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FACETIME- Max, understood? Professor interprets autism with music
Published on Aug 27th, 2009
0 comments PHOTO BY WILLIAM WALKER For Michael Rasbury the parent, finding out his son Max was autistic provoked worry, torment, and anxiety. For Michael Rasbury the composer and UVA professor of sound design,...
FACETIME- Poems to go: Fresh from the City Market
Published on Aug 20th, 2009
0 comments Charlotte MatthewsPHOTO BY WILLIAM WALKER On the hill at the City Market on Saturday mornings sits a poet named Charlotte Matthews. She's not selling homegrown vegetables, herbs, or flowers; neither...
FACETIME- A Werewolf in Virginia: Rocker turned author discusses book
Published on Jul 22nd, 2009
4 comments Andy Deane. PHOTO BY WILL WALKER As the lead vocalist in goth band Bella Morte, Andy Deane is no stranger to the dark arts. No, this isn’t another story of wizardry and a boy-who-lived, but one...
FACETIME- Happy Cook: Gadget-lover whips up bigger store
Published on Jul 9th, 2009
0 comments Monique MoshierPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Expanding a retail store during a grim economy isn't necessarily the first step many business owners would take. Not so Monique Moshier, whose 30-plus-year-old...
Man of Mystery
Published on Jun 23rd, 2009
0 comments Rob Craighurst. PHOTO BY Linda Kobert Downtown denizens who stroll the bricks on a warm weekend evening may have noticed a new addition to the parade of characters haunting the Mall recently. Tall...
FACETIME- Man of mystery: Craighurst tells ghost stories
Published on Jun 18th, 2009
0 comments Rob CraighurstPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Downtown denizens who stroll the bricks on a warm weekend evening may have noticed a recent addition to the parade of characters haunting the Mall . Tall and lean...
FACETIME- Tinsley's tick: Living with Lyme Disease
Published on Jun 18th, 2009
0 comments Emily TinsleyPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Even for a healthcare professional like Emily Tinsley, it wasn't easily apparent what was going on with her. There was the fatigue. "I thought, well, I'm getting...
FACETIME- Hope in soap: Local woman behind bars
Published on May 28th, 2009
0 comments At age 21, Marie Skylark's patented chef's soap is hitting shelves in stores across the country.PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Mention suds to most college students, and they might think about beer. Marie...
FACETIME- 42-year snooze: Burley Bears wake from hibernation
Published on May 21st, 2009
2 comments Former Burley football player Jimmy Hollins seeks to reunite with fellow athletes through the Burley Varsity Club.PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO As an African-American kid growing up in the 1950s, Jimmy...
FACETIME- Clot doc: Fighting the 'window' in strokes
Published on Apr 23rd, 2009
0 comments Dr. Nina SolenskiPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Doctors are presumed empathetic, but sometimes, care improves if you get 'em mad. Take UVA neurologist Nina Solenski, who early on in her career saw young...
FACETIME-- Maupin's highbrow: Clifton Chef is living his dream
Published on Apr 9th, 2009
0 comments Dean MaupinPhoto by Jen Fariello In some careers, good advice to those starting out would be "don't be afraid to get your hands dirty." Executive Chef Dean Maupin of the Zagat-rated Clifton Inn might...
FACETIME- Coastal crusader: DeBlieu's change begins at home
Published on Mar 19th, 2009
0 comments Jan DeBlieuPHOTO COURTESY JAN DEBLIEU In 1988, Mobil Oil threatened to drill off the coast of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, with pollution, the destruction of wetlands, and the industrialization...
FACETIME- First page grabber: Award winner writes press releases, too
Published on Mar 19th, 2009
0 comments Jennifer ElvgrenPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Usually Delegate Rob Bell makes the speeches. But at the Library of Congress in 2007, it was his press secretary, Jennifer Elvgren, who made the speech when she...
FACETIME- Revamping horror: Acevedo explains his X-rated bloodsuckers
Published on Mar 12th, 2009
0 comments Mario Acevedo PUBLICITY PHOTO Like most neophyte fiction writers, Mario Acevedo weathered his share of rejection slips. When his first "action/historical thrillers" found no takers, "I decided to...
FACETIME- Rare: Genius award winner gets hands-on with past
Published on Mar 12th, 2009
0 comments Terry BelangerPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO It's common for the secretly nominated winners of the $500,000 MacArthur Foundation award, a.k.a. the "genius" award, to express surprise that they've been chosen...
