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Schuyler Fisk, the Albemarle-born actress-turned-musician with the famous mom (Sissy Spacek), sits down with the New York Times to talk about the musical life.
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More proof that an Urban Outfitters will actually be landing on the Downtown Mall this May: the store has job listings on its website for department manger, display artist, part-time and full-time sales, store manager, and store merchandiser. The store will be located in the Hardware Store building.
(2)The WCAV newsroom has started its own blog. But don’t expect any actual news when you visit. It appears to be more of a community relations effort. The first two posts describe what stories reporters are working on and what you’ll be able to see on the evening broadcast. “You can comment on what you see on the air or what you want to see,” writes news director Jim Hanchett. ” I’ll answer your questions and post your comments and we can turn this into a local news community.”
(4)Charlottesville appears to have a people leak! A recent study shows that the City was the only Central Virginia locality to lose population between 2007 and 2008. Its population fell by 13 people to 39,638. Since 2000, the City has lost 461 people. Meanwhile, the county’s population went up by 1356 people between 2007 and 2008 and has increased by 9,482 since 2000. Lynchburg’s population increased by 5,465 since 2000, and Waynesboro’s has increased by 1,094 since 2000. Only 8 other cities in Virginia lost more people from 2000 to 2008 than Charlottesville.
(6)Are the final days here for Gravity Lounge? A Daily Progress article suggests the end could be near, although owner Bill Baldwin hopes to relaunch as a nonprofit. News of Gravity’s woes first trickled out in a letter from musicians Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko on the social networking site Facebook, asking musicians and patrons of Gravity for donations to keep the place afloat. Gravity has filled the niche for big-name folk, rock, and classical acts in an intimate space since the Prism Coffeehouse closed in 2006 and then relocated headquarters to Patrick County in southwest Virginia in spring 2007.
More than two years after telegraphing their intentions, the leaders of Ivy’s Mount Cavalry Baptist Church have followed through and demolished their old sanctuary.
