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THIS WEEK The midterms are coming, and we’re fired up. According to the Virginia Public NEWS 11 Access Project, as of October 23, voters in the 5th District have already cast 7,563 13 Response to ProPublica/NYT article on racial divide in city absentee ballots—up 71 percent from this time in last year’s gubernatorial election. schools. Charlottesville leads the pack of early voters in the 5th, with an increase of 130 14 Are small businesses being percent from this time last year, and Albemarle County is second, up 126 percent. priced out by Downtown Mall rents? Given our demographics, that’s likely a lot of folks hoping Leslie Cockburn can flip 14 Man who was dragged from our reliably-red district to blue (p. 21). car window by cops settles This is despite the fact that, as one reader points out in our Q&A this week lawsuit. (p. 70), Virginia is one of a minority of states that does not offer “no-excuse” early 16 Movement underway to rename Cale Elementary School. voting. Here in the Old Dominion, where polls close at 7pm, you must have an 16 Xavier Murphy pleads guilty approved reason for not being able to make it on Election Day. It’s almost like they to killing girlfriend. don’t really want you to participate! But if the past two years have shown us anything, it’s that more and more FEATURE 21 ordinary people are willing to go the extra mile to be heard. Around here, formerly staid and sparsely attended government meetings have been overrun by community members insistent on speaking up. Officials may still be grappling Can Leslie Cockburn beat Denver Riggleman with how to handle their raucous constituents (at a Charlottesville City Council in the traditional GOP stronghold? meeting you may get heckled, while at an Albemarle School Board meeting you could be arrested for clapping), but that’s a good problem to have. ARTS 29 As civil rights icon John Lewis wrote, freedom “is not some enchanted garden 31 Calendar Listings perched high on a distant plateau, where we can finally sit down and rest. 31 Tunes: Album reviews Freedom is the continuous action we all must take…to create an even more fair, 33 Feedback: Victory Hall Opera’s more just society.” fall production inspired by the Don’t forget to vote. —Laura Longhine season.
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It’s official After taking the oath of office to become the ninth president of the University of Virginia, Jim Ryan delivered his inaugural address in front of Old Cabell Hall on Friday, October 19. Titled “Faith in the Unfinished Project,” Ryan’s speech was about his hopes and plans for UVA. “I know this project we call the University of Virginia is not finished and never will be,” he said. “I know it’s not perfect, and it never can be. But I believe in its fundamental goodness. I believe in its ability to be even better than it is now. I see the brilliance, the kindness, the decency, and the progress every day as I walk across the Grounds and spend time with the students, faculty, and staff with whom I am lucky enough to share this journey.” Ryan took office on August 1, succeeding former president Teresa Sullivan.
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As a local biologist and founder of the nonprofit Environmental Health Sciences, Pete Myers clearly knows a thing or two about environmental health. On Thursday, October 25, from 9am to noon, he’ll join three other experts at the Paramount to give us “The Real Dirt on Pesticides” (spoiler: it’s worse than you think). If you can’t make the forum, where attendees will also learn alternative and sustainable methods of dealing with garden pests and weeds, here are three things Myers says you ought to know about the substances created to kill:
In a Facebook response to the Progress editorial on heckling at City Council meetings, Mayor Walker accused Councilor Kathy Galvin of “white (civil) rage,” and described the “tyranny” that has ruled the city under the guise of civility: “I’m cruel and oppressive and unreasonable, but I do it in a suit and tie or a dress, while I eat Baggby’s. And I don’t yell...I slyly smirk.”
1. Because of wind, drift, water runoff from pesticidesprayed fields, and the way that the sun’s heat evaporates the pesticide off the surfaces where they are sprayed, it is virtually impossible to limit their application to the pest they are being used to kill. This harms beneficial organisms, including people. 2. Almost no square inch on the planet is without measurable amounts of pesticides, and every human has measurable levels of pesticides in them. JACKSON SMITH
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Big tent replaced The bad news is that construction to replace the original fabric roof of the Sprint Pavilion will cut off all pedestrian access through the venue (and the tunnel under Ninth Street) until March. The good news is that the fabric will get a new life as a “portable off-grid washing facility,” which creates a reusable and environmentally friendly way to do laundry in refugee camps, according to Pavilion manager Kirby Hutto.
Pesticide manufacturers submit test results, not regulatory agencies, and results are often withheld from independent scrutiny with claims of confidential business interests. The tests are carried out on the ‘active ingredient,’ the one chemical thought to do the killing. But a pesticide is a mixture with many other chemicals specifically added to the product to make it more powerful. The product as sold is never tested in the process of determining its safety. Pete Myers
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3. The methods used by regulatory agencies to test for pesticide safety have deep and fatal flaws, so our understanding of what is safe, and what is not, is very limited. Among them:
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Failing grade Community responds to the ProPublica/NYT piece on racial inequities in city schools By Laura Longhine
The city gives all students a formal assessment for its gifted program in first grade, rather than in second like Albemarle County, because national data suggests that kids from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit from being tested sooner. Being behind “really does compound year to year,” says Christine Esposito, a gifted specialist at Johnson Elementary. “Kids who don’t feel successful in school will start to shut down.” Esposito says she and her colleagues are always thinking about ways to make the
Dr. Rosa Atkins has led Charlottesville City Schools for nearly 13 years. During her tenure, the system has made progress on raising graduation rates and reducing suspension rates, but black students are still more than four times as likely as white students to be held back a grade and almost five times as likely to be suspended.
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Lamira is currently in fifth grade at Walker Upper Elementary, and she’s in accelerated math classes, where, again, most of her classmates are white. It’s an experience that seems unchanged from when Carey herself was a student in Charlottesville’s schools. “When I was in high school, I was in advanced classes and I was one of three black kids out of 27 kids,” she says. “And now it’s going on with my daughter. The same thing is still going on.” Darnell Walker, who attended city schools from elementary through high school, agrees.
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Indeed, the one thing almost everyone involved can agree on is that the racial achievement gap is a problem that goes beyond Charlottesville, and that no one has effectively solved it. “What’s happening in Charlottesville is not at all unique to Charlottesville; this is a nationwide trend that schools are failing our black students,” says a city elementary school teacher who asked not to be identified by name. “My questions are, who is doing this better than us, with a similar population? What do we need to do differently?” A 2016 Stanford University study of standardized test scores found that Charlottesville ranks with other college towns in the 10 percent of districts with the widest racial achievement gaps, but that these gaps exist nationwide. And it’s difficult to separate the school system’s problems from those of the community itself: Charlottesville is a rapidly gentrifying city with a long history of racial and economic segregation. Grappling with that legacy, several educators say, will require some deep, long-term work, like rethinking teaching to be culturally relevant, and hiring and retaining more African American teachers. Justin Malone, who started as principal of Jackson-Via Elementary last year and led Charlottesville High School for four years before that, says he recognizes the problems identified in the story, but that in his experience, Charlottesville City Schools are committed to trying to improve. “Even before the events of Aug 11 and 12, it’s hard not to just ask yourself, are you doing it right, are you doing it well?” he says. “That’s been the work.”
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program more inclusive. “If we had the answer, we would have fixed it by now. We editor@c-ville.com come to work and we try our best to do our best for every kid that we see.” ast week, ProPublica and the New York On the high school level, Charlottesville Times published a scathing indictHigh has instituted an honors-option proment of Charlottesville City Schools, gram, in which students can pursue stanpointing out persistent and widening achievedard or honors-level credits in the same ment gaps between white and black stuclassroom, instead of being tracked into dents. The article also highlighted the overseparate classes. The district says this prorepresentation of white students in the city gram has led to a significant increase in schools’ gifted program, and made a genenrollment in honors and AP level courses eral case that the needs of black students for African American students. and families are not being met. Margaret Thornton, who taught English The piece set off a storm of reactions on at CHS when the program was introduced, social media, with one teacher on Facebook says it gave her a much more racially hetblaming a lack of “support or discipline at erogeneous class. Students used different home,” while others brought up issues like texts to tackle the same big questions, and frequent leadership turnover in city schools, they learned from each other, improving disempowered teachers, and the role of affluboth test scores and engagement, she says. ent white parents in preventing real change. “It’s a completely different way of teaching, The city school system has responded when you’re organizing around these big forcefully. In a press conference and a letter ideas and then exposing students to all sorts to parents, Superintendent Dr. Rosa Atkins, of diverse viewpoints,” she says. who has been in her position for nearly 13 While the honors-option program is exyears, highlighted what she says are the dispanding, eliminating tracking altogether trict’s efforts to address these issues, but also would be a difficult lift. Even among acknowledged responsibility. “Our white students, school systems were primary response should be to listraditionally designed to categorize ten and learn from the central truth “Our primary response should be and separate students by ability levof this article,” she wrote. “We have to listen and learn from the central els, says Thornton, who is now a not made consistent or satisfactory truth of this article. We have not doctoral student studying detrackprogress for all our students.” ing at UVA’s Curry School of EducaThe city followed up with a sur- made consistent or satisfactory tion. “We never righted those strucvey to parents, and planned to hold progress for all our students.” tures to make them more inclusive a community forum on Tuesday, DR. ROSA ATKINS and to make school about enriching October 23. experiences,” she says. For many, the issues raised in the decade. Still, the overall ratio of white to “Every child should be getting these enstory were not a surprise. black students hasn’t changed much. riching experiences,” she adds. “All children Gaye Carey, 34, says she’s been concerned have gifts that we can be uncovering. I don’t Bev Catlin, a district coordinator for the about the achievement gap since her daughthink school as we currently have it is deprogram, says the ratios are beginning to ter, Lamira, was in first grade at Johnson shift, but it will take time. In the meantime, signed to do that.” Elementary and a teacher recommended her the city’s gifted specialists are increasingly for QUEST, the city’s gifted program. Carey, “pushing in” to classrooms, collaborating who is African American, says she remembers with teachers to offer lessons to students who Lamira being one of only two black students are not identified for the program—both so pulled out of class for QUEST. “And I just everyone can benefit from higher-level lesknow [there’s] plenty of smart black kids,” sons and so specialists can identify strengths she says, “so I’m just not understanding.” in students who might have been overlooked. “I thought these issues for Black students in Charlottesville would have died a few years after I left CHS, in 2000, but I see it’s still alive, strong, and shows no signs of letting up,” he says in an email. Like Zyahna Bryant, who was featured prominently in the ProPublica/NYT story, Walker recalls that he was one of the rare black students pushed toward gifted programs. “I was one of those students who teachers would call ‘different,’ knowing they meant I was nothing like my Black friends,” he writes. “But I definitely was just like them. They were all smart.” As the article pointed out, white students make up more than 70 percent of students in QUEST (in a district that is 42 percent white). And the percentage of white students who are identified as gifted has shot up from 11 percent in 1984 to roughly 33 percent today. School administrators say what the piece left out were the active steps they are taking to make the QUEST program more inclusive: Changes in the way students are identified as gifted have resulted in an increase in referrals to the program over the last
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s the Hallmark greeting card and gift store morphs into a Bank of America, and the lights have gone dark over Read It Again, Sam’s shelves of used books, some are asking what types of businesses now prosper on the Downtown Mall—and who can afford to try. Gwen Berthy, who’s been selling records at Melody Supreme on Fourth Street since 2010, ponders what may—or may not—be successful in taking Read It Again, Sam’s place. “Not a bookstore, for sure,” he says. “I can’t imagine the rent.” Joan Fenton, who owns the building and several shops on the Downtown Mall, declined to comment on how much she’s charging for rent, or what Dave Taylor, the bookstore’s founder, had been paying for the spot he’d occupied for more than two decades. (Taylor passed away in March, 2017). The current tenant, Dennis Kocik, who took over the store six months ago, declined to comment on his rent or why he was shuttering the 25-year-old business. Fenton did say she’s received many calls about the space, and will make a decision about a potential, undisclosed renter this week. The storefront isn’t up for grabs until January, and in the meantime, Fenton says she’ll host her own pop-up shop during the holiday season. The average rent on the Downtown Mall is approximately $21 per square foot, though actual rent varies widely, according to Chris Engel, the city’s director of economic development. Berthy suggests prime real estate like the former site of the used bookstore probably costs $4,000 or $5,000 a month. Since 1997, the building’s total value has increased from approximately $300,000 to nearly a million dollars. Another downtown bookstore co-owner, Kate DeNeveu, says, “We are very fortunate that our space is very small.” But she also declined to comment on what she’s paying to rent the space that houses her Telegraph Art & Comics,
and said she was surprised when Read It Again, Sam suddenly closed. “I’m going to miss that place,” she says. “I don’t think you can have too many bookstores.” DeNeveu attributes a lot of her sales of comics, posters, T-shirts, and collectibles to downtown tourists. “Being close to the Omni is a blessing,” she says. “I am totally 100 percent pro hotel.” Sitting at the bar at Citizen Bowl Shop, DeNeveu points through the glass in the eatery’s front door and across the mall, where construction on a tech incubator called CODE will start later this year. She says it’ll be interesting to see if the mall’s offerings change to cater to tech professionals when almost an acre of their office and accompanying retail space opens. Berthy wonders the same, and says the business mix has changed over the years to accommodate young professionals who move to Charlottesville for jobs. Engel says a healthy downtown should have a mix of retail, residential, and office spaces. “Since we have not had any new office space delivered in the past decade, the planned projects will be a welcome addition,” he says. Berthy’s been here long enough to know what types of businesses do best. “Burgers. Drinks. Ice cream,” he says. And then, while simultaneously making a thumbs down and blowing a raspberry, he says, “Culture.” Adds the man who makes his money off of music—in a spot where people often drop by and ask him for restaurant recommendations instead of buying records—“If you want to do a private business here, first you think about the bellies of people.” And the mini Bank of America that’s inhabiting Hallmark’s old home? “No comment,” says Berthy, “I mean, what could I say? It’s terrible.”
Dennis Kocik, who recently took over Read It Again, Sam, declined to say why he closed the 25-year-old bookstore.
Since 1997, the Downtown Mall building’s total value has increased from approximately $300,000 to nearly a million dollars.
County settles lawsuit against five cops Benjamin Burruss sat in his car in the Comfort Inn parking lot surrounded by Albemarle police. His employer had asked police to check on him when he didn’t show up for work. Burruss told the officers he did not intend to harm himself or anyone else, and the 12-gauge shotgun in his backseat was for a hunting trip. For two hours, police refused to let him leave, then deployed a stinger—a strip that shreds tires—under his rear wheels, threw a flash bomb, smashed his car windows, dragged him out, and took him to the hospital for a 72-hour mental health hold. Five years after the November 21, 2013, standoff that Burruss, 61, said left him with PTSD, the county and five police officers settled his lawsuit against them for an undisclosed amount.
