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FACETIME- Color them happy: Bright future for dark band? Published on Oct 12th, 2006 0 comments Bella Morte bassist Gopal Metro is excited about the band's new album, Bleed The Grey Sky Black, and not just because it was released this week. Even while they were still working on it, he found it...
FACETIME- Thrummin' : Brenner makes ambiance without keys Published on Oct 5th, 2006 0 comments Perhaps playing drums for the Falsies, a comical rock quartet– none of whose members actually know how to play their instruments– doesn't take up too much of Lance Brenner's time. He...
FACETIME- Stone's soup: CASA founder pleads for kids Published on Sep 28th, 2006 0 comments Ruth Stone opened up her home to several troubled foster kids in the mid-1980s– but she worries today whether she really made a difference. "Things didn't turn out well for kids I really cared...
FACETIME- Telford's task: Taking on the religious right Published on Sep 14th, 2006 0 comments George Telford remembers the rise of Nazi Germany– and the role of some major religious organizations. "Some were co-opted by the Nazis; others were fearful and silent," he says. "Never again...
FACETIME- I love Lucey: Ghost approves of latest book Published on Sep 7th, 2006 0 comments Donna Lucey doesn't believe in ghosts. At least she didn't before she started writing Archie and Amélie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age. While researching the tumultuous relationship between...
FACETIME- Easy riders: Helping kids go the distance Published on Aug 31st, 2006 0 comments On Saturday mornings, typical teenagers sleep in, IM their friends, hook up to their iPods, and generally laze around. But for 11 young members of the local Boys and Girls Club, since last May,...
FACETIME- Water man: Rivanna is Schuyler's mission Published on Aug 24th, 2006 0 comments We drink water, clean with water, and bathe in water– but Ridge Schuyler is immersed in it. The 45-year-old Nature Conservancy executive has been on a mission to save the water. He was a...
FACETIME- Heavy traffic: Local soldier trucks on in Iraq Published on Aug 17th, 2006 0 comments If you ask Shane Wood why he decided to join the Army, he won't talk about a sense of duty, or patriotism, or even the fact that it paid for his college education. "Honestly, they got me with all the...
FACETIME- Pill cure? UVA doc sees Mel's fix Published on Aug 10th, 2006 0 comments Two years ago, Dr. Bankole (pronounced bank-o-lay) Johnson, the 46-year-old chair of UVA's department of psychiatric medicine, turned down an interview request from Playboy. "At the time," he laughs...
FACETIME- Gayle force: Little Kurner has power vocals Published on Jul 27th, 2006 0 comments To look at her, you might not guess Susanna Kurner could belt out Wagner with the best of them. The lithe 31-year-old says she's used to people expressing surprise at her vocal prowess. "I used to...
FACETIME- Wright's stuff: The man with the scholarships Published on Jul 20th, 2006 0 comments A free ride to UVA. With such a potent recruiting tool, it's surprising how far below the radar Jimmy Wright flies. The 56-year-old president of UVA's Jefferson Scholars Foundation manages the the...
FACETIME- Daylily man: Benzinger bids <i>adieu</i> to perennial affair Published on Jul 13th, 2006 0 comments Fred Benzinger was turned down for a bank loan to buy the 16 acres in Ruckersville where he's bred and sold daylilies since 1958. Today, if his deal to sell the property gets county approval,...
Wilcox wisdom: Dads keep families healthy Published on Jul 6th, 2006 0 comments Marriage keeps kids safer. Women are happier married to men who earn bigger bucks than they do. Neighborhoods with fathers are less crime-ridden than those with a majority of single mothers. Think...
FACETIME- Eli's cooking: Teen blues sensation turns 20 Published on Jun 29th, 2006 0 comments Blues aficionados know that authenticity doesn't always translate to record sales. Sometimes, it seems to take a John Mayer vanity project to get people to pay attention. To some extent, however, Eli...
FACETIME- Clean living: Trice makes homes nice Published on Jun 22nd, 2006 0 comments As a Marine, Scott Trice was one of the few, the proud... the clean. "We were required to do inspection," he says, "and part of our inspection was janitorial service." Eighteen years after his...
