CPN reporter Deepak Singh meets with Matt Rohdie and Jen Downie, a couple who recently started a mobile doughnut business in Charlottesville called Carpe Donut. Deepak finds out about what motivated them to start such an enterprise and why they picked doughnut over some other street food. Matt Rohdie explains how his version of doughnut is different from others.
Dave McNair of the Hook recently wrote about this unique enterprise.
On April 23rd, dozens of three-person teams from the area will descend on the Omni Hotel to do battle for a good cause. Literacy Volunteers Charlottesville Albemarle will hold a fundraiser called Wordplay, and it’s something of an evolution for the group. For the past four years the group raised money with a spelling bee for grown-ups, but expanded the game this year to include trivia and word puzzles.
I recently spoke with Beth Golden, the executive director of Literacy Volunteers Charlottesville Albmarle, and game designer Debra Weiss. This is a ten minute interview about the event, and take a listen to find out more about the game. They’re still looking for teams and sponsors.
CPN correspondent Deepak Singh talks to Robert Lee Bishop, a Charlottesville barber who has been cutting hair for almost a half century. Mr. Bishop talks about his love for the profession and how he enjoys learning from his customers. Bishop also reveals that he gives free haircuts to his “special customers” who are mentally disabled. Robert Bishop, who is also known as Bobby, wants to retire when he is a hundred years old.
On February 17, 2008, The Albemarle-Charlottesville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrated the national organization’s 99th anniversary at an event held in the auditorium at Jackson P. Burley Middle School in Charlottesville. The theme of the day was “Standing on the Promises.”
We recorded the event, and now bring you the highlights. The master of ceremonies for the event is Mrs. Janette B. Martin, Vice-President of the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP.
Timeline for podcast:
Three years ago, I began producing features on South Asian culture for the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. On one of my recent trips to India, I met with Suzanne Manair, a doctoral candidate from the University of Virginia who is currently living in Mumbai. She is there for a year to accompany her husband who is doing research for his thesis. Suzanne shares some of her experiences in the financial capital of India and compares life in Mumbai with Charlottesville.
Do you know a budding young film-maker who lives in the Charlottesville area? If so, the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library is having a contest for the best promotional video to publicize their two-month Big Read Program. We spoke with Meredith Dickens, the Young Adult Librarian at the Crozet Library, to find out more about the quest to find a good commercial for To Kill A Mockingbird.
To Enter the contest:
• Videos should be submitted to YouTube on or before February 22, 2008. Use the tag “JMRL_BigRead†to designate your video as an entry.
• Each video must include: a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird†by Harper Lee and the url http://jmrl.org. In addition, content of the video should focus on involvement in the Big Read.
• Who is eligible: any person aged 12-18 who holds a JMRL library card. Teams of any number of people will count as single entries and should designate a single contact person.
• Once your video is posted, email jmrlbigread@gmail.com with the following information: title of video, date posted to
YouTube, contact information of entry including name, address, & phone number..
RULES:
• Videos should be 30 or 60 seconds in length.
• Videos should contain original content only; all music, script, images, etc should be the product of the video makers or in the public domain. (If your video contains copyrighted material, we will not be able to show it.)
• Videos should not contain any inappropriate content, as deemed by the judges.
• Privacy and usage policies of YouTube apply and can be found at
J-MRL reserves the right to use entries for promotional purposes.
• Winners will be decided by a panel of judges chosen by J-MRL, and all decisions are final.
• Winners will be announced at the Big Read kick-off, March 1, 2008.
In 1989, Rob Sheffield moved to Charlottesville. It was here that he met and married Renee, “a real cool hell-raising Appalachian punk-rock girl.” They shared a love of music that they expressed by making mix tapes for every occasion.
Tragically, and suddenly, Renee died at the age of 31. Sheffield has written the story of their love and his grief as evoked by the music of their years together. The result is Love is a Mix Tape. On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Sheffield appeared at the New Dominion Bookshop to read from his memoir. He also took questions from the audience about the book and his life with Renee.
The state of Virginia recognizes eight Indian tribes, six of whom are seeking federal recognition so they can have more self-governance and self-reliance. On January 19, 2008, Chief Kenneth Adams of the Upper Mattaponi updated a crowd assembled at the monthly breakfast of the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Democrats on the status of pending legislation to grant federal status to the six tribes. Adams was the first Indian in Virginia to graduate from a public high school.
Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich came to Central Virginia Friday night for a fund raiser that brought in over ten thousand dollars for his campaign. The Congressman from Cleveland is the third Democratic candidate for the presidency to appear in Charlottesville this fall. Impeachment activist David Swanson formerly worked as press secretary to Representative Kucinich, and called upon his old boss to follow in the footsteps of Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama.
Kucinich is introduced by Swanson, as well as by: Sherry Kraft and John Wertman of the Albemarle County Democratic Party; Charlottesville Mayor Dave Brown; Andrea Miller, state director of the Kucinich campaign; and former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern.
Watch the video below:
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Video from the question and answer period:
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Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo held a press conference on Monday, November 12th at the Charlottesville Police Station to discuss what officials know in the murder of 26-year-old Jayne Warren McGowan on November 8. McGowan’s body was found the next day at her home in the 800 block of St. Clair Avenue. In this 20 minute recording, Longo answers reporters questions ranging from where her car was found to possible motives in the killing.
There’s more information at cvillenews.com:
November 13 Update: Police have arrested two men in connection with the case. The Daily Progress has the story.
