C-VILLE Weekly | September 28, 2022

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Restorative justice program is an alternative to the courtroom.

Local reaction to Youngkin’s transgender student policy.

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Hello, Charlottesville! Thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly. This week’s cover features a portrait from the Holsinger Studio Collection, with a story inside (p. 18) about it being part of “Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift,” a new exhibition at UVA’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

Seasoned C-VILLE readers might recognize the name Holsinger; we wrote about the project in 2019. But this new exhibit dives deeper into the lives and personalities of each photo’s subject to deliver a picture not just of African American life in Charlottesville’s past, but also of a community committed to controlling depictions of themselves. In the Jim Crow era, Black folks in America were rarely in charge of how they were depicted or represented—politically, socially, and culturally. For these historical figures to be able to choose how they dress, how they stand, how they look at the camera must have felt liberating. And for people today, generations later, to see that too is a testament to the enduring power of these photographs.

For this story by Kristin O’Donoghue, we’ve also included a sidebar with a brief biography of one of the people photographed, Cora Lee Ross. Too often, historical narratives focus on the rich and famous of the world, but we can learn so much about our country’s past by studying individuals like Ross. Reading about her reveals that she, like many others in these photographs, was an extraordinary person in her own right. And she rightfully insisted that her portrait reflect that.—Richard DiCicco

IN BRIEF

Apartment shootings

On September 24, Albemarle County police responded to a shots fired report at Rio Hill Apartments at around 9:20pm, and discovered one person who had been shot in the parking lot. The person was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and later died of their in juries. The shooting appears to be domestic related and not connected to the September 23 shooting at Mallside Forest Apartments, where three victims were taken to the hospi tal for injuries, but were stable as of Friday morning. Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 977-4000 or crimestoppers@albemarle.org.

Early voting

Voters can now cast their ballots at the city’s election office, located inside the City Hall An nex, Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm until October 28. On Thursdays, votes can be cast until 7pm. The office will also be open on October 29 and November 5. A 24/7 drop box is available outside the office.

UVA hate crime

The University of Virginia Police Department is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who placed a noose around the neck of the Homer statue on central Grounds on September 7. If you have information, contact UPD at 924-7166.

Doctor sentenced for child porn

Former University of Virginia neurologist David Ari Lapides was sentenced to five years in jail and five years probation on Sep tember 20 for two counts of receiving or transmitting child pornography—however, all but one year and two months of his active sentence were suspended, and he was re leased from jail with time served, according to Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer.

Deceased pilot identified

State police have identified 30-year-old Kev in James Esh of New Holland, Pennsylvania, as the pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Albemarle County on September 14. The plane had a small amount of oil in its engine, and multiple fractured piston rods—a cause of engine seizure, reports The Daily Progress.

SOL scores drop

Four Albemarle County elementary schools—Greer, Mountain View, Red Hill, and Woodbrook—have been accredited with conditions for the 202223 school year, meaning their Standards of Learning exam pass rates in one or more stu dent demographic groups did not meet state standards, according to a statement issued by the school district on September 22.

“I own these results,” said ACPS Superin tendent Matt Haas in the statement. “They are unacceptable and do not in any way reflect the efforts or abilities of our students, families, and educators. They do reflect the inability of our current systems to produce the results we are seeking and clearly dem onstrate the need for these systems to im mediately change.”

In English, the SOL pass rate for the entire division was 75 percent, compared to a state average of 73 percent, but the pass rate was only 50 percent for Black students, and 51 percent for Hispanic students and economi cally disadvantaged students—all below the state averages for these demographics. In math, pass rates for these groups, as well as English learners, were also below state averages.

Eight other division schools had at least one demographic that did not meet the state standard, but received waivers be cause they previously met the standard for three consecutive years.

Within the next 30 days, ACPS will issue a request for proposals for an outside organiza tion to audit the division’s staffing, reading

program, classroom practices, and interven tion and support models, and provide recom mendations for improvements. Haas will also create a task force of teachers, specialists, com

munity partners, and division staff to craft the RFP and, later, review the audit results.

Accreditation results for each school are available on schoolquality.virginia.gov.

(More) false alarms

On September 20, the Charlottesville Police Department received two 911 calls claiming there was an active shooter at Buford Middle School, but did not find any threat after placing students on a 40-minute lockdown.

On September 23, Charlottesville High School was also briefly placed on lockdown due to a misdialed 911 call by a staff member. Just four days earlier, police received a hoax call claiming an active shooter had shot 10 students at the school, according to the CPD.

“The impact on our staff, students, and families from this week’s events has been significant,” wrote CCS Superintendent Royal Gurley in a statement, encouraging students and families to take advantage of

the school district’s free, confidential mental health resources. “Even one of these events would have been ‘too much.’”

The district’s Google directory—which supports its email system—was also downloaded and posted online on September 23.

“While much of the data posted is considered public ‘directory information,’ we take this violation seriously, especially since it did contain two more protected data fields (school-issued student emails and school ID numbers),” explained Gurley. “The data in the posted file gives no further access to programs containing sensitive private information … [But] we are actively working with Google, the Virginia Fusion Center, and the VDOE to investigate.”

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A more humane approach

Local program offers an alternative to the courtroom

By Ezra Maille

Julie, a 21-year-old UVA student, was at a bar with her friends when she was physically assaulted. A stranger grabbed the baseball hat off her head, and when she attempted to get it back, he struck her in the face, before fleeing the scene and being apprehended by university police.

After the incident, Julie, who asked that we not use her real name, was referred to the Albemarle Charlottesville Restorative Justice Diversion Program as an alternative to prosecuting her assailant.

According to Tarek Maassarani, the pro gram’s advisor, restorative justice functions as an alternative to the criminal justice sys tem, operating through an agreement with the city and county. Attorneys bring the cases and, along with three coordinators, Maassarani assigns those cases to a pool of facilitators who help harmed and harming participants come to a resolution.

“It’s meant to address the sort of root causes of the harm in the first place,” says Maassa rani. “Things that would prevent future harm. It’s meant to address the needs of those who’ve been harmed, what would repair their harm.”

The program operates with a memoran dum of understanding between the com monwealth’s attorneys, the city, the public defender’s office, and the coordinators, al lowing participants to speak with attorneys and facilitators freely without worrying that what they say may be used for subsequent prosecution. Once a case has been com pleted, facilitators bring it before the court to dismiss the charges.

Maassarani works as a visiting professor at Eastern Mennonite University, and also teaches law at Georgetown University, where he met Joe Platania, Charlottesville’s com monwealth’s attorney.

“The traditional model of prosecution is all centered around, appropriately so, the rights of the accused,” says Platania. The victims are “sometimes left feeling revictim

ized, sometimes retraumatized. Restorative justice turns that on its head a little bit.”

Shannon Neal, an assistant common wealth’s attorney for Albemarle County, worked to secure funding for the program with EMU and Platania, who contributed $18,000 from his own agency. Neal says re storative justice offers a more humane ap proach than most criminal justice solutions.

“Is it something that involves some harm where someone could make something right and there’s an actual human involved?” Neal says. “And is that person open and inter ested in a process like this?”

In Julie’s case, she found it beneficial to meet with her offender. She says while resti tution was important, once she met him, she understood he just made a mistake. With this in mind, she sought a resolution addressing his issues with masculinity and anger man agement with the help of the program.

Maassarani says restorative justice isn’t new to Charlottesville, adding that the prac tice has Indigenous roots, exhibited in prac tices of Native people throughout history.

When it was first introduced in the early 2000s, the program didn’t offer ev

erything facilitators hoped. Limited fund ing, limited referrals, and the program’s narrow focus on youth cases resulted in its collapse, according to David Saunier, a facilitator for the program with extensive experience in restorative justice.

“The criminal justice system is all about the offender,” Saunier says. “Restorative jus tice is much broader, about the community, community health and wellbeing and what are the needs of the victims.”

An evolving political climate coupled with support from the commonwealth’s attorneys has been instrumental in the successful re surgence of the program. Additionally, the new model approaches restorative justice through a wider lens, something Saunier says is crucial to the practice.

“The last five years in our country have been tumultuous,” says Saunier. “August 12 in Charlottesville. George Floyd. There’s been just a significant number of cultural shifts and things that have taken place that have changed the landscape, and I think it provided an opportunity.”

Maassarani says the new program’s effi cacy can be traced to these changes as well as the evolution of modern restorative jus tice. Currently, the program has no specific criteria for eligible cases, leaving it in the hands of the attorneys.

“We’ve mostly had adult cases,” Maassa rani says. “It’s not limited to misdemeanors or what would be considered minor of fenses, and that tracks the larger growth and acceptance of restorative justice on handling serious harms.”

For instance, Maassarani says resolutions could include attending AA meetings, paying off medical bills, or attending an anger manage ment course. The process and agreement re main completely in the hands of the partici pants and require a consensus to move forward.

Julie’s case was resolved through her as sailant’s participation in a mentorship pro gram and fostering dialogue about mascu linity. Restorative justice allowed Julie to see the man as a person and how the incident affected his life, something she says the criminal justice system neglects.

“We know that our criminal justice system is deeply flawed,” says Julie. “Restorative justice can be associated with a softer ap proach, a weaker approach. What I would like people to think more about is who has autonomy in the situation, who has agency.”

The program, being in its early stages, has so far completed 18 cases. Maassarani says the program has four active cases and two on pause due to the sensitive nature of the incidents.

