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Feedback loop: Red Light turns on at the Southern Published on Aug 29th, 2013 2 comments For four years now, the Southern Cafe & Music Hall has survived in the shadow of Coran Capshaw's Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall, competing every week for a share of the music show-going...
Craig no Riverbend boss; Dragas says no bullying Published on Jul 2nd, 2012 5 comments • While an investor in the project detailed last week under the headline "Big box bonanza: Hunter Craig lauded in Wegmans deal," Hunter Craig is not a principal in Riverbend Management, the firm...
Since 2010: Kaine makes first Biscuit Run comment Published on Jun 7th, 2011 10 comments Since the revelation that a potentially hyperinflated appraisal could have defrauded Virginia taxpayers out of millions of dollars, former governor Tim Kaine has now made his first public statements...
nTelos Pavilion: Naming rights headed to telecom co. Published on Mar 31st, 2011 37 comments The Charlottesville Pavilion is losing its old name. Henceforth the Downtown Mall landmark will be known by a more corporate (and curiously-capitalized) moniker: nTelos Wireless Pavilion. (It could...
The mystery: Nancy Drew convention comes here Published on Mar 16th, 2011 10 comments What would Nancy Drew do in Charlottesville? That mystery is pretty easily solved in The Hidden Window Mystery, number 34 in the enduring series about the Titian-haired teen sleuth. Around 70 Nancy...
Scenic treasure: How conservation lines the pockets of the rich Published on Mar 3rd, 2011 127 comments Albemarle County Preserved83,600 acres17.5 percent of the landWho holds the easements? Virginia Outdoors Foundation328 easements62,702 acresNature Conservancy22 easements6,047 acresPiedmont...
Ticketmaster merger okayed Published on Jan 25th, 2010 14 comments In what might initially appear to be a blow to artists such as Bruce Springsteen, who bemoaned the proposed merger, the Justice Department gave tentative approval today to the merger of Ticketmaster...
Capshaw signs Faith Hill Published on Jan 8th, 2010 10 comments Last year, Charlottesville music management powerhouse Red Light Management signed country star Tim McGraw; now, the company owned by Dave Matthews Band manager Coran Capshaw has signed the star's...
Jefferson Theater to open November 27 Published on Nov 10th, 2009 17 comments The Jefferson Theater, the historic downtown theater sold by Hook editor and former owner Hawes Spencer to local music magnate Coran Capshaw in 2006, has announced a re-opening date of November 27,...
Two-way: Red Light takes the fork with Parachute, S.O.B. Published on Jun 16th, 2009 0 comments Parachute, led by Will Anderson, left, now has a national following. Will fellow Red Light client Sons Of Bill, led by James Wilson, right, see similar success? FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO/PHOTO BY...
Capshaw Center: Fifth Street mixed-use development Published on Jul 10th, 2003 0 comments The first time lines were drawn over the desirability of big boxes in Albemarle County was 1999, when James B. Murray Jr.'s Brass Inc. tried to develop a parcel off Fifth Street Extended. An hour...
Clean slate: Capshaw's Fifeville apartments break ground Published on Jan 30th, 2003 0 comments The last vestiges of the urban forest that long provided the backdrop to Union Station– home to Amtrak and the recently departed Wing Wing Café– were felled last week to make way for an...