Author: David McNair

  • Reading: Saunders’ debut novel Ministers of Fire

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    Over ten years in the making, local author Mark Saunders’ debut novel Ministers of Fire has finally hit the bookstores, both online and off, and on Friday, May 18 he’ll be reading from the book at the New Dominion Bookshop on the DTM. Novelist Robert Stone calls Ministers a “beautifully written, restrained, and passionate work…

  • The Box for lunch? new food and space renovation

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    The Box owner Chas Webster has partnered with realto-restaranteur Stu Rifkin and Ten’s Pei Chang to renovate the space and bring new food options to the restaurant. You really should check it out, especially for lunch during the week. Check some of what Pei Chang has created: Sandwiches Kurobuta Pork Belly: 7.00 kolkuchi, mirin, sake…

  • Expo Event: Take a mental health day

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    If you think you or someone you know might need help, or just might need to make their lives more positive, you maybe want to head down to City Space on the DTM. That’s where the Mental Health America of Charlottesville-Albemarle will host its 2012 Mental Health and Wellness Expo on May 25 at 10am…

  • Protest in front of Bank of America

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    Could be the reason Bank of America hired a security guard to stand outside the building not long ago. As the Hook reports, members of a group called Blue Ridge Council for Conscious Action gathered outside the bank today to join other folks protesting the bank’s practices at the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Charlotte,…

  • Stringdusters, Sons, and Sarah—for a good cause!

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    Just a reminder about The Infamous Stringdusters, Sons of Bill, and Sarah White & The Pearls show at the Pavilion this Saturday, May 12 at 6pm. It’s a fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, the national organization that supports disadvantaged children. Plus, tickets are only $2.50 in advance, $5 bucks at the gate.…

  • Super-sized City Market this Saturday

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    This Saturday, May 12 it won’t be your average Charlottesville City Market Day. As part of all those Tom Tom Festival events, the City Market will become an extravaganza of local food tastings, chef demonstrations and gardening information. What’s more, the inside of nearby south Street Brewery will become a veritable convention space of tastings…

  • Eco-sale at DTM shop…remember Mom!

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    Hey, just so you know, the Blue Ridge Eco-Shop on the DTM is offering a 25 percent discount on everything in the store through Mother’s Day. So head on down there and get Mom a belt made out of a recycled bicycle tube, or maybe a bamboo composting bucket! The owners, Paige and Hakon Mattson…

  • Guy living in window display on DTM

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    You know, we’ve noticed that guy sitting in the window display at Chroma, but never really thought about it. Now NBC29 tells us its part of one Stephen Balut’s living art installation/social statement. Somehow we’re supposed to be provoked into re-thinking the way we take up space by seeing a guy living in a window…

  • Film captures Spring on the DTM

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    This is a great little short film about the DTM by Brian Wimer and Rich Tarbell for Amoeba Films just posted on YouTube. Really captures the flavor of the place. With music by Devon Sproule. Enjoy!

  • Pot discussion at City Hall tonight

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    Okay, this should be interesting. If you’re not doing anything tonight, head down the City Hall on the DTM and catch the city council discussion on pot. Councilors are expected to take action on a resolution to make busting people in Charlottesville for pot possession less of a priority for the police. Even the Rutherford…