“Hopefully this case results in the police not using emergency custody orders to detain people who are not mentally ill, have not committed any crime, and just want to be left alone,” says Burruss in a release. Burruss says he’d missed a few days of work at Northrop Grumman, where he held a security clearance, because he was adjusting to a new medication for depression, and he was staying at the motel on Pantops because of some marital issues. When surrounded by what he estimated to be a dozen cops, he refused to get out of his car and said he didn’t want to talk to them and wanted to leave. Officer Garnett “Chip” Riley at one point said, “We got nothin’,” and, “I got no reason to hold him,” according to the complaint. But rather than release him, Officer Jatana Rigsby called Burruss’ wife
and asked her to obtain an emergency custody order, alleging he was “acting irrationally,” according to court documents. County cops Riley, Rigsby, Kanie Richardson, Robert Warfel, and Captain Pete Mainzer were defendants in Burruss’ lawsuit, along with Albemarle County. The suit was filed in federal court for unlawful seizure, false imprisonment, and battery. In April 2016, Judge Glen Conrad gave the officers and the county qualified immunity for their actions after the emergency custody order was issued, but questioned holding Burruss for over an hour beforehand when they were aware they didn’t have probable cause to prevent him from leaving. The case had been scheduled for a four-day jury trial October 16. Burruss was represented by the Rutherford Institute and Michael Winget-Hernan-
dez. Rutherford founder John Whitehead describes the settlement as “favorable to us but we can’t give details.” He blames the incident on police militarization and overuse of SWAT tactics in a situation that could have been handled non-confrontationally. “Obviously the police went too far,” he says. “They smashed his window and put him in a mental health facility.” Whitehead says he hopes the settlement says to police in future similar situations, “slow down.” When asked about the settlement and whether it would affect future police actions in similar situations, Albemarle County spokesperson Emily Kilroy says, “The orders that were entered by the court are a dismissal as to the county and as to the individual defendants. There is no further comment.”—Lisa Provence
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examine the monikers of all schools in the division within six months. “We should not revere or celebrate these viewpoints nor preserve them in perpetuity hite parents would not in the names of public buildings,” Acuff said. permit their children to Local filmmaker Lorenzo Dickerson, receive instruction from who also serves as a web and social media inferior Negro teachers—and they were specialist for county schools, says he dug inferior.” up the Commentary article while creating This recently resurfaced statement, a presentation for staff at his alma mater, which originally appeared in a July 1, 1956, Western Albemarle High School. He article titled “Virginia’s Creeping Desegreshowed his work to the school board at gation: Force of the Inevitable” in ComAcuff ’s request. mentary magazine, was said by Dr. Paul These types of discussions Cale, the longest-serving Albearen’t new to Albemarle. The marle County schools superincounty school board has recenttendent, and the namesake of one ly faced pressure to ban Confedof the county’s most diverse eleerate imagery from its dress code. mentary schools. “I know that the members of Now that his racist comments this board will continue to strughave been brought to light, some gle with these issues,” said David school board members say celOberg, a school board member ebrating the long-gone superinwho has publicly supported the tendent doesn’t sit well with them. Albemarle County At its October 18 meeting, School Board Chair ban. “I hope that as we do, we will board chair Kate Acuff directed Kate Acuff wants the engage our entire community ACPS superintendent ACPS superintendent Matt Haas to review the names on...the issues of systemic disto review the current policy on of all schools in the crimination within our schools and within our community.” naming school buildings, and to division. EZE AMOS news@c-ville.com
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An open letter to the voters of the 5th Congressional District: Clean energy has created thousands of new, high-paying jobs in Virginia and is spurring billions of dollars of investment across rural America, including Southwest and Southside Virginia. This is America’s future. And as an emerging clean energy hub, the opportunity is now for the 5th Congressional District. It was encouraging to see clean energy discussed at the 5th Congressional District debate. Unfortunately, Denver Riggleman’s comments that linked climate action to job loss are just plain wrong. The transition to a clean energy economy will address climate change AND create jobs. For the past two years, our 5th District representation has worked against the interests of our local clean energy industry. We can’t afford another two years of the same. It’s time to take a stand. We need action, not talk. Commitments, not excuses. It’s time to support clean energy—and our local economy. This is about our changing climate. And it’s about creating jobs in the fastest-growing industry sector in the heart of the 5th District.
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In any other year, the Republican incumbent in the 5th District would be a shoo-in. But this year, two things make the election something of a horse race: One, Congressman Tom Garrett announced in late May that he would not seek a second term, leaving an open seat without the incumbent advantage. And two, Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Can the 5th be flipped?
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Leslie Cockburn is part of a blue wave of women running for office following the election of Donald Trump as president.
AGE: 66 RESIDES: Rappahannock County OCCUPATION: Journalist, author GREW UP: Hillsborough, California EDUCATION: Yale SIGNATURE LOOK: Scarves and/or a quilted green vest
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HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION: Daughter Olivia Wilde and her fiancé Jason Sudeikis AUTHOR OF: Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship LESLIE COCKBURN WOULD not be running for Congress if Donald Trump hadn’t been elected president. After the first Women’s March, the former “60 Minutes” producer and “Frontline” correspondent switched teams from objective reporter to political candidate. Over the past 17 months of driving thousands of miles across the 5th District, she says she’s bought six new tires and replaced her brakes twice. Cockburn came from money, and can drop names like Mick Jagger, who once dined in her Georgetown house. But she opted out of the country club lifestyle to which she was born, and documented her career as an investigative journalist in her book Looking for Trouble: One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution. She says she
has been the breadwinner in her family, and cares about equal pay. Cockburn says she approached running for office as a reporter: by asking questions. “When you’re a journalist, an important part of the job is giving a voice to people who have no voice,” she says. The number one issue she’s heard about from citizens of the 5th is health care, which affects people from the price of their insurance premiums to their ability to afford drugs to treatment for addiction and mental health issues. Jobs are another issue for the district. “Southside has 2,500 open jobs,” Cockburn says. “One of the big reasons they’re open is because people can’t pass drug tests.” She wants to make community college free and turn the district into a jobs-producing solar-energy capital. And she’s amassed more than 1,500 volunteers who are going door to door, as well as a $2.4 million war chest, raising $1.1 million the last quarter—compared to Riggleman’s $695,000—with $1 million cash on hand. In her latest filing, she claims 51,963 individual donors. “I’m not taking any corporate PAC money,” she says. Cockburn cites her mileage across the 5th as the biggest difference between her and Riggleman, who started his campaign this summer. “I have been out [to places] in this district five times, 15 times. People recognize that’s essential for them to be represented.”
“Anything Trump doesn’t like is fake news. That’s dangerous.” LESLIE COCKBURN
raditionally, the midterms are the elections for which voters don’t bother showing up. (Our story on the last one was subtitled “What if you held an election and the voters didn’t care?”) But that political landscape has decidedly changed. This year, citizens are practically frothing at the mouth to get to the polls. Democrats are predicting a blue wave powered by outrage at Trump and the recent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Republicans are declaring that backlash to the Kavanaugh hearings and the fear that Democrats will impeach Trump will surge into a red swell. And the polls…well, after 2016, no one’s going to call a close race based on polls. Charlottesville is a blue dot in the solidly red swath of the 5th District, which runs from Southside on the North Carolina border to horse-farmy Fauquier County in northern Virginia. The district hasn’t elected a Dem since Tom Perriello won along with Barack Obama in 2008. Perriello served one term, and the district reverted to its rural red roots. But in the wake of the highly controversial 2016 presidential election, a whole lot could change. “Trump’s victory in 2016 basically imperiled a lot of Republicans in 2018,” says Kyle Kondik of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the UVA-based newsletter that rates races across the country. The real estate developer/reality TV star’s win inspired veteran journalist and Rappahannock resident Leslie Cockburn to enter the race. She emerged victorious from somewhat bitterly fought Democratic caucuses throughout the 5th.
And Garrett’s abrupt retirement from Congress left Republicans scrambling to find a candidate. Emerging with the nomination was Denver Riggleman, a defense intelligence contractor and distiller, who made a brief stab last year at securing the GOP’s gubernatorial nomination, which fell to longtime operative Ed Gillespie. With two political newcomers, pundits moved the race from “likely Republican” to “leans Republican.” Among the many opposition groups spawned by Trump’s election is Indivisible, a national organization whose Charlottesville members were enraged by Garrett’s solid support of the president’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and his unwillingness to meet with Charlottesville constituents. “We’re working hard to flip the 5th District blue because it’s important to have a congressman who cares about the people of this district,” says Indivisible’s Dave Singerman. He’s undeterred by the Republican-heavy district. “One of the things I learned after the 2016 election is that predictions don’t matter and polls don’t matter,” says Singerman. “Getting out there and knocking on doors is what matters.” Cockburn has an army of more than 1,500 volunteers going door to door, and the “energy is extraordinary,” he says. “I’m not seeing that energy with Denver,” says Singerman. ”I see big signs the campaign puts up. I see a lot of little Leslie ones in people’s yards.” Kondik rates the race “leans Republican,” and while he won’t put odds on the chances of flipping the 5th, he says, “I’d certainly rather be a Republican than a Democrat in that district.” The district, which was redrawn after the 2010 census, has been altered to be a little more Republican than when Perriello won it in ‘08, he says. Kondik has heard of polling on the Republican side that shows “Riggleman up by a little.” Some forecasters, such as Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight, like the Democrats’ chance in the 5th and are calling it a toss-up.
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They’re on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but there are a few issues upon which Democrat Leslie Cockburn and Republican Denver Riggleman agree. ISSUE
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RIGGLEMAN
Healthcare is a basic human right
YES
NO
Support Atlantic Coast Pipeline
NO
NO
Decriminalization of pot
YES
YES
Climate change based on human activity
YES
YES*
Food stamps
YES
YES
Russian election interference
YES
YES
Press is the enemy of people
NO
NO
Tax cuts
NO
YES
Build the wall
NO
PARTIALLY
Restoration of felon voting rights
YES
NOT FOR VIOLENT CRIMES
Net neutrality
YES
NO
Muslim countries breeding grounds for terrorists
NO
YES
Raise minimum wage from $7.25/hour
YES
NO
Donations from PACs
JSTREET
KOCH BROTHERS
Restrict hate speech
NO
NO
*DOESN’T TRUST THE RECENT UN REPORT AND DOESN’T WANT TO “TAKE PEOPLE’S JOBS AWAY. ...I DON’T WANT SCIENCE TO BECOME A RELIGION.”
The Republican Party of Virginia’s ad with Cockburn’s head atop the neo-Nazi torch march at UVA, accusing her of being anti-Semitic because of her 1991 book about Israel. The RPV’s “Leslie Cockburn hates America” ad Cockburn’s challenging Riggleman’s military service in Afghanistan against her own creds as a journalist, followed by husband Andrew’s tweet minimizing the risks Riggleman faced. Cockburn accusing Riggleman of campaigning with an avowed white supremacist— former Jason Kessler sidekick Isaac Smith, who distanced himself from Kessler months before the Unite the Right rally and has disavowed his association with the alt-right.
DENVER RIGGLEMAN AGE: 48 RESIDES: Afton OCCUPATION: Defense contractor/ distiller GREW UP: Manassas EDUCATION: B.A., University of Virginia; master’s certificate in program management, Villanova NICKNAME: The Silverback AUTHOR OF: Bigfoot Exterminators Inc. The Partially Cautionary, Mostly True Tale of Monster Hunt 2006 (34 pages, self-published), The Mating Habits of Bigfoot and Why Women Want Him (we think this is a joke) DENVER RIGGLEMAN MADE his first, short-lived run for office last year, after butting up against the liquor industry and ABC regulations that impacted his Silverback Distillery, and Dominion’s plan to take his land in Nelson County for the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. “A lobbyist told me, ‘If you’re not at the dinner table, you’re on the menu.’” he said at an October 8 debate at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Although his 2017 “Whiskey Rebellion” didn’t raise enough money to secure the Republican nomination for governor, Riggleman became the GOP’s 5th District standard bearer less than a week after Congressman Tom Garrett’s Memorial Day announcement that he would not seek reelection. Riggleman comes from a modest background and said at the debate that he’d been on food stamps a couple of times. He told the Washington Post he was “a bit of a loser,” until his wife Christine became pregnant,
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which motivated him to join the U.S. Air Force and get a degree from UVA. After leaving the military in 2003, Riggleman co-founded a defense contracting company, Analyst Warehouse LLC, which InDyne acquired in 2012. In 2014, he and Christine opened Silverback Distillery in Nelson County, and last year, they opened a facility in Pennsylvania because of that state’s friendlier liquor laws. Riggleman stresses that he’s not a politician, and he endorses libertarian themes of minimal government intrusion into property rights and business. He also touts his military intelligence background. Riggleman supports Trump, but he says he doesn’t agree with the president on everything, in particular the raised debt ceiling. “If you’re going to do economic stimulus through tax cuts, you have to make sure spending is down also,” he says. He’s pledged to join the Freedom Caucus,
“Tax cuts do not create deficits. Spending does.” DENVER RIGGLEMAN the most conservative gang in the House, because he likes its fiscal policies, but he also says he differs with the group on the social issue side, and as “an independent-thinking guy” he won’t be in lockstep with it. The biggest difference between Cockburn and him? “I believe individuals should control their lives,” he says. “My opponent believes the government should have a bigger role than I would ever agree with. That’s the fundamental difference.”
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“Democrats have run some serious campaigns in this district,” says Kondik, but he notes that former Albemarle supervisor Jane Dittmar lost in 2016 by 16 points, in a state that Hillary Clinton won by 5 points. In statewide elections, Virginia has elected Democrats since 2012. But that doesn’t hold true for the 5th, which Trump carried by 11 points in 2016. Last year, Dem Ralph Northam won the governor’s race by 9 points statewide—but lost in the 5th by 9 points to Republican Gillespie. The U.S. Senate race pitting popular former governor and incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine against Confederate flagloving Republican Corey Stewart could be a factor in the congressional races, Kondik says. “Stewart could lose in a landslide statewide and drag down others,” says Kondik, who predicts that Kaine will win the state by 15 points, likely carrying the 5th. He puts the 5th No. 4 in a list of flippable Republican-held congressional districts, with Barbara Comstock No. 1 in the 10th, followed by Dave Brat in the 7th and Scott Taylor in the 2nd. In Northern Virginia, where Trump is wildly unpopular, “Comstock is in trouble.” But the other competitive districts in the state “are not as Republican as the 5th.” Both parties have congressional committees that fund House of Representative races, and the 5th “is not a district that comes up in those conversations,” says Kondik. “Parties become aware of close races and decide to come in at the last minute.” Cockburn announced October 17 that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had added her race to its Red to Blue list. Female rage fueled by the #MeToo movement and the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination could be a factor in the race, particularly among college-educated, affluent women living in the suburbs, such as Comstock’s 10th District, says Kondick. The 5th “is not like that. It’s not an affluent, educated district as a whole.” Melvin Adams, 5th District Republican Committee chair, thinks the Kavanaugh
nomination will “absolutely” be a factor in getting out the vote—the GOP vote. “It’s not just about men,” he says. “Republican women are upset about this. They think it was a sham.” Adams says Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of assault when they were in high school, was a victim abused in the process. “She wanted privacy. She was dragged out like a little rag doll and used.” And although Trump is not on the ballot, “He’s on the ticket,” says Adams. “That’s going to motivate a lot of people on both sides.” As to whether the 5th will flip on Election Day in November, Adams says, “I can’t answer that until the 7th. I do believe the district by and large is more conservative than Leslie Cockburn.” And according to Adams, “A lot of polls have taken this race out of the watch list.” Others didn’t poll it at all. Quentin Kidd, director of Christopher Newport University’s Wason Center for Public Policy, says, “We didn’t do it because we didn’t think it would be competitive.” Kidd notes that there hasn’t been a lot of outside money going into the race, like there has been in the 10th District. He has a hard time seeing a Dem upset. The district is drawn as very conservative, he says. “There are not enough Democrats in the 5th to overcome the numbers.” “But in the back of my head,” he adds, “that’s what everyone was saying about Tom Perriello.” The last Democrat to win the 5th is more optimistic. “I think [Cockburn] has a great chance to win,” says Perriello, citing her strong grassroots organization and her emphasis on issues that are important to Virginians, such as health care. “Open seats are a lot easier to pick up than those with incumbents.” Comparing this race to his win in 2008, Perriello says, “Ten years is a century in politics.” Then, there was a lot of energy coming from the candidacy of Barack Obama and his message of hope, he says. “There is a very different energy from ‘08,” he says. “People are appalled by the corruption they’re seeing from the top down.” There’s a motivation to check “this era of fear.” Perriello offers a different perspective on how Republicans in the district will cast their votes this round. “I don’t think Trump would carry this district today,” he says. “I think they liked him as an outsider.” Now, he says, “I can’t tell you how often I meet people who voted for Trump who are deeply disappointed, while he’s cutting deals to benefit his family.” He adds, “A lot of independent voters who were intrigued by Trump feel betrayed by Trump.” Perriello challenges the notion that Cockburn is too far left for the 5th, and says the “spectrum of right, left, and center have become impossible to decipher.” Wanting affordable health care isn’t any less popular on the right than it is on the left, maintains Perriello. Trump, he says, is “more extreme than anyone we’ve seen in the Republican party,” and has decimated traditional Republican values, such as fiscal responsibility, with his tax cuts that have ballooned the federal deficit while benefiting the rich, not his working-class base. “He’s only consistent on issues of racial divisiveness.” Perriello, who notes he was never ahead in the polls, offers this for the 5th: “There’s only one poll that matters, and that’s the one on Election Day.”