FACETIME- On Decker: To the virus go the spoils Published on Jun 15th, 2006 0 comments Being born with hemophilia? Bad break. Diagnosed with HIV at age 11? Another bad break. Getting your first book picked up by a top New York agent and sold to a top publishing house? Good deal. All...
FACETIME- Flying blind: Tracking the elusive Harper Lee Published on Jun 8th, 2006 0 comments In preparation for writing the unauthorized biography of literary icon Harper Lee, Greene County resident Charles J. Shields put together a comprehensive book proposal. He included a lengthy list of...
FACETIME- Suicidal cells: UVA's Petri dishes on a bad bug Published on Jun 1st, 2006 0 comments Non-scientists probably never stop to analyze how our bodies grow from six or eight-pound infants at birth to mature adults of considerably larger bulk. One way is that cells have a built-in...
FACETIME- 'Mother.Father': Portraits to create a community Published on May 25th, 2006 0 comments Art is one thing that brings newcomers to Charlottesville, and that has the tendency to drive up prices for the rest of us. But could Art, in a strange turnabout, actually brings us together?...
FACETIME- Belly believer: Shakti seeks inner dancers Published on May 18th, 2006 0 comments "Its a great misconception that belly dancing exists to entertain men," says instructor and performer "Shakti." "In the Middle East, good girls dont perform for strangers in public for money....
FACETIME- Li's battle: Practitioner wants freedom for Falun Gong Published on May 11th, 2006 0 comments When passersby spot the exercises and meditation by Xidong "Joshua" Li on the UVA Lawn, they might assume he's practicing T'ai Chi. But in fact, Li and a small group who meet for this Saturday...
FACETIME- Curry's favor: Cookie lady offers hospitality Published on May 4th, 2006 0 comments As the weather warms and cycling season heats up with new trends and equipment, one thing stays the same: the cookie lady. In a sense, June Curry is a world traveler. Artifacts from around the globe...
FACETIME- Silver screener:<B> </B>Greenbaum sees the big picture Published on Apr 27th, 2006 0 comments Word to the wise: Don't ever tell screenwriter Adam Greenbaum, "It won't play in middle America." He's not buying it. What the 34-year-old New York native did buy, however, was the...
FACETIME- Animal attraction: Brindley brings wildlife to Belmont Published on Apr 13th, 2006 0 comments Hal Brindley sits smiling in the back of the brick-walled Creature Gallery, having just received a call from HGTV. The cable favorite of do-it-yourselfers had received a tip suggesting it give...
FACETIME- War-torn artist: Fissures fueled Slaughter's fires Published on Apr 6th, 2006 0 comments Anne Slaughter saw the film Mrs. Henderson Presents, and she walked out shaking. Set in WWII-era Britain, the story stirred memories of the Belgian-born artist's childhood, when her doctor-turned-...
FACETIME- Horning in: How Bob started Little Rhino Books Published on Mar 30th, 2006 0 comments He's worked as a cartoonist in Paris. He once helped modernize Nigeria's postal system. His architecture is award-winning. He has three children's books in print. He's about to thru-hike the...
FACETIME- Artful fiction: Ros Casey's ready for her closeup Published on Mar 23rd, 2006 0 comments Rosamond Casey knows exactly what kind of fame she wants. The 54-year-old artist imagines standing outside a circus tent filled with literati and celebrities. She lifts a corner of the canvas to peek...
FACETIME- Inspector Gadget: Talking justice with Hague Published on Mar 16th, 2006 0 comments Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean no one's watching you. That silly adage seems strangely apt along the bumpy gravel road that leads to the heavily wooded camp-like headquarters of Old...
Inspector Gadget: Talking justice with Hague Published on Mar 16th, 2006 0 comments Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean no one's watching you. That silly adage seems strangely apt along the bumpy gravel road that leads to the heavily wooded camp-like headquarters of...
Fischer's price: Hired by Keswick, he rocked Published on Mar 9th, 2006 0 comments Describing someone as a "musician's musician," is typically a value judgment– "This guy is good," it implies. "Even other artists appreciate his work." In Vernon Fischer's case, however...