“We’re looking at prosecution being the di version and restorative justice being the default,” says Maassarani. “When restorative justice doesn’t offer, for whatever reason, a satisfying option, then there would be prosecution.”

“The criminal justice system is all about the offender. … Restorative justice is much broader.”

DAVID SAUNIER, PROGRAM FACILITATOR

Joe Platania, Charlottesville’s commonwealth’s attorney, contributed $18,000 from his own agency to fund the Albemarle Charlottesville Restorative Justice Diversion Program, which offers an alternative to prosecution and a method to repair harm.

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‘It’s scary’

Parents, activists push back against governor’s proposed transgender student policy

By Brielle Entzminger reporter@c-ville.com

When Sarah first heard about Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed transgender student policy, she sat down at her desk and cried. Her 10-year-old transgender child, who at tends Charlottesville City Schools, was now in danger of losing critical protections and facing discrimination at school.

“I realized that things are about to get re ally tough,” says Sarah, who asked that we not use her real name. “It blows my mind that the intention of the Youngkin admin istration is to harm kids, [and] have families like mine experience this stress—it’s scary.”

Posted online on September 16, the con troversial policy would force transgender students to participate in school programing and use facilities, like bathrooms and lock er rooms, based on the sex they were as signed at birth. School staff would also be prohibited from concealing information about a student’s gender from their parents, and from referring to transgender students by their preferred name and pronouns—un less a parent submits legal documentation of their gender identity, and requests in writ ing that their child’s name and gender be changed on official school records. Even with parental permission, staff would not be required to use a student’s name and pro nouns if it goes against their personal or religious beliefs, says the policy, citing con stitutional free speech rights.

The policy is subject to a 30-day public com ment period, which began on September 26, after which Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Jillian Balow will decide whether or not to approve the policy. If it is adopted, Vir ginia’s 133 school districts must implement transgender student policies that are “consis tent with” the governor’s guidance—a major rollback of protections that has sparked fear and outrage among transgender students, par ents of transgender children, and LGBTQ+ activists and supporters across the state.

Under these new rules, Charlottesville and Albemarle County schools would be forced to change their current policies, adapted this year and last year, respectively, which allow transgender students to participate in ac tivities and use facilities that align with their asserted gender identity, and requires staff to address all students by their preferred name and pronouns—no parental permission required. Staff must address a student’s tran sition with their family, but also prioritize the wellness and safety of students who may face punishment if their families find out about their gender identity.

These policies are in line with model guid ance issued by then-governor Ralph Northam in 2020—however, 90 percent of state schools ignored or rejected Northam’s orders, since

the law did not include an enforcement mech anism, according to Equality Virginia.

Both governors’ policies do not address sports, which are subject to Virginia High School League’s rules. The league currently permits transgender students to play on sports teams aligned with their gender iden tity only if they have undergone sex reas signment surgery or been administered hormonal therapy “for a sufficient length of time,” per its website.

In response to Youngkin’s proposed pol icy, both school districts reiterated their commitment to creating safe and supportive environments, free from discrimination and harassment for all students. Still, Sarah fears the range of negative consequences the policy could have on the safety and wellbeing of her child, as well as of other trans gender students across Virginia.

“If a teacher honors my child’s name and pronouns, is that teacher now at risk for legal action … [and] who’s going to enforce that?” she asks. “What happens when a teacher de cides not to honor the name or the pronouns, or another student teases or harasses my child—are there still protections? Does any one care if my kid is feeling safe?”

The policy is rife with barriers for trans gender students—some are not supported by their families, or do not want to come out to the them out of fear of punishment, prevent ing them from receiving parental permission. School staff may be required to out students to their families and others, and may choose

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to not support transgender students at all. Even transgender students who are support ed by their families may not have legal docu mentation supporting their gender identity.

“Parents of young children are not going to have taken any legal steps probably,” says Sarah.

LGBTQ+ activists stress the detrimental impacts that not affirming and supporting a child’s gender identity can have on their mental health. According to The Trevor Project, transgender children are more than two times more likely to have depression and attempt suicide compared to their peers.

“Using someone’s name and pronouns greatly reduces emotional distress,” explains Mary Sullivan of UVA’s Teen & Young Adult Center. “For some young people, that’s all they really want in terms of a transition.”

“This [policy] could go as serious as a child taking their life,” says Charley Burton who serves on the Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board and several other LGBTQ+ organiza tions. “You’re literally putting a child’s life in your hands and destroying it.”

Legal analyst Scott Goodman expects the policy to face numerous legal challenges, and have some aspects struck down in court. “Federal courts have upheld students’ rights to use the bathroom that aligns with what ever their gender identity is,” he says, but there may be legal ground for the parental consent requirement regarding names and pronouns. LGBTQ+ activists also accuse the policy of violating the Virginia Human Rights Act, which bans discrimination in schools based on gender identity.

If Youngkin’s policy is successfully im plemented, Sarah hopes CCS will do “the things they need to do to help kids feel safe so they can focus,” she says. “If that means using a preferred name, then we use the preferred name.”

“What we would hope to see is that there are teachers, school boards, and administra tors who step up and say, ‘This may be a policy from the governor,” adds Nick Mor row of the Charlottesville Pride Network, “but we can create an inclusive environment at our school in a way that can hopefully mitigate some of the negative impacts.”

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Charlottesville City Schools may have to change its transgender student policy, which allows students to be referred to by their preferred name and pronouns, and participate in activities and use facilities that align with their gender identity, if Gov. Glenn Youngkin has his way.

Through a different lens

Revealing Black portrait exhibition opens at UVA Library

By Kristin O’Donoghue

Henry Martin stands tall in the photo, his eyes piercing and thoughtful, dapper in his jacket.

Martin was born enslaved at Monticello in 1826. In the early 1900s, he was one of the most recognizable figures on Grounds. He rang the Rotunda bell, and was the head janitor at the University of Virginia. But most of the knowledge created by white people about Martin reflects their racial prejudice.

The Daily Progress wrote that Martin was a “personification of the qualities that go to make the most faithful servant.” Martin, however, was well aware of how he’d been misrepresented, so he spoke for himself through portraiture.

In the photo, part of “Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift,” a new exhibition at the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, we see a reflection of Henry Martin through his own eyes. And he is surrounded by nearly 100 portraits that similarly honor and express the personality and individual dignity of their subjects, defying a society and culture that denied them equal rights.

“Visions of Progress” features photographs taken by Charlottesville photographer Rufus Holsinger during the height of the Jim Crow era. The images, commissioned by African Americans in central Virginia, are part of an exhibition that reveals new biographical in formation about the subjects unearthed over the past few years by the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project team.

Holly Robertson, curator of exhibitions at the University of Virginia Library, designed “Visions” with the intention of making the portraits and their subjects “true to life.” The stories that accompany each image help to do just that.

Typical sources, like military records, birth and death certificates, and census records, wouldn’t suffice. John Edwin Ma son, the exhibition’s chief curator, and his team wanted to introduce these individuals as whole people. Was Henry Smith funny? Was Cora Ross kind?

So the team asked the descendants of the individuals for help. C-VILLE Weekly docu mented this undertaking in 2019, as people were invited to Family Photo Day at the Jeffer son School African American Heritage Center to help identify the photographed individuals.

In the C-VILLE article, Mason shares that up until that point, the photographs from the Holsinger Studio Collection had not been presented in a way that represented the Black community of Charlottesville; rather, they portrayed “a very specific, very white image of Charlottesville.”

“Visions of Progress” documents the stories of the African Americans who left central Virginia and flocked to cities in the North and Midwest during the Great Migration. In doing so, the exhibition con

nects the local history of central Virginia to national history.

Linwood Stepp was one of those who left. Born in the Free Union district of Albemarle County to Lindsay Stepp, a blacksmith, and Jemima Stepp, a homemaker, Linwood served in France during World War I with the 349th Field Artillery.

Stepp may have commissioned his portrait as a gift to his family. Less than a year after the photo was taken, he moved to Buffalo, New York, to work at a steel mill.

He married Maggie Hansberry in Albe marle County in 1921, and the couple had three daughters.

“The magic of these portraits is that you don’t see the oppression in them,” says Ma son. “And that was intentional on the part of the people who had their images made.”

Mason explains that the most attention has been paid to the oppressive side of his tory. “Here, we’re approaching history from a different direction.”

Though the photographs were taken dur ing the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s violence, they do not illustrate scenes of abuse. Rather, the subjects of the portraits are dressed beau tifully to resist the commonly distributed racial caricatures produced at the time.

“It’s really important that the job and status and oppression in Jim Crow are completely invisible in these pictures,” Mason says. “Af rican Americans were not defined by their oppression.”

While the exhibition acknowledges the presence of the KKK, the effects of restrictive covenants, and the many forms of oppression endured by local African Americans at this time, the images serve as a form of silent protest against those injustices.

“They are saying, ‘We are not who you think we are. We are not those stereotypes; we are not defined by our status in Jim Crow society,’” Mason says.

This truth struck undergraduate research er Ben Ross, too. “It’s easy to hear about the ways that the community was mistreated and oppressed and believe that they only knew hardship, but in reality this was a community full of love, dignity, and honor,” Ross says.

Rufus Holsinger—Holly to his friends— employed up to 25 people in the 1920s. Most

of them took the photos included in the ex hibition, yet we don’t know who they were.

