Seeing pink
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 […]
Not board with it
There’s a lot to love about a charcuterie board: Meat! Cheese! Sometimes honey! But gathering each of the ingredients? Prepping them? Creating an array that looks Pinterest-worthy? That’s a tall […]
Many the milestones
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, […]
You’re invited (maybe)
The Guild, a new concert venue inside Vault Virginia, does nothing by the standard promoter’s playbook. Meticulously planned schedule with regular shows? No. Big marketing push? Also no. Optimized seating […]
A cup of connection at Charlottesville’s most thoughtful café
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 […]
Grief on the line
After a loved one’s death, how often do we say, “I wish I could talk to …”? Addressing this need is the idea behind the Telephone to the Wind in […]
Reduce, reuse, repair
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, […]
Get to know your city on foot
We all have a circuit—work, the grocery store, school, the gym—and soon these routes become routine. But there’s a lot of city that we don’t see unless we go exploring. […]
Local LGBTQ+ organizers celebrate new community center
Since its May 31 opening, the Rivanna Area Queer Center, or RAQC (pronounced “rack”), has been a welcome hub for the Charlottesville-area LGBTQ+ community. While the idea of a LGBTQ+ […]
Plant for the planet
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 […]
Starting small
In some ways, the topic of littering seems out of date—everyone knows not to do it, right?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 […]