Category: People
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Ephemeral mural: Indian mural to remain, but obscured by new hotel
The iconic mural of two Indian chiefs that graces the side wall of the Afghan Grand Market on West Main Street will remain as a new Marriott Residence Inn goes up beside it, but it will be largely obscured from view, say City officials. The mural was commissioned by former Random Row Books in 2011 and…
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The Mind of Russell Richards: The local artist on his new short film “Fiji Mermaid”
In a spare bedroom of his Belmont house, the McGuffey artist-in-residence Russell Richards stands next to one of the stars of his latest short film, a grotesque stop motion model he built by hand. A replica of a 19th century phenomena called a Fiji Mermaid, the foot-and-a-half figure is grey-skinned, with shriveled breasts that hang…
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Local author on The DTM mission
Local author Jackson Landers posted this on his Facebook page recently. I’m so grateful for the kind words and support. And I hope you’ll check out the important work Jackson is doing by visiting his website at jacksonlanders.com “For a long time I had no money. At all. Like, did not have enough money for…
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Attacker had “unsettling interest” in Toscano family
Del. David Toscano just released a statement regarded the burglary/assault that took place at his home. Here it is: Charlottesville, VA–February 27, 2014–Nancy Tramontin met Claire Ogilvie in the fall of 2010, when the Toscano family participated in a Semester at Sea voyage. Semester at Sea is a shipboard program for global study, operated by…
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Knock at the door: Protesters accuse C-Ville Weekly of “inflaming racial tensions”
A crowd of protesters gathered in front of the offices of Cville Weekly today, outraged by a December 29 story the local paper ran that, according to one protest organizer, “threw gasoline on the fire of racial tension in our community.” Indeed, the story, titled, “Knockout: Victims of brutal Downtown Mall assault want arrests, and…
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They say it’s your birthday: 88 Keys turns 88 at Fellini’s
Okay, seriously, if you love music, you really have no reason not to come out to Fellini’s #9 on Friday, January 31 for Wiford “88 Keys” Wilson’s birthday celebration. First of all, the dude is turning, you guessed it, 88-years old. Second of all, he’s been playing jazz piano here in Charlottesville for over six…
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The Collaborator: Silverman remembered
No one perhaps meant more to the success of the DTM than developer Gabe Silverman, who died on November 10 of a cardiac arrest at the age of 73. Architect and design planner Katie Swenson, who moved to Charlottesville in large part because of Silverman and spent 11 years here, offers a remembrance, one of…
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“Boston Bound” premieres on the DTM
Unfortunate that most of the recent round-ups from local media about the Virginia Film Festival don’t mention local filmmaker Anwar Allen, whose debut docu Boston Bound premieres at the Regal 4 Downtown Mall on Thursday, November 7 at 7:45pm. So we mention it here. The film is about a group of Charlottesville runners who ran…
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Jilted again? Dewberry, City, clash over hotel project
When I was with the Hook I tried to explain to John Dewberry’s people that the abandoned Landmark Hotel project was a sore spot for us, that we’d been burned by a sharp-tongued, thin-skinned developer and his partner, who left the Landmark at the altar, her gown in tatters, and that while she’s stood there…
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Stuart debuts at C-Ville
Here’s a positive development on the DTM: former Hook editor and reporter extraordinaire Courteney Stuart still has a desk on the Mall and is penning stories, although it’s certainly not as nice as her window perch in the old Hook office. Man arrested on Albemarle child porn charges “never in trouble” The man arrested on…
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