Election Day may still feel like a long way off, but Virginia’s midterm races are already taking shape. In the 5th District, incumbent Rep. John McGuire secured the Republican nomination with 84.24 percent of the vote. Democratic nominee Tom Perriello had a similarly dominant primary performance, coming away with 79.76 percent of the electorate. Most […]
Like ancients made visible, Virginia is home to 25 species of turtles, many of them already in decline or vulnerable to it, due to eroding federal protections that went into effect in July of this year. But with a bit of care, protection, and respect, these creatures—clomping around since the Triassic period 230 million years […]
Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle is a full-circle moment for Sara Holdren. “I grew up in the Greenwood/Crozet area outside of Charlottesville, and Live Arts was definitely a huge part of my artistic coming of age,” Holdren says. She was part of the Live Arts Theater Training Ensemble—“the acronym was LATTE,” Holdren says—and recalls […]
University of Virginia football enters this season with college football playoff hopes. The Cavaliers took a historic step forward in 2025, their fourth season under Head Coach Tony Elliott, by tying a program record with 10 wins on their way to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. A win over Duke in the conference title […]
Charlottesville-based Alix E. Harrow’s latest fantastical novel, 2025’s time-traveling The Everlasting, is in the running for a prestigious Hugo Award for best novel. (The winner will be announced on August 30.) “I mostly totally disassociate from things like awards,” Harrow says, “but talking about books that I really like, that I can really check in […]
“How was his English?” an unseen man asks Greene County sheriff’s deputy Capt. Brian Shifflett, as he climbs back into his cruiser a little after 11am on June 23. “Pretty good,” says Shifflett. He’s just pulled over a driver, supposedly for speeding in rainy conditions on a rural road near Stanardsville. But Shifflett and his […]
The Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas, attracted more visitors last year than it had during any year in the previous decade. The storied natural swimming area with a view of downtown Austin drew nearly 1 million aquaphiles in 2025, up from the shallows of 2020, when 300,000 or so defied the pandemic to take […]
The situation at the Rivanna Trail encampments is reaching a boiling point, with a viral video of a man (who has since been identified as a white supremacist who believes Heather Heyer’s killer should be free) walking through the area. The video, along with the deaths of unhoused persons living at the site, tent fires, […]
Earlier this year, the C&O Restaurant posted on Instagram: “On March 22, 1976, Philip Stafford and Sandy McAdams opened the C&O Restaurant. Fifty years later, everyone in this town has a C&O story.” The restaurant’s greatest story, though, belongs to the people who shaped it. It begins with the audacious determination to open a French […]
Got milk? Virginia does. From minute milk exosomes that deliver drugs and beauty to high-tech breastfeeding devices, infant milk sharing apps, and dairy in its raw form, a look at a few of the ways the white stuff helps our region rise to the top like—well, you know. On milk Registered UVA Health dietitian Katherine […]
Did you hear the story about the flop movie that turned into a Broadway smash? Newsies, Director Kenny Ortega’s $15 million musical built around the real-life New York City newsboys’ strike of 1899 had no shortage of star power: The cast included Christian Bale, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, and Bill Pullman. Still, it was unceremoniously opened […]