Arts

Acting for Film 1144 E. Market St. 977-1371. Participate in weekly workshops on acting for film with an Emmy-winning director. Call for days and times. $150 per month.Charlottesville Camera Club Westminster Canterbury, 250 Pantops Mountain Rd. www.avenue.org/ccc. Members participate in informal competitions on assigned themes. Meets the second Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm. Free.Charlottesville Salsa […]

January Releases? Who Knew!

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Other News We Heard Last Week

Tuesday, January 2Show them the money Local wine queen Patricia Kluge made the largest single gift ever to PVCC. Giving to community colleges is on the rise, reports The Roanoke Times. Giving back to the ol’ alma mater isn’t restricted to four-year universities anymore, the Roanoke Times reports. Though their endowments look puny compared to […]

4 Days—Special Holiday Edition

Tuesday, December 26Martinsville to become Martinstown? Remember Martinsville: The Southside Virginia city that got the shaft in a deal brokered by Rep. Virgil Goode with defense contractor MZM, Inc. is now considering giving up its city charter to make ends meet. The poor City of Martinsville is considering giving up its City charter to become […]

4 Days—Special Holiday Edition

Tuesday, December 19Full-circle floors The December issue of the green-building magazine eco-structure contains a love letter to Ruckersville-based Mountain Lumber, which reclaims and recycles wood to be used as flooring. In owner Willie Drake’s 32 years in the business, he’s nabbed wood from such sources as Guinness stout-brewing vats, Ming dynasty-era structures from China, and […]

Other news we heard last week

Tuesday, December 12 Bills the kid Is there anything this kid can’t do? Among Brian Bills’ abilities are hobnobbing with politicos, generating an uncanny interest in current events among his peers and making us feel really inferior about our accomplishment. The Virginia Department of Education announced yesterday that local wunderkind Brian Bills has been named […]

The Pursuit of Happiness … the pursuit of Rocky!

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Other news we heard last week

Tuesday, December 5 Pardon? Percy Levar Walton, on death row for three brutal homicides, had his execution stayed this summer pending an investigation of his mental competence. Governor Tim Kaine’s office today announced that Walton has been found unfit for execution. People who are executed in the United States must be aware of “the punishment […]