C-ville Weekly

01/14/2025

Stay Charlottesville now operates a six-room inn at 400 W. High St. as well as the 200 South Street Inn. “What’s happening is these really great properties need updating,” says M. Travis Wilburn, one of Stay Charlottesville’s founders. "They had huge amounts of cost associated with them over the last couple of years that drove them to be not successful, so the model needed change Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/two-boutique-hotels-under-new-management-with-200-south-street-inn-under-renovation.

A company that specializes in managing accommodations for area visitors is now overseeing two additional downtown properties.  Stay Charlottesville now operates a six-room inn at 400 W. High St. as well as the 200 South Street Inn.  “What’s happening is these really great properties need upda...

01/13/2025

Dels. Katrina Callsen and Amy Laufer have launched their respective reelection campaigns. Both Charlottesville-area delegates have been endorsed by state Democratic party leaders, including Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott and state Sen. Creigh Deeds. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/two-delegates-gear-up-for-reelection-campaigns-riggleman-considers-run.

Ahead of the 2025 state legislative session, Dels. Katrina Callsen and Amy Laufer launched their respective reelection campaigns. Both Charlottesville-area delegates have been endorsed by state Democratic party leaders, including Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott and state Sen. Creigh Deed...

01/11/2025

Paula Whyman recounts her attempts to restore the ecosystem of a mountain that she and her husband bought. “I’ve been working on the mountain restoration for nearly four years now, since we bought the land in early 2021,” says Whyman. “I started work on the book several months after I started the meadow project.” Read more here: http://www.c-ville.com/an-authors-experiment-to-see-what-grows.

In Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop, Paula Whyman recounts her attempts to restore the ecosystem of a mountain that she and her husband bought. “I’ve been working on the mountain restoration for nearly four years now, since we bought the land in e...

01/10/2025

The Charlottesville High School musical theater ensemble brings a student-directed production of "A Chorus Line" to area audiences this weekend! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/charlottesville-high-school-musical-theater-ensemble.

01/10/2025

Founded in 1975, the Miller Center is a nonpartisan organization focused on studying the presidency and its accompanying history and policy. After the National Archives stopped conducting its outgoing presidential interviews, the Miller Center started its own oral history project. The Carter administration was the first participant. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/how-jimmy-carter-shaped-decades-of-work-at-uva.

As the nation mourns the passing of former president Jimmy Carter at the age of 100, the University of Virginia Miller Center is commemorating and celebrating his impact on its flagship initiative: the Presidential Oral History Program. Founded in 1975, the Miller Center is a nonpartisan organizatio...

01/09/2025

The Blue Ridge Irish Music School presents a double-feature screening of "Absolutely Irish" and "The Tunnel" from local filmmakers Paul and Ellen Wagner tomorrow night at Albemarle CiderWorks! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/blue-ridge-irish-music-school-movie-night.

01/09/2025

In a 10-artist collaboration, “That Feels Good! Labor as Pleasure” at Second Street Gallery, Elvira Clayton addresses the legacies of enslavement in her ongoing “Cotton and Rice Project,” which centers on an 1859 Savannah, Georgia, slave auction, one of the largest in history. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/ten-artists-share-repetition-across-mediums-at-second-street-gallery.

“That Feels Good! Labor as Pleasure” at Second Street Gallery brings together 10 artists working in a variety of media and styles whose work shares a labor-intensive, often repetitive, approach. For curator Francisco Donoso, the repetitions and effort yield not just interesting artwork, but also...

01/08/2025

When it’s cold outside, you need extra motivation to get the blood pumping. Boston’s reggae-rock outfit The Elovaters do just that with uplifting tropical sounds that warm your soul and get you moving. Catch the live show tomorrow at The Jefferson Theater! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/the-elovaters.

01/08/2025

The latest figures from CAAR show that the median sales price in the region increased from $326,900 in the third quarter of 2020 to $455,000 in July through September of 2024. Charlottesville used its housing needs assessment to create an Affordable Housing Plan, which called for a series of reforms and a moral commitment to spend $10 million a year on building, preserving, and maintaining units whose rents are within reach of those with lower incomes. Read more on the state of affordable housing: http://www.c-ville.com/navigating-the-affordable-housing-landscape-in-2025. 📷: Eze Amos

01/07/2025

The square six-story building proposed for the corner of Wertland and 10th streets would include an interior courtyard built above an 83-space parking garage. One BAR member likened the design to a donut. “The donut feels very, you know, monolithic, very fortress-like,” said David Timmerman. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/bar-wants-updated-design-for-affordable-housing-project.

The developers of a proposed six-story building at the corner of Wertland and 10th streets returned to the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review in December to get additional feedback....

01/06/2025

“Family-style is the format that not only works the best, but I think people enjoy it more,” says Veritas chef Andy Shipman of the winery's supper series format. “It forces you to talk to your neighbor, talk to someone you don’t know. The communal nature of the dinner—I think people really enjoy that.” Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/a-supper-series-and-celebration-of-southern-foodways.

When my husband and I arrived at Veritas Vineyards and Winery for the final Supper Series and Harvest Celebration in mid-October, I thought I’d prepared him for the evening. But as we approach...

01/04/2025

Take in the tale of New York City socialite Holly Golightly and her romantic escapades with a "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" Brunch, tomorrow morning at Alamo Drafthouse Charlottesville! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/breakfast-at-tiffanys-brunch.

01/04/2025

A nearly $30 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, awarded in mid-December, will support Habitat for Humanity's work at Southwood, a mobile-home community just outside of Charlottesville currently undergoing resident-led redevelopment. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/hud-awards-habitat-almost-30-million-for-redevelopment-of-southwood.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville ended 2024 on a high note, receiving a $29.1 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development on December 19. The grant to Hab...

01/03/2025

Virginia Men's Basketball will have an opportunity to bolster its (slim) odds of making March Madness a reality when it takes on Louisville in ACC conference play tomorrow at JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/uva-mens-basketball.

01/03/2025

Holly Wright’s “Final Portraits” series at The Fralin represents the most affective and impactful works in the exhibition. Alluding to funerary scenes, the set of eight portraits asks how each sitter would face death as captured in the act of an imagined final photograph. Read more: http://www.c-ville.com/holly-wright-ruminates-on-the-human-body-in-the-fralins-exhibition.

With three series of black-and-white photographs depicting various aspects of the human form, “Holly Wright: Vanity” brings themes of corporeality, communication, and mortality into focus. Wri...

01/02/2025

Calling all Charlottesville and Albemarle area educators! We’re looking for current and former teachers (especially in CCS and ACPS) to comment on the addition of mental wellness days to the Charlottesville City Schools calendar. If you’re interested in commenting, reach out to [email protected].

01/02/2025

Three Notch'd Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble extends the holiday season with the sounds of an Italian Christmas during performances in Staunton, Greenwood, and Keswick this week. Twelfth Night in Italy unites shepherds’ carols and folk music, as well as art music in the pastoral style! Read more: https://www.c-ville.com/twelfth-night-in-italy.