Charlottesville street style
Aimee Seu Age: 27 Occupation: Author and poet The look: Gifted overalls, thrifted T-shirt, Ada Chen earrings, Muccha painting pendant from a roadside flea market “I’m half Korean, one-fourth Native […]
Truth, be told
The folks behind the art installation known as the Truth Farm want everyone to know the truth about immigration. But what is the truth? And could there be more than […]
Point, click, bind
Matt Eich wanted a way to make photography less disposable. A Charlottesville- based photojournalist and photography professor at George Washington University, Eich has published extensively in the New York Times, […]
Now serving
Alicia Walsh-Noel is no stranger to a career pivot. Seven years ago, she left her cubicle job to start as a busser at Zocalo. And in 2018, while working at […]
The artists’ way: Local artists share what stalls, motivates, and inspires them—for better or worse
Art can be intimidating. In talking with Chicho Lorenzo, Benita Mayo, Heather Owens, Michael Jones, and Megan Read, five visual artists currently working in Charlottesville, we’ve learned about each artists’ […]
Good bars: Empowering women through chocolate
Carly Romeo had always been really into chocolate, but it wasn’t until a visit to a chocolate shop with a friend that she realized her interest had grown beyond that […]
Best of the FEST: Local fashion marketing firm Spirit of 608 trains focus on tight niche
Lorraine Sanders knows FEST. She better. She came up with the acronym. As a modern marketer, acronyms are kind of Sanders’ thing. So are podcasts, social media campaigns, viral videos, […]
They run these streets: As the pandemic drove people apart, Prolyfyck Run Crew helped bring them together
They gather in the dozens at the Jefferson School at 6am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: Black, brown, and white, women and men, old and young, united by the road […]
A lyrical world: For Spanish poet Fernando Valverde, Charlottesville is a global stage
In one of Fernando Valverde’s poems, “Ellis Island,” he imagines would-be immigrants to the United States, gathering in European cities like a swelling tide: “The future / sold in first […]
Recycling for cycling: Community Bikes brings nonprofit mettle to refurbished pedals
Community Bikes has been providing bicycles to Charlottesville kids and adults in need since 2001, but with the widespread rush to ride over the past calendar year, the nonprofit has […]