Style Weekly

Exile’s Reprise

Can a revived anti-crime message — and the voice of Henry Rollins — scare the city safe?

• by Brandon Walters

Word & Image

Avis and Bill Barry, barefoot massage therapists

VCU Eyes Diamond

Style Wins Sweeps in State Press Awards

Worshiping False Idols

Heartsick

How the Medical College of Virginia lost stature in the world of cardiac surgery.

• by Scott Bass

Remembrance

A.C. Epps, 1916-2004

The HR Department

Blaze Closes Fan Restaurant

local bin

Reviews of new releases by RockBot, Modern Groove Syndicate and Spokane.

Set List

Where to go. What to hear.

• by Wayne Melton

On the Record

What Jack Berry is listening to.

Transformer

“Charley’s Aunt” is the mother of all drag comedies.

In-Fill Done Right

VCU’s unassuming new dorm complex.

• by Edwin Slipek Jr

Head of the Class

Cleveland’s concertmaster brings along a baton.

• by Mark Mobley

“Bonjour, Monsieur Corbet!”

Virginia Museum opens “Bonjour, Monsieur Corbet!”

Two artists take risks at gallery

creation story

David Wojahn Poet, professor

Now Hear This

Reviews of new releases by the Bad Plus, the Walkmen and the Vines.

Hard Service

David Mamet stumbles with the political thriller “Spartan.”

• by Cole Smithey

Rental Unit: "Shattered Glass"

Eye Candy

“Willy Wonka”director comes to the James River Film Festival.

Recently Read

Reviews of John Grisham’s “The Last Juror” and Brad Land’s “Goat.”

The Wine-Bright Sea

Splashing through the wave of new wines this season.

• by Layne Witherell

Busy Bistro

Café Lafayette’s attention to culinary detail needs to extend to the service.

• by Kendra Bailey Morris

Futurama ’04

There’s a storm on our horizon whose scope we are only starting to grasp: A future filled with tens — no, make that scores — of millions of very old people needing 24-hour care.

• by Joe Essid