Caleb Dirks and Drew Maynard talk about their film Usetocould.
Virginia Film Festival 2015: Jim Sadwith
Jim Sadwith talks about his film Coming Through The Rye.
Virginia Film Festival 2015: Eric Hurt
CPN’s Sean McCord talks with Eric Hurt about the Virginia Film Festival and his role in the film industry.
Virginia Film Festival 2015: Erica Arvold
CPN’s Sean McCord talks with Erica Arvold about the Virginia Film Festival and her role in the film industry.
Virginia Film Festival 2015: Southeast 67
This documentary combines raw, never-before-seen footage and photographs with present-day interviews with African-American students from Washington, D.C., who were heavily affected by the crack epidemic. Promised college scholarships in 1988 at age 12, these students struggled to survive in their impoverished D.C. neighborhood. Spanning two decades, their story reveals the complex challenges facing youth in underserved communities. Southeast 67 focuses on the students as they strive to reconcile the dream of college with the competing reality of daily life in a community rife with violence, poverty, and addiction.
Southeast 67 screens Saturday at 6:00 PM in the Vinegar Hill Theatre.
Virginia Film Festival 2015: Louder Than Bombs
Virginia actor Devin Druid stars in Louder Than Bombs, a compelling story of three men brought together after the untimely death of the family matriarch. Fans of the FX series Louie may recognize Devin as teenage Louie from a memorable two-parter this last season. In this podcast, Devin talks about acting on his first feature film and also working with Louis C.K.
Louder Than Bombs screens Saturday at 1:45 PM in the Newcomb Hall Theater.
Wake-Up Call: The Charlottesville Real Estate Market
The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard each Sunday morning on WPVC 94.7.
Sunday Morning Wake-up Call mainstay Rick Moore returns to the program’s reboot today. Rick’s guests are Matt Hodges, a loan officer at Presidential Mortgage Group and Jim Duncan, a realtor and partner at Nest Realty. Rick talks with Matt and Jim about the Charlottesville real estate market in 2015.
WPVC 94.7 is a new FM radio station serving the Charlottesville area. Founded by Jeff Lenert and Rod Howard the station plans to serve up a mix of progressive talk radio during the day and hip-hop music during the evening hours. If you are interested in becoming a producer with The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call, or in volunteering in general, you can contact the station here.
Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Vice-Mayor Dede Smith
WPVC 94.7 is a new FM radio station serving the Charlottesville area.
On the inaugural episode of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call on WPVC, outgoing Charlottesville City Councilor and Vice-Mayor Dede Smith talks about her journey as an elected official, what she learned while serving, and her advice to incoming councilors. This week’s program is hosted by long time Wake-up Call producer Sean McCord who will host the show once per month. Wake-up Call mainstay Rick Moore returns to the program next Sunday.
Charlottesville Vice-Mayor Dede Smith
WPVC 94.7 is a new FM radio station serving the Charlottesville area. Founded by Jeff Lenert and Rod Howard the station plans to serve up a mix of progressive talk radio during the day and hip-hop music during the evening hours. More on Charlottesville’s newest FM station is here.
Internet Security
Elaine Cheng and Eric Rzeszut Speaking at the Senior Center in Charlottesville.
Individuals ranging from youthful pranksters to international cyber criminals continuously threaten our personal, organizational, and indeed, the security of our nation. This podcast addresses the current status of internet security at all levels including what you can do to better protect yourself in the digital age.
Elaine Cheng
Elaine Cheng, managing director and chief information officer at CFA Institute, oversees all aspects of information technology globally for the organization. Her primary focus is to provide and support organization-wide IT, including infrastructure and architecture, applications development, business process re-engineering, networks, and computer operations. She is also accountable for the future vision and strategy of technology and systems at CFA Institute. Prior to joining CFA Institute, Ms. Cheng worked for M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York, as Group Vice President of Technology Business Services. In this position, she led development planning for major IT investments, managed technology relationships with retail, commercial and internal business units, and overhauled the project management process. She served as vice president of retail operations at the bank prior to this position. Ms. Cheng earned her BA from Vassar College and her MBA from the University of Rochester, both in New York.
Eric Rzeszut
Eric Rzeszut is the help desk manager at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce, and was previously an IT manager at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with nearly two decades of information technology and information security experience. Eric is also co-author of the book 10 Don’ts on Your Digital Devices, a guide to data security and digital privacy for nontechnical users published by APress in 2014.
Ms. Cheng and Mr Rzeszut spoke at the Wednesday, October 14, 2015 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV board member Rich DeMong.
State Candidates Forum
Candidates for the contested Virginia Senate District 17, (Ned Gallaway (D)) House District 25, (Angela Lynn (D)) and the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney (Denise Lunsford (D), Tobert Tracci (R)) participated in a forum sponsored by the Senior Statesmen of Virginia.
Delegate Steve Landes (R) and Senator Bryce Reeves (R) both responded that they have scheduling conflicts due to prior commitments and will be unable to attend the forum.
Candidates Speaking at the Senior Center in Charlottesville
The candidates spoke at the Wednesday, September 9, 2015 meeting of the Senior Statesmen. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Local Candidates Forum
Candidates for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and Charlottesville City Council gave their views on many of the issues and priorities for the County and City.
City of Charlottesville candidates speaking at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. The event was moderated by WINA’s Chris Callahan.
Albemarle County candidates speaking at the Senior Center in Charlottesville.
The candidates spoke at the Wednesday, August 12, 2015 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by senior reporter for 1070 WINA News Radio Chris Callahan. Chris has been with the station for 41 years and was honored in 2014 by the Associated Press Broadcasters for the Best News Operation of the Year.
The League of Woman Voters
The officers of the Charlottesville Area League of Women Voters: Kerin Yates, Gerry Yemen and Patricia Hurst, discuss the mission of the League of Women Voters, its history and the positions adopted by the organization.
From left to right: Gerry Yemen, Kerin Yates and Pat Hurst speaking at the Senior Center in Charlottesville.
Kerin Yates has served as president of the LWV of the Charlottesville Area since July 2012. She is a 1958 graduate of Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA., and was a research chemist at NIH for 17 years and was business manager for a medical company in Pittsburgh for 15 years. Kerin is the treasurer of OneVirginia2021 Foundation and volunteers as a substitute driver for Meals on Wheels. Kerin serves as an election official for the County of Albemarle and has been a resident of Albemarle County for eight years. She is married to Professor John T. Yates, Jr. They have two sons and six grandchildren.
Gerry Yemen is the secretary of the LWV of the Charlottesville Area and is a senior researcher with the Darden Graduate School of Business. With any number of organizations, associations, and volunteer opportunities available, why would anyone choose to join the LWV? Gerry Yemen, who became a member shortly following graduate school, discussed what attracted her, why she stays with the organization, and offered her thoughts on how the league’s future relevance.
Patricia Hurst is the treasurer of the LWV and has been a member of the Charlottesville Area Chapter for six years. During this time she has served as president, treasurer, and secretary for the local league. She retired from a 40-year career in computer software engineering which began at NASA Langley in Virginia and ended with the SBA in Washington D.C. In between she worked for various companies in California, Georgia, New York, and London. As an instructor in software engineering, she traveled extensively in the US and other countries. For the past fourteen years, she has owned and actively managed multifamily properties. Pat has two daughters who live in upstate New York and five grandchildren.
The officers spoke at the Wednesday, June 10, 2015 meeting of the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. The meeting was held at the Senior Center in Charlottesville. Following the presentation, questions were taken from the audience. The program was moderated by SSV Board Member Jeff Gould.