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On Sometimes Just the Sky, Mary Chapin Carpenter takes measure of her 30-year career through fresh renditions of songs from her original studio albums. Carpenter curated gems from her catalog that reflect her soul and trace the evolution of her songwriting, from award-winning country music to the intelligent folk-pop and orchestral collaborations that currently define her. $40-75, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.
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SEEING RED Lucy knows about the sharpness of teeth and claws—years of high school torment have left her hollowed and unseen, even in the eyes of her concerned grandmother Ruth. After new friend Jenny rescues her from near-death, sudden dreams of howls and gore lead Lucy to a darkness she’s never known. Stephen Spotswood’s In the Forest, She Grew Fangs loses any warmth found in Little Red Riding Hood and unleashes the hunted girl’s spirit of vengeance. $10-25, times vary. Gorilla Theater Productions, 1717 Allied Ln., Suite B. (617) 304-6723.
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Early to the jam band party, moe. rose quickly on the hippie festival circuit of the ’90s, firing up crowds with its intricate percussion and ripping guitar riffs. Three decades of touring and 24 albums later, the Buffalo, New York, quintet is still playing to massive audiences— in May, its 17th annual Summer Camp drew more than 20,000 people, and the group is currently headlining an East Coast run. $29.99-35. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4980.
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Keith Urban’s latest project, Graffiti U, is a versatile album, deeply rooted in the country music of his youth. While Urban is known for infusing guitar chops and hard rock into his music, this album stays stylistically true to the songs of Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, and Merle Haggard, which he discovered in his father’s record collection. The New Zealand singer pulls out all the stops, through 56 cities, on a show of passion for his 10th studio album. $37-95, 7pm. John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Rd. 243-4960.
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Ben Hernandez and Gabe Robey. Two members of Gallatin Canyon put on a twangy performance. No cover, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
Funny Girl. Following its record-breaking, sell-out run on London’s West End and a national tour, a live broadcast of the critically acclaimed musical comes to the big screen. $10-14, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.
Driftwood. Folk-rock band fuses traditional Americana with contemporary influences and timeless subject matter. $12-15, 8:30pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590. Josh Mayo’s Open Mic. Singer-songwriter plays and hosts this all-ages, all-talent open mic. No cover, 8pm. 1221 Market St., 1221 E. Market St. 282-2713. Madly Backwards. Eric Sites fronts a rotating lineup of musicians that keeps the music constantly evolving from rock to folk to pop, from blues to Americana and back again. No cover, 6pm. The Shebeen Pub & Braai, 247 Ridge McIntire Rd. 296-3185.
dance Bachata Fusion with the Charlottesville Salsa Club. Edwin Roa teaches an introductory bachata lesson before DJ Butchata plays an eclectic Latin mix infused with lots of bachata. $5-8, 8pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.
stage The Wolves. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a girls indoor soccer team practices while navigating their personal lives with all the vim and vigor of a pack
Psycho. A woman on the run (Janet Leigh) hides out at the Bates Motel where checkout time is always earlier than you expect. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.
Thursday 10/25 music Neal Goodloe. Live music in the pub. No cover, 7pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.
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Organ and Carillon Concert Series. Deke Polifka, director of music at St. Paul’s Memorial Church, plays works of Mendelssohn, de Grigny, Jongen, and Mulet. Baggby’s box lunches available for purchase. Free, noon. Christ Episcopal Church, 120 W. High St. 293-2347. Side Hustle. Bonnie Gordon and others have a rock band. No cover, 8pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. The Weedeaters. Local string band plays a wide range of music, including blues, bluegrass, old-time, and swing. No cover, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
stage In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. Lucy goes through high school unnoticed, except for when she’s mocked and tormented. But that’s before she meets Jenny, and before she finds something in the dark forest. The play contains strong adult language, sexual situations, and violence. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986. My Fair Lady. Professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into an elegant lady. $10-12, 7pm. Tandem Friends School, 279 Tandem Ln. 296-1303. The Forgotten: Hansel and Gretel and The Medium. When you think of Halloween, you think of opera, right? Follow Hansel and Gretel into the woods, where they discover Baba’s world of lost children, and voices from the beyond. $12-38, 7:30pm. Light House Studio: Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. 293-6992.
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The Wolves. See listing for Wednesday, October 24. $10-14, 8pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. 924-3376.
words John Keene Reading. MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Rutgers University-Newark professor reads from his fiction, including his collection, Counternarratives. Free, 5pm. Auditorium of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at UVA. 924-3025. MFA Reading Series. UVA creative writing students Andy Eaton and Olivia Haberman read from their work. Free, 8pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-2552. Southern Gothic Fvtvrist Haiku Slam. Prepare more than 20 haikus to compete in this poetry slam hosted by Raven Mack. No cover, 8pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9947.
etc. Alien/Aliens. In this double feature, onewoman army Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) tries to outwit vicious extraterrestrials in the 1979 original and the 1986 sequel. $15, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056. Film Club. Film Club at Common House presents Taika Waititi’s short, Two Cars, One Night, and his feature, What We Do in the Shadows. You do not need to be a Common House member to attend. Free, 7:30pm. Common House, 206 W. Market St. 566-0192. CONTINUED ON PAGE 32
TUNES Bottle It In (Matador) Caveat: I was a big fan of Kurt Vile’s 2013 album Wakin on a Pretty Daze until I went to his show and watched him basically perform the album became plain boring, and it’s been hard to hear his subsequent stuff without lingering bitterness. Despite enjoyable moments, like the sun-dappled “Rollin With the Flow,” Bottle It In doesn’t make amends over the course of nearly 80 slack-ass minutes. Vile still sounds like the class clown who smiles at the teacher and gets away with it;
Mountain Man
“Blanket Song.”
Magic Ship (Bella Union)
Pip Blom
Eight years after their debut, vocal trio Mountain Man picks right back up and makes an album so gorgeous it hurts. Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, and Amelia Randall Meath met in college, but their voices blend so seamlessly it’s hard to believe they’re not triplets. On her work in Sylvan Esso, Meath’s vocals
Paycheck (Nice Swan) Nineties vibes abound on this foursong EP from Amsterdam’s Pip Blom —which is the singer’s name and also the band name, because, great name. Pip Blom has been building a catalog slowly over the last couple of years, releasing a song or two at a time, which seems a wise move since there ain’t a whole lotta variety, jam to jam. But bent guitar notes and bratty sexiness reminiscent of
his songs are still formless six-string
Kim Deal animate the raucous
meanderings; and he still writes
“Pussycat,” the choogly “The Shed,”
stoner’s journal lyrics that come off
and the menacing “Come Home.”
less buzzed than blunted.
influence (they even cover the traditional “Bright Morning Stars”), Mountain Man transcends homage and histrionic revivalism. Their voices, pure but not precious, sound like they spring from the ground; of course we can hear birds singing back from time to time. From the trancey “Rang Tang Ring Toon” to the longing “Blue Mountain” to the timeless “Fish,” Magic Ship is a serene delight.—Nick Rubin
Ethers Ethers (Trouble In Mind) Ethers rises from the ashes of
Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo released
Minds, Radar Eyes, and The
one of the best psychedelic albums
Runnies, the combined four names
of 2016, House in the Tall Grass,
of which should give you a good
which included the head-turning
idea of what Ethers sounds like:
monster groove of “Green Sugar.”
solidly built, unpretentious Nuggets-y
When Masana Temples opens with
punk rock. Reporting for duty are
a two-minute drone, it makes you
garagey organ, stabbing guitar
wonder if the band has stared a
chords, bass flapping in the breeze,
Relix feature in the face and blinked,
and rudimentary but stalwart
but the album gets on track, another
drumming. Bo Hansen doesn’t have
gooey suspension of acid rock,
much range to his weathered,
Japanese folk, and kraut-y groove.
slightly wounded voice—but you
The results are reminiscent of
probably knew that, too—also, that
Dungen and Boogarins, varied and
it doesn’t much matter.
Chicago bands Heavy Times, Outer
Mountain Man
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note for note. What was entrancing
perfect closer in the folky, acoustic
engaging, and Temples also gets a
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Friday 10/26 music Armistead Wellford & Friends. Founding member of Love Tractor performs original songs from his upcoming album, along with new explorations of old favorites. $5, 6pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. 971-8796. Black Voices Gospel Choir Fall Concert. Music to soothe the soul and hope for peace. $4, 7:30pm. Newcomb Hall Ballroom, UVA. 924-3601.
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Choral Showcase. The University Singers, UVA Chamber Singers, Virginia Glee Club, and Virginia Women’s Chorus combine talents for an annual showcase. Free, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA. 924-3376. DJ Tova. Versatile DJ with a rocking reputation has audiences dancing until dawn. 21-plus. No cover, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.
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Richelle Claiborne. Jazz singer performs with a few surprise guests. No cover, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676. Rugged Arts Hip Hop Showcase. Remy St. Clair hosts A.D. Carson, Marcel P. Black, Black Liquid, Juneya The Mailman, and Sons of Ichibei for a hip-hop show featuring S.G. the DJ on the ones and twos. $5, 8pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9947. The ’77z. Members of Love Cannon, Positive Collective, Indecision, and King Wilkie celebrate Halloween with Grateful Dead covers. $10-15, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012. The Mad Children. Progressive folk-rock fusion with elements of psychedelia, Americana, and funk. 21-plus. No cover, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549. The Vegabonds. Spreading the gospel of pure, new-South rock. With Atlas Road Crew and The Currys. $5-10, 7:30pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St SE. 207-2355. The Working Effective. Jangly, folky, romantic post-rock. No cover, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094.
Koda and the Drunken All Stars. Rowdy Blue Ridge rock band features members of Chamomile and Whiskey, Parachute, and more. No cover, 6pm. Blue Mountain Brewery, 9519 Critzers Shop Rd., Afton. (540) 456-8020.
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moe. This progressive rock and jam band has produced more than 24 albums in its
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Open Mic Night. Instrumental and vocal jam open to the public. No cover, 7pm. James River Brewery, 561 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-7837.
Gladstones. Rocking an old-school mix of classic covers and originals. No cover, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.
Mock Stars Ball, Night One. Local bands perform as their idols to benefit the Shelter for Help in Emergency. Each night has a different lineup. $20-36, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
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three decades. $29-35, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.
Improv Comedy Night. Bent Theatre presents comedy so fresh and organic, it’s literally grown right in front of you. $10, 8pm. The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, 209 Monticello Rd. 984-5669. In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986. My Fair Lady. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-12, 7pm. Tandem Friends School, 279 Tandem Ln. 296-1303.
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The Wolves. See listing for Wednesday, October 24. $10-14, 8pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. 924-3376.
words Heather Frasch Colloquium. Composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic concert music talks about the connection between music and technology. Free, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall 107, UVA. 924-3052. Jocelyn Johnson and Kembrew McLeod Reading. Jocelyn Johnson, whose work appears in The Best American Short Stories 2018, and Kembrew McLeod, author of The Downtown Pop Underground, read from their work. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-2552. Susie McKenna Reading. Local author discusses her latest thriller, Last Tracks, in which a young married couple’s trip to the Canadian wilderness takes an unexpected turn. Free, noon. Northside Library, 705 W. Rio Rd. 973-7893.
etc. Ghost & Mystery Walking Tour. It’s 1904. You are the mayor of Charlottesville. Or his wife. Life is good. Then there’s a murder in your home. Things get complicated. Take the tour; go back in time to catch the crook. Meet in front of Marco & Luca on the Downtown Mall. Free-$15, 8pm. Tell Me About It Tours, 112 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 760-0525.
Saturday 10/27 music
Brazilian Strings Trio. Hear three of the most inventive instrumentalists on the contemporary Brazilian musical scene. $12-15, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St., 242-7012. Crozet Jam Band. Local band plays 1970s folk-rock favorites by Bob Seger, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, and others, and takes requests. No cover, 4pm. Meriwether Springs Vineyard & Brewery, 1040 Owensville Rd. 244-5086. Gabriel Planas. Pianist plays a dinnertime set. No cover, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.
Matthew O’Donnell. Multi-instrumental, Irish folk musician engages his audience with high energy and pure talent. No cover, 7pm. Wayland’s Crossing Tavern, 1015 Heathercroft Cir., Ste. 400, Crozet. 205-4669.
Mock Stars Ball, Night Two. See listing for Friday, October 26. $20-36, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590. Peter Ryan and Friends. Group plays rock, folk, country, and blues, from the 1950s to the present. No cover, 9pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. CONTINUED ON PAGE 37
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he story of “Hansel and Gretel” is a familiar one: the hungry children of a poor woodcutter are lost in the woods when they stumble upon a house made of gingerbread and sweets, enticing to their eyes and empty bellies. The house belongs to a witch who lures the children inside and captures them, intending to fatten them up so she can roast and eat them later. But Hansel and Gretel outwit the witch (who perishes in her own fiery oven), and the children stuff their pockets with the witch’s jewels and treasure before finding their way home. Like most folklore and fairy tales, “Hansel and Gretel” has been adapted many times, in many languages, each version differing slightly from the next. This week at Light House Studio, the Charlottesville-based Victory Hall Opera adapts Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 opera Hänsel und Gretel into an experimental version of the story, one that considers modern anxieties about the self and the other, about innocence lost and awareness found. Inspired by the Halloween zeitgeist that captures imaginations at this time of year, VHO wanted to stage an opera with “genuinely scary material” for its fall production, says VHO artistic director Miriam Gordon-Stewart. Hänsel und Gretel was one choice. Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Medium is another. Written and set in the wake of World War II, The Medium is a two-act tragic opera about a fraudulent psychic (Baba) who ropes her daughter (Monica) and a mute servant (Toby) into leading grieving clients through fake séances. During one séance, Baba has an experience she cannot explain; it terrifies her and drives her mad. Gordon-Stewart and Brenda Patterson, VHO director of music, noticed similarities between the two operas: Both are fairy tales with a boy and a girl as lead characters. “A fairy tale has never really been about ghosts or witches. It’s always been about the ‘other,’” says Gordon-Stewart. Another point of convergence: Both could be set in the woods—in our woods. Gordon-Stewart and Patterson weave strands of each opera together into a single production called The Forgotten, drawing the first part from Hänsel und Gretel and the second from The Medium. The actors who sing Hansel and Gretel (Patterson, a mezzo-soprano, and Nancy Allen Lundy, a soprano based in New York state) also sing Toby and Monica, respectively, and other actors double up on roles as well. In The Forgotten, Hansel and Gretel are overprotected, privileged, smartphone-obsessed private school kids living in a luxury housing development on the outskirts of
Victory Hall Opera’s The Forgotten merges two scary operas into a modern fairy tale of cultural exploration.
“I think we’re all aware of the fact that Charlottesville is a bubble within a very different culture...and I think there are a lot of fears, from both sides of the border, about that.” MIRIAM GORDON-STEWART
Charlottesville. When they’re sent into the nearby woods, it’s the first time they’re out of their highly-controlled environment: They are “completely mystified” by being in nature and being unsupervised, says Gordon-Stewart. In the production, the woods serves as a meeting place for two seemingly disparate worlds. The idea is that if you walk through the woods of Charlottesville, you might end up in the county, and possibly meet someone who has a very different experience of living in Virginia, says Gordon-Stewart. “I think we’re all aware of the fact that Charlottesville is a bubble within a very different culture... and I think there are a lot of fears, from both sides of the border, about that,” she says. Lundy, who sings Gretel and Monica, appreciates the “very, very creative” approach VHO has taken in exploring this theme that has both immediate and global implications. She relishes the depth the narrative gives to her characters, particularly Monica, who,
Lundy says can come off as “trite, girly, and silly.” In The Forgotten, Lundy feels Monica’s devastating arias so deeply she says she barely has to do any acting. VHO has also incorporated elements of the Charlottesville area’s own (and true) fraudulent psychic story into The Forgotten. For a while, Sandra Stevenson Marks claimed to be a psychic and offered “Readings by Catherine,” including palm, tarot, astrological, and spiritual readings, from a rented house on Route 29. She knowingly stole more than $2 million from five people, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against her, and in November 2016 was sentenced to 30 months in prison. Gordon-Stewart wanted to add a bit of “genuine magic” and a truly supernatural atmosphere to The Forgotten, and so VHO asked Light House Studio filmmakers—who are about the same age as the Hansel, Gretel, Monica, and Toby characters—to create films about the woods that are part of the production, along with the score from the live chamber orchestra. Just as The Forgotten explores fears of difference, the unfamiliar and the unknown, so does VHO. The company does not deliver expected opera performances, says Gordon-Stewart, and that’s the point. “In order for audiences to really engage, to really genuinely feel something in the theater, they have to be disarmed,” she says. “They have to experience something unexpected, and if I’m giving them what they expect, then there is part of them that is not awake.”
