Commonwealth’s Attorney Joseph Platania announced today that Queen of Virginia, the company that operates what they call “skill-based entertainment machines” across Virginia, has dropped its lawsuit against him. Back in June last year, Platania banned the machines in Charlottesville, the first prosecutor in the state to do so, and Queen of Virginia responded by suing…
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Twenty-two year old Hannah Deal says she began baking at the age of three, and that throughout her childhood the worst punishment that her parents could inflict was to ban her from the kitchen. Later, at James Madison University, she says she dealt with stress by baking, and by her third year she had decided…
Read more Real Deal: Young Entrepreneur Bakes with a Mission to Heal
Local restoration architect Henry J. Browne, now in his 80s, has been stopping in for coffee at the restaurant at the Omni Hotel this past week, not necessarily for the coffee, but for the view it provides of the building across the way that he designed over 20 years ago, and which is about to…
Read more Saying Goodbye: Main Street Arena Architect Reflects on its Demolition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 22, 2018 SPRINT PAVILION TO UNDERGO CONSTRUCTION Replacement of original fabric roof to start November 1st (Charlottesville) The Sprint Pavilion will be undergoing construction this winter to replace the original fabric roof. This work will involve shutting off pedestrian access thru the venue during the construction period from the first…
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The infamous Rat Hotel in Boston was a deteriorating, crappy dive back in the 1970s and 80s, but at least it hosted bands like the Cars, Talking Heads, the B-52s, The Ramones, and The Police. Our deteriorating, crappy Rat Hotel just hosts rats. According to sources who work close to Atlanta-based developer John Dewberry’s “Landmark”…
Read more Dewberry’s Rat Hotel: Could the Charlottesville eyesore cause serious injury?
Downtown Mall aficionados have spoken! Here are the 2018 winners. DTM’s Best Coffee Shop 1st Place – Mudhouse
2nd Place – Java Java Cafe
3rd Place – Lone Light/Pie Chest DTM’s Best Retail Shop 1st Place – O’suzannah
2nd Place – Rock Paper Scissors
3rd Place – Consignment House DTM’s Best Music/Night Spot 1st Place…
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Thanks to all who voted this year. And here are the results. A few changes from last year’s selections. Congratulations to all the winners! DTM’s Best Coffee Shop 1st Place – Mudhouse 2nd Place –Java Java Cafe 3rd Place – Grit Coffee DTM’s Best Retail Shop 1st Place – O’suzannah 2nd Place – Low Vintage…
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Back in the late 1990s, a young graduate of Hampden-Sydney College became my office-mate at a doomed Internet-start-up called Value America. It was his first real job out of college, and he hated it. We shared an office the size of a broom closet with no windows, and created and cranked out stupid ads for…
Read more Full Circle: Blue Mountain to take over South Street
Ask most people, even those who like to listen to live music on the DTM, what ASCAP, BMI, and SESACO are, and you’ll most likely get a blank stare. Ask a DTM music venue owner, however, and you’ll get an earful. And don’t be surprised if there’s some gnashing of teeth and clenching of fists.…
Read more Legalized extortion? DTM music venue owners sound off on licensing fees
The Starlight Express, our coolest and cheapest way to get to New York City, has secured a bus stop within walking distance of the DTM (or a short distance on the Free Trolley), atop the steps to the Amtrak station on the eastern end of the Drewary Brown Bridge. The location is a partnership with…
Read more NYC bound? Starlight Express gets handy West Main stop
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