Mimi Reynolds, an undergraduate research assistant who’s managing the social media ac counts for the exhibition, recently posted a Holsinger photograph of Susie Lee Under wood Henderson and her child on Facebook. A little while later, Helice Jones commented that the woman and child were her Great Grandmother Susie and Aunt Evelyn.

“My hope is that the exhibition leads people to broaden their perspectives by un covering this quiet yet powerful piece of his tory,” Reynolds says. Mason and library staff members urge anyone who might recognize ancestors or have any information about the portrait subjects to email the team at Hols ingerStudio@virginia.edu.

The project’s website, which is currently under construction, but soon will be ready for public consumption, is a place where the team hopes people doing genealogy will download the document listing the photo graphed individuals and their stories, and that they’ll identify their ancestors.

This exhibition is for everyone, Mason says. Ultimately, he hopes that UVA “changes the way that everyone in central Virginia sees their history. We can tell a history of resilience, of people living complex lives in the midst of Jim Crow and living during the era of the New Negro.”

And perhaps some people will even find their ancestors brought back to life.

Henry Martin, who was born enslaved at Monticello, was described as a man of “true dignity.”

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John Edwin Mason, chief curator of “Visions of Progress,” says “the magic of these portraits is that you don’t see the oppression in them.”

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Developing a clearer picture

Everything about Cora Lee Ross’ (1884-1969) portrait suggests that she was an extraordinary woman— strong, proud, and wise. Her life story confirms that she faced the triple chal lenges of racism, sexism, and economic exploitation with an indomitable spirit.

When Ross commis sioned her portrait from the Holsinger Studio, she lived in Charlottesville with her husband, James Lemuel Ross, and their five chil dren—four girls and a boy. Cora was a housemaid, and James was a manual laborer. The couple would eventually have several more children—a daughter and two sons. Cora and James remained married until his death, in 1952.

By 1920, the family had moved to a farm in Albemarle County. James supplemented the family’s income by working as a railroad guard. Cora as sumed the duties of a farm wife and mother while also working as a housemaid. Cora returned to Charlottes ville in late middle-age, living in Fifeville with two of her children.

Cora’s portrait befits a woman who had the strength to raise a large family while jointly running a family farm and the style of someone with cosmopolitan tastes. Nothing about it hints that she also spent much of her adult life working as a housemaid in other families’ homes. That is precisely the point. As the University of Virginia historian Kevin Gaines has written, “[t]o publicly present one’s self ... as successful, dignified, and neatly attired, constituted a transgressive refusal to oc cupy the subordinate status prescribed for African Ameri can men and women.”

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Aging in the Suburbs:

Is Our Community Prepared?

During the boomer generation, the suburbs grew into an ideal of American life as young families moved away from urban centers for more space, privacy and safe ty. And they fought zoning efforts to keep their beloved suburbs free from commercial development. Lovely oases with lawns and gar dens, safe streets and cul-de-sacs where children could play, and a few cars in the driveway to get to work, shop or cart the kids around.

It was the American Dream.

Flash forward a few decades and the dynamic of those suburbs has changed. According to a 2019 Harvard study, residents over 50 in lower-density neighborhoods across the country more than tri pled between 2000 and 2016.

According to U.S. Census data, Albemarle County’s 65+ popula tion grew from 14.3% in 2010 to 19.7% in 2020, a 37% percent in crease. That’s nearly double the

number of people 65+ living in Charlottesville.

At the same time, AARP reports that 1 in 10 Americans want to stay in their homes as they age. But what if you live in a suburban home where there are no social services or public transportation nearby and you have to drive ev erywhere?

Another issue -- suburban homes are often not designed to be senior-friendly, and retrofitting them can be costly. Then there are the yards to take care of, the garbage to haul out to the end of the street, and the constant up keep and maintenance of owning a stand-alone home. And despite what you might think, boomers aren’t rich. According to a Pew Research study, almost half of the nation’s boomers haven’t paid off their homes, one in four has no retirement savings and 91 percent have less than $25,000 in assets.

“By 2024, one in four people in our area will be over the age of 65,” said Marta Keane, CEO of the Jefferson Area Board for Aging and an organizer behind Charlot tesville Area Alliance (CAA), a collaborative seeking to make our area more age-friendly. “And so we know that population is growing, and we know that peo ple are choosing to age in place. That will require new programs and services.”

A mission of the CAA is to work with localities to address this reality, from putting in benches with backs on them to improving public transportation and infra structure.

In Japan, where the aging pop ulation has increased dramatical ly, we can see how suburban life can change. For example, a sub urb of Osaka began thriving in the 1970s, but today 4 in 10 people who live there are over 65. They recently had to install an autono mous vehicle service, a 7-seater,

driver-supervised golf cart guid ed by a magnetic track embed ded in the streets, which follows specific routes and uses as its hub a recently developed central su permarket.

Of course, propositions like that can be costly, especially for local governments already straining under costs for schools and basic government services. One study estimated that meeting the pub lic transit needs of seniors want ing to stay in their homes would result in budget increases of more than 80 percent by 2030.

“This is no longer about planning for a ‘future’ aging population; there is much work that must be done today to prepare for the age wave that we are in the midst of,” said Peter Thompson, executive director of The Center and a CAA partner.

Technology has brought some relief to the situation. Self-driving vehicle technologies will allow people to drive safely longer, there are ride-sharing travel ser vices like Uber and Lyft, and the tremendous growth in e-com merce and delivery services for everything from groceries to kitchen supplies makes it possible to avoid leaving home. Virtual learning and socialization, voice-controlled online assistants, smartphone technologies, and the fast-developing world of AI and robotics present ways for older adults to combat isolation, access services, and stay connected.

Still, as Thompson pointed out, the impact of aging in suburban and rural areas is already upon us, and the need for localities to ad dress the situation is only going to become greater.

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THE WINE DOWN

WHAT’S DELISH AT LOCAL WINERIES?

CHISWELL FARM WINERY

2019 Petit Manseng

Dry with tropical fruit notes, our Petit Manseng is perfect to enjoy as the weather transitions to the fall. With a medium body, this wine showcases flavors of pineapple, lychee, and yellow florals, making it a great wine to pair with food. Enjoy with seared salmon filets, goat cheeses, or even angel food cake!

With a glass in hand, enjoy the beautiful scenery from our lawn, or a cozy chair inside, where you’ll discover a variety of inviting spaces. While indoor seating is limited, there are many options for outdoor seating, including rocking chairs on the covered porch and dining tables on the lawn for small groups. You’re also welcome to bring your own folding chairs and blankets to sit further out on the hill. All seating is first-come, first-served. Ages 21+, no dogs or other pets permitted on the property. For a family-friendly experience, visit our wine shops at Chiles Peach Orchard or Carter Mountain Orchard.

Wine is currently available by the glass, flight, or bottle. We also offer a curated selection of snacks, boards, and sandwiches that pair well with any of our wines (outside food is not permitted). Wine sales stop 30 minutes prior to closing.

Fridays - Summer Sundown Series with live music until sunset! Enjoy wine, or our new spritzes featuring fruit from our own farm.

Sundays - Brunch featuring mimosas with juices from our farmgrown fruit.

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53RD WINERY AND VINEYARD

2019 Two Springs

After some time to bottle age, we are re-releasing our 2019 Two Springs! Our Two Springs is a Meritage-style blend, and is only ever produced in years with exceptional crop. With notes of spiced red and blackberries, tobacco, and an earthy finish, it’s the perfect bottle to hold on to for a special occasion, or enjoy now as the weather begins to cool. Pair with beef bourguignon, ratatouille, or a robust pasta Bolognese for a wonderful dinner.

We are open 7 days a week, 11am to 5pm offering our 100% Virginia wine by the bottle, glass and tasting flights.  Enjoy your visit at our intimate, meadow-like setting in rural Louisa County.  we offer well-spaced indoor and outside seating and customers are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets, chairs and blankets. Children and pets are welcome, but pets must always remain outside of buildings and on a leash.  Quality wine, friendly staff at a great escape! Visit our website, www.53rdwinery.com.

Oct. 1st – Live Music by Scuffletown

Oct. 9th – Live Music by Luke Bobbitt

Open 7 days a week, 11 am – 5 pm 13372 Shannon Hill Rd • Louisa, VA 23093 (540) 894-5474 • 53rdwinery.com

CUNNINGHAM CREEK WINERY

2019 Tall and Strong Rosé

With notes of pear, apricot and apple, Tall and Strong has a tart finish tasting of sweet tarts! Enjoy this wine with spicy or sweet dishes like Thai chili or curry, cheese cake, ice cream, or even angel food cake.

Come visit us Thursday & Friday

1-8, Saturday 1-9, Sunday 1-6. No reservations, ample indoor and outdoor seating. Corky and Crush, our resident Aussies, welcome friendly leashed dogs (be sure to visit the fenced unleashed dog park).

Oct. 1st - Annual CCW Harvest Fest, pumpkin patch, BBQ  and 5K Run/walk for Dogs

Oct. 16th - Harvest Wine Dinner with Chef Andy

Winery Hours: Thurs 12 -8pm / Fri 12 – 6pm / Sat 12 – 9pm / Sun 12 -6pm

3304 Ruritan Lake Road Palmyra, VA 22963 434-207-3907 www.cunninghamcreek.wine

DUCARD VINEYARDS

2020 Petit Verdot

With lively acidity and wellstructured tannins, this robust Petit Verdot exhibits notes of black fruits and spice gratifying even the most discerning palates. Pairs well with lamb, beef, and mushroom dishes.