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Miles Pearce and Loren Oppenheimer. Duo plays Spanish guitar and tabla. No cover, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. 297-2326.
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Guerillas Do Gorillaz. Charlottesville musicians come together to pay tribute to the similarly collective, virtual cartoon musical group. With Jon Spear Band. Part of WTJU 91.1FM’s Freefall Festival. Free, 5pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St SE. 207-2355.
Victory Hall Opera explores boundaries in The Forgotten
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Bobblehead. Original 1960s-style rock from Frank Bechter and company, guaranteed to make your head bob(ble). 21-plus. No cover, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
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The Lion in Winter. The Plantagenet family endures ups and downs as its members lock in a free-for-all to inherit a kingdom. $15, 8pm. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. (540) 832-5355.
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Saturday 10/27 Robert Jospé Express. In this interactive musical journey, a trio of master musicians traces the diaspora of African rhythms into the Afro-Cuban, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, funk, and rock ‘n’ roll of today. $12, 7:30pm. V. Earl Dickinson Building at PVCC, 501 College Dr. 961-5376. Second Draw’s Scary Halloween Show. Don your best costume for the band’s bluejam dance party. No cover, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville.823-2001. South Canal Street. Vocal and musical group plays country-rock, classic hits, and soul to get you dancing. No cover, 6pm. Cunningham Creek Winery & Farm Store, 3304 Ruritan Lake Rd., Palmyra. Weedeaters String Band. Four-piece string band plays hard-pickin’, boot-stompin’ bluegrass jams. $8, 2pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. 971-8796.
dance Hot in Herre: 2000s Costume Party. If you’ve seen Will Eastman and Brian Billion DJ together, you know they have no guilt about musical guilty pleasures. $10-30, 9pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948. Spooky Swing Night. Swing C’ville hosts a dance featuring the music of local jazz cats Zuzu’s Hot 5. Free, 8pm. Hardywood Pilot Brewery & Taproom, 1000 W. Main St. 234-3386.
stage Big Blue Door. Fall ensembles create special longform improv comedy sets, known in the biz as “harolds.” $5, 8pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. bigbluedoor.org.
La Fanciulla del West. Soprano Eva-Marie Westbroeck and tenor Jonas Kaufmann sing the lead parts in this live performance broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s romantic epic of the Wild West. $18-25, 12:55pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333. My Fair Lady. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-12, 7pm. Tandem Friends School, 279 Tandem Ln. 296-1303. The Forgotten: Hansel and Gretel and The Medium. See listing for Thursday, October 25 $12-38, 7:30pm. Light House Studio: Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. 293-6992.
The Wolves. See listing for Wednesday, October 24. $10-14, 8pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. 924-3376.
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Crafting Irresistible Characters. In this seminar, look at some examples of great characters from stories in different mediums (stories, novels, movies, TV), and write some of your own. $65, 1pm. WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave. 296-1922. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38
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hen local author and teacher Jocelyn Johnson started receiving Twitter direct messages from literary giant Roxane Gay, she thought to herself, “Something good is going to happen.” Just like that, a series of emphatic pings announced her arrival into a rarefied sphere: Johnson’s story, “Control Negro,” was hand-selected by Gay to be featured in Best American Short Stories 2018. The collection, which is compiled and introduced by a different guest editor annually, celebrates the year’s best work within the form. Only 20 pieces are deemed worthy of inclusion, and Johnson describes the accolade as being simultaneously thrilling and surreal. For many, acceptance into the anthology is commensurate with reaching a career peak—an artistic endpoint. Johnson has a different mentality: It only goes up from here. Gay had praised Johnson’s work to her half-a-million Twitter followers in August 2017 (“‘Control Negro,’ in Guernica, is one hell of a short story.”), so the minute Johnson learned Gay was assembling the anthology, she jumped to submit the piece. A few months and a stuffed inbox later, Johnson would finally be able to answer “yes” to her parents’ most persistent question: “Can we get [your work] in a Barnes & Noble?” She is now folded into the pages of an industry standard, a text she had personally devoured “for years and years.” Just as Johnson has always been an avid reader, she has always pressed her pen to paper. There has never been a time when she wasn’t an artist—a multimedia envisionist with a penchant for producing drawings and manuscripts alike. When she was still teenager, Johnson set to work on her first novel, typing pages on the keyboard of her IBM personal computer after devouring The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Johnson teaches visual arts in Charlottesville public schools, which grants her life-inspired fodder for her writing. Being a fulltime art instructor and mother means her craft truly hinges on self-discipline; she carves drafting sessions out of summer months and rare pockets of weekend quiet. Johnson studied art and education at James Madison University, but a year of international exploration with her husband, and the creation of a related blog, allowed her to envision writing as a viable complement to her teaching career. She credits travel with reframing her artistic brain because it affects writing and how you “interact with things when you’re taken out of place.” Johnson’s writing does just that: It grasps the reader and jostles her into a separate reality—often, the reality of a person whose voice is traditionally and systematically repressed. She opts to embody the brains of
characters harboring “troublesome” minddesire to establish a new American truth has sets, as in the protagonist of “Control Necontributed to her rise in the writing world. gro,” an elusive black father and scholar who Johnson credits her work on August 11 and scrutinizes his unknowing son from afar 12, 2017, including her article in C-VILLE, and uses him as a pawn in a race-based sowith helping propel her career. Those essays, like her short stories, responded to questions cial experiment. Such an exercise, Johnson says, affirms sweeping the nation: “Who are we, and how the “power of fiction,” drawing on the writdo we want to respond to things that we may disagree with strongly? How do we feel like er’s and reader’s ability to align herself with we have power and agency?” an alternate perspective and see the world In the next phase of her career, Johnson through someone else’s eyes. This is precisely what Gay means in the anplans to complete her first collection, Virthology introduction when she says, “I am not ginia Is Not Your Home, and continue grapavoiding reality when I read fiction; I am pling with socially relevant themes. She finds strengthening my ability to cope with reality.” an artistic identity in braiding together a Johnson’s fiction employs moment’s lingering strings real and universal themes, —in “making something that’s bigger than [herself]” through such as surging water as a writing. metaphor for swelling life pressures. But, each piece she Johnson considers her craft writes also offers its own set a rich gift, an opportunity to of truths—ideas that put seek out the spaces and faces in strain on the lopsided, maher community that are roujority-favoring realties many tinely ignored and home in on their truths. While she accitizens sustain. “As a mom of a child of colknowledges such a task is not or and as a woman,” she says, always easy, it’s indisputably “...I want to have an influence worthwhile. “I would rather On October 26, Jocelyn by sharing ideas that let peo- Johnson will read an excerpt the world be more comfortable ple...have [more]...awareness from “Control Negro” at New for everybody, honestly,” she Dominion Bookshop. The story or even just a little bit more was selected by Roxane Gay says, but, “if it has to be unempathy for someone they for inclusion in Best American comfortable, I think we should might feel distant from.” This Short Stories 2018. PUBLICITY PHOTO take that opportunity.”
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The Lion in Winter. See listing for Friday, October 26.$15, 8pm. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. (540) 832-5355.
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In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986.
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Saturday 10/27 The Art of Forgiveness. Join Lisa Ellison and Deborah Prum on a retreat to explore forgiveness through the writing process. $85-95, 10am. WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave. 296-1922.
etc. Fright Night. Take a walk through the corn maze, if you dare. Not recommended for young children. $10, 6pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. 971-8796. Ghost & Mystery Walking Tour. See listing for Friday, October 26. Meet in front of Marco & Luca on the Downtown Mall. Free$15, 8pm. Tell Me About It Tours, 112 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 760-0525.
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In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-25, 2pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986. My Fair Lady. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $10-12, 2:30pm. Tandem Friends School, 279 Tandem Ln. 296-1303.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A humorous tribute to science fiction and horror B movies, this musical-comedy has been a cult favorite for the nearly 40 years since its release. Film is rated R. $10-15, 9pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.
Dismember the Alamo. Celebrate the cream-of-the-rot of the American Genre Film Archive’s fantasmic collection; we’re talking mystery movies, mystery surprises, and mysteries of every cerebral un-plane imaginable. 18-plus. $20, noon. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.
Burrito Riders League. Band pays homage to 1970s country-rock. No cover, 1pm. Stinson Vineyards, 4744 Sugar Hollow Rd. Crozet. 823-7300.
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HallowQueen: A Brutal Burlesque and Variety Show. Well-behaved women seldom make history, and these performers aim to make a bit of herstory by bringing to life the real stories of their ansisters, politicoquettes, royal heinouses, and others. 18-plus. $15-25, 5pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.
The Lion in Winter. See listing for Friday, October 26. $15, 2:30pm. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. (540) 832-5355.
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Central Virginia Blues Society Acoustic Jam. Featuring performances by area blues musicians. No cover, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094.
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Prints, Platters, and Pints. A day of local art, print, vintage, and vinyl vendors with WTJU DJs spinning wax throughout. Good Dog Nigel performs low-fi rock at 7pm. No cover, 1pm. Champion Brewing Company, 324 Sixth St. SE. 295-2739.
Monday 10/29 music
Eggs Benefit Jazz Brunch. Hear live jazz to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. No cover, 11am. Brasserie Saison, 111 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-7027.
Larkin Poe. A roots rock ‘n’ roll sister duo comprised of Rebecca and Megan Lovell, who are descendants of tortured artist and creative genius, Edgar Allan Poe. $18-20, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
Fire. An eclectic program of music for a cappella women’s voices, to benefit PACEM. Donations accepted, 3:30pm. First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St. 296-7131.
Red & The Romantics. A blend of vintage folk and Americana music. No cover, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
Jim Waive. Achingly pure alt-country that’ll break your heart and make you fall in love all over again. $8, 2pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. 971-8796.
The ATM Unit. Jazz fusion group gets the cocktail lounge going. 21-plus. No cover, 9pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.
King Golden Banshee. The right amount of raucous colors traditional Irish music. No cover, 5:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.
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Sue Harlow. Americana-folk singer-songwriter with haunting vocals delves into the depths of what makes people real. No cover, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. 297-2326. Travis Elliott. Singer-songwriter plays catchy, quick-witted originals. 21-plus. No cover, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. Youth Songwriter Showcase. Five rising songwriters between the ages of 13 and 18 perform original songs and covers. No cover, 5:30pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St., 242-7012.
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Starstruck. In director Gillian Armstrong’s musical, a young Australian woman desperate for stardom plunges into the new wave scene of the 1980s. $10, 2:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.
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classic and contemporary Latin music for salsa, bachata, merengue, and cha cha dancing. $5-8, 8pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.
dance Salsa Sunday. Edwin Roa teaches an introductory salsa lesson before DJs play
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words Elizabeth Catte Reading. Elizabeth Catte discusses stereotypes and common misconceptions about Appalachia’s past and present in her book, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia. Free, 6:30pm. Crozet Library, 2020 Library Ave., Crozet. 823-4050.
An all-new Halloween sheds the plague of sequels
etc. American Psycho. A wealthy New York investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends. $10, 10pm. Light House Studio: Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. 293-6992. Howl-O-Ween Horror Mixtape. Tonight, VHS stands for “very horrifying stuff.” Expect blood, guts, two-timing satanists, flesh-eating refrigerators, and more from this custom horror anthology that would make John Waters proud. $1, 9pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056. Practical Magic. Sibling sorceresses played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman battle a family curse and a demonic old boyfriend in this 1998 comic thriller. $13, 7:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.
Tuesday 10/30 music Karaoke with Jen Dville. Future pop stars show off their chops (and the courage). 21plus. No cover, 8pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. Monika Herzig’s SHEROES. Pianist, composer, and educator brings the latest incarnation of her all-female jazz band to town. $10-25, 7:30pm. Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, 717 Rugby Rd. cvillejazz.org.
Traditional Irish Session. BRIMS and other Irish musicians join in a weekly session. No cover, 7:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. Vusi Mahlasela. Known as “The Voice” in his home country of South Africa, this singer-songwriter and poet-activist honors the musical traditions born in Apartheid townships. $22-40, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.
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The Forgotten: Hansel & Gretel and The Medium. See listing for Thursday, October 25. $12-38, 7:30pm. Light House Studio: Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. 293-6992.
etc. The Shining. Stanley Kubrick’s eerie adaptation of the Stephen King novel about a family trapped in haunted hotel becomes an interactive evening. $13, 7:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.
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e’ve had Halloween sequels for decades. What’s different this time? The same thing that’s different in found footage, possession movies, even the Amityville franchise: fresh blood, literally and figuratively. For many of the slasher sequels and remakes of the ’80s and ’90s, it was difficult to tell what the filmmaker disliked more, the audience or horror movies themselves. Some mainstays are campy fun and October traditions. (Freddy and Jason will always be a welcome sight), but the reflexive greenlighting of all horror sequels has led to great characters and premises being stretched beyond their appeal. This also killed the fun of the half-ironic, selfaware crop of films that followed Scream. Few icons have had their legacies sullied as much as Michael Myers, the silent, hulking force of nature who first squared off with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in 1978. His featureless mask, plain clothes, and unknowable motives made him terrifying. His movements were slow but portentous, with the inevitability of an approaching glacier; any safety you feel is an illusion. Laurie, as depicted by Curtis, was an effective audience surrogate, but more than that we watched her discover a will to survive she did not know she had.
And then there are the sequels; turns out Myers is Laurie’s brother; he’s a reincarnated Druid something or other; then a wounded little boy in the misguided Rob Zombie remakes. These explanations make the monster both less scary and less interesting. Backstories like these are not useful for a character as menacing as Myers. Thinking about his origin is like watching an oncoming tsunami when you should be fucking running. Enter David Gordon Green, once heir to Terrence Malick’s throne (see George Washington, All the Real Girls), who began making stoner comedies (Pineapple Express, Your Highness) before splitting the difference in recent years (Prince Avalanche, Manglehorn). In other words, not the first person you’d expect to pivot into slasher territory. With co-writers Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, he is very much on a mission to rehabilitate this series while undoing the
Few icons have had their legacies sullied as much as Michael Myers, the silent, hulking force of nature who first squared off with Laurie Strode in 1978.
Halloween R, 116 minutes; Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Regal Stonefield 14 and IMAX, Violet Crown Cinema
wrongs of the past. The focus here is on the legacy of tragedy from generation to generation, as well as the danger of mythologizing that which does not operate by human understanding. Laurie, now living in near isolation, has been estranged from her family after subjecting her daughter (Judy Greer) to a lifetime of survivalist preparation viewed as abuse. Her granddaughter (Andi Matichak) makes efforts to involve Laurie in their life, but it is apparent that she is not free of the trauma from 40 years ago. Meanwhile, a pair of podcasters from the UK set off a chain of events that unleashes Myers on an unsuspecting and unprepared public. Some may find the irony and self-awareness of the first half off-putting, but Green’s theme of understanding the past has an eye toward undoing the damage done by the awful sequels (which are totally ignored). Green captures some of John Carpenter’s magic in depicting the power Myers has over any space he occupies. Curtis is also in top form, and even if you have no investment in the franchise, she is the reason to see this.
PLAYING THIS WEEK z Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 377 Merchant Walk Sq., 326-5056 z A Star is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, First Man, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Venom z Regal Stonefield 14 and IMAX The Shops at Stonefield, 244-3213 z A Star is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, First Man, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, The Hate U Give, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Night School, The Oath, Venom z Violet Crown Cinema 200 W. Main St., Downtown Mall, 529-3000 z A Star is Born, Bad Times at the El Royale, Blaze, Colette, The Devil’s Backbone, First Man, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, The Guilty, The Hate U Give, The Oath, The Old Man & The Gun, The Sisters Brothers, Venom
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The Phantom Fiddler (and other Tales of the Supernatural). Master storyteller and old-time fiddler Joe McHugh tells spine-tingling tales of ghosts, witches, fairies, and other unearthly entities. $5-15, 8pm. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.
