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Friday 11/26
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Winter Wander. Experience the nature of Boar’s Head during this illuminated lakeside stroll, as a palette of colorful illuminations blanket the natural surroundings for a magical show of lights. $10-20, times vary. Boar’s Head Resort, 200 Ednam Dr. boarshead resort.com/wander.
Saturday 11/27
music
14 Stories with The Live Show and Char-
lie Shea. The Stories’ often put their own spin on covers, either changing the length or switching up the arrangement to make it their own. $10, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jefferson theater.com. Berto and Vincent. Enjoy some lively Latin guitar paired with brunch. Free, 11am. Tavern & Grocery, 333 W. Main St. tavern andgrocery.com. Bomar And Ritter. Spend an afternoon at Albemarle Ciderworks with folk duo Bomar and Ritter. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle Ciderworks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com. Steve Riggs and Friends. Take a break from your family, or bring them with you to this night of live music, fine whiskey, and local cuisine. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskey jarcville.com.
stage
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.
See listing for Friday, November 26. $10-18, 8pm. Four County Players, Barboursville Community Center, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org.
Paramount at the Movies Presents: Mod-
ern Times. In honor of its 90th anniversary, The Paramount Theater is presenting films from its nine decades. Free, 4pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.
outside
Wildrock’s Creepy, Crawly, and Cute Trail
Adventure. A festive hike. Free, 10am. Wildrock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org.
etc.
Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art.
A 20-minute introduction to Indigenous Australian art. Free,10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.
Sunday 11/28
music
Tara Mills. Live music in the orchard. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle Ciderworks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarlecider works.com. Vincent Zorn. Enjoy Sunday brunch with live music. Free, noon. South and Central Latin Grill, 946 Grady Ave., Suite 104. south andcentralgrill.com.
stage
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.
See listing for Friday, November 26. $10-18, 2:30pm. Four County Players, Barboursville Community Center, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org.
A toast to the front line
Blenheim’s seasonal offering is a boon to first responders
By Carol Diggs
living@c-ville.com
Blenheim Vineyards is encouraging everyone to raise a glass to our first responders…literally.
In a collaboration between the vineyard and renowned chef José Andrés’ international nonprofit World Central Kitchen, Blenheim’s On the Line wines are helping raise money to provide healthy meals for those still fighting the pandemic.
Dave Matthews, musician, philanthropist, and owner of Blenheim Vineyards, connected with Andrés last year, when World Central Kitchen was helping gear up a Charlottesville chapter of Frontline Foods. The effort was designed to support local restaurants and food producers by purchasing meals to distribute to health care workers and other first responders in the area.
Blenheim had the wines, WCK had the boots on the ground, and Matthews had the idea: produce and market wines aimed at raising money and support for those on the COVID front lines.
Blenheim’s winemakers created a red blend and a white blend; Matthews designed the label; and the wine was sold either direct to consumers at the vineyard or on the Blenheim website, with a portion of the proceeds funding World Central Kitchen and Frontline Foods. Blenheim was able to re-open its tasting room in July 2020, which helped spur sales.
“Response has been great,” according to Sales, Marketing, and Events Manager Tracey Love. She says the 2019 vintage—347 cases of white and 329 cases of red—sold out completely; for the 2020 vintage, the vineyard has bottled more than 500 cases of each blend. With additional distribution through retailers and restaurants in Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and New York City, so far On the Line has raised close to $75,000, helping World Central Kitchen provide meals for first responders and others in need. (Frontline Foods was merged into World Central Kitchen in August 2020.)
The On the Line blends were created specifically for this fundraising effort, and designed to be “a refreshing, easy-drinking wine,” says Love—and affordable, at $20 a bottle. The red is 63 percent cabernet franc blended with merlot, cabernet sauvignon, and petit verdot (“with notes of crushed raspberry, tobacco, and baked plum,” according to the website). The white—64 percent sauvignon blanc with rkatsiteli,
Blenheim Vineyards continues to help frontline workers with its On the Line wine.
chardonnay, petit manseng, and viognier— is fermented and aged in stainless steel.
Buy a bottle (or a quartet, or a case) and toast the masked health care worker on the label. Heck, you can even get the T-shirt—it’s for a good cause.
Monday 11/29
music
Monday Music Series . Enjoy delicious food and drink paired with live Latin music from Vincent Zorn, Berto & Vincent, or Beleza. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, 946 Grady Ave., Suite 104. southandcentralgrill.com.
dance
English Country Dance. Partake in some English country dancing, or just come to enjoy the performance. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecenter cville.org.
words
Mario Schjetnan: Reconciling City and
Nature. Mario Schjetnan, co-founder of the interdisciplinary firm Grupo de Diseño Urbano, is the 2021-22 Harry W. Porter, Jr. Visiting Professor at the UVA School of Architecture. Free, 5pm. UVA’s Campbell Hall, Room 153, 110 Bayly Dr. arch.virginia.edu/events.
classes
Meditation on the Lawn. A virtual drop-in meditation or guided reflection hosted by the Contemplative Sciences Center. Free, 7:45am. Online. csc.virginia.edu.