Our uncrowded rural Madison County area has mountains, streams and plenty of beautiful views along scenic back roads. The tasting room is near hiking and biking trails along the Shenandoah National Forest and is a perfect respite after your day out! Enjoy some peace and quiet relaxation in this challenging environment. Sit on our lawns and sip or

pick up a bottle or three of our award-winning wines to take home. Reservations available and recommended (especially for Saturdays). No reservation fee or minimum purchase. Walkups accommodated on a spaceavailable basis. To order wine for local delivery or UPS shipping, visit our website!

Open daily – Mon-Thurs. 12-5 pm Fri. 12-9 pm Sat/Sun. 12-6 pm

Weekends (Fri-Sun) - Live music Friday-Sunday all month long (except Sept 25th). Check out our website for details and the musical artist lineup!

Oct. 8th – Second Saturday Concert Series with Tropical Attitudes (6-9pm)

Oct. 9th- Fall Chocolate and Wine Pairing (advanced ticket purchase required)

40 Gibson Hollow Ln • Etlan, VA 22719 (540) 923-4206 www.ducardvineyards.com

EASTWOOD FARM AND WINERY

2021 Merlot

Aged for 20 months in French & American Oak, notes of black and red fruits like black cherry are pronounced on the nose along with notes of baker’s chocolate, spice, and vanilla. Dry, medium-bodied and smooth with mellow tannins and moderate acidity, this is our most fruit-forward red wine. It’s

fleshier than your standard Merlot, soft in texture with faint oak.

Enjoy a glass of Merlot at Eastwood with the Chef’s Charcuterie Board - packed with meats and cheeses, fig jam, olives, and apricots or enjoy a bottle at home. It pairs great with grilled hamburgers, pork chops and roasted potatoes, mushroom or bolognese pastas, and much more. The Eastwood Merlot was awarded a gold medal in the Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition and the Virginia Governor’s Cup.

Visit the winery on Wednesdays for 10% off all bottles, on Thursdays for live music and the sunset, on Fridays for oysters and live music, or stop by over the weekend for live music and special events. The full events calendar can be found on our website. Join us for award-winning wines, great ciders, beers, and two delicious food menus along with yoga, paint & sip classes, events for families and kids, and more throughout the month of August.

Winery Hours: WednesdaysSaturdays (12-8 PM), Sundays (126 PM)

2531 Scottsville Rd. (5 mi from Downtown Charlottesville) Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 264-6727 www.eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

HARK VINEYARDS

2019 Merlot Small vat fermented and barrel aged 16 months, this wine

showcases notes of black cherry, cola, and savory herbs. This wine follows nice in the footsteps of its predecessor, our 2017 Merlot, which won Gold in the Governor’s Cup. The 2019 is still a bit youthful, and while it tastes great right now, it’s only going to get better over the next several years. The problem? By then it will be long gone! That’s the challenge and the beauty of authentic, estate grown wines. Only 200 cases were produced. Available now for you to experience on our tasting menu!

Visiting Hark:

Hark Vineyards is a family-owned winery focused on the belief that beautiful views and delicious wine can bring people together. Children and well-behaved four-legged friends are welcome. We welcome — and encourage — you to bring a picnic and enjoy the experience our estate offers.  Some picnic foods such as cheese, charcuterie, jams, crackers, and chocolate are available for purchase. Food trucks and live music most Saturdays from March-November; check our website and social media for details. Our grapes love it here. We think you will, too.

Upcoming events

Oct. 1st - Kickoff Party for Virginia Wine Month! All day party with Salty Bottom Blue Oysters, music from Sincerely, Iris and the Robert Jospe Jazz Quartet. Fun for the whole family. No cover charge!

Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 12-7pm, and Sunday 12-6pm

434-964-9463 (WINE) 1465 Davis Shop Rd, Earlysville, VA 22936 www.harkvineyards.com

HORTON VINEYARDS

International Pinotage Tasting!

This is the ticketed-only International Tasting series you won’t want to miss! Horton Vineyards is hosting a four part event series this year to showcase the versatility of Virginia terroir and diversity of winemaking. The series will continue with Pinotage tasting on International Pinotage Day in October, and will finish the series with a Touriga Nacional and Port wine tasting in December. The tastings will start at 11:30am. Guest speakers will guide you

Oct. 8th – Josh Rogan Music + Twisted Biscuits Food Truck Hours

through your tastings and discuss the history of the grape. Charcuterie boards will be available for guests to purchase to go along with their tastings. Advanced ticket purchase required via our website.

6399 Spotswood Trail, Gordonsville, Virginia (540) 832-7440 www.hortonwine.com

MERRIE MILL FARM & VINEYARD

2021 Viognier

The 2021 viognier will be bright and fruit-forward. As the wine ages, it will lose acidity slightly and begin to show more richness and depth of flavor with peaches, honeysuckle, and other stone fruit. Pair with rich seafood like lobster, crab, or your favorite Thai food!

Merrie Mill Farm & Vineyard is a tasting room destination in Keswick, VA. Founded by Guy and Elizabeth Pelly, Merrie Mill reimagines the tasting room experience by marrying a devotion to warm, approachable hospitality with a weird, wonderful setting that delights and inspires. The Tasting Room at Merrie Mill features two copper bars in a lofted interior, multiple terraces and lawns overlooking the vineyards. Reservations can be made for wine tastings and lovingly prepared food. In addition to a welcoming, playful spirit as well as delicious wine, Merrie Mill has come to be known for its uniquely maximalist style and unexpected artwork. Designed by Jenn Grandchamp of Kemble Interiors, in collaboration with Elizabeth Pelly, the tasting room conceived as though an extension of the Pelly home, also on property, very personal in nature and high on design.

Hours: M/W/Th/S/Su 10:30am5:30pm; F 10:30am-9:30pm

Fridays- Sundowner Music Series, check our website for the lineup!

594 Merrie Mill Farm, Keswick, VA 22947 (434) 365-3006

www.merriemillfarm.com

MONTIFALCO VINEYARDS

2019 Montifalco Vineyard Estate Meritage Blanc

This is the first Estate Meritage Blanc crafted in Virginia and the Meritage Alliance was thrilled. Our winemaker Justin Falco made this beautiful wine in a style worthy of drinking now, but it can also lay down in your cellar or wine fridge for a few more years. This classic Bordeaux blend of our Estate grown Semillon & Sauvignon Blanc was aged for 12 months in equal parts new and old Bordeaux oak barrels. Uniquely unfiltered, it has medium

plus body, intense flavors of ripe pineapple, pear, gooseberry, apples with sweater weather baking spices while still showing off its minerality.

A wine that is exceptional on the Fall dining table. We love it with slow cooker recipes like Chicken Pumpkin Curry and Apple Butternut Squash soup. Email us for recipes!

Every year on the first Sunday of Fall we kick-off our popular Soup Sundays! Enjoy complimentary soup every Sunday through Fall and Winter beginning September 25th. We’ll have a recipe card to take home each week with a Montifalco wine pairing suggestion. Enjoy our super cozy outdoor lounges and seating areas as we transition from Summer to Fall with firepits, tower heaters, cushions, and blankets. We also have limited seating in our Tasting Gallery where you can enjoy our rotating collection of antique art and curiosities. We look forward to welcoming you to our farm winery!

Hours:

Friday- Sunday: 12 noon – 5 pm

Walk-ins or Reservations; Final seating is 4:30pm.

1800 Fray Road; Ruckersville, VA 22968 (434) 989-9115 / info@montifalco.com www.montifalcovineyard.com

PIPPIN HILL FARM & VINEYARDS

2019 Wild Common 2019 vintage is made up of Merlot, Tannat, and Cabernet Sauvignon.

The intense nose features rhubarb and rosemary, with subtle hints of fruit and spice, underscored by raisin, black currant and black olive on the palate. Medium plus tannins and medium acid make a lively finish, just like the conversation you’re enjoying across the table.

Plan to Visit:

Pippin Hill is a culinary vineyard in the heart of Virginia’s wine country. There are two types of standard reservations available for food and wine pairings: Indoor Table or Covered Veranda for table service. Walk-ins are welcome for lawn seating. Reservations via Resy are recommended for Indoor and Veranda seating. For the ultimate wine tasting experience, check out Pippin Hill’s elevated wine tasting and tour experience, offered select Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.  Learn more at pippinhillfarm.com.

Hours

Mon - Sun 11am - 5pm*

*See Our Calendar for Early Closings.

We are Closed the first Monday of every month.

Sundays- Live music on the hill! Each Sunday from 1-4 PM, Pippin Hill welcomes local musicians to perform on our Veranda. Check our website for varying artists.

Oct. 5th- Macaron Baking Class (reservations in advanced required)

Oct. 27th- South America Cooking Class (reservations in advanced required)

5022 Plank Rd., North Garden, VA 22959 (434).202.8063 www.pippinhillfarm.com

REVALATION VINEYARDS

2020 Petit Manseng

curry. This wine has great aging potential, at least 2 to 3 years. Featuring aromas of papaya, caramel, citrus and almond. Stop by the tasting room to enjoy by the bottle or in a flight.