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LYAO Host Battle Horror Cinema. Chris Alan and Winston Hodges invite some of the best comics they know to try out new material, stories, and general weirdness while they chime in and try to workshop. $5, 8:30pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
Forty years later, Jamie Lee Curtis still thrills as Laurie Strode in the new Halloween.
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Ragged Mountain String Band. Playing old-time Appalachian tunes with modern-day appeal and sensibility. No cover, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
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The Deadly Mantis. In this 1957 sci-fi thriller, a giant prehistoric praying mantis is on a path of destruction. Free, 6:30pm. Northside Library, 705 W. Rio Rd. 973-7893.
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Put a team together or fund-raise individually and run/walk a mile as Santa to help The Arc of the Piedmont provide and serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Enjoy light breakfast snacks and refreshments beginning at 9:30am to fuel up before your run/walk!
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Registrants will receive their costumes (Santa suit for adults and elf ears for children). Please arrive to the check-in location at the Sprint Pavilion on the Downtown Mall between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. to receive your costume and turn in any donations if necessary. No paper Awards will be presented tickets are necessary.
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Albemarle Baking Company Get your ABCs of baked goods here—fantastic breads to divine desserts. 418 W. Main St., in the Main Street Market. 293-6456. $.
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BreadWorks Breads, desserts and a full deli with sandwiches, soups, etc. Preston Plaza, 296-4663; 2955 Ivy Rd., 220-4575. $.
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Carpe Donut Well-loved donuts, hot beverages and locally brewed kombucha. McIntire Plaza. 202-2918. $.
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Chandler’s Bakery Cakes for any occasion, plus cookies and brownies for your sugar fix. Rio Hill Shopping Center. 975-2253. $. Cocoa & Spice Handcrafted chocolates and confections. 506 Stewart St. (973) 489-7789. $. Crust & Crumb Bakery Fresh-baked bread and pastry specials, plus a light menu. 1671 W. River Rd., Scottsville. 960-4444. $. Duck Donuts Outer Banks donut spot with madeto-order treats. Stonefield Shopping Center, 8231960. $. Found. Market Co. Bakehouse and mercantile specializing in cookies—eat them there or take dough home. 221 Carlton Rd., Suite 2. $$. Great Harvest Bread Company Sandwiches, sweets and bread baked from scratch every day. McIntire Plaza. 202-7813. $. COURTESY ROUTE 11 POTATO CHIPS
MarieBette French pastries for breakfast, more pastries (and a dine-in menu) for lunch. 700 Rose Hill Dr. 529-6118. $. Moon Maiden’s Delights From-scratch vegan and gluten-free pastries. York Place, Downtown Mall. 995-9233. $. Nestlé Toll House Café Coffee, ice cream, cookie cakes and other sweet treats from the chocolatey chain. 5th Street Station. 328-8393. $. Patisserie Torres Delicious delicacies from Fleurie pasty chef Serge Torres. 103 Third St. NE. $.
At the Route 11 Potato Chips factory near Harrisonburg, visitors can watch as raw, unpeeled spuds are transformed into freshly bagged chips.
Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee Hand-rolled and cut donuts (and fresh coffee) from this Richmond chain. 1001 W. Main St. 995-5167. $. SweetHaus Homemade cupcakes and specialty candy at this sweet shop. Candy catering available. 2248 Ivy Rd., 270-2944; 929 Second St. SE, 422-2677. $. The Pie Chest Homemade breakfast and hand pies, plus by-the-slice options (for those who can’t decide). 119 Fourth St. NE, 1518 E. High St. 977-0443. $.
Bars, Breweries and Grills Beer Run Rotating beers on tap, six-packs and wine to take away and three meals daily. 156 Carlton Rd., Suite 203. 984-2337. $$. BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse American fare —plus pizza and award-winning, handcrafted beer. 3924 Lenox Ave. 422-5170. $$. Blue Mountain Brewery Well-liked brewery serves up its local drafts, plus light fare for lunch and dinner. 9519 Critzers Shop Rd., Afton. (540) 456-8020. $$. Blue Tavern & Sports Bar Food offerings include 55 flavors of chicken wings. 8315 Seminole Trail, Ruckersville. 985-3633. $$. Blue Toad Hard Cider Large outdoor space, classic pub food and, of course, hard cider. 9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Afton. 996-6992. $$. Bold Rock Hard Cider Excellent hard cider and scenic views. Lunch fare and apps available, too. 1020 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-1030. $. Brewing Tree Beer Company Artisanal Brew Trail spot from the founder of Starr Hill. 9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Afton. (540) 381-0990. $. CONTINUED ON PAGE 45
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Ruby’s Arcade is located at 100B 165 S. Main Street in Harrisonburg. See rubysarcade.com or call (540)615-5351 for hours and details on pricing (games are not always free). The Route 11 Potato Chips factory is located in Mt. Jackson and is open to the public MondaySaturday 9am-5pm. See rt11.com. If you want to catch the frying in action, call ahead: (540) 477-9664.
Quality Pie Sweet and savory treats in the former Spudnuts spot. 309 Avon St. 284-5120. $$.
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potatoes poured off the end of a conveyor belt into a steamy vat of hot oil where a snakelike stirring rod trundled back and forth. Inspectors waved at the kids through the window as they plucked out less-thanperfect chips, to be fed, we were told, to local cows. Upstairs, a fascinating machine portions out the chips just before they plunge through a tube (like something out of a Roald Dahl story), into an even more fascinating machine that folded, filled, and sealed the bags. Personally, I could have watched this all day—there was something so alluringly behindthe-scenes about seeing, for the first time in my life, how a chip bag is engineered. The kids were impressed, too, but they didn’t forget to make frequent visits to the sample table offering a rainbow of flavors. We bought everybody a small bag of their choice, plus a big clear plastic bag of uber-fresh sweet potato chips. On the way out, my friend picked up a brochure for nearby Shenandoah Caverns and read me a description of one of the caverns’ ancillary attractions: American Celebration, a museum of parade floats. We agreed that it sounded like fun, and then five minutes later we stumbled across that very museum on our way back to the highway. Sadly, the museum’s closed for the season, but they’re hosting a haunted house through Halloween. And a friendly employee invited us to check out the Yellow Barn event venue across the road, which houses some antique farm equipment and a working beehive. We opted to sprawl on the manicured lawn instead, gazing at a replica of the Statue of Liberty, while the kids played sardines. Sometimes, it’s those unscheduled, unofficial moments that turn out to be the best parts of a trip. And now we have a few reasons to go back.
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elieve it or not, there are some things Charlottesville still doesn’t have, which is a great reason to get out of town now and then. Another great reason is that many towns within striking distance of Charlottesville are attractive and thriving. When a friend and I, with our combined five kids, pulled into Harrisonburg on a recent afternoon, we both appreciated having a city within easy reach that clearly offers its own distinct world to explore. Then again, we knew exactly where we were headed. That would be Ruby’s Arcade, which I discovered with my two girls on a rainy day about a year ago. Tucked into downtown Harrisonburg, it’s a combination restaurant and game room that, at least on weekday afternoons, is deliciously family-friendly. (I suspect that, with its full bar and happy hour specials, it caters to a different crowd in the evening.) But what a great concept! In we walked and within five minutes, we were embarking on a group game of duckpin bowling, played on an antique apparatus salvaged from an unknown 1950s establishment somewhere in America. The kids worked on refining their granny-stance technique—and, I must say, improved with every frame—while my friend and I pondered Ruby’s large menu. Soon, the small table at the head of our lane was somehow managing to hold two pizzas, mac ’n’ cheese, chips, fries, and cups and plates for seven people. We munched and bowled against a backdrop of nicely muraled walls. Between turns, the kids explored the variety of games that fill the sprawling space beneath the arcade’s low ceiling. Air hockey proved popular. There are pool tables, plus darts, shuffleboard, foosball, a small selection of video games, and a big selection of board games. Last but not least is ping pong, in which my friend and I soon became so happily engaged that the kids had to drag us out of the arcade. The best part: All the games were free. Ruby’s doesn’t make this super clear on its website, but on a mellow weekday, you pay only for food. We piled back in the van. Next stop: the Route 11 Potato Chips factory, a few miles up Interstate 81. We hadn’t been here before and weren’t prepared for the enticing smell that hit our noses as soon as we stepped out of the car. Inside the large tasting room, we learned that this particular day at the factory was devoted to producing sweet potato chips. Mmmm. You can’t actually enter the production area, but you can get a darn good look at how the chips are made by gazing through large interior windows. An employee gave us a brief intro to what we were seeing and spouted off a few impressive figures, including the 14,000 pounds of potatoes that the factory can process in a day. A fraction of those were, as we watched, undergoing a rapid transformation from peeled raw spuds to freshly bagged chips, all packaged up in boxes. Sliced
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Champion Brewing Company Beer-focused kitchen offerings, plus five ales on tap. 324 Sixth St. SE. 295-2739. $. Coupe’s Pub food with a popular late-night scene. 9 Elliewood Ave. 282-2141. $. Devils Backbone Brewing Company Nelson’s hip brewpub—award-winning craft beers, lunch and dinner. 200 Mosbys Run, Roseland. 3611001. $$. Devils Grill Contemporary American fare with a view of the green. Devils Knob Golf Course, Wintergreen. 325-2200. $$. Double Horseshoe Saloon American food, plus billiards and occasional live music. 1522 E. High St. 202-8714. $. Draft Taproom Sixty self-serve taps with a large, diverse selection of craft beer styles. 425 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 422-5901. $. Fardowners Restaurant Local ingredients liven up pub fare like sliders and sandwiches. 5773 The Square, Crozet. 823-1300. $/$$. Firefly Craft beer, tasty eats and arcade games. 1304 E. Market St. 202-1050. $. Hardywood Pilot Brewery & Taproom Charlottesville’s version of the beloved Richmond brewhouse. 1000 W. Main St. 234-3386. $. Hurley’s Tavern Twenty taps and 20 TVs. Rivanna Plaza. 964-2742. $. James River Brewing Co. There’s only beer here. 561 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-7837. $. Joe’s Pool Hall & Sports Bar Pool, darts, poker and ’cue. Scottsville Shopping Center, Scottsville. 286-7665. $. Kardinal Hall Bocce and beer garden. 722 Preston Ave. 295-4255. $. Lost Saint Diminutive cocktail bar below Tavern & Grocery. 333 W. Main St. 293-7403. $. Miller’s A classic Downtown bar, with pub grub and live music every night. 109 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 971-8511. $$. Mountain Grill Farm to table at Carter Mountain Orchard. 1435 Carters Mountain Trail. 977-1833. $$. Mountainside Grille Everything from Cobb salad to peanut butter and chocolate chip pie. 375 Four Leaf Ln., Crozet. 823-7080. $$.
Potter’s Craft Cider Handcrafted cider out of Free Union, with with a city tasting room. 209 Monticello Rd. 964-0271. $. Pro Re Nata Brewery A farm brewery and food truck offering up to 12 craft beers and live music. 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. 823-4878. $. Ragged Branch Distillery Virginia straight bourbon whiskey with a view of Ragged Mountain. 1075 Taylors Gap Rd. 244-2600. $. Random Row Brewing Co. No food (but there are food trucks!), but nearly 12 beers on tap. 608 Preston Ave. 284-8466. $.
The Smokehouse Grille Locally sourced barbecue, plus a seasonal farm-to-table menu. 515 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-4745. $$. The Southern Café & Music Hall Downtown music venue opens its café before shows. 103 S. First St. 977-5590. $. The Villa Sports Bar & Ultra Lounge Live music, private parties, Mexican food and dancing. 917 Preston Ave. 962-6575. $. The Virginian Cozy Corner mainstay with an 80plus-year history. 1521 University Ave. 984-4667. $$. The Whiskey Jar Saloon-style Southern spot with, naturally, more than 90 varieties of whiskey. 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549. $$. Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery Craft beer and upscale bar fare. 520 Second St SE. 956-3141. $. Timberwood Grill All-American eatery and afterwork watering hole. 3311 Worth Crossing, 9753311; Fifth Street Station (Timberwood Tap House), 234-3563. $$. Tin Whistle Irish Pub Traditional Irish pub Downtown. 609 E. Market St. 979-4279. $$. Trinity Irish Pub Hand-carved wooden bars, exposed brick and an upstairs balcony directly across from Grounds. 1505 University Ave. 295-7100. $. West Main Pub Residence Inn’s bar and appetizer spot. 315 W. Main St. 220-0075. $. Whistlestop Grill Southern comfort foods in Crozet. 1200 Crozet Ave. 823-9000. $. Wild Wolf Brewing Company An outdoor “biergarten,” robust menu and up to 12 brews on tap at this Nelson brewery. 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-0088. $$. Wood Ridge Farm Brewery “From the dirt to the glass” brewery 165 Old Ridge Rd., Lovingston. 422-6225. $. World of Beer More than 500 different beers from more than 40 countries. Plus, y’know, food and stuff. 852 W. Main St. 970-1088. $$.
Italian and Pizza Amici’s Italian Bistro Chefs from Dillwyn and Fork Union join forces to make authentic Sicilian cuisine in a family-style setting. 370 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-4000. $. Anna’s Pizza No. 5 In the family for 35 years. Pizza, subs, dinners and desserts. (Try the veal and eggplant parmesan!) 115 Maury Ave. 295-7500. $. Anna’s Ristorante Italiano From the folks behind Anna’s Pizza No. 5, this one’s in Old Trail Village. 1015 Heathercroft Cir., Crozet. 823-1327. $. Bella’s Restaurant An authentic Roman-Italian family-style restaurant with made-to-order panini and pasta dishes. 707 W. Main St. 327-4833. $$. Belmont Pizza and Pub Fresh, stone-baked pizza on hand-tossed pies. Beer, too! 211 Carlton Rd. Suite 10. 977-1970. $.
1147 Fifth St. SW, 970-7777; 2335 Seminole Trail, 973-1243; 508 Stewart St., 979-2525; Food Lion Shopping Center, Ruckersville, 990-2000; 325 Four Leaf Ln., Crozet, 823-7752. $. Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie Pizza joint in the Crossroads mini-mall. Pick your own sauce, cheese and toppings. 4916 Plank Rd., on 29S at North Garden. 245-0000. $/$$. End Zone Pizza Pizza, big subs and fresh salads. Try “The Beast,” the largest pizza in town! Forest Lakes Shopping Center. 973-8207. $. Extreme Pizza Delivery, dine-in or take-n-bake, this chain pushes pizza to the limit. 5th Street Station, 234-3239. $$. Fabio’s New York Pizza Pizza, subs, salads and calzones made by natives of Naples. Get your pie the Sicilian way. 1551 E. High St. 872-0070. $. Feelin’ Saucy Pizzeria Buy one pizza, get one free. 104 14th St. NW. 234-3877. $. Fellini’s #9 A local landmark featuring Italian favorites plus some inventive new takes. Thriving bar scene and live music. 200 W. Market St. 9794279. $$. Fry’s Spring Station Very characterful brickoven pizza joint with local beer, pasta dishes along with the pies and patio seating. 2115 Jefferson Park Ave. 202-2257. $$. Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant Everything you could want out of classical Italian fare. 2842 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-9170. $$. Lampo Authentic Neapolitan pizzeria in Belmont. 205 Monticello Rd. 282-0607. $. Lelo’s Pizza By the slice or the whole pie. Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center, 293-6788. $. Little Caesar’s Pizza Home of the $5 Large Hotn-Ready Pizza. 1301 Hydraulic Rd., 296-5646; Pantops Shopping Center, 234-3328. $. Marco’s Pizza “Ah!thentic Italian” (with a secret sauce). 930 Olympia Dr. 465-6800. $. Mellow Mushroom Trippy-themed franchise, with great pizza and even better beer selection. Trivia night Wednesdays. 1321 W. Main St., in the Red Roof Inn. 972-9366. $. MidiCi Neapolitan pizza chain. The Shops at Stonefield. 284-8874. $. Mona Lisa Pasta This market carries nearly every variety of pasta and sauce imaginable. To-go entrées serve two to three people. Preston Plaza. 295-2494. $$. Nate & Em’s Pizza All your pizzeria faves: calzones, stromboli, pasta, subs and—of course— pies. 5924 Seminole Trail, Ruckersville. 985-9000. $. Palladio Restaurant Northern Italian cuisine and Barboursville wines. Reservations suggested for lunch, required for dinner. 17655 Winery Rd., Barboursville. (540) 832-7848. $$$. Papa John’s Pizza fans come to Papa. 3441 Seminole Trail, 973-7272; University Shopping Center, 979-7272; 1305-A Long St., 296-7272. $. Pizza Hut The Jabba of pizza chains. 1718 Seminole Trail, 973-1616; 540 Radford Ln., Suite 300, 823-7500; 1001 W. Main St., 422-4680. $. Sal’s Caffe Italia Brick-oven pizza plus subs, pasta and outdoor seating in a lively Mall location. 221 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-8484. $$.