FACETIME-Not military school: Fishburne claims different family branch
Published on Mar 12th, 2009
0 comments Rodes FishburnePHOTO COURTESY RODES FISHBURNE Rodes Fishburne's Charlottesville roots go deep: His grandfather, Junius, was a founder of the law firm Richmond & Fishburne; the long-time Virginia...
FACETIME- Don't fence her in: Russell defies categorization
Published on Mar 12th, 2009
0 comments Mary Doria RussellPUBLICITY PHOTO Novelist Mary Doria Russell's literary universe bestrides centuries, galaxies, and genres, its settings ranging from an alien planet in her multi-award-winning...
FACETIME- Congressional Page: Esther takes the 5th
Published on Feb 5th, 2009
0 comments Esther PagePHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Esther Page is so unflappable at her job, the occupation of her office by anti-war demonstrators fails to ruffle her. She's so dependable, she's on her third...
FACETIME- Pet passion: Birkholz made no-kill cool
Published on Oct 30th, 2008
1 comments Mary BirkholzPHOTO BY WILL WALKER If everyone saw animals the way Mary Birkholz does, shelters wouldn't be overcrowded, and euthanasia for adoptable pets wouldn't ever happen.  "I'm from the...
FACETIME- Lengel frankly: Washington man cuts swath in a Jefferson town
Published on Sep 18th, 2008
0 comments Ed Lengel PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO When Ed Lengel does a book tour for the latest volume of The Papers of George Washington, he's not trying to sell books. Actually, it's not really even a book tour....
FACETIME- Madison man: Quinn restores 4th prez's home-- and rep
Published on Sep 11th, 2008
0 comments Michael Quinn PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Somewhat presciently, the head of the Montpelier Foundation went to school just down the Constitution Highway from the fourth president's Orange County home. But...
FACETIME- Wake up! Maggie's got something to say to you
Published on Sep 4th, 2008
6 comments   Maggie Murphy PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Maggie Murphy has probably the only two high school kids in Western Albemarle who don't complain about taking the bus to school. Even growing up in...
FACETIME- Trend buckers: Graham family grows Valley media empire
Published on Aug 28th, 2008
0 comments Crystal and Chris GrahamPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO The Washington Post has been run by the Graham family since the 1930s. Waynesboro, too, has its publishing Grahams– Chris and Crystal. And in a...
FACETIME- Nitro man: Galloway's 'cascade' flows with cash
Published on Jul 17th, 2008
0 comments   . PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO On the door to UVA prof Jim Galloway's office in Clark Hall hangs a giant schnoz– "a life-size replica of my nose," he jokes. The guy who recently won...
FACETIME- Shredding: Childhood dream goes big time
Published on Jul 17th, 2008
8 comments John KeefePHOTO BY JEN FARIELLOEric BraunPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO It started back in Cleveland as a garage band jury rig. John Keefe, his brother, and their middle-school friends taped sheet music...
FACETIME- Cud stud: Daly courts danger in bull riding
Published on Jul 10th, 2008
0 comments Johnny DalyPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO "Well, a rodeo ain't no ordinary life/ But a cowboy ain't no ordinary man," croons Tracy Byrd. But what may seem a far cry from city sophistication is just an "...
FACETIME- Chestertown bolt: Writing couple gets Starr treatment
Published on Jul 3rd, 2008
0 comments Donna Lucey and Henry WiencekPHOTO BY WILL WALKER Bucking a trend in a town that lures writers in and never lets them go, authorly couple Henry Wiencek and Donna Lucey are taking a hiatus from...
Myers' watch: Don't heat the plastic
Published on Jun 5th, 2008
0 comments   Pete MyersPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Now that Canada has branded them dangerous, the hazards lurking in Nalgene and baby bottles are all over the news, but they're nothing new to White Hall...
FACETIME- Good Shepard: Best place to... be poor?
Published on May 15th, 2008
1 comments Karen ShepardPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO When Karen Shepard moved to Charlottesville in February, she was amazed to pay $2.99 for a half gallon of milk at the grocery, "the highest I've ever paid in my...
FACETIME- Mr. Calhoun: The man behind the... guitar
Published on May 8th, 2008
0 comments Brian CalhounPHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Charlottesville is rife with musicians to an almost comical degree, and the everyman nature of the guitar makes it one of the instruments most likely to be heard...