Revalation Vineyards is a familyowned vineyard, located in Madison’s Hebron Valley. Our property offers stunning views of the Blue Ridge mountains from the porch of our 1830’s log cabin tasting room. Enjoy our wine by the bottle or choose one of our flights which feature five different wines. You are welcome to bring your own food or create a charcuterie board from our locally sourced menu. Reservations are requested for indoor, porch or outdoor seating and can be made on our website. Walkins are welcome whenever space is available. Open on Mondays through the end of October.  Hours: Friday 12 – sunset, Saturday 12 – 6pm and Sunday/Monday 125pm.    Mondays 10% off bottle purchases for seniors 65+ with a valid I.D.    Fridays Open late to enjoy the sunset.

Oct. 1st - Pop-Up @ The Vineyard Exhibiting artist Richard Young

Oct. 7th – Book World meets Wine World- Conversations With US by Chris Register

Oct. 16th - Pop-Up @ The Vineyard Exhibiting artist Juliette

Swenson Watercolor Paintings  2710 Hebron Valley Road, Madison, VA 22727 540-407-1236 www.revalationvineyards.com

REYNARD FLORENCE VINEYARDS

2021 Petit Manseng

This is an outstanding vintage of our flagship grape, Petit Manseng. We have fifteen rows of Petit Manseng that grow onsite. This Estate Reserve is balanced with bright acidity and is bursting with luscious pear and apple fruit notes. While Petit Manseng can be a late harvest, sweet grape, we’ve prepared this vintage in a dry style that pairs beautifully with spicy foods such as Pad Thai, Tikki Masala, Foie Gras, Etouffee and even Buffalo wings!  This vintage is highly approachable and sure to please on a warm, fall afternoon. Come visit us on our beautiful estate this fall! Enjoy self-guided flights, take in the view from our Pergola and visit with our winery Corgis, Ti-Rey and Brixie!

Bring a picnic or purchase onsite snacks and enjoy live jazz every Sunday 2-5PM with Vern Fischer and his “Can’t Hardly Playboys”. You’ll find our owner and winemaker strumming guitar, Carl on the bass guitar and Vern playing just about any instrument you can imagine!

Hours: Thrus/Fri 12-5pm; Sat/Sun 11am – 5pm

Open Holiday Mondays, as well as by appointment or chance! Don’t hesitate to give us a call!

16109 Burnley Rd.; Barboursville, VA 22923 540.832.3895 / 434.962.1849 www.reynardflourence.com

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WEDNESDAY 9/28

LANDING IT

Gary Clark Jr. tells it to you straight on his third studio album, This Land. “Fuck you, I’m America’s son. This is where I come from,” he sings on the titular lead single, a song that arose from an encounter with a racist neighbor at his ranch “in the middle of Trump country” outside of Austin. The record, which won Clark three Grammys, pushes past the bounds of modern blues and slides into rock, reggae, metal, and funk as Clark explores themes of parenthood, the justice system, and love. Highlights include the falsetto-filled “Pearl Cadillac,” the high-energy “Gotta Get Into Something,” and “Don’t Wait Til Tomorrow,” an R&B ballad with Latin influences. $45-75, 7pm. Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. tingpavilion.com

SATURDAY 10/1

TO THE LIMIT

Bask in a kaleidoscope of movement at dance company Pilobolus’ Big Five-Oh! Tour. The iconic dance troupe is known for its radical performances that test the limits of human physicality to showcase the beauty and power of connected bodies. In celebration of turning 50, Pilobolus draws on its history to present a never-before-seen, electrifying experience. The retrospective will reimagine everything from signatures and vintage classics to the company’s trend-setting, innovative work in shadow. $44.75-64.75, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

THROUGH 10/22

FULL SPEED AHEAD

Someone’s up to something in Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, a thought-provoking play that explores the mysterious complexity of human connection at breakneck speed. Comprised of over 50 tantalizingly titled playlets portraying fragments of life, Live Arts’ production sees 10 actors bring more than 100 characters to life over the course of two hours. With no clear delineation of character, time, or space, each scenic snippet will leave audiences with a variety of questions, such as: Who put the elephant on the stairs? or Who won’t answer the door? $24-27, various times. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

CULTURE THIS WEEK

Wednesday 9/28

music

Berto and Matt. Brazilian and Latin guitar night. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

WTJU Presents: California Bluegrass Reunion. Featuring Bill Evans, Darol Anger, John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, Jim Nunally, and Chad Manning. $35-40, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Gary Clark Jr. With Langhorne Slim. $4575, 7pm. Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. tingpavilion.com

The Wavelength. A midweek music boost. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

Wednesday Night Karaoke. Jen DeVille hosts this weekly song party. Free, 9pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

outside

Farmers in the Park. Local farmers with seasonal produce and meats, cut and potted flowers, baked goods, hot meals, value-added products, prepared food, and crafts. Free, 3pm. Farmers in the Park, 300 Meade Ave. charlottesville.gov

etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. Explore the only museum devoted to Indige nous Australian art in the U.S. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Col lection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Thursday 9/29

music

Berto and Vincent. A night of wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Vista Kicks. Rock ‘n’ roll with soul, jazz, and folk influences. $18-20, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesouthern cville.com

words

How to Become an Extension Master Gardener. The Piedmont Master Garden ers lead this workshop for interested volunteer educators. Free, 6pm. JMRL: Northside Library, 705 W. Rio Rd. piedmontmastergardeners.org

Lindner Lecture: Solid Pictures—Photosculpture and the Reproduction of Reality. Patrick R. Crowley investigates the techni cal aspects of photosculpture in the 1860s. Free, 6:30pm. Campbell Hall 160, UVA Grounds. art.as.virginia.edu

outside

Sunset Thursday. Enjoy a glass of wine from the outdoor terrace bar while listen ing to live music. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

Thursday Evening Sunset Series. Live music, food trucks, Carter Mountain wine, Bold Rock hard cider, and a beautiful view of the sunset. $10, 6pm. Carter Mountain Orchard, 1435 Carters Mountain Trl. chiles familyorchards.com

etc.

Arts From Underground. Artmaking, drinks, and karaoke inside The Looking Glass. Free, 7pm. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, September 28. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe

Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

The Cav Futures Show Live. Lo Davis and Luke Neer host this live radio show that features interviews with UVA student-ath letes, a social media livestream, and in-per son photo and autograph opportunities. Free, 7pm. Dairy Market, 946 Grady Ave. cavalierfutures.com

Eastwood Oktoberfest. Celebrate Okto berfest with a signature IPA, Blueberry Wheat, and Pilsner. Free, all day. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

Friday 9/30 music

Dylan LeBlanc. The singer-songwriter and guitarist’s fourth album, Renegades, marks the culmination of more than a decade on the road. $15-17, 8pm. The Southern Café & Mu sic Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Greta Van Fleet. The award-winning rockers perform the Dreams in Gold tour. $64 and up, 7pm. John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Rd. johnpauljonesarena.com

Isabel Bailey Trio. Performing originals and select covers. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Josh Mayo and The House Sauce. Original tunes and classic rock covers. Free, 8pm. Dürty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. durtynellyscharlottesville.com

Jukebox the Ghost. With Crook. $22-25, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

John Kelly. Performing as part of East wood Oktoberfest. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

The Wavelength. Vintage rock and jazzy blues. Free, 5:30pm. Merrie Mill Farm & Vineyard, 594 Merrie Mill Farm, Keswick. merriemillfarm.com

stage

Love and Information A super-charged compilation of over 50 short playlets, fea turing over 100 characters, each exploring the mysterious complexity of human con nections. $22-27, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

outside

Open House: Rose & Pollinator Garden. Tour the newly designed and planted rose and pollinator garden and learn from gardening experts and educational displays how to sup port biodiversity in the home landscape. Free, 10am. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. piedmontmastergardeners.org

Playdates at the Playscape. BYO buddies and snacks and enjoy nature play. $20, 9:30am. Wildrock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org

etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, September 28. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Magic: The Gathering. A casual evening with multiple formats, including draft, mod ern, legacy, and pioneer, and prizes for par ticipants. $5, 6pm. The End Games, 374 Hillsdale Dr. theendgames.co

Saturday 10/1 music

Berto and Vincent. Wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 2pm. Glass House

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Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

The Districts. The Philadelphia-based band confronts a constellation of problems erod ing the American ideal on its new record, Great American Painting. $18-20, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

The Pollocks. Performing on the outside stage. $15, 5pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd. batesvillemarket.com

dance

Paramount Presents: Pilobolus Big FiveOh! A mix of pieces ranging from the vin tage and visionary to the fresh and elec trifying. $44-64, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

stage

Love and Information See listing for Friday, September 30. $22-27, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

words

Lesley Wheeler and Remica BinghamRisher. The authors read from their new memoirs. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Book shop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

Storytime. Featuring recent storybooks and classics kids know and love. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Down town Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside

Blue Ridge Mountain Maze & Fall Fes tival. Get lost in this five-acre corn maze. Free-$12, all day. Blue Ridge Mountain Maze, 165 Old Ridge Rd., Lovingston. blueridgemountainmaze.com

Charlottesville City Market. Fresh produce, handmade gifts, homemade baked goods, and more. Free, 8am. Char lottesville City Market, 100 Water St E. charlottesville.gov

Farmers Market at Ix. Over 60 local vendors with produce, prepared foods, artisan goods, and more. Free, 8am. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Playdates at the Playscape. See listing for Friday, September 30. $20, 9:30am. Wildrock, 6600 Blackwells Hollow Rd., Crozet. wildrock.org

etc.

