When God comes around again
The first thing I wanted to do after I watched Paul Wagner’s new documentary, The God of a Second Chance, was talk to him about storytelling.
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When God comes around again
Local filmmaker Paul Wagner chronicles the search for redemption in one of the nation's poorest neighborhoods
The first thing I wanted to do after I watched Paul Wagner’s new documentary, The God of a Second Chance, was talk to him about storytelling.
Detail work
“God is in the details,” said German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. (Or maybe it was Gustave Flaubertâ¦Nobody’s really sure.) The point is that the true miracle of creation lies not in the grand, showy works, but in the seemingly inconsequential details.
Morgan Freeman’s second coming
Here in Charlottesville, we’re just blessed. Not only will we be receiving his Hollywood holiness Morgan Freeman, who’s coming to town to screen his new movie…
Winging it
Dear Ace: I was running through the UVA campus recently and passed a statue of a naked man with wings I’d never noticed before. What’s his story? —Marc U. Ray Dear Marc: While Ace admires your commitment to fitness, he must say it’s a pity you didn’t stop! The particular bronze you breezed by is […]
Branching out
Deliver Us from Hollywood: Previewing the Virginia Film Festival When it went down back in 1993, the standoff between U.S. gov-ernment forces and David Koresh took 51 days, and immediately added the terms “Branch Davidian” and “Waco, Texas” to the national lexicon. In Waco Resurrection, one of the most bizarre and thought-provoking computer game […]
ARTS CENTER STALLED OVER donor’s $22 MILLION
An arts center planned for the corner of Emmet Street and Ivy Road won\’t include a 1,600-seat theater originally slated and the project overall may come later than expected. The reason? A $22 million gift from now-deceased big-dollar donor Carl Smith\’s estate is “on hold,” says UVA Architect David E. Neuman.
School violence on decline
With national attention focused on several school shootings across the country, it’s easy to assume schools are less safe than ever before. But researchers such as Dewey G. Cornell, a forensic clinical psychologist and professor of education at UVA, say just the opposite. Cornell, who has written on psychology and education for over 100 publications, […]
New Coach wants more fans, titles
New wrestling coach Steve Garland, at 29, has taken over a program that went 12-5 last year but hasn’t won a team ACC title since 1974. “All that matters in wrestling is how many All-Americans you have, how many guys you’re bringing to the big dance, and did you win ACCs or not,” says Garland. […]
Bits and pieces get renamed
On October 5 UVA’s Board of Visitors passed a resolution to rename a new road and an architectural detail in honor of University Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leonard Sandridge. What was formerly the North Grounds Connector Road between the 250 Bypass and Massie Road will be called Sandridge Road and the entrance […]
Allen, Webb bicker in final debate
Many political experts will tell you debates don’t matter (“It’s all about the ads, baby”). But incumbent George Allen has seen a double-digit lead in the U.S. Senate race melt away in the months following his “macaca” remarks. And it was obvious Allen’s advisors weren’t taking any chances with the final debate between the Republican […]