Brick Oven Gourmet pizzas, sandwiches from an authentic wood-fired grill. Rio Hill Shopping Center. 964-1119. $.
Sal’s Pizza Hand-tossed pizzas, fresh bread, delicious pasta dishes since 1987. Crozet Shopping Center, Crozet. 823-1611. $.
Reason Beer A 30-barrel production facility, plus a tasting room with rotating craft brew on tap. 1180 Seminole Trail, Suite 290. 260-0145. $.
Brixx Wood Fired Pizza Franchise pizza spot serves, you guessed it, wood-fired pies. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 245-4050. $$.
Rockfish 151 Pub Irish-American grub, with daily specials. 9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy. 966-6992. $.
Carmello’s Upscale Italian cuisine, specialty pasta, veal, chicken, seafood. Service just like in Little Italy, gargantuan pepper mills and all. 29th Place. 977-5200. $$.
Tavola Open kitchen serves up lovely food (pancetta-wrapped shrimp, handmade pappardelle), an artisanal wine list and a late-night cicchetti menu. 826 Hinton Ave. 972-9463. $$.
Rapture Contemporary American with soulful accents, weekend brunch, purple pool tables and a hoppin’ dance club. 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. $$.
Sedona Taphouse Five hundred craft beers and an all-American menu. 1035 Millmont St. 2962337. $$. South Street Brewery Brews and food from the folks at Blue Mountain. 106 W. South St. 2936550. $$.
Chirio’s Pizza Authentic, homemade NY pizza, subs, salads, sandwiches, specials and ice cream. Eat in, take-out, delivery. 2777 Rockfish Valley Hwy. 361-9188. $. Christian’s Pizza The place to get fresh pies, by-the-slice or the whole darn thing. 118 W. Main St., Downtown Mall, 977-9688; 100 14th St. NW, 872-0436; 3440 Seminole Trail, 973-7280. $.
Stoney Creek Bar & Grill Distinctive dining at Wintergreen’s Stoney Creek Golf Course. Wintergreen Resort, Rte. 664, Nellysford. 325-8110. $-$$.
College Inn Straight-up late-night goodness. Pizza, gyros, subs, and its delivery can’t be beat. Breakfast items, too. 1511 University Ave. 9772710. $.
Texas Roadhouse Steaks, ribs and from-scratch sides. Albemarle Square. 973-4700. $$. The Biltmore Large portions and a popular drinking scene. 16 Elliewood Ave. 202-1498. $.
Crozet Pizza Unpretentious, family-owned pizza parlor with nationally recognized pies. No credit cards. 5794 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet, 823-2132; 20 Elliewood Ave., 202-1046. $.
The Livery Stable Hole-in-the-wall (er, basement) spot Downtown. 120 Old Preston Ave. 202-2088. $/$$.
Domino’s Six locally owned branches of the national chain. Pizza, of course, plus pasta, sandwiches and wings. 1137 Millmont St., 971-8383;
Mexican and Southwestern Al Carbon Chicken Tacos, tamales and sandwiches with rotisserie chicken. 1871 Seminole Trail. 964-1052. $. Armando’s Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican on the Corner. 105 14th St. NW. 202-1980. $. Aqui es Mexico Authentic Mexican and Salvadoran tacos, tortas, sopas, pupusas and more. 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 12. 295-4748. $. Asado Wing & Taco Company Chicken wings, tacos, and margs. 1327 W. Main St., 234-3486. $. Barbie’s Burrito Barn California-style Mexican food to go. 201 Avon St. 328-8020. $. Brazos Tacos Austin, Texas-style breakfast, lunch, early dinner and brunch tacos. 925 Second St. SE, 984-1163. $. Burrito Baby Made-to-order burritos, baby. 111 S. Faulconer St., Gordonsville. (540) 832-6677. $. BurritOh! Burritos, tacos, rice bowls, quesadillas and nachos made to order. 540 Radford Ln., Crozet. 812-2152. $. Cactus Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican and Central American dishes. 221 Carlton Rd. Suite 11 & 12. 295-4748. $. Chipotle Simple menu of burritos and tacos made before your eyes. Barracks Road Shopping Center, 872-0212; 2040 Abbey Rd. Suite 101, 984-1512. $. Cinema Taco Burritos, tacos and empanadas inside the Jefferson Theater. Delicious and cheap. 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4981. $. Continental Divide “Get in Here!” commands the neon sign in the window and you’d better do it early to get a seat in this popular spot. 811 W. Main St. 984-0143. $$. El Jaripeo Mexican favorites for the 29N crowd and also the UVA Corner crowd. 1750 Timberwood Blvd., 296-9300; 1202 W. Main St., 9729190. $. El Vaquero West This tried-and-true Mexican place has sister locations in Palmyra, Haymarket and Orange, all owned by the same family. 1863 Seminole Trail. 964-1190. $. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Fresh, handmade, Baja-style Mexican food. 435 Merchant Walk Sq., Suite 600. 214-0500. $. Guadalajara Mexican food by Mexican folks. Margaritas so green they glow. Cheap prices! 805 E. Market St., 977-2676; 395 Greenbrier Dr., 978-4313; 2206 Fontaine Ave., 979-2424; 108 Town Country Ln., 293-3538; 3450 Seminole Trail, 977-2677. $. Junction Modern Mexican in Belmont. 421 Monticello Rd. 465-6131. $$. La Joya Authentic Mexican from tacos to churros. 1145 Fifth St. SW, 293-3185; 1015 Heathercroft Cir, Ste. #300 (Crozet), 205-4609. $. La Michoacana Mexican deli serves budgetfriendly burritos, tacos and enchiladas. 1138 E. High St. 409-9941. $. La Tortuga Feliz Authentic Mexican entrées and baked goods. 1195 Seminole Trail. 882-7461. $. Los Jarochos Authentic Mexican in Midtown. 625 W. Main St. 328-8281. $.
Travinia Italian Kitchen Contemporary American Italian, plus an outdoor patio for people watching. The Shops at Stonefield. 244-3304. $$.
Margarita’s the Flavor of Mexico Authentic Mexican, American and margaritas. 2815 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 218-7767. $.
Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Build your own perfect pizza, assembly line-style. The Shops at Stonefield, 234-3717. $$.
Mono Loco Outstanding Latin-themed entrées, inventive sides and legendary margaritas. Inside, cozy cantina feel, plus a covered patio. 200 W. Water St. 979-0688. $$.
Vinny’s Italian Grill & Pizzeria This regional chain has pies plus a slew of caloric subs, pastas and stromboli. Hollymead Town Center. 9734055. $$.
Morsel Compass Popular food truck’s brick and mortar spot. 2025 Library Ave., Crozet. 989-1569. $$.
Vinny’s New York Pizza and Pasta Serves up authentic pies, pastas and subs. Lasagna and veal are faves at this long-established joint. 8841 Seminole Trail. 985-4731. $.
Plaza Azteca Tableside guacamole is just the beginning of the offerings at this Mexican chain. 101 Seminole Ct., Seminole Square Shopping Center. 964-1045. $.
Vita Nova Cheap and hearty pizza by the slice. 310 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 977-0162. $.
Qdoba Mexican Grill Spicy burritos, quesadillas and Mexican salads made before your eyes. 3918 Lenox Ave., 244-5641. $.
Vito’s Italian Restaurant Specializing in pizza and Italian dishes. Rte. 29, 8181 Thomas Nelson Hwy., Lovingston. 263-8688. $$.
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Starr Hill Brewery Largest independent craft brewer in Virginia with 16 rotating beers on tap. 5391 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. 823-5671. $.
The Rooftop Pizzas, salads, seafood and steaks with panoramic views of the Blue Ridge. 2025 Library Ave. 205-4881. $$.
Vocelli Pizza Pizza, pasta, panini, salads and stromboli for carryout and delivery, plus antipasti. 1857 Seminole Trail in the Woodbrook Shopping Center. 977-4992. $.
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Benny Deluca’s Giant slices from a simple fivepie menu. 913 W. Main St. 245-4007.
Vivace Every kind of pasta imaginable, plus seafood, Italian wines, grappas and full bar in a casual, elegant setting. 2244 Ivy Rd. 979-0994. $$.
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North American Sake Brewery Wash down your dumplings and lamb ribs with a flight of sake. 522 Second St. SE. $$.
The Pub by Wegmans Pub fare for lunch and dinner, plus beer, wine and signature drinks. 100 Wegmans Way. 529-3265. $$.
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The Bebedero Upscale authentic Mexican, plus cocktails and made-to-order guac. 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 234-3763. $$.
soups. Barracks Road Shopping Center, 2456192; Hollymead Town Center, 973-5264; Fifth Street Station, 973-5264. $. Peloton Station Sandwiches, craft draft beers, tallboys and bikes. Chow down and tune up. 114 10th St. NW. 284-7786. $.
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Quizno’s Subs Chain offering cheesesteaks, meatballs and specialty subs. Salads and soups, too. Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center. 977-7827. $.
B.good Grain bowls and seasonal salads, plus smoothies and shakes. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 305-1115. $.
Revolutionary Soup Choose from a slew of enticing soups made daily. Excellent wraps, salads and breakfast. 108 Second St. SW, 296SOUP; 104 14th St. NW, 979-9988. $.
Baggby’s Gourmet Sandwiches Give your name; your sammich arrives in a bag with a cookie. Get it? 512 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 984-1862. $. Blue Ridge Café Ruckersville joint serving American-continental: crab cakes, gourmet burgers, homemade soups and salads. 8315 Seminole Trail. 985-3633. $$. Blue Ridge Country Store Breakfast is eggs, scones and muffins; lunch is pre-made wraps, soups and entrées, plus a popular salad bar. 518 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-1573. $. Bodo’s Bagels Still the king of bagels in our town. 1418 N. Emmet St., 977-9598; 505 Preston Ave., 293-5224; 1609 University Ave., 293-6021. $. Café at Monticello Sandwiches, barbecue, coffee, tea and ice cream for when you’re done with your tour of TJ’s house. Inside Monticello’s Visitor Center. 984-9800. $. Carving Board Café Inventive salads, soups and sandwiches for the 29N lunch bunch. Albemarle Square Shopping Center. 974-9004. $. Chopt Creative salad chain with ingredients from local purveyors. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 328-8092. $. Citizen Bowl Shop Specialty salads with with gluten-free, vegetarian and Paleo-friendly options. 223 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 2343662. $. Croby’s Urban Viddles Southern-inspired chicken and pork rotisserie fare. 32 Mill Creek Dr., suite 102. 234-3089. $. Durty Nelly’s Jazz, blues and rock in a rootsy pub and deli that caters. 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278. $. Firehouse Subs Hot subs and sandwiches across from Fashion Square. 29th Place. 9955921. $.
Iron Paffles & Coffee Pastry dough + waffle iron + savory or sweet insides. 214 W. Water St. 806-3800. $. Ivy Provisions Hot and cold sammies with inventive names like the “Don’t Call Me Shirley” and the “K.I.S.S.” 2206 Ivy Rd. 202-1308. $. Jack’s Shop Kitchen Farm-to-table brunch, lunch and supper spot with elevated classics. 14843 Spotswood Trail, Ruckersville. 939-9239. $$.
Subway Tons of locations, so you can “eat fresh” anywhere. 1764 Rio Hill Ct., 978-7008; 32 Mill Creek Dr., 295-5555; Pantops Shopping Center, 984-0652; 1061 E. Rio Rd., 973-9898; 2212 Ivy Rd., 293-0666; 104 14th St. NW, 2957827; 111 Maury Ave., 977-5141; 1220 Seminole Trail, 973-4035; 1779 Fortune Park Rd., 974-9595; Vinegar Hill Shopping Center, 2458000; 65 Callohill Dr., Lovingston, 263-6800. $.
The Flat The place for crêpes: Choose sweet or savory for lunch or dinner. 111A E. Water St., behind the Jefferson Theater. 978-FLAT. $. The Salad Maker Made-to-order salads, plus a daily soup special and sweet treats. 300 E. Market St. 284-5523. $. Tilman’s Cheese, snacks and sandwiches in the café, plus a charming wine bar. 406 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. $. Trackside Café Healthy fare and smoothies inside ACAC. Open to all, even if you’re not pumping iron or aerobicizing. ACAC, Albemarle Square Shopping Center. 978-3800. $. Tubby’s Grilled sandwiches and subs galore. 1412 E. High St. 293-3825. $. Which Wich Superior Sandwiches Create your own sandwiches by marking up the pre-printed brown bags. Hollymead Town Center. 977-9424. $. Zazus Fresh Grille Lots of wraps, salads, soups and fresh smoothies, plus yummy breakfast wraps. Delivery available. 2214 Ivy Rd. 2933454. $. Zoës Kitchen Fast, casual meals with an emphasis on health-conscious, Mediterranean-inspired ingredients. Barracks Road Shopping Center. 955-5334. $.
Steaks and Seafood Aberdeen Barn More beef than you can shake a T-bone at, since 1965. Candlelit atmosphere and piano bar. 2018 Holiday Dr. 296-4630. $$$.
Jimmy John’s Low-cost sandwiches on 29N. “Freaky fast” delivery available. 1650 E. Rio Rd., 975-2100; Pantops Shopping Center, 328-8887. $.
Devils Grill Restaurant & Lounge Above Devils Knob Golf Course with 50-mile views. Dinner reservations required. Wintergreen Resort. 3258100. $$$.
Kitchen(ette) An assortment of sandwiches (vegetarian included!) plus sides and salads. 606 Rivanna Ave. 260-7687. $.
Downtown Grille Upscale steak and seafood with white-linen service and a chummy bar scene. 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 817-7080. $$$.
Market at Grelen A casual café with seasonal ingredients and daily specials. 15091 Yager Rd., Somerset. (540) 672-7268. $. Martha’s Garden Café Healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner options inside Martha Jefferson. Martha Jefferson Hospital, 595 Martha Jefferson Dr. 654-6037. $. Panera Bread Co. Ubiquitous chain bakes breads and pastries, plus sandwiches and
Public Fish & Oyster Simply prepared, responsibly sourced seafood. Shucked oysters, raw bar and a full bar. 513 W. Main St., 995-5542. $/$$. Red Lobster Seafood with daily specials. 1648 E. Rio Rd. 973-0315. $$.
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Rhett’s River Grill and Raw Bar She-crab soup, half-shell delicacies and steaks. Located north of Rio Road on 29N. 2335 Seminole Trail, Suite 100. 974-7818. $$. Rocksalt Seafood-centric chain with an outdoor bar and patio. The Shops at Stonefield. 3265665. $$. CONTINUED ON PAGE 49
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Mac’s Country Store Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily specials, eat in or take out. 7023 Patrick Henry Hwy., Roseland. 277-5305. $.
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin’ onions and giant steaks. Bar’s open late. A link in the Australian-themed steakery chain. 1101 Seminole Trail. 975-4329. $$.
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Bonefish Grill Sister to mega-popular Outback Steakhouse featuring seafood, grilled non-fish specialties and a full bar. Hollymead Town Center. 975-3474. $$.
Lovingston Café A pleasant surprise in the middle of Lovingston, offering a diverse, modestly priced menu. 165 Front St., Lovingston. 263-8000. $.
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Jersey Mike’s Subs Subs from Jersey, prepared right in front of you. 2040 Abbey Rd. #104, 5296278; 5th Street Station, 328-8694. $.
Littlejohn’s New York Delicatessen New York deli serving buxom sandwiches. Delivery, too! 1427 University Ave., 977-0588. $.