Daily Tour of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, September 28. Free, 10:30am and 1:30pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

Oktoberfest. Live oompah music from Willie Hayes & the Alpen Travelers, German beer on tap, brats, pretzels, and more. Free, noon. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd. batesvillemarket.com

Sunday 10/2 music

WTJU Jazz Marathon: Hard Swimmin’ Fish. Live jazz and blues. Free, 8pm. WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

The Wavelength. Blues and more. Free, 2pm. Brewing Tree Beer Company, 9278 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Afton. brewingtree beer.com

classes

Paint & Sip. Paint a perfect pumpkin patch. $35, 2pm. Hazy Mountain Vineyards & Brew ery, 8736 Dick Woods Rd., Afton. catelyn kelseydesigns.com

CULTURE

Bringing banjo back

Bill Evans leads an all-star bluegrass band

By Jedd Ferris arts@c-ville.com

Bill Evans left a lasting impression on the Charlottesville music scene. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1978, the inno vative banjo player stuck around town and started a concert series at C&O Restaurant with Cloud Valley, his bluegrass outfit.

The group, which also featured awardwinning bassist Missy Raines, would also host guest bands and recruit premier string acts, including Peter Rowan, Hot Rize, and Sam Bush and Bela Fleck’s Newgrass Re vival, to share the bill.

The series of gigs had an intimate grass roots vibe—with capacity at around 140 people—but it helped put Charlottesville on the map as a friendly stop on the national acoustic music circuit, and set Evans on a path toward a four-decade-plus career as a performer, composer, author, and teacher. Now, he returns to Charlottesville on Sep tember 28 to play The Southern Café & Mu sic Hall with a six-piece group touring as the California Bluegrass Reunion.

“We ran the sound, put posters up around town, and got to meet our heroes,” Evans says about his early career, during a phone interview from his current home in New Mexico. “And we had a great local audience. There was a really supportive environment for music in Charlottesville at that time.”

While booking the C&O shows, Evans often found himself hanging out with the instrumental masters he admired, gather ing knowledge during his formative years as a musician from banjo aces like Tony Trischka and J.D. Crowe. “These folks would oftentimes spend a few days with us, and that’s where musical associations really blossomed,” he says. “The bluegrass community, across generations, is really welcoming, so it moved us all forward professionally.”

Cloud Valley toured nationally and earned slots at some of the top bluegrass festivals in the country. Evans says one of his favorite gigs with the group was opening for Doc Watson at Old Cabell Hall.

After the band members parted ways in 1985, Evans eventually moved west to attend graduate school at the University of Califor nia, Berkeley. Music education and academ ic study have since remained big parts of his work. He’s written multiple books on banjo instruction and given lessons to younger successful players including Greg Liszt of Crooked Still and Chris Pandolfi of the In famous Stringdusters.

Evans’ long-running solo show, The Ban jo in America, offers a historical tour of the instrument, tracing its roots in Africa to current styles of playing. A CD/DVD set of the performance, which covers 250 years of the banjo’s sonic evolution, came out earlier this year.

The release adds to his lengthy discogra phy, which includes a handful of solo albums and credits as a member of Due West and Dry Branch Fire Squad.

During his time in California, Evans be came embedded in the Bay Area’s progres sive string scene, collaborating with some of the genre’s biggest boundary pushers, including mandolin whiz Mike Marshall and dynamic fiddler Darol Anger.

Both appear on Evans’ guest-heavy 2012 album In Good Company, perhaps the most well-rounded look at his fleet-fingered prowess. On the record, winding instru mental compositions mix acrobatic fret work with nuanced, jazz-minded explora tions. It features the multi-dimensional acoustic style that Evans will showcase in his return to Charlottesville with the Cal ifornia Bluegrass Reunion.

The lineup came together as an offshoot of the California Banjo Extravaganza—another

one of Evans’ creative touring projects—and features an all-star lineup of Golden State pickers who boast stacked resumés. In addi tion to Anger, who’s spent time in the David Grisman Quintet and Republic of Strings, the show will feature renowned mandolin player John Reischman, a founding member of the Tony Rice Unit. Bass duties will be handled by Sharon Gilchrist, a versatile player who toured for many years in Rowan’s band, and additional fiddle power will come from Chad Manning, another Grisman alum.

“It’s a superpowered bluegrass jetliner, especially with the double fiddles,” Evans says of the group, which is currently on an extremely rare East Coast tour. “It has a re ally big sound. We’ve all been around the block and most of us are bandleaders. The focus is on original material.”

The show at the Southern is being pre sented by local radio station WTJU, where Evans hosted a bluegrass show for more than a decade. It’s another callback to his early roots.

“When I return to Charlottesville it doesn’t feel like things have changed all that much,” Evans said. “For me, the landmarks are still there.”

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Banjo aficionado Bill Evans brings the California Bluegrass Reunion to the Southern Café & Music Hall on September 28.

“We ran the sound, put posters up around town and got to meet our heroes.” BILL EVANS

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Gin & Jazz. Brian Caputo Trio performs in the hotel lobby bar. Free, 5:30pm. Oakhurst Hall, 122 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurstinn.com

Berto & Vincent. Rumba rumba. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. southandcentralgrill.com

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Better and better

Wines from the Shenandoah Valley are reaching new heights

Go West and wine yourself

Wineries in the Shenandoah Valley AVA stretch from as far north as Winchester to just south of Roanoke. Those on the northern end make for a nice day trip from northern Virginia/Washington DC. Below is a list of wineries a short drive from Charlottesville.

Barren Ridge Vineyards Opened in 2008 and located at the family’s former apple orchard, Barren Ridge has amazing views west toward the Allegheny mountains. Don’t miss the 2015 Meritage, winner of a Governor’s Cup Gold Medal.

Ox-Eye Vineyards The tasting room is in the historic Wharf District of Staunton, and all the grapes are grown on the family farm in Augusta County. Well known for its riesling, the winery also features interesting grape varieties such as lemberger and grüner veltiner.

By Paul H. Ting living@c-ville.com

As a founding father wine geek, Thom as Jefferson is typically the first person who springs to mind when discussing the history of our wine region. But it was Emma Randel who literally put Virginia wine on the map in 1982.

Largely due to the efforts of Randel, who recognized the importance of the area as a unique growing region, Shenandoah Valley AVA was the first AVA in the state. Randel and her husband, Jim, are considered some of the original visionaries of the Virginia wine industry, having founded Shenandoah Vineyards in 1976, the oldest winery in the valley and the second oldest in the state.

An American Viticultural Area is a feder ally recognized grape-growing region with defined boundaries. To achieve this, a region must show evidence of something distinctive and defining, such as climate or soil. Current ly in Virginia, there are eight AVAs, a testament to the wide range of growing conditions that exist in the state, and the diversity that is pos sible in the local wine industry.

Area wine-lovers are likely most famil iar with the Monticello AVA, with Char lottesville at the heart and center of the region. Many may not be as familiar with the Shenandoah Valley AVA (it borders the Monticello region to the west), and the wineries that are a short drive away. It’s a scenic, exciting area that’s worth explor ing—and it plays a significant role in both the history and the future of the Virginia wine industry.

The Shenandoah Valley AVA is also the largest in the state, bounded on the eastern side by the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the west ern side by the Appalachian and Allegheny plateaus, and spreading north into West Vir ginia. The region features limestone soil, warm daytime temperatures combined with cooler nights, an almost constant breeze, and much lower average rainfall than any other location in Virginia. Drier conditions, due to a “rain shadow” that exists between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, help with the chal lenges of mold and mildew in growing grapes locally, and allows the production of high-qual ity grapes with less vineyard spraying.

The result of this climate is wine higher in acidity and slightly lower in alcohol that often taste brighter, livelier, and leaner on the palate. This parallels the evolution of consumer preferences, as a younger gener ation seeks lower-alcohol, lighter-bodied, easier-drinking wines that don’t require years of aging. There is also value to be found here, as increased distance from major cities and lower production costs result in high-quality wines at relatively low prices.

Many Virginia wineries not located in the Shenandoah Valley are sourcing fruit from the region because of these characteristics. It’s a trend that isn’t going away. There is growing demand for vineyards and land to plant future vineyards.

So, look to grapes grown just to the west for fantastic wine to drink now—and even better wine to come. It’s clear that the Shenandoah Valley not only has a histori cally important place in Virginia wine, but also a promising future.

Rockbridge Vineyard & Brewery Owners Shepherd Rouse and Jane Millott-Rouse started planting in 1988, and in 2022 Rouse was named Grower of the Year by the Virginia Vineyards Association. Seek out the 2018 V d’Or dessert wine, included in the 2022 Governor’s Cup Case.

Brix & Columns Vineyard Owners Steve and Stephanie Pence began planting vines in 2015, and continue to expand their estate vineyards. The tasting room features mountain views, and is presided over by Wyatt, a black and white Great Dane who acts as unofficial greeter. Try the 2019 Chardonnay, which balances a full body with bright fruit flavor.

Bluestone Vineyard Family owned and operated, the vineyard was start ed in 2008, and its name comes from the local slang for limestone, which can be seen at various places on the property.

Winemaker Lee Hartman is focused on wine that truly reflects the Shenandoah Valley. His 2017 Houndstooth red blend won both a Governor’s Cup Gold Medal and the 2021 Shenandoah Cup.

Jump Mountain Vineyard About a 75-minute drive from Charlottesville, Jump Mountain requires reserva tions and is open only on weekends. Some lesser-seen grapes are grown here including refosco, lagrein, and sagrantino. The core wine is cabernet sauvignon, which doesn’t always flourish locally, but good vineyard site selection appears to have made all the difference. The 2017 bottling impresses with structure and flavors characteristic of the variety.

