Author: David McNair
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Vintage DTM: history of Hamilton’s Restaurant building
This building, at the northwest corner of First and Main Streets, started out as Jefferson National Bank in the 1910s. It was carved out of the east end of the Leterman Building which was a prominent downtown department store at the time. Much of the Leterman Building still exists with various shops occupying the original…
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Knock at the door: Protesters accuse C-Ville Weekly of “inflaming racial tensions”
A crowd of protesters gathered in front of the offices of Cville Weekly today, outraged by a December 29 story the local paper ran that, according to one protest organizer, “threw gasoline on the fire of racial tension in our community.” Indeed, the story, titled, “Knockout: Victims of brutal Downtown Mall assault want arrests, and…
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They say it’s your birthday: 88 Keys turns 88 at Fellini’s
Wilford “88 Keys” Wilson at his Monday night gig at Fellini’s #9. Photo by Anita Byers. Okay, seriously, if you love music, you really have no reason not to come out to Fellini’s #9 on Friday, January 31 for Wiford “88 Keys” Wilson’s birthday celebration. First of all, the dude is turning, you guessed it,…
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Public Fish & Oyster to open on West Main
As some of you might know, the DTM’s neighbor One Meatball Place at 513 West Main Street has closed, giving way to a place called Public Fish & Oyster, an East Coast seafood and raw bar place. Now they’ve announced they will be opening on February 4. Former Camino chef Matt Turner is in the…
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Music at the Whiskey Jar 1/30 to 2/27
THU. JAN. 30th – CREEKSIDE BAND Genre(s): Country FRI. JAN. 31st – THE JUDY CHOPS Genre(s): Old Time / Bluegrass / Americana SAT. FEB. 1st – JORDAN HARMAN BAND Genre(s): R&B / Soul / Pop THU. FEB. 6th – FIRECRACKER JAM Genre(s): Rock / Jam / Americana FRI. FEB. 7th – LISA MILLER & THE JUKE JOINT JUNKIES…
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Music at South Street Brewery 2/4 to 2/25
KANE-WEST ORGAN TRIO (feat. Ian Gilliam and Drex Weaver) Tuesday February 4th Genres(s): Soul / Jazz GINGER & THE CASTAWAYS Tuesday February 11th Genres(s): Rockabilly / Garage KODA KERL (Chamomile & Whiskey) & THE DRUNKEN FRIENDS Tuesday February 18th Genres(s): Americana / Bluegrass / Old Time HUNTER & ESPO DUO (Blake Hunter & Justin Esposito of Trees on Fire)…
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Men charged in Mall assault file charges against alleged victims
The two men charged with assault in a December 20 altercation that gained national attention for the way it was originally portrayed as a random, unprovoked “knock out” game style attack by the alleged victims, have filed assault charges against the alleged victims, according to court records. Malcolm Stevenson has filed a complaint against Marc…
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They say it’s your birthday: 88 Keys turns 88 at Fellini’s
Okay, seriously, if you love music, you really have no reason not to come out to Fellini’s #9 on Friday, January 31 for Wiford “88 Keys” Wilson’s birthday celebration. First of all, the dude is turning, you guessed it, 88-years old. Second of all, he’s been playing jazz piano here in Charlottesville for over six…
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Feast on the DTM: Charlottesville Restaurant Week is here
It might just as well be called The DTM Restaurant Week, as more than half of the participating restaurants in Charlottesville Restaurant Week, a concept invented by the former staff of The Hook, and later co-opted by Cville Weekly, are on or very near the Downtown Mall. It all begins tomorrow, January 26, and runs…
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Knockout fallout: Cville Weekly to be target of protest, again
Cville Weekly, just months after being the target of a protest following racists comments in the paper’s “Rant” section, which was later removed as a feature, will again become the target of protesters on January 31. Organizers of the protest accuse the paper of publishing a story “about a late-night brawl on the Downtown Mall…
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