Peace by piece

It goes without saying that a quilting judge must have a sharp eye for details, but there’s more to it than that. Sure, “things like originality, consistency in the length […]

Galleries: April

In the paint For Kris Bowmaster, a painting is more than a single moment, captured on canvas. It’s a place to go. An event. A happening. Over 25 years ago, […]

Pick: Popeye

I yam what I yam: He’s strong to the finich, ’cause he eats his spinach, he’s Popeye the Sailor Man. Most of us know the spinach-eating, stovepipe-forearmed sailor from the […]

Pick: Wordplay

Think fast: If you (like us here at C-VILLE) have been religiously solving the daily Wordle, you’ll enjoy flexing your vocab and trivia skills at Wordplay, Charlottesville’s original live game […]

Pick: Leif Vollebekk

Songs for the taking: “Anything that I wouldn’t ever want to tell anyone—I just put it on the record,” says Canadian indie-folk musician Leif Vollebekk about his latest album, New […]

Small bites

Leaving the country Spring has sprung, and as the season turns, so does the Charlottesville foodscape. The Blue Ridge Country Store, an old-timey convenience store known for its extensive salad […]

Brewing perfection

Sake is believed to have originated in Japan approximately 2,000 years ago. As with many alcoholic beverages, it was refined as part of religious ceremonies, and commercial brewing of the […]