Founded in 1976, Shenandoah Vineyards is the oldest winery in the valley—and the second oldest in Virginia.

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Complete the grid so that every row, column, and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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In fashion again

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“ur hilarious”

20. Age cohort majoring in what “the” means in German?

23. Owie

24. Indie singer/songwriter ____ Case

27. Age cohort concerned with piecing together the fifth letter of the alphabet?

32. “We have met the enemy and ____ us”

35. Cent aur’s foot 36. “Almighty” item: Abbr. 37. PC “oops” key

38. Age cohort that idolizes actors Bana, Idle and Stonestreet?

41. ... thus wide I’ll ____ my arms”: “Hamlet”

42. “Let’s call ____ draw”

43. At any time

44. World Cup cheers

45. Age cohort that eschews foreign publications?

50. “We should!”

51. It runs down your leg 54. Age cohort that got actresses Longoria and Mendes to end their feud?

60. Where the wild things are

62. “We’re broadcasting” sign

Northeast Corridor train

Hubbub

____ hand (assist)

Took for booking

Crossword solving option

Neighborhoods

Stiffly formal

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“Stranger Things” actor McLaughlin

Gland: Prefix

Obsequious followers

“Things Fall Apart” nov elist Chinua ____

Cast away of fiction

Baltic native

St art of a classic accusation

Ginger ’s dancing partner

“Cornflake Girl” singer Amos

Its worship is con demned in the Bible

Dating app description

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“Apollo 13” director Howard

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Leers at

“The Rapture of Canaan” author Reynolds

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Law, in Lyon

“Portlandia” network

Katherine of “Knocked Up”

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44. Simple variant of baseball 46. Employ 47. Twinkly toppers 48. Magazine with a Best Workplaces list 49. Awards for Hunt and Peck 52. Big concert venue 53. 1552, on a cornerstone 55. Mardi Gras cit y, familiarly 56. Cabinet dept. 57. Rooster on a roof, perhaps 58. Opera set in Egypt that debuted in Cairo 59. Contents of an hourglass 60. Quickly microwave 61. Dedicated lines

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Libra

something unexpected to happen. 2. Fanta size about the possibility of a surprising blessing or unplanned-for miracle. 3. Imag ine that a beguiling breakthrough will erupt into your rhythm. 4. Shed a few preconcep tions about how your life story will unfold in the next two years. 5. Boost your trust in your deep self’s innate wisdom. 6. Open yourself more to receiving help and gifts.

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Aries

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Taurus

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ing reflections in mirrors, or even turning my attention away for a while. In my view, we Crabs have a special need to be self-pro tective and self-nurturing. And to accom plish that, we may need to be evasive and elusive. In my astrological opinion, the next two weeks will be one of these times. I urge you to gaze directly and engage point-blank only with what’s good for you.

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Virgo

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you should refrain from wrestling with problems that resist your solutions. Be discerning about how you use your superior analytical abilities. Devote yourself solely to manageable dilem mas that are truly responsive to your intelli gent probing. PS: I feel sorry for people who aren’t receptive to your input, but you can’t

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh was born under the sign of Libra. He said, “The root-word ‘Buddha’ means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is called a Buddha.” So according to him, the spiritual teacher Siddhartha Gautama who lived in ancient India was just one of many Buddhas. And by my astrological reckoning, you will have a much higher chance than usual to be like one of these Buddhas yourself in the coming weeks. Waking up will be your specialty. You will have an extraordinary capacity to burst free of dreamy illusions and murky misapprehensions. I hope you take full advantage. Deeper understandings are nigh.

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Pumpkins Now Available at Local Orchards

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e like pumpkins for our muffins and pumpkins for pies and for our Halloween displays. We like apples for munching, and apples for pies, and ap ples for pancakes, fritters, candy apples and . . . you name it.

If it’s sweet and it’s a treat, there is probably an apple variety. If the leaves are turning in Central Virginia, it’s time to carve and to bake, and first of all to visit our local orchards, and delight in their bounty.

“Apples have been grown in Albemarle County since Thomas Jefferson’s time,” says Cynthia Chiles of Carter Mountain Orchard and Chiles Peach Orchards, whose own family has been continuously farming its land for over a century.

W“He was a big horticulturalist and grew a lot of heirloom varieties of ap ples.” Perhaps the most curious, ambi tious and eagerly experimental farmer of his day, Jefferson’s eight-acre, horseshoeshaped “Fruitery” at Monticello held 400 trees, two small vineyards, plus beds for strawberries, “berry squares” for cur rants, gooseberries, and raspberries, and a nursery to propagate plants and trees.

Jefferson grew eighteen different va rieties of apples, including the Esopus Spitzenburg, his favorite to eat, and the Taliaferro (now extinct), his favorite for cider. One year he also grew both white and black pumpkins—Zucche Bianche and Zucche nere.

Nowadays, Jeffersonian pumpkins may still be found—they’re the ones carved with his likeness!

Latter day Virginians share his en thusiasm. More than just tasting great,

apples are big business in Virginia; the state ranks sixth in the nation in apple production. Approximately $30 million is added to the state’s economy each year through the sale of fresh market apples and products such as applesauce, pro cessed apple slices, apple butter, apple juice and cider. In addition, there are the tourism dollars, generated by the many regional apple festivals.

Our more than 100 apple growers produce an average of 5-6 million bushels annually on more than 16,000 acres of land. Their most popular varieties in clude Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Stayman, Gala, Winesap, York, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Fuji and Ginger Gold, but …... Let’s look around.

Drumheller’s Orchard

Let’s start in Nelson County. Drum heller’s Orchard in Lovingston has been family-owned and operated since 1937, when Everette and Eva Drumheller pur chased the property and planted peach and apple trees in its abandoned orchard.

“My mother-in-law and father-in law bought this place,” Doris Drumheller remembers. “My husband went in busi ness with his father from 16-17 years old until he passed away at 64.” That’s when Doris took it over, in 2005.

“We’re just trying to carry on. My in-laws were the first generation, my husband was the second, and my son is with me now, so he’s the third gen eration. Now his daughter is working with us, so actually we’re into the fifth generation here. It’s hard work, but it’s a good life being on the farm.”

Head out to Drumheller’s this time of year and you’ll find a variety of ripe

apples: Stayman, Winesap, Rome, Black Twig, Fuji, and Granny Smith. Soon there will also be Pink Lady and Arkan sas Black.

Drumheller’s holds two apple festi vals per year, one on the last weekend in September and another on the third weekend in October—that’s October 15 and 16 this year. Besides apples, apple butter, and non-pasteurized, preservativefree apple cider, you’ll find honey, side meat, country hams, pumpkins, baked goods, baskets and cookbooks, etc. The side meat and country ham are cured in southern Virginia.

Drumheller’s apple butter comes, of course, from an old family recipe. The local Ruritan Club will sell barbequed chicken and barbeque sandwiches, plus hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, and drinks. Other vendors will offer funnel cakes, pork skins, apple dumplings, and Bruns wick stew.

But a festival is more than food—it’s also fun. Expect activities for all ages, including hayrides to the pumpkin patch, an apple sling shot, a kids zone, and good country music.

“We have this thing called the Apple Slingshot,” Doris Drumheller says. “Peo ple just go wild about it.” For the price of a ticket, festivalgoers shoot small apples; sharpshooters win bigger ones.

Then there is the Drumheller’s Corn Maze. “We go through and cut out a pattern,” she says, “and they pay to go through. We give them a little card when they pay. We put about ten stations in there and they mark the stations, and if they can find every station and com plete their cards we give them a peck of apples.”

SILVER CREEK ORCHARD

Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards

Also in Nelson County, Silver Creek & Seamans’ Orchards (SCSO) is a family (or rather, families) affair as well, dating back to the 30’s. Today the orchard grows about 25 varieties of apples, including Jonathan, Red Delicious, Golden Deli cious, Virginia Gold, Mutsu, Jonagold, September Wonder (Early Fuji) and Em pire, and presses its own cider.

Silver Creek and Seamans’ Orchard is open seven days a week; the Seamans Pumpkin Patch is open to visitors through the end of October; come pick your own apples rain or shine through October 22. Call ahead to see what variet ies are available.

The Seaman and Flippin families have been holding Apple Butter Makin’ Festi vals on the first and third Saturdays in October for over 30 years. Festivalgoers also get to pick their own pumpkins and wander through a corn maze.

Theirs is apple butter made “the oldfashioned way,” constantly stirred as it cooks in large copper kettles. The 2022 Festivals are set for October 1 and 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Graves Mountain Lodge

Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria in Madison County is a rustic retreat that prides itself on down home hospitality, home cooked food, and a beautiful Blue Ridge view. The Graves family opened the Lodge in 1965, on land it has owned since 1857. Graves will hold its annual Apple Festival on the weekends of Oc

tober 1 and 2, 8 and 9, and 15 and 16. Come pick your own apples, and enjoy live bluegrass music and clogging, plus the hayrides, pony rides, and donkey and cart rides around the longhorn pasture.

Kids will love the farmyard with its goats, pet pigs, and pet calf. Some 70 crafters and vendors will be on hand. Pumpkins, gourds, apple preserves, apple butter, and apple butter donuts will be for sale, as will fresh apple cider and Graves Mountain Squeeze hard cider, funnel cakes, Brunswick stew, barbequed pork sandwiches, burgers, dogs, pork rinds, kettle corn, french fries, and home made ice cream.

