C-ville Weekly

09/04/2024

The drive to open up opportunities that explore and evoke the essence of Black culture is on full view in the CBAC’s upcoming exhibition “Sugah: Black Love Endures,” which opens at McGuffey Art Center on September 6. Read this week's cover story about the show here: http://www.c-ville.com/the-charlottesville-black-arts-collective-creates-and-engages-community.

When you want to initiate change—real change—it’s hard to do it alone. The time, effort, versatility, and resources it takes to affect progress as an individual requires a level of passion and...

09/04/2024

Tonight at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall! New York-based punk group Native Sun has a head-on initiative to champion social change, whether it’s activism around the climate crisis, national political unrest, or public health concerns. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/native-sun.

09/03/2024

Did you know? C-VILLE has an FAQs page where you can: find out how to submit a letter to the editor, make a story suggestion and—ready for this?—see pickup locations for the latest issue of the newspaper. Give it a whirl: https://www.c-ville.com/faq.

09/03/2024

In 2022, the county entered into a public-private partnership with Home Depot to redevelop the former Sears at Fashion Square Mall into a new store and garden center. The Atlanta-based retailer purchased the site, as well as dozens of individual retail spaces inside the mall. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/project-julius-to-help-home-depots-redevelopment-of-fashion-square-mall.

Shortly after the signalized intersection at Rio Road and U.S. 29 was converted to an underpass in July 2016, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors adopted a small area plan to encourage r...

09/02/2024

CALLING ALL INTERNS! C-VILLE is now accepting applications for the fall semester. Find a spot in our News (covering UVA, development, politics, education, business) or Culture (exploring music, art, food, theater) sections, or apply to help expand our digital reach through video content and social media. Internships are unpaid, but you'll leave with published work and gain exclusive access to local events. Email your resume to [email protected]. Applications close September 10.

09/01/2024

What does the home-building process actually involve? We spoke to local realtor Jeff Mattie, partner with Core Real Estate Partners, to get the lay of the land on building your own home. First, Mattie says, you want to use a reputable and knowledgeable realtor to help you acquire the land. “You don’t know what you don’t know,” he says. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/building-your-own-home-step-by-step.

Lack of real estate inventory may have you dreaming of building your own abode from the ground up. But what does the home-building process actually involve? We spoke to local realtor Jeff Matt...

08/31/2024

Not even a year old, SuperFly Brewing Co. gained recognition in the local beer scene by taking third place for Best in Show at the Virginia Beer Cup with its Midnight Train English Porter. This and more local food news here: http://www.c-ville.com/no-need-for-quirky-twists-we-are-crushing-it.

08/31/2024

Every year, the United States Postal Service strives to highlight this country’s history, arts, and culture with stamps that are beautiful, historical, educational, and diverse. Along those lines, this year central Virginia has scored a three-pointer: One of the newly issued stamp series for 2024 features a local species, a local photographer, and a local graphic designer. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/new-postage-stamp-series-features-the-work-of-two-local-residents.

Whether you keep a roll of Forever stamps in your desk just in case or believe that a handwritten thank-you note or birthday card is still de rigueur, postage stamps continue to be part of our...

08/30/2024

Through nearly 30 songs composed by Stephen Sondheim, "Putting It Together" details an overnight party in a swanky upper-Manhattan penthouse. See the show through September 8 at Four County Players! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/putting-it-together.

08/30/2024

The Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce is launching a committee to find its next leader. Ahead of the first CEO search committee meeting on August 26, CRCC Board Chair Sasha Tripp spoke with C-VILLE about the hiring process and the chamber more broadly. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/charlottesville-regional-chamber-of-commerce-is-looking-for-a-new-president.

08/29/2024

The CatVideoFest is a purrrfect event for children, pet-lovers, and all you childless cat-people out there (meow!). If you’re one to share kitty memes all over social media, come enjoy a safe space with other feline enthusiasts this Friday–Sunday at Alamo Drafthouse Charlottesville! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/catvideofest.

08/29/2024

Samantha Fish will take The Jefferson Theater stage on August 30 in the wake of 2023’s critically acclaimed Death Wish Blues, which earned the artist/singer-songwriter/guitarist her first Grammy nomination earlier this year. A collaboration with punk rocker Jesse Dayton, Death Wish Blues sat at No. 1 on the Billboard blues chart for three straight weeks. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/guitar-guru-comes-to-cville-fresh-from-grammy-nod.

Blues rocker Samantha Fish says she “didn’t know what [she] was doing” when she made Girls With Guitars alongside Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde in 2011. The same might be said of the albums’ pr...

08/28/2024

In the months following Youngkin’s victory, there was no shortage of firebrands on hand in those areas to carry the MAGA torch at the local level. With the 2024 presidential election on the horizon, the battle lines for America’s cultural civil war run once again through central Virginia. And in Orange County, a parent and her child are preparing for battle. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/americas-culture-war-is-running-right-through-central-virginias-schools.

On September 28, 2021, former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe said something during the second gubernatorial debate that would spark a movement of conservatives in the state: “I don’t think ...

08/28/2024

Years back, a Nelson County duo put chamomile and whiskey in a tea cup and decided the flavor profile fit the sweet and raw sound of the music they’d been playing. This weekend, in a two-night event showcasing Koda Kerl and Marie Borgman’s electric Blue Ridge rock and roll, Chamomile and Whiskey performs its 1,000th show at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/chamomile-whiskey.

08/28/2024

Jane Alison's Villa E revolves around Villa E-1027—the real-life modernist villa on the French Riviera created by architect-designer Eileen Gray—and the irreconcilably problematic relationship it created between Gray and the notorious architect, Le Corbusier. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/jane-alisons-new-novel-explores-modernist-feud.

