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 […]
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 […]
“The law is reason free from passion,” according to Aristotle. Keeping the law honest is the mission of The Innocence Project at UVA’s School of Law. For more than a decade, the university’s program has offered investigative and litigation assistance to wrongly convicted inmates who cannot afford representation for lengthy and expensive appeals. Under the […]
Local software engineer and UVA grad Isaiah Parr would love to chase storms all day, every day. But professional storm-chasing is the big leagues—only a select few do it for a living. Parr, who parlayed his ‘24 computer science degree into a career with local tech firm Biocore, heads out at least once a week […]
In some ways, the topic of littering seems out of date—everyone knows not to do it, right?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 […]
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 […]
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+ community center was a longtime goal for local organizers, the project was expedited after the 2024 election. The volunteer team behind RAQC selected and designed […]
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. All the more reason, says Tommy Safranek, to ditch your vehicle and go on Charlottesville’s Neighborhoods Walks. Safranek is a little biased: He’s the bike […]
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 […]
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 Darden Towe Park: an unconnected phone booth, next to a bench in a quiet spot under the trees. Anyone can use it, any time; their […]
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 […]