Cville Right Now Live

Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com starts the show with a discussion of the day's top stories including the start of the Virginia Film Festival, Trick or Treating tonight on the lawn, and Kate Douglass's incredible race in Singapore.

Executive Producer Marshall LeMert joins Adam to both recount and review the beginning of the Virginia Film Festival, and the opening film, Sean Baker's Anora.

Jai Jamison, a member of the VAFF advisor board and a writer/director from Richmond, VA, and her brother Spencer Jamison, a filmmaker from Richmond, join the show to talk about their projects on display at the VAFF.  Jai, story editor of Superman and Lois, talks about the panel he is appearing on called Building a Show: Superman and Lois Saturday at 2:00 PM at the CODE building.  Spencer has a short film called At Capacity which is part of the Our Wealth in Common short film series, screening Sunday at 8:20 at the Violet Crown.  

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a discussion of today's top stories, including the supreme court backing Governor Youngkin's voter roll purge, the Virginia Film Festival, and the Jelly Roll concert at John Paul Jones arena.

Alex Ross Perry, director of Pavements, showing this Saturday at 6:30 at the Culbreth theater during the Virginia Film Festival, stops by to talk about his movie's style, where it all began, its ties to Charlottesville, and the state of music biopics as a genre.

Lee Elberson, WINA education analyst and CEO of Clayborne Test Prep and Tutoring, joins to talk about how elections and politics impact education in the present and will go into the future.

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a discussion of today's top stories, including potential school re-zoning and Virginia Basketball's high profile out-going transfer.

Sean Tubbs of infocville.com checks in for a rundown of the prevalent civic matters of the week, including reaching a landmark, 750 editions of his Charlottesville Community Engagement Newsletter, and the recent/upcoming meetings of Charlottesville and Albemarle City Councils and the accompanying agendas. 

Teddy Grennan the director of Catch a Killer, screening Wednesday at 7:30 PM at the Violet Crown, talk about the rationale behind their film, its relationship to both noir and neo-noir, and what drew them to Virginia.  

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a breakdown of today's top stories. We are featuring directors with films showing during the Virginia Film Festival this week!

Clay Tweel, director of The Bitter Pill, screening at 11am on Saturday at the Culbreth Theatre, joins Adam to discuss his film's content, his reasons for making the film, and the message he has for its viewers.

Daniel Freed, director of I Hope This Helps, shares his thoughts on the current state of AI, how that originated the idea for the documentary, what its like working with executive producer Matthew Modine, and what his intended takeaways for the film will be.

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Quinton Beckham of KW Alliance joins the show to set the record straight on rent stabilization and rent control to help you understand the market better.  

Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a discussion of the day's top stories, including the differences between mail-in voter turnout between the 2020 and 2024 elections.

Chris Graham of The Augusta Free Press joins the show to talk about his work with an election integrity lawsuit in the Waynesboro area concerning the county electoral board.

Quinton Beckham of KW Alliance joins the show for a response to last week's Mike Pruitt interview and discusses rent control and rent stabilization.

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, begins the show with a discussion of the day's top stories.

Ada Haensel, of the nonprofit Speaking Of Horses, outlines the work her organization does with pediatric equine speech therapy.

Reynolds Hutchins, editor of The Daily Progress, checks in to talk about the big stories in production at The Daily Progress, including Tony Bennett's retirement, the Virginia Film Festival, and the PVCC Network2Work.

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a discussion of today's top stories, including

John McGuire, Republican Candidate for Virginia's 5th congressional district gives a campaign update, including an event he has coming up locally, and delivers a message for 5th district voters.

Mayor of Charlottesville Juan Diego Wade joins the show to talk about last night's city council meeting, discussing a number of community interventions on key issues, including violence prevention and mental health, as well as the recent announcement regarding a new low barrier homeless shelter.

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, begins the show with a discussion of the day's top stories, including the multiple shots fired incidents over the weekend.

Marshall LeMert, executive producer of Cville Right Now Live and cvillerightnow.com sportswriter, checks in with his weekly Wahoo Rundown of all things in UVA Athletics, including huge wins for UVA Soccer and Gretchen Walsh's record-breaking afternoon vs Florida.

Sean Tubbs of Infocville.com joins the show for an update on civic matters across Charlottesville and Albemarle County, including the Rivana River Company, land use in AC44, the meeting of the Albemarle Electoral Board, and the Greene County Rec Center.

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Jaclyn Piermarini, editor of Cvillerightnow.com, starts the show with a discussion of today's top stories, including the news that broke yesterday of UVA Basketball Coach Tony Bennett's sudden retirement.

Diane Wilkin, chair of ARTS of Fluvana County, joins adam to talk about the artists' studio tour in Fluvana, an event coming up this weekend featuring different local artists who specialize in different mediums of art, now in its third year of operation.

Luke Neer, host of The Best Seat In the House and Virginia Sports Radio Network Analyst checks in with Adam to provide his two cents on Coach Bennett's retirement, what it means going forward for UVA Basketball, and the state of the game.

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