The Southern - Sets the chairs out for Landon Pigg with Ted Pitney. The nomadic Landon has roots in Nashville, but spends time with his acoustic guitar traveling the nation. Pitney, on the other hand, has spent at least a few years working directly in Charlottesville’s musical vein, with previous partner Sarah White, and a new band forming this summer. @8:00PM – $10.00 [Info] Rapture – Brings this Stevie Jay character back AGAIN for the umpteenth time in 2010. Come see what all the fuss is about with exploration of Live, Love, Sex, Death… And Other Works In Progress. @7:30 – $10(as you leave). [Info]
Saturday:
The Paramount - Celebrates the dedication of our armed services, with the Kevin Bacon film: Taking Chance, with a reception afterwards. @4:00PM – $Free [Info] Downtown Mall – Charlottesville Young Professionals plan to paint the town green with a bar crawl/scavenger hunt of epic proportions. Kicking off @ West Main, the crawl will take you through Escafe, Ventana, Rapture, and finally The X-Lounge. Come adorned in green, and purchase a wristband through a CYP representative to be granted access to the drink specials. P.S. Bring cash to expedite the bar hopping schedule. @6:30 – $5.00 (wristband) [Info] »Read More
Our friends over at Speak! shot us an invite for one of their cultural events, which typically pair regional foods with their counterpart drinks. This should be a great way to stay warm for the last few weeks of winter.
Za zdorov’je! To your health! : A Cultural Workshop on Russian Food and Drink
The stereotypical Russian is most often associated with vodka. Is this accurate? What is the history of drinking in Russia? What is the current attitude in Russia towards alcohol, and towards vodka in particular? Dr. Rachel Stauffer, an expert on Russian language and culture, will explain why, when, and how Russians drink. Attendees will have the opportunity to taste the foods that are most often paired for drinking throughout Russia and Eastern Europe in conjunction with a tasting of premium vodkas from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Sweden, and Canada.
Governor McDonnell is looking at a few big changes regarding sate expenses, and is pushing ahead with plans to sell off the Virginia ABC stores in their entirety. The Commonwealth’s ABC organization has been around since 1934, and is one of 18 other state controlled agencies nationwide, which guides alcohol sale, distribution, and consumption. Virginia has netted over $6 billion since the programs inception 76 years ago, with nearly $666 million in gross sales for 2009.
The 332 stores may be transfered to private control, with a “hopeful” projected sales & licensing price of $500 million, although that figure has come under some controversy. McDonnell has stated that many Virginians don’t believe selling liquor at the retail level is the states responsibility, and should be handed over to private individuals to promote competition and better pricing, amongst other benefits. Sen. Mark Obenshain proposed a bill last year with exactly the same goals, and indicating a cap of 1 store per 10,000 people, leaving Charlottesville with it’s current count of 4 stores. To our knowledge no alterations to store hours have been mentioned, leaving us with a long drive for home based Sunday funday. »Read More
This Saturday (12/19) will see the second annual CS&SC Christmas Crawl kickoff on the corner, to benefit UVa Children’s Hospital. Last years event drew over 120 holiday revelers, and this year is on track to set a new record.
For a mere five spot, you will be rewarded with a Santa hat & wristband, granting you drink specials at Mellow, Boylan, Trinity, Biltmore, & Three (you must register online to receive your headgear). The debauchery kicks off promptly @ 7:00PM, and runs until you’ve had your fill of holiday cheer, or 2:00AM, whichever strikes first. Additionally, Chandler law is continuing their Safe Ride Home program for a record 20th year, having paid over 40,000 get-home-free tabs for those in need. In the Charlottesville area, call Yellow Cab @ 434-295-4131, mention Chandler Law or the Safe Ride program, and have a non-bar/party destination within 10 miles. [Photo Credits]
Bar specials include:
Mellow: $2.50 Magic Hats and $3.50 Grinch shooters
On October 22nd Cassis hosted our 4th Club Villain event, and Sean Lawford and his staff graciously offered a wide range of food and drink options to sample. One commenter below will be going back to Cassis on us.
The 2009 ZPC was a putrid, rotting, beer spattered event, which collected around 100LBS of miscellaneous non-perishable food items for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network. Thanks to CYP & WNRN for their assistance. We will be back in March for the St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl, don’t you worry.
The Paramount - Unlocks the vault for the original 1925 Phantom Of The Opera, with musical accompaniment by Matt Marshall and the Reel Music Ensemble. @ 8:00PM – $.25 [Info] Outback Lodge - CAPTURED BY ROBOTS! They are freaking robots, and they play music! This is a one human show, with 5+ robotic band members (not people in costume). Pretty freaking awesome. @ 9:00PM - $6 [Info] The Southern – Gypsy jazz? Viking-vaudeville? It could only be MAN MAN, the band so good they named it twice will be performing this evening. These guys have opened for Modest Mouse, and we’ve all probably caught them either in Weeds or that Nike commercial. @ 9:00PM – $15 [Info] Downtown Mall - ZOMBIES! The living dead, accidental creations of a man made virus, designed to live on malted hops & tanqueray, are here for a night of MAYHEM. Meet up @ The Pavilion @ 10:00PM in full regalia to start off this crawl of all CRAWLS! $Free. [Info] Live Arts – Is closed for now, but get your tickets ready for the Gala & Afterglow, coming up next weekend! [Info] »Read More
Ah, the almighty advertising dollar, and what self respecting periodical wouldn’t chase down each available source? UVa & Virginia Tech college papers have been duking it out with Virginia law, all in the effort to overturn a blockade on any alcohol related marketing within their pages. They sued the ABC Department in 2007, and successfully overturned the ban. Unfortunately, however, the Attorney General’s office has appealed to a federal court in Richmond.
The state mandate exists in order to limit underage drinking, which is obviously tied directly to the rate of alcohol advertisings in college papers.
We are wondering whatever happened to the nationwide review of lowering the drinking age to 18, which caused such a stir a few months ago?
Only two days remain before the first annual Zombie Pub Crawl kicks off, and we hope everyone is getting ready to shamble their way through an all night beer, brain, and dance fest.
Here is the schedule of evil:
10:00 PM-10:30 PM Zombies gather at Charlottesville Pavilion
10:00 PM-11:00 PM Rapture
10:30 PM-11:30 PM ZoCaLo
11:00 PM- Midnight South Street Brewery
11:30 PM- 12:30 AM X-Lounge
12:30 AM-END Ventana’s Dance Party
Please remember to bring a non-perishable food item for donation to the Blue Ridge Food Bank. We will have drop boxes setup at each bar, so you shouldn’t have to lug anything around, other than your rotting, blood spattered carcass.
This Saturday (12/19) will see the second annual CS&SC Christmas Crawl kickoff on the corner, to benefit UVa Children’s Hospital. Last years event drew over 120 holiday revelers, and this year is on track to set a new record.
Ah, the almighty advertising dollar, and what self respecting periodical wouldn’t chase down each available source? UVa & Virginia Tech college papers have been duking it out with Virginia law, all in the effort to overturn a blockade on any alcohol related marketing within their pages. They sued the ABC Department in 2007, and successfully overturned the ban. Unfortunately, however, the Attorney General’s office has appealed to a federal court in Richmond.
Only two days remain before the first annual Zombie Pub Crawl kicks off, and we hope everyone is getting ready to shamble their way through an all night beer, brain, and dance fest.
