Andrew Moore in the HotSeat
Writer, journalist, and public speaker Andrew Moore returns to town for a reading at New Dominion Bookshop, followed by a conversation with local writer and cultural landscape historian Nell Boeschenstein […]
Lauren Thomas in the HotSeat
The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA is in the thick of its busiest time of the year: kitten season. And thanks to an influx of adorable furry little friends, the shelter is running […]
Net gains
Scott Stadium hosted more than 24,000 fans for the NCAA men’s lacrosse Championship Weekend May 23-25, a rare return of the event to a college campus after years at pro […]
Soak in the moment
By 7:15am on May 16, the crowd at Ellie’s Country Club was already shoulder-to-shoulder, with commencement-day revelers packing the patio beneath a canopy of balloons. Lines outside bars on the […]
Bruce Holsinger in the HotSeat
Best-selling author Bruce Holsinger knows what it takes to produce rock-solid fiction. The writer, professor, and Guggenheim fellow penned Culpability, the 116th selection of Oprah’s Book Club. His novel The […]
Lisa Woolfork in the HotSeat
Scholar, maker, and cultural critic Lisa Woolfork has been making space and creating community in Charlottesville, centering her efforts on functional fiber arts. Woolfork hosts the award-winning podcast “Stitch Please,” […]
Willa Barnhardt in the HotSeat
The staff and volunteer physicians at the Charlottesville Free Clinic helped more than 3,000 patients in 2025—more than 1,600 of them new to the clinic—obtain medical and dental care. Roughly […]
Ruby Lopez Harper in the HotSeat
The City of Charlottesville and the surrounding region’s robust arts community has lacked a centralized arts council since the Piedmont Council for the Arts shuttered in 2017. A new effort […]
Jane Colony Mills in the HotSeat
Charlottesville’s Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry provides free groceries to an average of 12,000 people every month. “Our goal for each visiting household is to provide a week’s worth of […]
Nicole Thomas in the HotSeat
The Women’s Initiative has a new leader: Nicole Thomas, Ed.D. As she stepped into the role of executive director of the Charlottesville org in August, Thomas brought more than a […]