Jane Alison’s new book, Villa E, is an ecstatic examination of artistic obsession and self-embodiment, inspiration and legacy, memory and aging. The story revolves around Villa E-1027—the real...

08/27/2024

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08/27/2024

The first residents of the building known as The Flats at West Village moved in 10 years ago, beginning a trend of students moving into an area where they had not previously lived. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/the-citys-first-large-student-apartment-complex-on-west-main-turns-10.

With the University of Virginia back in session next week, students are returning to Charlottesville—including the several hundred who live at 852 W. Main St. The first residents of the buildi...

08/25/2024

Southern Development's Frank Baliff came to Charlottesville to go to UVA, graduated in 2000, and never left. "[SDH] started in 1999; I actually built my first home before graduating," he says. "One of the things that helped me get my start was an internship with a local developer, Dr. Charles Hurt. Through that, I got to know the greater community and saw where I could be a part of it." Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/southern-developments-founder-talks-personal-and-professional-success.

Southern Development Homes turns 25 this year, and on June 14, the company’s founder and president, Frank Ballif, won Distinguished Builder of the Year from the Home Builders Association of Vi...

08/24/2024

Draft bills passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee include more than $3 million in appropriations for local projects supporting Charlottesville and Albemarle County efforts around affordable housing, infrastructure, and youth engagement. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/draft-congressional-budget-bills-allocate-millions-for-local-projects-and-organizations.

After a tumultuous budget cycle that led to the ouster of former speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, Congress is diving back into budget negotiations for Fiscal Year 2025. Draft bills passed by ...

08/23/2024

Starting August 26, motorists can no longer turn left onto Route 29 from Hydraulic Road. The closure of the left-turn lanes is the Virginia Department of Transportation’s latest effort to improve traffic flow at the intersection. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/vdot-to-remove-left-turn-lanes-from-hydraulic-road-onto-route-29.

Starting August 26, motorists can no longer turn left onto Route 29 from Hydraulic Road. The closure of the left-turn lanes is the Virginia Department of Transportation’s latest effort to impr...

08/23/2024

Abhishek Kulkarni, who’s working on a PhD in business ethics and strategy at UVA’s Darden School of Business, started doing stand-up when he was studying in the U.K. He signed up for a random talent show, told a few jokes, and caught people’s attention. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/local-funny-business-mans-comedy-evolves.

A few years ago, Abhishek Kulkarni was just a guy getting a business degree who dabbled in comedy. Now, he’s a local open mic mainstay who’s learned to work a crowd. “Initially, I was writing ...

08/22/2024

Councilors at the August 19 city council meeting ultimately voted to increase council salaries effective July 1, 2026 by a vote of 4-1, with Snook the sole dissenting vote. This is the first pay increase for the council since 1996. The next round of city council elections will occur prior to the implementation of the raises. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/charlottesville-city-council-increases-salaries-and-considers-ranked-choice-voting.

At its August 19 meeting, Charlottesville City Council delved into a number of hot-button local issues, including council salaries and ranked-choice voting. Under new legislation from the Virg...

08/22/2024

Fans of acts like Alison Krauss and Indigo Girls will find kinship in the songs of Clymer & Kurtz. The folk-rock singer-songwriter duo has been collaborating for decades, honing ethereal harmonies that drive their emotion-stirring songs. They play The Garage tomorrow night! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/clymer-kurtz.

08/21/2024

The proliferation of the local music scene belongs to those who workshop it year-round. It got quiet for a while—but when the mics were turned back on, we started to hear new names repeated by tastemakers and see them listed on music calendars around town. What has emerged is a new generation of talented performers who are invigorating Charlottesville‘s music scene. Read this week's cover story: https://www.c-ville.com/charlottesvilles-emerging-music-scene-is-something-to-talk-about.

By Tami Keaveny, CM Turner, and Ella Powell Charlottesville is a city of music fans and aficionados. We have an abundance of sonic riches in the national tours that touch down at our venues, a...

08/21/2024

It's the moment you've all been waiting for—the 2024 Best of C-VILLE results are in! Head to c-ville.com to see who made the cut, then check out our editorial staff's own picks for what makes Charlottesville the best. https://bestof2024.c-ville.com

08/21/2024

Fronted by the eponymous legendary blues and roots musician, the Corey Harris Band brings traditional Delta blues to contemporary audiences with an influx of world music flare. The band plays Fridays After Five this week with support from Batesville folk-blues musician Willie DE! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/corey-harris-band.

08/20/2024

Moores Creek LLC, a company associated with Woodard Properties, has plans pending before the city to build a development called Willoughby Place with 84 two-bedroom apartments in two buildings on 4.8 acres. The driveway to this by-right development would be 350′ from the Harris Road intersection. That’s one reason the Willoughby Property Owners Association is opposed to the development. Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/a-dangerous-charlottesville-intersection-could-become-more-crowded.

If implemented as planners hope, Charlottesville’s new development rules will provide more places for people to live by making it easier for builders to navigate the process. Less certain is w...

08/19/2024

Much like Steve Keene, Nym Pedersen felt that art should be within everyone’s reach and priced his work accordingly. Nym died on March 9 at the age of 64 after a brief bout with cancer. Read more about the artist in this week's issue: https://www.c-ville.com/artist-nym-pedersens-small-scale-works-leave-a-big-impact.

In the years leading up to the pandemic, artist Nym Pedersen could often be found on the Downtown Mall, peddling his small paintings, drawings, and collages, which he dubbed “art snacks.” Much...

08/18/2024

Whether you love it, hate it, or have never heard of it, here’s your chance to see it on the big screen. It’s "Pink Floyd—The Wall," screening tomorrow at The Paramount Theater of Charlottesville! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/pink-floyd-the-wall.