers, tables and chairs, and kids will be able to…

  • DTM gets iconic designation

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    The Virginia Chapter of The American Society of Landscape Architects announced today that it is designating the Charlottesville Downtown Mall as a “2012 Iconic Landscape.” But you already knew that. Still, at 12pm on Thursday, October 4, at the 3rd Street, NE on the Mall, there will be a ceremony with talks about the Mall…

  • Tom Tom to throw another street party

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    Remember that Tom Tom Festival block party in front of McGuffey Art Center in April? Well, the Tom Tom folks are having another on on September 28. The event will feature a similar line-up of live music on the front lawn, street food, public art, kid’s activities, and a beer garden featuring New Belgium Brewing…

  • Blogger charmed by Vintage Vixen

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    A DC fashion blogger discovers Vintage Vixen on the DTM, owned by former Ford Modeling Agency model Carole Thompson. Check out this nifty slide show…

  • Don’t forget to party on the CCCA’s roof September 18

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    Don’t forget about Second Street Gallery’s Brews with a View benefit concert on the rooftop of the City Center for Contemporary Arts, with music by The Founding Fathers and Nathan Moore. September 18. $15 gets you a show and plenty of keg beer from Devils Backbone Brewery. On Tuesday, September 18th, we’ll be celebrating the…

  • Farewell, Preston Coiner

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    A lovely tribute to DTM lover Preston Coiner from Steve Trumbull and his Charlottesville Then & Now blog: “Preston Coiner loved the downtown area of Charlottesville and lived, worked and owned commercial property here. He loved to walk the downtown mall and chats with passers-by, many of whom he knew personally but plenty of others…

  • Video: Beer Run- “What a Beautiful Buzz”

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    The talented videographer Anwar Allen created this video about our DTM neighbors Beer Run. If you haven’t been, the Carlton Road hotspot is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday, with brunch on Sunday. Awesome coffee and espresso bar, 17 beers on draft, 700+ bottled beers, wine and other food and drink items,…

  • Ben Arthur comes to The Garage

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    The Hook–Though now a resident of New York City, the thirty-nine year-old Harrisonburg native has deep roots in Charlottesville. As an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, Arthur studied music, anthropology, business, and poetry as an interdisciplinary Echols Scholar. He became a familiar name playing his singer-songwriter standards in the music venues and coffee shops…

  • Oh, the places you’ll go

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    Classic DTM photo…running into local Sissy Spacek. See, you just don’t know who you might run into on the DTM. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

  • Ambassadors or bouncers?

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    DTM business owners and patrons have apparently been giving City Council an earful about rude or aggressive behavior from some folks on the DTM, and so council has decided to spend $80,000 to hire four “Downtown Mall ambassadors.” Councilor have been quick to say its not a “crack down” on the homeless, though much of…