Calling all chocolate and history lovers It seems Thomas Jefferson was a chocoholic too, and on Saturday, February 4, from noon-4pm, Monticello will serve up history enrobed in chocolate. From 1-1:30pm, get a lesson on its history in colonial times and see an 18th century method of grinding roasted cacao beans with sugar and spices. You’ll […]
Charlottesville Area 4th Quarter 2011 Highlights: Median sales price for the region is down 0.4% over last quarter and 3.6% from the Q4-2010 to $240,000 New listings were down 20.3% from the same period last year. Homes took an average 9 days longer to sell compared to Q4-2010 with average Days on Market (DOM) of […]
There are fairy tale endings like you see in the movies, where the girl gets the guy and trots off into the sunset with a smile on her face. Then, there’re the endings on “The Bachelor,” the ABC television show now in its 16th season, where the girl ends up getting embarrassed in front of […]
PCA Announces “ARTS INSPIRE” Call For Submissions Piedmont Council for the Arts (PCA) seeks proposals from Charlottesville-area artists interested in receiving a $500 stipend to lead a hands-on arts workshop with under-served youth. Workshops can involve any arts genre(s), including visual art, music, theatre, dance, film, and/or literary arts. Selected artists will be paired […]
Third Annual Design House 2012 Fundraiser The Shelter for Help in Emergency introduces this year’s Design House. The Ivy Farms home of Sanjiv and Cindy Kaul, located at 2020 Wingfield Road, is a transitional style house with a separate two bedroom, two-bathroom cottage. Both overlook a private pond and have been extensively renovated and expanded […]
The world has wheeled past the winter solstice and the holidays seem to recede even more quickly than they arrived. If the end of the calendar year is heralded by bells and marked with sparkly lights and indulgent foods, the beginning of the next is draped in darkness, muffled by cold, and pierced with remorse […]
If you’re one of the 4 million American homeowners who had their homes foreclosed on in the last few years, you may be in for a pay day. In principle, anyway—but more about that in a minute. (File Photo) The federal government recently announced that homeowners who believe they were unfairly or illegally kicked out […]
PCA Receives BAMA Grant The Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) recently awarded Piedmont Council for the Arts (PCA) an $8,000 grant through the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the CACF. This Fund supports charitable programs in the Charlottesville area with particular focus on disadvantaged youth, needs of the disabled, protection of the […]
Waynesboro Heritage Museum Selected for Circuit Riders Project The Waynesboro Heritage Museum has been selected to participate in a statewide project designed to help improve care of collections for museums, libraries and archives. The Waynesboro Heritage Museum is one of 10 institutions in Virginia selected to participate in the project, sponsored by the Virginia Association […]
Anyone can appreciate wine, and anyone can have a private wine cellar, large or small, plain or fancy. What are the requirements for a wine cellar? How can you add one to your home? What should you put in it? In central Virginia, where vineyards and winemakers are making a strong showing, what local wines […]