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Roots Natural Kitchen Fast-casual health food from UVA alumni. 1329 W. Main St. 529-6229. $.
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Afton Mountain Vineyards
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234 Vineyard Lane Afton, VA 22920 aftonmountainvineyards.com (540) 456-8667
1650 Harris Creek Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 www.firstcolonywinery.com (434) 979-7105
Celebrating October Virginia Wine Month! To celebrate we’re offering 25% discount on case purchases of Cab Sauv & Merlot!
Our warm hospitality, relaxed atmosphere & award-winning wines will make you want to kick back and stay awhile!
Join us on Sunday October 28th at 1pm for our “Vineyard Class I”: Meet winemaker Damien Blanchon who will show you the processes of making wine and growing grapes, concluding with a wine tasting in the Pavilion. More info: https://www. charlottesvillewineandcountryliving.com/food-and-winepairing-course/
Our Tasting Room is open daily until 6pm.
Open 7 days a week, 11-5:30.
1575 Keswick Winery Drive Keswick, VA 22947 keswickvineyards.com (434) 244-3341
Barboursville Vineyards
Saturday, October 27th. Live Music: Jason Burke 12pm - 3pm with Food Truck: Spice Sea Gourmet
17655 Winery Road Barboursville, VA 22923 bbvwine.com (540) 832-3824
Sunday, October 28th. Fall Family Festival! Petting Zoo, Food Trucks, Face-Painting and more! $5 entry per car, redeemable towards any purchase!
The annual Autumn Vertical Tasting of superior previous red wine vintages, and samplings of the next Octagon, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Oct 27th and 28th, 11:00am to 4:30pm. As always, house-baked breads from Palladio Restaurant, artisanal cheeses, and charcuterie will enhance the tastings. $40 per person, no reservation required.
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9423 Batesville Road Afton, VA 22920 cardinalpointwinery.com 540.456.8400 Join us every Sunday afternoon for Live Music on the Deck! This Sunday, 10/28/2018, come hear Robin Wynn from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m. Enjoy a glass of wine along with some of our delicious picnic fare! A full schedule of performers is on our website at www.cardinalpointwinery.com/events.php.
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Final Sunset Soirée Friday October 26 6-9pm $5 per car band cover Armistead Wellford & Friends with GoodWaffles&Co. Final Pumpkin Patch Weekend $8 per person ages 6 and up
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Rent out the Tasting Room to host your team, family or coworkers! Cozy fire place included.
Septenary Winery at Seven Oaks Farm 200 Seven Oaks Farm Greenwood, VA 22943 540.471.4282 info@septenarywinery.com www.septenarywinery.com Come experience Septenary, a new winery on the grounds of the beautiful and historic Seven Oaks Farm in Greenwood. Enjoy a seated tasting, cozy up to the bar, or choose one of our featured vintages to enjoy on the porch, all while taking in the views of the vineyard and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Don’t forget to check out our Wine Club Lounge and learn about other exclusive benefits offered to our members. Tasting Room Hours Thursday-Sunday, 11am-5:30pm
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Stone Mountain Vineyard
Tasting Room Hours Thursdays 12-6pm Fridays October 26 12-9pm, November 2 12-6pm Saturdays October 27 12-10pm, November 2 12-6pm Sundays 12-6pm
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Early Mountain Vineyards
Open Thursday thru Monday Come and enjoy the fall colors and the best views in Virginia from our new event deck. Live music Saturdays and Sundays.
October 27 | Weedeaters String Band with Mexican Tacos 2-5pm
6109 Wolftown-Hood Road Madison, VA 22727 earlymountain.com (540) 948-9005 Our Tasting Room is Open 11-6 (closed Tuesday). Visit earlymountain.com for a full overview of live music and events. Oct 27 | Uncorked 5k race - visit corkscrewracing.com to register Nov 2 | Wine Pair & Fare - Wine Member Only, Strolling Wine Dinner - contact membersclub@ earlymountain.com for more details. Nov 4 | Paint at Early Mountain - join Charlottesville Wine & Design for a fun seasonal painting seminar Oct 27 | Live Music, Brian Sauerwald Oct 28 | Live Music, Charles Owens Nov 3 | Live Music, Michael Geddes Nov 4 | Live Music, Paulo Franco
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A taste of Little Havana comes to Cville By Jenny Gardiner living@c-ville.com
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roper Cuban food has been in short supply in the Charlottesville area, but that’s about to change when Guajiros Miami Eatery opens its doors in the next few weeks. The restaurant is the brainchild of Miami transplant Harvey Mayorga, who, with his brother, Danilo, plans to bring a bit of Little Havana to the city, on Seminole Trail in the Woodbrook Shopping Center. Mayorga said he and his wife, who came here to work at UVA about a year and a half ago, quickly noticed the paucity of Latin American food other than tacos or pupusas. “We saw that there was a need for something different,” he says. After seeing the available space, Mayorga reached out to his brother, a restaurateur in Miami. Mayorga says they’ll be serving their favorite Cuban food, with a bit of Miami/ Cuban flair. “There is a culture of ‘cafecito’ in Miami, where everyone on their commute stops at a ventana, or window, gets a Cuban toast, a croquette, and some café con leche before heading to work,” he says. “It’s a social event, even if it is for five or 10 minutes. We want to offer that.” The brothers plan to start with breakfast and lunch service. Menu features will include breakfast sandwiches on Cuban bread, medialunas (crescent rolls), and a Cuban sandwich, as well as espresso, lattes, and café con leche. Mayorga said he hopes to introduce the Cuban colada (a multi-shot cup of sweet Cuban coffee) here as well. While they don’t yet have a liquor license, the plan is to eventually feature classic rum-based and Cuban cocktails with all-natural ingredients, including mojitos, daiquiris, el presidente cocktails, and rum old fashioneds.
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“There is a culture of ‘cafecito’ in Miami, where everyone on their commute stops at a ventana, or window, gets a Cuban toast, a croquette, and some café con leche before heading to work.” HARVEY MAYORGA
Hanning says. “We’re redesigning that to put in a hydroponic garden from Babylon Farms. We’ll be the only ones in North America to have self-sustained hydroponic gardens, where we’ll be producing our own leafy greens for the Mill Room.” Executive chef Dale Ford is working on a new menu for the four-diamond restaurant, and conjuring up expansive plans for the hydroponic garden, all while tending to 20,000 honey bees up the hill from the Trout House. You can be sure that hyperlocal honey will be harvested and incorporated into the new menu.
Mourning a food community leader A longtime philanthropic mainstay in the Charlottesville food community passed away suddenly last week. Lisa Reeder, food and farm access coordinator for the Local Food HUB, had
devoted nearly 20 years to working with and around food in central Virginia, the organization said. The Local Food HUB is a nonprofit organization that partners with Virginia farmers to increase community access to area food, and provides support services, infrastructure, and market opportunities that connect people with food grown close to home. The organization said Reeder had spearheaded its Fresh Farmacy program and oversaw a number of other community programs and partnerships. In a statement, the Food HUB said Reeder was “passionate about all things food and agriculture, and found many ways to channel that passion into action.” “She understood the challenges of farming, and worked to bring needed resources to our partner farms,” the statement continued. “She made a mean BLT sandwich, and her contributions to staff potluck meals were unmatched. Even in the face of challenging health issues, her upbeat spirit and dedication to her friends, family, and work never wavered. Lisa will be greatly, greatly missed, but we will carry her example and her legacy with us with every step we take toward a healthier, more equitable food system.” Feast! co-owner Kate Collier says Reeder’s loss will be felt far and wide. “She’s always so strong, positive, and in the moment, helping others, putting friends first, feeding those who need it most, and spreading her beauty and light all around,” Collier says. “She was one of this community’s great women in food.”
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Renovations are moving forward at the Boar’s Head’s Old Mill Room, which will reopen in January as the Mill Room. “Walking in [to the new restaurant] will be very visually different,” says Joe Hanning, marketing and communications manager for the Boar’s Head. “It will still have the historic wooden beams and the same ambiance, but we’re opening it up to bring natural light in. All three seating areas will be combined as one and will be all brand new.” And with the changes to the restaurant come some innovations that will put a 21stcentury twist on the historic Trout House building behind the Mill Room. “This was an historic shelter where long ago people would pick the trout they wanted for dinner—literally farm to table,”
Danilo and Harvey Mayorga are bringing Cuban food—and some Miami/Cuban flair—to Charlottesville with their Guajiros Miami Eatery, which will open soon on Seminole Trail in the Woodbrook Shopping Center.
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Bistro 1834 Located beside the Old Mill Room Restaurant, the menu has a variety of lighter fare. The Boar’s Head, 200 Ednam Dr. 972-2230. $$$. Bizou Upscale down-home cookin’ with fresh fish, pork and beef dishes. Try the grilled banana bread à la mode. 119 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 977-1818. $$. Brasserie Saison Downtown Mall brewery with Franco-Belgian cuisine. 111 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-7027. $$. Burton’s Grill Contemporary American menu with stylish ambience. Don’t skip out on the cocktails. The Shops at Stonefield. 977-1111. $$. Clifton Inn Historic inn with a redone kitchen, dining room and bar. Sit at the chef’s table and watch the action. 1296 Clifton Inn Dr. 971-1800. $$. Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar Swanky Downtown restaurant with inventive entrées, a late-night menu and a rooftop bar. 422 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-7728. $$$. Court Square Tavern English tavern with 130plus varieties of bottled beer. Hearty pub food: bratwurst, Reubens, shepherd’s pie. 500 Court Square. 296-6111. $$. Duner’s Artful entrées and fine desserts on a rotating menu. Conservative decor with a small, carefully crafted menu. 250W in Ivy. 293-8352. $$$. Fig Bistro & Bar Mediterranean and New Orleans-inspired dishes with house-made ingredients like sausage and pork kielbasa. 1331 W. Main St. 995-5047. $. Hamiltons’ at First & Main Imaginative American cuisine, award-winning wine list and superb vegetarian. 101 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-6649. $$$. Ivy Inn Daily menu of modern American cuisine in an 18th century tollhouse. Perfect for a romantic date. Reservations highly recommended. 2244 Old Ivy Rd. 977-1222. $$$. Maya Upscale Southern cuisine. Pleasant patio seating outside, sleek mod inside. Reservations encouraged. 633 W. Main St. 979-6292. $$. Michael’s Bistro Mucho microbrews and an artful menu. Excellent drinking atmosphere. View the Rotunda from the balcony. Second floor of 1427 University Ave. 977-3697. $$. Oakhart Social Seasonal Atlantic coast food for sharing. 511 W. Main St. 995-5449. $$. Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards The Farm Table & Wine Bar at this North Garden vineyard is as big a draw as its beautiful setting. 5022 Plank Rd., North Garden. 202-8063. $$. Red Pump Kitchen Tuscan-inspired restaurant with chic, rustic décor. 401 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-6040. $$. Restoration Indoor and outdoor dining at this new spot at Old Trail Golf Course. Comfort food, craft brews and mountain views. 5494 Golf Dr., Crozet. 823-1841. $$. Southern Crescent Cajun and Creole fare in Belmont. 814 Hinton Ave. 284-5101. $$. Tastings Combo wine shop and eatery has woodgrilled entrées and the biggest wine list in town. 502 E. Market St. 293-3663. $$. Tavern & Grocery Inspired tavern fare from chicken sandwiches to banh mi. 333 W. Main St. 293-7403. $. The Alley Light Intimate small-plate spot above Revolutionary Soup. Look for the, ahem, alley light. 108 Second St. SW. 296-5003. $$. The Fitzroy Restaurant and bar in a swanky setting. 120 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-1223. $$. The Local Belmont neighborhood spot with unusual twists on local, organic ingredients. 824 Hinton Ave. 984-9749. $$. The Melting Pot It’s a fon-do! This melted-cheese franchise features warmers built into the tables and a huge wine selection. 501 E. Water St. 2443463. $$$. Wayland’s Crossing Tavern Steak, raw oysters, pub food, vegetarian plates and kid-friendly fare. 1015 Heathercroft Cir., Crozet. 205-4669. $$. Zocalo Flavorful high-end, Latin-inspired cuisine with a full bar. 201 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 977-4944. $$.
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A second look For a historic tavern, another life on a hilltop By Erika Howsare living@c-ville.com
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n a part of the Shenandoah Valley where history is prized especially deeply, just outside the village of Brownsburg, a relocated log cabin called Briar Hill is full of a special sense of the past. It embodies its own history dating back to the turn of the 18th century, when it was originally built on a different site nearby. And for current owner Dave Perry-Miller, it harkens to his past as a student at Washington & Lee. “I took an American architecture class,” he recalls, “and I did my architectural paper on Brownsburg in 1977.” He didn’t forget the little village, either: “For years I would fly from Dallas to visit my parents in Lexington, and it was a rare instance when that I didn’t drive out to Brownsburg to go by some of the houses where I’d interviewed the owners. I always harbored the hope that I would be able to go back to that part of Virginia.” After retiring from a real estate career in Dallas, Perry-Miller bought a notable home in Staunton called Waverley Hill in 2013 and soon embarked on its renovation. When he realized that house would be unlivable for
more than a year during the work, he looked around for a place to fill the gap. “I thought, ‘I’m just going to have to get an apartment in town,’” he recalls— but Perry-Miller, the owner of five homes in three different states, isn’t really a renting kind of person. He soon decided to purchase Briar Hill, which had been relocated and renovated under the direction of architect Bethany Puopolo back in the mid-1990s. Perry-Miller was drawn to the view from this hilltop—a panorama of the Valley and Jump Mountain—and, in fact, had been gazing at it already for years in the form of a painting he’d purchased years before, likely painted from a neighboring hilltop. “It was in my library in Dallas for all those years,” he says. “I can’t believe it: I was looking at the view from my house.”
Fine details Puopolo took on the project after she was approached by Lois Key, a local resident who had noticed a Rockbridge County cabin falling into disrepair and convinced its owners to sell it. From the beginning, Puopolo was
struck by Key’s commitment to the historic nature of the structure, probably a onetime tavern. “She salvaged as much material as she could,” says Puopolo. “And she wanted it to stay in the same county; she didn’t want it to go out of the home area.” Puopolo’s role was not only to help coordinate the dismantling and rebuilding of the cabin, but to design a kitchen addition that would modernize it—but not too much. “I teased Lois, she was such a romantic—the cabin had one bedroom and three fireplaces,” she remembers. Key was willing to access the basement from an outdoor entry and
live with other less-than-convenient features, for the sake of preserving the cabin’s character. While the new kitchen would be a very important living space, Puopolo didn’t want it to overshadow the original cabin. “I wanted to let the main volume be dominant,” says Puopolo, so instead of building the addition directly against the house, she designed a small connector or “hyphen” space, containing a mudroom, between the two. A wraparound porch helps to knit the two volumes together. The details made the project. “This wasn’t a really crude log cabin,” Puopolo says. “Someone who had some skills had created it initially. You look at the mantel in the old part and it’s a pretty nice mantel.” She matched detailing on the beaded beams and chamfered posts, and tried not to alter anything unnecessarily as she found ways to fit closets and a bathroom into a structure from a very different era. The kitchen design, with custom cabinets by Jaeger & Ernst, local soapstone sink, and salvaged wormy chestnut countertops, is “unfitted”—meant to look like a collection
LIVING HOME of furniture pieces rather than a uniform run of cabinetry. Continuous with the cook space is a cozy sitting room with a stone fireplace and one contemporary touch: French doors to the porch.
Inherent simplicity For Perry-Miller, the cabin was largely perfect as he found it. He’s made a few minor changes, enlisting Glenn Wilson, the same builder who’d worked with Key and Puopolo years ago, to shore up stonework and enlarge the writer’s studio (a separate building). Craftsman Matt Johnson also built entry gates on the driveway, using traditional techniques with no nails or screws. “What people respond to in contemporary houses is the openness and bareness of the lines,” says Perry-Miller. “The log cabin
has that, except it’s made out of chestnut logs. The simplicity is inherent in that property, and yet in the framework of a beautiful, old structure. I think [Puopolo] was masterful in keeping things very simple.” He appreciates, too, the history of the 86-acre property, which for many years housed a summer camp called Briar Hill that drew boys from Richmond and Charlottesville. The site of the house, he’s learned, was the former location of the camp’s tennis courts—one of the only flat places on the acreage. Elsewhere, a chimney marks the ruins of the onetime dining hall. “There is something about that hillside that has a certain amount of magic,” he says. “Everybody involved has put in a little piece of their heart and soul, and you can feel that.”