Trio Céleste
Tuesday 11/30 Old Cabell Hall
Tuesday 11/30
music
Classical Listening Parties. A series of four free, casual events on Tuesdays in November. Free, 7pm. WTJU, 350 Emmet St N. wtju.net. Josh Mayo and Friends. Josh Mayo invites various local and regional acts to perform on the Downtown Mall every other Tuesday. Free, 8:15pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com. Trio Céleste. Tuesday Evening Concert Series presents Trio Céleste, performing Beethoven and Mendelssohn. $5-39, 7:30pm. UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. tecs.org. Vincent Zorn. Enjoy great food, tequila, and mescal paired with some wild gypsy rumba. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com.
dance
English Country Dance. See listing for Monday, November 29. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.
etc.
Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art.
See listing for Saturday, November 27. Free,10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org. Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night. Quizzes cover everything from Hungary to The Hunger Games. Free, 8pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com.
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All That You Desire:
Heeding The Wisdom Of Youth
We like framing things in generational terms. Boomers, Millennials, Generations Y and X, and so on. In reality, we are all aging, chronologically anyway, on a journey that flows more like a river than it is separated by generational blocks. And as such, people of different ages are dependent on each other, linking the past, present and future into a continuum of support and understanding across the generations.
For instance, research and common sense have told us that younger people benefit when older people share their knowledge and wisdom. Indeed, older people, with lived experience that’s mostly in the rearview mirror, can help children and young adults, who have yet to discover what’s down the road, deal with the worry and anxiety that often comes with not knowing what the future holds. But it’s also a twoway street.
According to once 12-year-old child prodigy and TEDTalk star Adora Svitak, older people have much to learn, and be reminded of, from children.
Svitak believed that referring to things as “childish” always has had a negative connotation, but said that was discriminatory and misguided. She pointed out that wars and environmental degradation aren’t being caused by children, and she suggested that adults are the ones “really causing all the trouble” by not listening to young people.
“Kids aren’t hampered by reasons not to do things, like older people often are,” Svitak said during one of her original TEDTalks. “Kids still dream about perfection, and to create anything worthwhile, you have to dream first.”
Svitak believed that learning between the generations needed to be reciprocal, and that older people needed to listen to and trust younger people. “You must lend an ear today,” she said, “because we are the leaders of tomorrow.”
In our effort to pass along guidance and wisdom to our children and young people, we sometimes forget that “childishness” comes with a kind of wisdom, and that childhood itself reminds us of ways of being that we sometimes ignore or dismiss as “childish” or selfish when we get older.
For instance, the ideas that being creative and having fun are good for you; that being vulnerable and showing your emotions are necessary for your health; that it is okay to play and laugh; and that it is okay to complain and ask for help.
Children, too, often see themselves as the heroes of their own lives, not the victims of time and circumstance, and they approach things with fearlessness. And when they get hurt, or things don’t go their way, they cry and yell and stomp their feet — but they move on.
Too often, as adults and older people, we settle for ways of being that aren’t necessarily that joyful, rewarding or even healthy. Set in our ways, perhaps, and veterans of a struggle the young can’t even begin to imagine, we can get hardened and wary. That’s where the wisdom of youth comes in.
“A child can teach an adult three things,” wrote Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho de Souza, “to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.” David McNair handles communications, media relations, and social media efforts for the Jefferson Area Board for Aging.
Q&A
Caregiver Ambassador, Victoria Chipampe, CNA with Commonwise
1. How did you first become interested in the senior care industry?
My first experience with senior care was when my mother got sick. The hospital said that there was not much that could be done for her, and my family was unable to help with her care. So, I quit college and became her caregiver. After she passed, I continued caring for older adults as a volunteer at a senior home. I then knew that I wanted to do this for the rest of my life, so I went back to school to study psychosocial counseling and to become a CNA.
2. What makes Commonwise different from other local senior living or care options?
Commonwise offers top pay, benefits, and a supportive work environment. We also invest a lot of time in training to make sure our caregivers are prepared to deliver quality care in our clients’ homes. We value both our caregivers and clients and know that happy caregivers delivery better care.
3. Why is Central Virginia the best place for seniors to retire?
It’s a beautiful area and we have access to excellent hospitals and doctors. Plus, there are so many engagement opportunities for area seniors within this community, like activities, classes, trips, and services like The Center.
4. Favorite part of your job?
My favorite part of this job is working with our clients. Knowing that I am doing something to help them maintain their quality of life and help them meet their goals makes me smile. And seeing them smile at me makes my day.
5. What should people know about working with seniors?
More than anything else, you must have a caring heart. If you don’t, this is not the job for you. Beyond that, you need to be patient and empathetic. If you have those qualities, senior care can be a truly rewarding career.
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