Caite Hamilton

Blush tones, bloom crowns, and bottles on bottles. Charlottesville’s Daze of Rosé, an inclusive wine festival founded in 2023 by Castle Hill Cider and Harmony Wine, is a fête for the senses—and lovers of pink Virginia wine. Held at Eastwood Farm and Winery, this chic springtime festival pours up dozens of local and regional rosés […]

Let’s celebrate! 2025 is a banner year for the arts in Charlottesville, with a host of beloved local organizations marking milestone anniversaries. From music schools to galleries to citywide festivals, these creative cornerstones have been inspiring our community for years—and this year, they’re giving us even more reason to cheer. Here’s who’s celebrating. 90 years […]

There’s something special brewing inside Charlottesville’s Main Street Market—and it’s not just the coffee. Give & Take, a thoughtfully curated pop-up café, is redefining what a local coffee shop can be: community-focused, creatively inspired, and uncompromising on quality. Founder Aja Baldwin started working as a barista in 2018 and quickly fell in love with the […]

You know what they say: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if it is broke? Do—or get someone else to. The Scrappy Elephant began hosting the Repair Café, a free-to-the-public event wherein you bring your broken stuff (jewelry, small electronics, clothing), and volunteers from the Cville Time Bank, an organized exchange system in […]

Martha Donnelly has found her passion: “pushing back against biodiversity loss.” A landscape architect who retired to Charlottesville in 2018, Donnelly says she was chagrined to find the land around her pretty new home in Rugby Hills was filled with invasive and nonnative plants (“I needed a truck to drag them out.”). But reading Doug […]

In some ways, the topic of littering seems out of date—everyone knows not to do it, right? Wrong, says Cville Litter Pickers, a group of people who meet monthly (sometimes more!) to keep Charlottesville’s streets clean and clear of trash. The earth is not a renewable resource. By picking up trash here at home, the […]

Ever drive down an Albemarle country road, with its winding fences and sprawling fields, and wonder: What’s back there? Answer: stunning farm properties we’ve only ever dreamed of visiting. Every spring, the Grace Church Historic Farm Tour opens the gates to some of Albemarle’s most beautiful private farms. Hosted by Grace Church in Keswick, the […]

While most institutions of higher learning prioritize cognitive development and professional skills, UVA’s Contemplative Sciences Center has sought to integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence into the school’s curriculum since its founding in 2012. In spring of 2025, CSC took its work one step further, unveiling a long-awaited facility that, on its opening weekend, began hosting […]