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” Sagittarian author Jane Austen wrote that in her novel Northanger Abbey, and now I’m passing her message on to you, slightly altered. My version is, “If adventures will not befall Sagittarian people of any age or gender in their own neighborhood, they must seek them abroad.” And where exactly is “abroad”? The dictionary says it might mean a foreign country, or it could simply mean outside or in another place. I’d like to extend the meaning further to include anywhere outside your known and familiar world. Halloween costume suggestion: traveler on a pilgrimage or explorer on a holy quest.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): PR executives at a beer company offered to pay me a lot of money if I would sneak a product placement ad into your horoscope. They asked me to pretend there was a viable astrological reason to recommend that you imbibe their product in abundance. But the truth is, the actual planetary omens suggest the opposite. You should not in fact be lounging around in a haze of intoxication. You should instead be working hard to drum up support for your labor of love or your favorite cause. Very Important People will be more available to you than usual, and you’ll be wise to seek their input. Halloween costume suggestion: the Ultimate Fundraiser, Networker of the Year, Chief Hobnobber.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “What kind of idea are you?” asks author Salman Rushdie. “Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the cussed, bloody-minded, ramrodbacked type of damnfool notion that would rather break than sway with the breeze?” I pose this question to you, Aquarius, because I think you could be an effective version of either idea in the coming weeks. If you’re the latter—the cussed, damnfool notion—you may change your world in dramatic ways. Halloween costume suggestions: revolutionary, crusader, agitator, rabble-rouser.
(Feb. 19-March 20): “There is no beauty without some strangeness,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe. Fashion designer Rei Kawakubo ventured
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “He believed in magic,” writes author Michael Chabon about a character in his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. “Not in the so-called magic of candles, pentagrams, and bat wings,” nor “dowsing rods, séances, weeping statues, werewolves, wonders, or miracles.” Then what kind? Chabon says it’s the “impersonal magic of life,” like coincidences and portents that reveal their meanings in retrospect. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because now is a favorable time to call on the specific kind of magic that you regard as real and helpful. What kind of magic is that? Halloween costume suggestion: magician, witch, wizard. further, declaring, “Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.” She also added another nuance to her definition: “For something to be beautiful, it doesn’t have to be pretty.” I’ll offer you one more seed for thought: wabisabi. It’s a Japanese term that refers to a kind of beauty that’s imperfect, transitory, and incomplete. I bring these clues to your attention, Pisces, because now is an excellent time to refine and clarify your own notion of beauty—and recommit yourself to embodying it. Halloween costume suggestion: the embodiment of your definition of beauty.
Aries (March 21-April 19): In her poem “Shedding Skin,” Harryette Mullen compares her own transformation to the action a snake periodically carries out to renew itself. Since you now have an excellent opportunity to undertake your own molting process, you may find her thoughts helpful. (I’ve rendered them in prose for easier reading.) “Pulling out of the old scarred skin—old rough thing I don’t need now—I strip off, slip out of, leave behind. Shedding toughness, peeling layers down to vulnerable stuff. And I’m blinking off old eyelids for a new way of seeing. By the rock I rub against, I’m going to be tender again.” Halloween costume suggestion: snake sloughing its skin.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): ”Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance,” says 49-year-old author Elizabeth Gilbert, who has written extensively about those subjects. I agree with her. I’ve devoted myself to studying the mysteries of love for many years, yet still feel like a rookie. Even if you are smarter about these matters than Gilbert and me, Taurus, I urge you to adopt a humble and curious attitude during the next few weeks. The cosmos has prepared some interesting lessons for
you, and the best way to take advantage is to be eagerly receptive and open-minded. Halloween costume suggestion: sex researcher, love explorer, intimacy experimenter.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): “My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey wrench into the machinery,” wrote Gemini author Dashiell Hammett. But I recommend that you use his approach very rarely, and only when other learning methods aren’t working. Most of the time, your best strategy for getting the lessons you need is to put lubricating oil into the machinery, not a monkey wrench. That’ll be especially true in the coming weeks. I suggest that you turn the machinery off for a while as you add the oil and do some maintenance. Halloween costume suggestion: repair person, computer techie, machine whisperer.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): The great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman was a Cancerian like you and me. One of the factors contributing to his success was that he put his demons to good use, “by harnessing them to his chariot.” He also testified that he gained control over his demons by taking long walks after breakfast. “Demons don’t like fresh air,” he said. “They prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet.” I suspect that now would be an excellent time to adopt his advice. Halloween costume suggestion: walk your demon on a leash, or make it into a puppet, or harness it to your chariot.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Throughout the Halloween season, I encourage you to fantasize extensively about what your dream home would look like and feel like if you had all the money necessary to create it. What colors would you
paint the walls? Would you have carpets or hardwood floors? What would be your perfect lighting, furniture, and décor? As you gaze out your windows, what views would you see? Would there be nature nearby or urban hot spots? Would you have an office or music room or art studio? Have fun imagining the sanctuary that would bring out the best in you. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate homebody.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look,” writes novelist Jodi Picoult. That’s crucial for you to meditate on during the coming weeks. Why? Because your superpower is going to be the ability to find extraordinary things that are hiding in places where people have almost never thought to look. You can do both yourself and those you care for a big favor by focusing your intensity on this task. Halloween costume suggestions: sleuth, treasure hunter, private eye, Sherlock Holmes.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.” Author Shauna Niequist wrote that. In accordance with the astrological omens, I endorse her perspective as true and useful for you. You’ve zipped through your time of fertile chaos, conjuring up fresh possibilities. When January arrives, you’ll be ready to work on stability and security. But for now, your assignment is to blossom. Halloween costume suggestions: beautiful creature hatching from an egg, strong sprout cracking out of a seed. Expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes: Real Astrology.com, 1-877-873-4888.
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PERSONAL CARE AIDES (All Shifts) Are you passionate about applying your skills to ensure the greatest quality of life possible for our fellow community members in need? If so The Arc urges you to consider opportunities within our organization. Our mission is to ensure full community inclusion and participation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the provision of high quality services and advocacy. Our vision is to remain the leading provider of services and advocacy for this deserving population. If you share these values we urge you to consider the following career opportunities: Direct Support Professionals – Residential and In-Home Services (FT and PT) We are eager to hear from qualified candidates interested in working in Charlottesville, Nelson and Crozet. Additional detail for each vacancy (including schedules) may be viewed on the Employment page of our web site.
Mountainside Senior Living in beautiful downtown Crozet, Virginia Offering affordable Healthcare Dental, Vision, Life, & 401k We offer 3rd Shift $0.50 differential. Successful new hires who meet the 90-day introductory period become eligible for a bonus!
Also seeking Register Medication Assistant (RMA) 1st, 2nd & 3rd Personal Care Aide (PCA) 1st, 2nd & 3rd Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) 1st, 2nd & 3rd License Practical Nurse (LPN) 2nd & 3rd Part-time Dietary Aides Housekeeping
PERSONAL CARE AIDES (All Shifts)
To see a full listing of all of our positions, to apply and to learn more about what The Arc is doing to support our community, please visit our web site at http://thearcofthepiedmont.org/ In addition to offering a challenging and rewarding experience The Arc also offers competitive compensation, paid training, and- for full time staff- an attractive benefits package which includes paid leave, health, dental and vision insurance, as well as life and long-term disability insurance, among other offerings.
Please Visit: www.mountainsideseniorliving.com/careers/ for complete job descriptions and more information.
The Arc of the Piedmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Email Resumes to: jritchie@jabacares.org
Sentara Home Health – Charlottesville, VA
Registered Nurses & Licensed
WE’RE HIRING! Join our team of caring, compassionate, professional nurses.
Apply-on line today at www.sentaracareers.com Keyword: Home Care Services – All Positions
Chat on-line with our Home Health Recruiter on Mondays from 9-10 a.m. https://app.brazenconnect.com/a/sentara/s/4vzg4/next
Sentara Home Health provides care for our patients in Charlottesville and surrounding areas, including Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Orange, Louisa, Nelson and Madison Counties. Sentara Home Health has been ranked in the Top Ten Home Health Agencies in America by Home Care Magazine over the past several years.
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Sentara Home Health offers Excellent Career Opportunities for Experienced RNs and LPNS! Enjoy Competitive Wages and Outstanding Benefits! Sign-on Bonus Available for Experienced RNs & LPNs. Must have a minimum of one year RN or LPN experience.
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www.uvaclinicaltrials.com Advancing Healthcare Through
Clinical Trials Behavioral Research at Darden Lab BRAD Lab invites Charlottesville residents, 18-65 years old, to sign up to participate in behavioral research studies at Darden. Study types vary, but can include surveys, focus groups, or interactions with others. Please visit http://darden.sona-systems.com to register and receive study information. Compensation depends on the type and length of study. Most studies pay between $5-$50.
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How clinical trials benefit you. At UVA, clinical trials are taking place every day. Because of this, UVA is an environment of care where learning, discovery and innovation flourish. And it is our patients — today and in the future — who reap the rewards, whether or not they participate in a trial. Please call the trial coordinator to enroll confidentially or for additional information.
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innovative services for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance use disorders
TERESA JOHNSON BISHOP PHYLISTINE CHESTER
a better life, a better community
and ESTELLE TYREE v. KENT JOHNSON Address Unknown,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. CL18-1400
Region Ten Community Services Board provides mental health, intellectual disability, crisis, and substance abuse services for adults and children living in the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Louisa, and Nelson.
UNKNOWN HEIRS of KENT JOHNSON and WILLIAM JOHNSON, if any there be, PARTIES UNKNOWN, and PARTIES UNKNOWN, any persons with any interest in a parcel of real estate in Albemarle County, Virginia, designated as Tax Map 11100-00-00-02100, and the heirs, devisees, assigns, or successors in interest, if any, of such person, as they may appear, Defendants.
ENTER: Cheryl V. Higgins DATE: 9-24-18
POSITION FOR ASSOCIATE Skeo Solutions is an employee-focused consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity. Skeo Solutions is seeking a motivated, energetic and earnest person with an undergraduate degree to join their team on a full-time basis. Candidates should demonstrate they are detail-oriented, highly responsive and capable of supporting several projects at one time. Ideal candidates for this entry-level position will have a background in environmental sciences, land-use planning or other relevant fields and strong writing and research skills. Applicants should be proficient with Microsoft Office programs. Experience with GIS, graphic design, and Adobe Creative Suite software are a plus. Applicants should be able to multi-task, work effectively on a team, maintain a positive attitude and have excellent communication skills. While the position is expected to require 40 hours a week, there are times where it may be necessary to work more than 40 hours per week under tight deadlines. Applicants must be willing to travel for 20 or more trips per year at various locations throughout the United States. Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, land-use planning, technical writing or related field. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs. • Charlottesville, Virginia area resident or willing to relocate. • Willing to travel for 20+ trips per year throughout the United States. • Ability to start, full time or part-time, within two weeks after hiring. Advantageous Qualifications: • Experience with GIS, graphic design, and Adobe Creative Suite. • Proficiency speaking and writing in a foreign language, especially Spanish. • Experience with Data Management. Please submit required application materials by November 16, 2018. Interviews are expected to begin December 1, 2018, with a hiring decision made by the end of January, 2019. In addition to taking part in interviews, candidates may be asked to demonstrate their abilities to perform the required work by completing skill exercises. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, citizenship, national origin, or any other status protected by applicable law. People of color and candidates looking for a career change are strongly encouraged to apply. To apply for this position, follow this link: https://skeo.applicantstack.com/x/apply/a2b5yqwc8di3
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I ask for this: James P. Cox, III, Esquire VSB No. 23021 Michie Hamlett, PLLC P.O. Box 298 500 Court Square, Suite 300 Charlottesville, VA 22902-0298 Phone No. (434) 951-7230 Facsimile No. (434) 951-7250 Email: jcox@michiehamlett.com Counsel for the Plaintiffs Teresa Johnson Bishop, Phylistine Chester and Estelle Tyree
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or contact Susan Good at 434-972-1898 for details.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of this suit is to effect a partition of a certain parcel of real estate, consisting of 5.60 acres, more or less, fronting on Route 717, Secretarys Sands Road, designated on the present tax maps of the County of Albemarle as Tax Map 11100-00-00-02100. It appearing based on an affidavit filed in this action as required by law that the address of Defendant Kent Johnson is unknown and there are Unknown Heirs of Kent Johnson and William Johnson or Parties Unknown or any party claiming through them or any parties in any way having interest whatsoever in the real property or any portion thereof who have interest in this action; It is ORDERED that the above-named Defendant Kent Johnson, the Unknown Heirs of Kent Johnson, the Unknown Heirs of William Johnson and/or the Parties Unknown or any party claiming through them or any parties in any way having interest whatsoever in the subject real property or any portion thereof appear on or before November 9, 2018 at 9:00 A.M. at the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia and do whatever is necessary to protect any interests they may have in the subject real property.
Region Ten is one of the largest employers in the Charlottesville area with over 600 employees. With our array of services, opportunities exist for direct care staff, social workers, nurses, clinicians, counselors, teachers, administrative staff, and others looking to make a valuable contribution to their community and work in the human services field.
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Q&A Why don’t people vote?
Cynicism. JEREMY SHARP/FACEBOOK
Most people are lazy and a lot of candidates are not inspiring.
Because politics suck. @WINGPEA_/TWITTER
They believe they are powerless.
Same reason they roll through stop signs— they don’t think it makes any difference. They’re wrong. @TONYTOWNSEND/TWITTER
PETE ARMETTA/FACEBOOK
TIM LONG/EMAIL
Some are lazy, some don’t think their vote counts, and some are just trying to work and don’t have time.
A) fucking privilege. B) “Cynicism is unexpressed hope.” —Source unknown
Because they feel disconnected from a political system that doesn’t work for them. Because they don’t feel that their voice actually matters. Because we all take democracy for granted.
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@SPAMRULER/TWITTER
Politicians take what they want to get, so they lie. They tell you what you want to hear so they can get in office.
They feel uncomfortable vs. empowered. Or worried. Or scared. Or intimidated. Do I have the right papers? Am I going to be embarrassed? Will I fit in? How do I do it? How do I get there? What if I need help? Nobody cares what I think anyway. Why should I participate in a system that marginalizes me in every way? Maybe we should take the vote to the people vs. creating barriers and then expecting them to all show up.
Virginia makes it hard! The majority of states now have early voting for weeks before Election Day. You can go on a weekday or weekend that suits your schedule. If early voting was an option here, I think voter turnout would go up and long lines wouldn’t deter people on Election Day either.
BILL RODMAN/FACEBOOK
@LIZCTINVA/INSTAGRAM
ELLA RUSS/FACEBOOK
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MATT YANCEY/FACEBOOK
@SOWSOMESEEDS/INSTAGRAM
@JDEVORY/INSTAGRAM
There are myriad excuses. Bottom line, we don’t want to be responsible or accountable in any way for our broken system. “I may not be fixing things, but don’t look at me, I didn’t put that bonehead in office.”
Cause there’s two shitty candidates like Hillary and Trump.
RICK
Plenty of reasons: lack of time, got to work. Some just don’t care. It seems like one single vote won’t count one way or another. GARY
Leslie Cockburn for Congress is polling shockingly well for the GOP-leaning district that C’ville is in. Hopefully people think she’s worth bothering to turn out for! BEN LUNSFORD/FACEBOOK
They believe they are powerless. PETE ARMETTA/FACEBOOK
Because politicians are a bunch of sellouts, just trying to line their pockets. @BEN_BAER/TWITTER
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Sunday NOV. 18
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Live Music Giveaways throughout the evening
Enjoy Responsibly. 2018© Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Roseland, VA
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Rollbockback prices on House Favorite Beers!
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BREWED FOR MORE TASTE. ONLY 3.2G OF CARBS. MILLER LITE. HOLD TRUE.
©2018 MILLER BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE, WI Avg. analysis (12 fl oz): 96 cals, 3.2g carbs, ‹1g protein, 0.0g fat