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The Wild and Scenic Film Festival introduces attendees to wild and special places and to the courageous individuals who are working to protect and preserve them. The film festival not only highlights environmental concerns, but also provides solutions, reaching people through beautiful imagery. Our festival is an inspiring evening of empowering films.
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival introduces attendees to wild and special places and to the courageous individuals who are working to protect and preserve them. The film festival not only highlights environmental concerns, but also provides solutions, reaching people through beautiful imagery. Our festival is an inspiring evening of empowering films.
Join us to celebrate Valentine’s Day by building your own sand art succulent terrarium. One drink included with each ticket.
No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting Instructor guides you step-by-step through the featured painting in about two hours. If you’re feeling creative, change the colors to suit your décor or go completely rogue. We provide all the painting supplies: a 16”x20” canvas, acrylic paint, brushes, smock, music, and a good time.
Come out early to enjoy a meal before we get started, just let them know you’re with Paint Nite. Secure your seats 15 minutes before start time, especially if part of a large group. Drinks are available for purchase from the venue and are NOT included in the ticket price. NO BYOB. Events are for adults, 21+ only.
What: Fore Kids Golf Tournament
When: Thursday, Sept. 21. Shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Cost: $320/team of four. Boxed lunches will be provided.
How to signup: Form a team of four and signup by clicking on the green Fore Kids Golf Tournament button on PCASA.org or contact Will Merritt ([email protected]).
The Fore Kids Golf Tournament is open to all golfers and is hosted by VDOT’s Culpeper District Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC) Committee, which is a voluntary charitable giving program for state employees that raises funds for numerous nonprofit health and humanitarian organizations throughout the state of Virginia.
This tournament will benefit Piedmont CASA, which provides and supports trained volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children. Last year, they served 294 boys and girls – more than ever before. Research shows that children with CASA Volunteers spend less time in court, less time in foster homes, obtain more medical care, do better in school, and find safe and permanent homes faster – all keys to breaking the debilitating cycle of abuse and neglect. No other organization performs this service and they do not charge fees.
This coming Friday December 6, 2013 is Toy Lift. This event is in its 26th year helping children in Albemarle, Charlottesville and surrounding counties. Kidslift.org will give you more information about the event. This year for the first time, Old Trail Village Center will be a satellite collecting toys from 9am-6pm.
There will be volunteers there collecting the toys and sending them to our Toy Land to be sorted and distributed Saturday and Sunday. If you have a few minutes on Friday, stop buy and say hello.
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Also, from an Old Trail email:
On December 6th from 5 – 8 PM you can stop by Trailside Coffee and visit several local vendors who will have their wares on display and available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds from the evening will be donated immediately to Toy Lift – which will have a donation drop off site operating all day on the 6th right across the street, here in the Village Center.
Dr. Seuss Charlottesville, Dr. Seuss whoville charlottesville, the grinch … every year the questions renew …Is Charlottesville the inspiration for Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?
This is the story I wrote last year to try to help answer some of the questions:
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It’s that time of the year again – for the past several years around 1 December, the searches start to show up in my blog statistics – “Grinch Charlottesville,” “Is the grinch from Charlottesville, Virginia?” “Is Charlottesville the inspiration for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas?” “Charlottesville Whoville” and on and on ….
I’m finally responding to UVA08’s (who has since moved on to a new pseudonym, I believe) question from three years ago –
Of course Chalbemarle is the center of the universe. Whatever town can say a doctor suess story was based on their town. Seriously though, is the Grinch based on Charlottesville? Whoville=Hooville, Moutain Grinch lives on = Monticello Moutain, Insanely perfect town=Charlottesville??? Someone help me out please
Doubtful, but it’s a pretty cool little urban legend to have. Ace from C-Ville responded in 1989 – NO. And again in 2007 referencing the Lewis Mountain House –
First, Ace can tell you what it’s not. It’s not Monticello, as many a doofus tourist believes it to be. It’s also not Dr. Seuss’ house. That particular rumor started in correlation with the rumor that How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ “Hoos down in Hooville” was based somehow on a certain local university’s Hoos down in Hooville. Only problem being that Theodor Geisel—a.k.a. Dr. Seuss—spent his whole life in New England, Europe and California, and his “Hoos” were actually “Whos down in Whoville.” The fact that the story depicts Hoos/Whos as absolute saints surely didn’t hurt that particular tall tale’s traction with a student body that’s not exactly known for its modesty and perspective.
