No hard feelings
Managing big feelings is a tough job when you’re a little kid. Managing them while also going to school, learning, and socializing? Even tougher. Mountain View Elementary School counselor Charlotte […]
That’s fly!
You’ve heard of yoga, maybe you’ve heard of children’s yoga … but have you heard of kids aerial yoga? Local youngsters can try this gravity-defying practice at FlyDog yoga, which […]
Fair play
Every August, the grounds of James Monroe’s Highland come alive with young farmers leading their cows, pigs, goats, and chickens around a ring, in hopes of wowing a panel of […]
The CHS Urban Farming program has come of age
After more than a decade of helping high schoolers learn the ins and outs of planting and plowing, Charlottesville High School Urban Farming has gone commercial. The successful program, launched […]
Support better
In 2012, when Eboni Bugg began working at the Women’s Initiative—a nonprofit offering mental health services to women—she was its first Black therapist on staff. “I was one of only […]
Bleating hearts
It takes a certain amount of vision to decide to stake your future on a herd of goats. But in 2008, that’s exactly what former homebuilder Jace Gooding did. With […]
A pig deal
The primary mission of Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry is to feed people. But last year the nonprofit, which prides itself on letting almost nothing go to waste, donated about […]
A tree grows in C’ville
Trees are life. No, really. They provide oxygen, reduce energy costs, fight against climate change, and lead to better health simply by existing. That’s why ReLeaf Cville is working to […]
Local craft
Want to have something in common with John and Patricia Kluge, The British royal family, The College of William & Mary, and “The Beverly Hillbillies” mansion? Then you should commission […]
Inside information
The joy of hunting for the perfect tomato or apple at a farmers’ market is seriously dampened when you’re getting soaked by a downpour. Which is why a spankin’ new […]