Checking in with Meghan Eckman
I am doing corporate videos, I am working on my next film project and I am preparing the European festival launch for The Parking Lot Movie
Jefferson-Madison Regional Library receives $5,000 grant for Big Read
JMRL is one of 75 not-for-profit organizations to receive NEA grant for program, which will focus on The Maltese Falcon in 2011
Checking in with Browning Porter
I make my living as a graphic designer and I have several projects I’m finishing up, or gearing up to do.
Food & Drink
Food & Drink intro video by Okay Yellow RESTAURANT Mas Runner-up: C&O Restaurant O.K., Mas-obsessed reader, we get it. Choosing Mas for nearly every category —including Best Coffeehouse and, inexplicably, Live DJ—is not what we’d call a subtle nod to your favorite restaurant. Luckily, you’re not alone in your fanatical affection for the Belmont tapas […]
Never-before-seen curiosities
Biscuit Run, now slated to become a state park! Watching Biscuit Run make the inconceivable switcheroo from 3,100-unit development to 1,200-acre state park was a bit like watching magician David Copperfield disappear the Statue of Liberty. Eight months later, and some of us are still looking for the magic wands, trapdoors and ropes that the […]
Checking in with Sarah Cramer Shields
"I was photographing a portrait session and just playing and taking pictures of a little kid. So I was photographing little Stella."
Retail
Retail intro video by Okay Yellow JEWELRY STORE Angelo Runner-up: Andrew Minton Jewelers We suspect he stays on top year after year not simply because jewelry artist Lee Marraccini designs beautiful bling, but because he and his wife, Pam, run more than a jewelry store. They run a jewelry gallery. Next to cases of Lee’s […]
Entertainment
Entertainment intro video by Okay Yellow BIG VENUE John Paul Jones Arena Runner-up: Charlottesville Pavilion The bigger the better, we always say. Apparently, that’s what you say, too, as JPJ—the biggest of this town’s big venues—wins again. Headliners like Phish, Jimmy Buffett and Taylor Swift surely have something to do with the arena’s popularity, but […]
Services
Services intro video by Okay Yellow DOCTOR Greg Gelburd of Downtown Family Healthcare Runner-up: Bruce Campbell Readers have put Greg Gelburd ahead of the pack for six years now, but that doesn’t mean they want him all to themselves. In fact, for a good cause, they’re happy to share, as they did last fall when […]
Extraordinary feats!
Charlottesville filmmakers popularize an image of the city, without a single mention of TJ, the Grish or DMB The silver screen has always been celebrated for its ability to turn ordinary folks into larger than life characters. By “ordinary folks,” of course we mean well-connected Hollywood types with rock hard abs, chiseled features and few, […]