The six candidates for the two open seats on the Charlottesville School Board participated in a candidate forum held by the Charlottesville Democrats yesterday morning. Vance High, Sue Lewis, Juandiego Wade, Leah Puryear, Charlie Kollmansperger and Ned Michie answered three initial questions before taking half an hour’s worth of questions from the audience. The hour and a half recording is available on the Charlottesville Podcasting Network.
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Sean McCord writes: “As part of PBS’s American Experience series, WHTJ will be broadcasting ‘Murder of the Century,’ about the murder of Stanford White in 1906. White, of course, was the renowned architect who over the redesign of UVA’s Rotunda after it burned down in 1895. C-Ville Weekly ran an article a few years ago on White, the rebuilding, and his infamous murder by millionaire Harry Thaw over White’s affair with Thaw’s winsome wife, Evelyn. I am looking forward to PBS’s documentary treatment of this story.
“WHTJ will be broadcasting ‘Murder of the Century’ on Monday, March 20th, at 10:00 PM.”
Two newspaper articles today describe new movies that take place, at least in part, in Charlottesville.
The San Francisco Chronicle writes about “Don’t Tell,” an Italian-language film:
In a chilling foreshadowing, the distress Sabina feigns in a sound studio later turns out to be all too real when she travels to Charlottesville, Va., to see her brother, Daniele (Luigi Lo Cascio), a college professor. She’s hoping to glean some understanding of her recovered family memories. But Daniele is more inclined to be a tour guide, going on at length about Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical buildings, than sympathetic kin.
And Newsday writes about Donald Sutherland’s “American Gun”:
Avelino said that during their two-day shoot at the gun shop owned by Sutherland’s character (the story takes place in Charlottesville, Va., the Oregon suburbs and Chicago), Sutherland had to do a crash course in pistol assembly.
I wonder if either of these were actually filmed here. I imagine it would be difficult to fake UVa.
Here are some of my favorite Charlottesville blog entries from the past week.
Laura found some great classifieds in a 1997 issue of Christianity Today. Anne Metz is “officially in love with Coran Capshaw”. Ryan is in love with Jack Abramoff’s tricked-out BMW. Joe thinks everyone should have a personal FedEx account. Some guy drove clear from D.C. to go to Spudnuts, only to get there fifteen minutes late. Cory has advice for people with ADD. Zoe visited Richmond for the day and really enjoyed herself. Eric just retired from diving, and is trying to figure out what to do with his life now. David Murray says Morrissey saved his life. “The Doctor” thinks cyclists should be ticketed if they don’t follow the rules of the road. Lexi went to Miller’s and the service was so bad that she left and went to Marco & Luca’s. Dellis feels real good about the Redskins for the coming season, and is prepared to defend that position in great detail. Anoop’s Sprint DSL service sucks, but he wrote a few lines in Ruby to fix the problem. Jim Duncan feels good about the competition from the three other Charlottesville real estate blogs. Bob Gibson promotes the first meeting of “Left of Center,” a new group for young Democrats and the Dem-curious (I was there, it was fun). Rick Sincere is a mugwump. Elizabeth has returned from her week in Spain, and it was super fantastisch. Virginia Quarterly Review (my employer) is hyperventilating over their six nominations for the 2006 National Magazine Awards. Both The Hook and Outskirts offered near-real-time coverage of the semi-nude PETA protester on the Downtown Mall. Duane Gran spoke to IT Academy students about careers in tech. And Patience finds that the reason her neighborhood swarmed with cops this morning was because cows escaped from the Belmont stockyards.
I want to call particular attention to a series that photographer Bill Emory has been doing on his blog about the Woolen Mills sewage treatment plant. Bill called for the sewage composting facility to be enclosed, what with the terrible smell, posted the comments of resident Victoria Dunham at the Woolen Mills Neighborhood Association meeting with the RWSA, and mapped the change of the area from rural to industrial, complete with audio of one woman’s childhood recollections of the Woolen Mills area. I love seeing people blog about Charlottesville, particularly Charlottesville history.
I think I’m going to keep doing this round-up every week. If you’ve read or written a particularly great blog entry, please feel free to e-mail me about it sometime Wednesday or Thursday, and I’ll include it in the weekly blog carnival (as they’re known).
The lack of rain has made conditions perfect for brush fires which, when combined with recent indoor fires, has made for a spate of blazes in the past few days, David Hendrick writes in today’s Daily Progress. Particularly noteworthy is the fire that broke out at Court Square Tavern at 5am yesterday, evacuating 500 Court Square and shutting the business down for at least a few months; the condos only suffered smoke damage.
What’s interesting about the Court Square fire is that Sean Tubbs, of the Charlottesville Podcasting Network, tends bar at Court Square on the weekends. Sean has an extensive and introspective blog entry about the fire, about Court Square Tavern, and its role in his life — it’s well worth reading.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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