Susan Sorensen, Author at C-VILLE Weekly

2021 Best of C-VILLE Staff Picks

All you need is kimchi

Jennifer Naylor, affectionately known as Mama Bird to those who frequent her Sussex Farm stall at area farmers’ markets, serves up a wide variety of Korean kimchi. It changes with […]

Susan Sorensen | August 25, 2021

2021 Best of C-VILLE Staff Picks

Color her successful

“One to two to three to two to one, and now two. And I’m never going back to three.” That’s Suzannah Fischer, eyes closed, recounting the number of O’Suzannah shops […]

Susan Sorensen | August 25, 2021

Unbound

Game plan: At play on the fields (and courts) of the University of Virginia

Ralph Sampson, Dawn Staley. Malcolm Brogdon, Tiki Barber. Leah Smith. It’s no secret that many storied athletes have graduated from the University of Virginia. What may not be as well-known, […]

Susan Sorensen | April 24, 2018

Unbound

For all to see: Robert Llewellyn brings the natural world into view

The photographer Robert Llewellyn looks at things differently than you and I. While we might point out the colorful crocuses that dot the snow-covered front lawn of his Earlysville home, […]

Susan Sorensen | April 24, 2018

Arts

Area musicians get jazzed for Albemarle High School benefit

Vocalist Veronica Swift has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center several times. She’s got a regular gig at New York’s legendary Birdland, and she tours with trumpeter Chris Botti. She’s […]

Susan Sorensen | March 7, 2018

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Clothes call: Local teen spearheads free laundry service

Cutter Huston has never had to worry about clean clothes. But it wasn’t until he became involved with The Laundry Project that he realized not everyone takes something so basic […]

Susan Sorensen | November 16, 2017

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Summer VILLAGE: Teenager Julian Waters makes bid for school board seat

On a recent Thursday, Julian Waters was giving blood while answering a magazine reporter’s questions—a typical morning of multitasking for a busy politician. But Waters isn’t your typical politician. The […]

Susan Sorensen | May 23, 2017

Arts

UVA’s Kate Tamarkin takes her final curtain call

When Kate Tamarkin was an undergraduate at Southern California’s Chapman University, orchestra conductor was not on her list of career choices. “As a female back then, it never occurred to […]

Susan Sorensen | April 19, 2017

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Charlottesville High School String Ensemble is Ireland bound

“If you’re brought up in Charlottesville, this city is the center of the universe,” says Laura Mulligan Thomas. “It’s a great town; a wonderful place,” the long-time conductor of the […]

Susan Sorensen | February 21, 2017

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In tune: Young musicians hit the right notes with YOCVA

Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival founders, Juilliard School graduates, members of Dave Matthews Band…scroll down the list of local musicians who have played in the Youth Orchestras of Central Virginia, and […]

Susan Sorensen | August 16, 2016