Slurp and support: Celebrate local arts, and enjoy a cozy dinner with friends at Charlottesville SOUP, a public dinner series that supports creative projects. Attendees are served a delicious dinner from Tilman’s, including a sandwich, salad, and dessert, and local artists will give short presentations on current projects. At the end of the night, each […]
By Greg Walker Lord Nelson Transmission, Self released If Tom Petty, with his tight-gripped, loose-lipped optimism, sang about bank robberies and car crashes, drug busts and broken relationships, it would sound something like Lord Nelson on Transmission, the group’s latest 11-track offering, a project that attempts to capture the dynamic, gritty-yet-generous pre-pandemic live sound of […]
(More) mail woes For years, mail delays have plagued the Charlottesville area, thanks to short staffing and poor management at the Charlottesville Post Office. Last week, Senator Mark Warner visited Charlottesville again to meet with frustrated residents and postal workers, and address the ongoing crisis. “Our service has gotten better in the last month or […]
By Kristin O’Donoghue News that former Vice President Mike Pence would be appearing at UVA last week to deliver a speech titled “How to Save America from the Woke Left” sparked controversy. Competing editorials in The Cavalier Daily defended Pence’s visit as an expression of free speech while others called for the university to deplatform […]
In a fix: Do we owe future generations a better world than we’re leaving them? The Children, Live Arts’ latest production, explores this real-world question through the lens of three retired nuclear scientists. In a post-nuclear world, Hazel and Robin are trying to live a normal life despite radiation pollution and rationed electricity and water. […]
There must be a clone: Sharon Van Etten does it all. The singer-songwriter found time to write her fifth studio album, Remind Me Tomorrow, while she was studying psychology, pregnant, creating scores and soundtracks, and acting on Netflix’s “The OA.” It’s no surprise that the new album is an energetic, expansive record about pursuing your […]
History of learning: Lucille Stout Smith uncovers local history in her new book, Unforgettable: Jackson P. Burley High School, 1951–1967. In a segregated Virginia, the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County came to an agreement to build and jointly operate Jackson P. Burley High as a “separate but equal” school for Black students living in […]
By Chris Martin In recent years, fine-dining establishments in big cities have made headlines with their vegan menu transitions. That sea change gave way to a rise in popularity of plant-based restaurant concepts, which means new options for Charlottesville herbivores are popping up faster than spring pea shoots. Vegetarians and vegans who have been devoted […]
For the win A sense of hope and victory was strong among the over 200 people who attended a virtual, national rally to stop construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The MVP is a 42-inch, underground natural gas pipeline system that stretches 303 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. Activists and environmental advocacy […]
By Matt Dhillon There is a moment when our things stop being our things and begin their new life as trash. It is the frighteningly casual act of throwing something away. Once it is trash, it is forgotten, discarded, and buried, but we know that our wastefulness is catching up with us. It’s a problem […]