Go with the glow

My Christmas spirit sense starts tingling early and often here in Charlottesville. Way before Carter Mountain Orchard serves its first apple cider donut, I’m half-deranged with holiday anticipation, eager to […]

Photo finish 

The results are in! In November, C-VILLE readers submitted the best photo they captured in 2023, each illustrating the theme “What a day!” Our judges—Ézé Amos and Stacey Evans—reviewed more […]

Christmas at the Paramount

Caroling goes next level at Christmas at the Paramount, the Oratorio Society of Virginia’s annual holiday show. Music Director Michael Slon and over 80 community singers perform choral arrangements of […]

Holiday Stories Playback

Someone ate the cookies meant for the reindeer while rockin’ too hard around the Christmas tree, and who was that kissing Santa Claus? Storytelling meets improv at Hamner Theater’s Holiday […]

Brew & Buddy Run

Elves and cotton-headed ninny-muggins alike are invited to hit the town for the Brew & Buddy Run. Your adventure begins at The Paramount Theater, then you’ll journey through the seven […]

Family style

By Carrie Meslar In a location on Emmet Street that has seen many iterations over the years, Chang Thai restaurant may be the newest occupant, but the team inside, and […]

Growing excitement

Most of us check the weather forecast to decide how to dress, or evaluate the impact it has on our travel or events. For farmers who grow grapes and winemakers […]

Pentatonix

It may not look a lot like Christmas, but it sure does feel like it when Pentatonix comes to town. The a cappella supergroup recently put out its seventh holiday […]

Social Dance

Dancers and audience members move together by communicating through phones—no speaking, talking, or touching allowed—in Amanda Monroe Finn’s Social Dance. The four-minute short documents last year’s immersive performance experience at […]