“Everybody around here has a black bear story,” says Beth Kuhn. And Kuhn has likely heard them all. As outreach coordinator for the Rivanna Master Naturalists, the local chapter of the state’s master naturalist program, Kuhn helps deploy a cadre of volunteers to teach Living With Black Bears. Because in Virginia, black bears are our […]
This is the third article in C-VILLE’s 2025 election series, covering local and statewide races in the lead-up to Election Day, November 4. For candidate responses to additional questions, visit c-ville.com. Virginians will elect the state’s next attorney general and lieutenant governor this November. Both races have received national attention, with scandals rocking two of […]
The University of Virginia became the fifth school to reject the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. In an October 17 message to the university community, Interim President Paul Mahoney said that while some aspects of the compact align with UVA’s goals, it is vital that federal awards are based on merit […]
The world’s largest operation of student housing complexes now operates two of three such buildings on West Main Street. On October 9, a business trust connected to the Inland Real Estate Group of Companies of Oak Brook, Illinois, purchased the Flats at West Village for $107 million. Three days prior, the company announced via press […]
The future of the Violet Crown cinema on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall seemed bleak this past February when the Board of Architectural Review granted Heirloom Development approval to demolish the structure for a residential building. “The prospect of losing this cultural asset for the Virginia Film Festival, the community, and for the city itself was potentially […]
Big-deal film fests are synonymous with location. Toronto, Telluride, Cannes, and Sundance evoke industry accolades and red-carpet credentials. Our own Virginia Film Festival has gotten pretty buzzy over the years, with marquee names, tentpole previews, and movie deals cut on the Downtown Mall. The VAFF has become “one of the nation’s leading regional film festivals […]
As a Halloween warm-up, the Virginia Film Festival’s After Hours collection offers four monster movies, even though none are being screened particularly late at night. Curated by Igor Shteyrenberg of the Miami Jewish Film Festival and horror fest Popcorn Frights, this thematic group of what the VFF calls “films that walk on the wild side” […]
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Every artist who hits it big faces an inevitable question: What do I do for a follow-up? Bruce Springsteen confronted it after his fifth album, The River, topped the charts in 1980. Instead of trying to create another commercial smash, he produced Nebraska, a deeply personal acoustic album that surprised […]