So – if it makes you feel better about Charlottesville to tell friends that Dr. Seuss’ inspiration for the green guy whose heart eventually triples in size came from Charlottesville – go ahead. It’s a neat story.
While killing Charlottesville urban legends – the HooK dispels the one about Rio Road (why the i in Rio pronounced as one says “eye” – l?t -)
“Rio,” which means “river” in Spanish, was most likely used as a name for the old mill and bridge on this road because of their proximity to the Rivanna River. But the Spanish word is pronounced “Ree-o,” some may point out. True, but locals at the time may have opted for the long “i” sound perhaps because it fit with the local pronunciation of the “RY-vanna” river. No one knows for sure, but they do know this: it was never Route 10.
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Thank you to Stephen Goadhouse for this guest post:
Charlottesville now has an affordable option for traveling by train to Washington, DC. It is a new route on the Amtrak Northeast Regional service. After my first experience with the Northeast Regional, I highly recommend it as a great way to visit the big city. Read on for the nitty-gritty and a little soap boxing.
Let’s Have An Adventure!
For several years, I heard about this interesting attempt to bring usable and affordable rail service to Charlottesville. It was fun to fanatasize about taking the kids to the National Zoo on a Saturday, all by rail travel. Well, the train is real and, for now, the fantasy is gone. The train’s weekend schedule only gives you an hour or two to spend in DC before having to come back, but if you spend the night in DC (I hear good things about using Priceline.com) you’d have about 26 hrs to enjoy there. The weekday schedule is much more useful; you have from about 12n to 4p. So, with a desire for adventure, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and book a day trip.
The train station in Charlottesville is accessible by car, bus and even bike (there’s a nice bike rack next to the station). It costs $5 per day to park your car there, which is not really that bad – its downtown afterall. Being the cheapskate I am, I decided to park in my UVa spot instead and I took the #7 CTS bus. Had there not been a chance of rain, I would have opted for the bike.
A few quick words about Charlottesville’s CTS bus service. I’m impressed. It’s free with a University ID but would have only been $0.75 otherwise. How did I know which bus to take and how much it would cost? Google maps, my dear. Charlottesville somehow makes their bus schedule available to Google. You simply go to Google maps and get directions. Make sure to pick the By Public Transit option.
Continue reading “Amtrak in Charlottesville – One Person’s Experience”
Download the Voter Guides at Charlottesville Tomorrow.
While you’re at it, why not donate a few bucks to Charlottesville Tomorrow? Where else are you going to find such rich, deep and unbiased information?
You may remember the original, spontaneous Pie Down from earlier this year. Now, the Pie Down has grown to become bigger, badder and better – proceeds benefiting PACEM.
Before you go to the Crozet Music Festival, stop by the Pie Fest!
C’VILLE PIE FEST AT THE CROZET MUDHOUSE
Celebration of pie and community will benefit PACEM
WHAT: The first-ever C’ville Pie Fest, a celebration of pie and community, will present a multiple-baker pie competition, musical entertainment from The Honey Dewdrops and a silent pie auction to benefit PACEM, the area’s winter homeless shelter.
WHO: Judges for the pie competition include Charlottesville notables:
§ Coy Barefoot, director of communications for the Sorenson Institute; bestselling author and host and producer of WINA’s “Charlottesville Right Now.”
§ Mollie Cox Bryan, essayist, columnist, freelance writer, and bestselling author of Mrs Rowe’s Little Book of Southern Pies.
§ Jim Duncan, real estate analyst and REALTOR® with Real Central VA and RealCrozetVA.
§ Amy Eastlack, managing editor of SuzySaidCharlottesville.
§ Brian Geiger, The Food Geek, food science writer for Fine Cooking Magazine, and the current “Best Pie Maker” in Charlottesville.
§ Barbara Hutchinson, executive director of Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport.
§ Elizabeth McCullough, member of the Board of Directors at Writerhouse.
§ Delegate David Toscano, delegate for the 57th District in the Virginia House of Delegates.
§ Brian Wheeler, director of Charlottesville Tomorrow and chairman of the Albemarle County School Board.
This event is free and open to the public.
WHEN: Saturday, October 3, 2009
12 noon – 2pm
WHERE: Mudhouse
5793 The Square
Crozet, VA 22932
(434) 823-2240