http://www.readthehook.com/kids Charlottesville Kids and Family community site and Event Calendar Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A year after its release, Familiar Strangers, the Charlottesville-produced and Staunton-filmed movie that won festival and audience acclaim--- and even briefly bounced James Bond from the top spot at a few theaters--- has just been released on DVD and download. http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/familiar-strangers-now-on-dvd-and-download/ "It was not a 100 percent victory," says Danielson's attorney, Connor Crook. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER "The truth is out there," said the lawyer fighting for a right to re-file the high-profile hotel collusion lawsuit by internet millionaire Halsey Minor against developer Lee Danielson. "Well, whatever the truth is," responded Judge Edward Hogshire, ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/fraud-dismissed-but-halsey-minor-wins-refiling-right/ DJ Melissa McKenna and Program director Brad Savage hand out free CDs containing new tracks by artists popular on their radio station, 106.1 The Corner, Wednesday night, November 18 on the Downtown Mall. The station is showcasing two of the on-disc artists at a Saturday night concert at V. ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/snap-giving-up-the-discs/ Goodbye O'Neill's, hello Trinity. The upscale Irish pub on The Corner opened in October and it's already making a name for itself. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER After months of renovation, the former O'Neill's Pub space on The Corner has finally been transformed into Trinity Irish Pub. Apparently, it was worth the wait. ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/trinity%e2%80%99s-trinity-location-atmosphere-and-an-infamous-chef/ Mike and Natalia Bost say they can't afford to pay a $100 water/sewer bill at Autumn Hill apartments. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE When Natalia and Michael Bost moved into Autumn Hill apartments with their new baby in July, they thought the $827 a month rent for a two-bedroom apartment was a pretty ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/cloudy-water-murky-billing-soaks-autumn-hill-residents/ Minor and Danielson during happier times at the groundbreaking of the Landmark. FILE PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN Lawyers for formerly entwined hotel-makers Halsey Minor and Lee Danielson will be in court Friday in a case that puts the troubled Landmark Hotel project back in the spotlight. In a follow-up to a recent ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/lawsuits-galore-minor-v-danielson-hearing-friday/ Mike Dillard of UVA's Facilities Management unclogs a leaf-choked storm drain at 8:50am on University Avenue. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The rush-hour lake on University Avenue didn't slow everyone down. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER With over five inches having already fallen and more still on the way, the National Weather Service issued a ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/flood-warning-weather-service-predicts-more-rain/ The Southern's Andy Gems and Lauren McRaven hope the music hall will also be known for its cuisine. FILE PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE Back in 2005, when Lauren McRaven opened The Flat on Water Street, she quipped that she might not have opened the little crêperie if she’d known beforehand how difficult ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/the-southern-not-just-another-music-hall/ Jimmy in 2008. PHOTO BY MICHAEL W. PENDERGRASS I think my wife and I don't get out enough. We won two free tickets to the November 17 Jimmy Buffett concert in Charlottesville from a local newspaper's contest. It was wonderful.  We walked in from the law school smugly watching what appeared to ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/booze-in-the-blender-jimmy-buffett-rocks-charlottesvill/ A Charlottesville Police officer has been charged with “failure to yield” in an accident that occurred while responding to yesterday’s Wachovia Bank robbery. According to Albemarle County Officer Lt. Todd Hopwood, an accident investigation revealed that Charlottesville Police officer Kyle Boynton, along with his passenger, Officer Otis Collier, tried to ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/officer-charged-in-wreck-on-way-to-robbery-scene/