http://www.readthehook.com/kids Charlottesville Kids and Family community site and Event Calendar Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:46:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The estate has been used as an equestrian haven for the past several years. PHOTO ALBERT BURNEY AUCTION COMPANY In a volatile real estate market, a key to attracting a crowd may be through unconventional means. For Keswick estate owner Dr. Emile Allen, that means dividing his 43.5-acre property into various parcels ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/keswick-spread-to-be-sold-at-auction/ A hearing on December 8 in U.S. District Court in Richmond could affect the outcome the still-too-close-to-call race for Congress between Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Rocky Mount) and Tom Perriello (D-Ivy). Judge Richard L. Williams will decide whether to count absentee ballots from members of the military mailed past the absentee ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/judges-decision-could-affect-goode-perriello-race/ Just a year before Halsey Minor stepped down as CEO of Cnet in 2000, the tech industry news website he founded in 1992, Fortune estimated his net worth to be $394.1 million. FILE PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN Charlottesville’s most-hotly anticipated building project, the Landmark Hotel, has erupted into controversy, as $24 million ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/hotel-stopped-and-minors-talking-lawsuit-again/ First it was gonna be an anchor for Albemarle Place. Then it was going to create a bold entrance for the Hillsdale Connector at Hydraulic Road. Now, the Whole Foods that music mogul Coran Capshaw hoped to develop appears idle, according to this morning's Daily Progress. However, City spokesperson Ric ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/capshaws-whole-foods-delayed/ A snowy scene in a Ridge Street neighborhood backyard. PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART 6:57am: The light dusting of snow that fell last night wasn't enough to delay schools, but it provided proof that winter really is on its way. Daytime forecast for the rest of the week calls for temps between 40 ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/snowy-surprise/ A Bengal tiger at the Luray Zoo responded to a teenage zookeeper's pat with a bite that caused severe lacerations and other injuries on Sunday, November 16, according to the Harrisonburg Daily News-Record. http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/tiger-bites-16-year-old-zoo-guide-in-luray/ Though the election results have yet to be finalized and a recount appears imminent, that didn't stop Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) from attending freshman orientation for newly-elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives this weekend. The highlight of Perriello's trip? "We got the official congressional Blackberry," he tells Roanoke's WSLS. http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/perriello-attends-freshman-orientation/ Michael Clark, untitled. It’s always fun when a straightforward question leads to an unexpected answer. That’s what happened with Michael Clark, whose mixed-media paintings are currently on display in the McGuffey Art Center’s upstairs gallery. Clark’s show encompasses two distinct bodies of work. On the gallery’s west side, Clark employs an array ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/symbolic-relief-clark-re-surfaces-in-the-ville/ At a time when the indie film industry has been so hammered that even its flagship festival, Sundance, is seeking a government bailout, producer Barry Sisson is distributing his own film; and he just outgrossed James Bond, at least at one theater in Fairfax. Familiar Strangers, the first theatrical release from ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/local-flick-beat-bond-james-bond/ Making music on the front porch. PHOTO courtesy of Virginia Discovery Museum The latest Back Gallery exhibit at the Virginia Discovery Museum is not what people expect from a children’s museum. In fact, the folks at the Smithsonian Institution, who created New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music as part of their ... http://www.readthehook.com/kids/index.php/new-harmonies-for-everyone/