Charlottesville’s performing arts scene is rich and varied, with ballet, opera, and theater offering audiences classic works and contemporary programs. But until recently, the city lacked a professional modern dance company. Founded in 2025, ORH Dance opens its second season later this month with a pair of performances exploring light, shadow, and movement on October […]
Rio representative Jim Dillenbeck resigned from the Albemarle County School Board October 7, after making comments at an October 1 town hall that appeared to allude to a Burley Middle School teacher who died the following weekend. Paul Regan, a seventh-grade teacher at Burley, died the weekend of October 3, according to a statement sent […]
A construction boom in the 2010s resulted in a new generation of larger buildings on West Main Street that responded to calls for a more active roadway with places for people to live and visitors to stay. That included a 10-story hotel with 150 rooms at 1106 W. Main St., which has operated as The […]
If you’re cruising Interstate 64 on Afton Mountain near the lower scenic overlook, or traveling U.S. Route 250 west of Charlottesville, and you spot three carved wooden bears frolicking in a roadside field, you’re pretty close to what’s left of the Greenwood Chemical Company. Now the Superfund site is expected to be auctioned off, more […]
The landscape of downtown Charlottesville’s northwestern edge is forever changed after demolition crews removed a commercial shopping center at 218 W. Market St. to make way for a 156-room hotel to serve the area’s booming tourism trade. There is also a new future for 206 W. Market St., a property that until recently housed […]
If you’ve followed his career, you understand how difficult it is to say which of Fred Armisen’s characters qualifies as his signature role. Between his tenure on “Saturday Night Live” and the skit show “Portlandia” alone, he’s created so many ridiculous personas who have come to life with idiosyncratic twitching and easily identifiable shtikelach that […]
Duston Spear couldn’t wait to get out of Richmond, and left the day after she graduated high school. Her mother always told her she could be a writer. Instead, Spear opted for Parsons School of Design and a career as an artist, living in Soho for 30 years. Now she’s circled back to writing with […]
Parody legend and five-time Grammy Award-winning comedy recording artist “Weird Al” Yankovic arrives with his multimedia show the Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour. Yankovic’s backing band expands with four additional musicians rocking out on never-performed-live favorites and hysterical standards. Seven-foot-tall sad clown Puddles Pity Party performs in support, lending a simultaneously melancholy and operatic flair […]
Rhinestones, big hair, and plenty of Dolly Parton tunes took over the Downtown Mall September 25 (9-2-5) for Dolly Day, a themed bar crawl co-hosted by Jason Elliott and Out and About. The 21-and-up crowd kicked things off with martinis at Bang! before making its way through five more downtown watering holes, raising glasses to […]
Albemarle County Fire Rescue and the Charlottesville Fire Department gathered at John Paul Jones Arena on September 12 to honor the 343 first responders who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. During the event—which this year marked the 25th anniversary of the deadliest day on American soil since Pearl Harbor 60 years earlier—participants, some […]
September marks Pride Month in Charlottesville, and as part of its celebration, The Beautiful Idea on the Downtown Mall will host a joint reading by authors Charley Burton and, via Zoom, Steve Majors at 6:30pm September 10. Burton is the chair of Equality Virginia and a contributor to Charlottesville Tomorrow. His new book, Fifty-Five Minutes […]
Getting married has become a reason to go all out with a huge event—often the bigger the better. For couples who want to celebrate their commitment without months of decision-making and a five-figure price tag, Albemarle CiderWorks has developed a less-is-more option: your very own microwedding. This year, on June 6, the cidery hosted its […]
Vintage Vinegar Hill Clothing Co. takes its name from a once-thriving Charlottesville neighborhood—first home to Irish immigrants in the early 1800s, later a historically Black business district. The brand draws on that layered past, nodding to a culture of local enterprise. Its aesthetic leans collegiate: Champion-style logos on soft sweatshirts, T-shirts, and beanies that feel […]
Why are orchids so difficult to keep alive? It doesn’t matter—The Orchid Station has been mastering the art of the phalaenopsis since 1989, so houseplant-lovers don’t have to. The Barboursville-based greenhouse, which opens its doors to the public every Saturday from 9am-4pm, specializes in blooming plants. (Here’s a head start: This particular variety likes normal […]