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The beer and wine tent will have hard cider on draft, Graves Mountain apple wine, DuCard Vineyards wine, and Beer Hound Craft beers.

Carter Mountain Orchard and Chiles Peach Orchard

Albemarle County’s Chiles family has been growing peaches and apples since 1912, and first began selling them by the roadside. “My two great grandfathers planted our first peach and apple trees over in Crozet,” says fourth generation farmer Cynthia Chiles. Third, fourth, and fifth generation members of the family are still planting, pruning, picking, and

providing fresh fruit to Central Virginia and beyond.

The Chiles family began operating Carter Mountain Orchard, just down the road from Monticello, in the 1970s, and began selling peaches and apples in 1974 after a bad freeze left them too little fruit to sell wholesale. Left with so little fruit that the usual picking and packing routine wasn’t worth its while, the family put an ad in the paper, set up a card table, scales and a cigar box—and hoped. It worked.

They sold out, and what was meant to be a one-time, emergency measure be came an annual April through November,

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pick-your-own-fruit tradition at the now much expanded farm stands in Crozet and on Carter Mountain.

Up at Carter Mountain Orchard, with its 40-mile view and observation tower, it’s apple picking season. Specifically, that means you can now pick Ambrosia, Gala, Golden Delicious, Golden Supreme, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Jonamac, and Sep tember Wonder apples. Carter’s is also the place to find pre-picked gourds, pie, and decorative pumpkins.

Over at Chiles Peach Orchard, at the foot of the mountains in Crozet, look for the same selection of apples and pump kins, plus zucchini and summer squash. Tickets are required to pick-your-own .

No visit to Chiles is complete without

Peach butter and other preserves and goodies are for sale in the Chiles Farm Market and Bakery. Picnic tables, some covered, allow for socially distanced eat ing, and kids enjoy climbing on the small nearby stage.

Carter Mountain Orchard is open every day of the week from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Chiles Peach Orchard is open Mondays through Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle Ciderworks

Another Albemarle County Family, the Sheltons, has been farming in southern Albemarle since 1986. That’s the year Bud

WOLFCREEK FARM

Situated near the Blue Ridge Mtns. in Madison County on 333 acres. Currently runs as a grazing farm for beef cattle. There are 2 homes on the property and a complement of necessary farm buildings. NOT IN CONSERVATION EASEMENT! MLS#630435 $3,200,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

BLACKBERRY HILL FARM

Blue Ridge Mountain views from this impeccable country property with an attractive, well designed and selfsustaining 5,525 finished square foot residence on 38± acres. Three car garage and barn designed for 3 stalls along with finished second floor office/full bath. Many amenities such as a full house generator, solar panels and geothermal HVAC. The perimeter is fenced and a mix of woods, two pastures and spring fed stream. A peaceful oasis easily accessible to Charlottesville and Washington DC region. MLS#634846 $1,550,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

820 CONDO

Well-designed corner condo consisting of an exceptionally bright great room with high ceilings, ample space for both relaxed living and dining, 1 bed / 1 bath, and inviting private balcony. Views of the Downtown skyline and mountains. MLS#634496 $285,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

EVERGREEN HILL

A private 18 acre horse farm, with 4 bedroom main residence, 1 bedroom cottage, beautiful 8 stall center aisle barn, outdoor riding ring, and several fenced pastures and hay fields. With access onto 570 plus acres of parkland with trails. MLS#632164 $1,295,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

PEA RIDGE FARM

317 acre estate that has it all location, views, water, spec tacular 5-BR residence, event center and more! The 15+ acre lake is centered among lush rolling fields of rich grass and unparalleled views. Additional acreage avail able. 25 minutes west of Charlottesville. MLS#631962 $8,875,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

BELMONT LOFTS

This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath condo features extra high ceilings, a modern and open floor plan with huge windows and doors, and a large rooftop terrace with views of the Downtown Mall all the way around to Monticello. MLS#634149 $1,950,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

AERIE FARM

170 acres of rolling to hilly fenced pastures, hardwood forest, plus several creeks and a pond, features an elegant and renovated circa 1850 Manor home (4 BR, 3.5 BA) with quality materials and exquisite details throughout. Dependencies include a 5 BR, 3 BA guest home, renovated 3 BR, 2 BA tenant home, studio, 3 stall stable. Two 2-car garages with attached storage or shop, pool, and three equipment storage buildings. AERIE FARM is the perfect location for almost any agricultural endeavor, particularly a horse or cattle farm. MLS#633483 $2,200,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

STONY POINTE

A spacious and meticulously maintained 4 bedroom, 5.5 bath Manor home on 57 acres of tranquility. Panoramic views of the Southwest Mountains and winter views of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. Located 6 miles from Charlottesville. MLS#626941 $2,650,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

WOOD’S END

Striking residence on 5+ acres in the heart of Kes wick. Architecturally-designed with numerous high-end custom features. Gracious one-level living with 3,471 fin. sq. ft. Minutes from the world class Keswick Hall, Charlottesville, UVA, and Pantops. MLS#626196 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

HATTON RIDGE FARM

Tranquil and private 278+ acres with approximately two-thirds mile of James River frontage. Impressive brick Georgian home, built c. 2000. Pastures & hay fields, surrounded by deep hardwood forest, along with fertile James River bottomland. MLS#634311 $3,675,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

RAGGED MOUNTAIN FARM

Two wonderful estate parcels comprised of 185.01± acres in coveted Ragged Mountain Farm. Excel lent elevated building site, complete privacy, and beautiful views. Murray/Henley/Western school district. MLS#621083 $1,895,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

ECOVILLAGE CHARLOTTESVILLE

The Owner has been working with planners and the County of Albemarle to develop on this prop erty an environmentally sensitive and sustain able housing community. 6.5 acre site with two houses. MLS#633951 $1,750,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.ecovillagecharlottesville.org

MOUNT PARAN CHURCH

Church residence. Redesigned by architect Bruce Wardell, as his own home. A separate addition has 3 or 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths. Has been further enhanced and improved by the current owners. Bucolic views complete the perfect setting. MLS#630270 $810,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124

SIMMONS GAP/ ESTES RIDGE

10 acres of mature woods. Property has long road frontage and consists of two parcels being combined and sold as one. No homeowners association! Design and build your dream residence on this very well-priced parcel. MLS#621178 $189,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

SOUTHERN ALBEMARLE

87+ acre pine forest property is a good investment tract, or use as a hunting and recreational tract, or with multiple division rights, a place to build a home or more than one home. Potential mountain views, and private settings. MLS#629213 $499,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

BUFFALO RIVER ROAD

No HOA! Fantastic opportunity to build your dream home on this 9-acre lot in Albemarle County! Sce nic setting with a stream and gently rolling topogra phy. Great location, 15 miles NW of Charlottesville and convenient to 29N shopping, dining, and airport. MLS#634227 $139,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

GIBSON’S HOLLOW

Ivy area! A 249 + acre hidden, private Arcadia controlling its own little valley up to the mountain ridge top building sites. Multiple parcels and subdivision rights make it a conservation easement candidate. MLS#634183 $4,000,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124 or Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

MEADOW FARM

436+ acre parcel of land in Southern Albemarle! 4 di vision rights; complete privacy; lush, gently rolling ter rain; long road frontage; stream; 3-acre lake; 125-135 acres of open land; mature hardwood forests. Under conservation easement. Owner/agent. MLS#634139 $2,985,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

EDNAM FOREST

Wonderfully large 1.5+ acre building lot in Ednam Forest. Build your dream home on this elevated, wooded lot located in a single family community, minutes from UVA and within walking distance to Boar’s Head Resort. MLS#598537 $289,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SIMMONS GAP ROAD

5-acre lot with mature hardwoods. Great opportunity to build with no HOA. Private building site amongst beautiful woods. Located between Free Union and Earlysville but so convenient to Charlottesville & UVA. MLS#621177 $140,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

MISSION HOME ROAD

146.88 ac. in Albemarle & Greene County. Privacy & protection adjacent to the Shenandoah National Park! Full division rights & multiple home sites. Extraordi nary timberland. Views of the mountains, along with easy access to trails & Skyline Drive. MLS#620276 $1,100,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

GARTH ROAD

11.73-acre, buildable lot in Western Albemarle! One of a kind location and a rare opportunity to purchase a large lot in an estate neighborhood 10 minutes to town. 2 division rights and is gently rolling with a small stream bisecting the property. MLS#628219 $795,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

HOME SALES STATS

THERE WERE 114 SALES IN THE 11 COUNTY AND CITY AREAS

n 38 were in Albemarle with an average price of $791,326

n 10 were in Charlottesville with an average price of $424,500

n 15 were in Fluvanna with an average price of $301,569

n 5 were in Greene with an average price of $381,780

n 11 were in Louisa with an average price of $380,298

n 2 were in Madison with an average price of $365,000

n 9 were in Nelson with an average price of $529,428

n 9 were in Orange with an average price of $395,767

n 13 were in Staunton with an average price of $265,380

n 2 were in Waynesboro with an average price of $180,000

HOMES SOLD

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

www.charlottesville.gov

Real estate tax rate: $.96 per $100

CITY OF STAUNTON ci.staunton.va.us

Real estate tax rate: $.92 per $100

CITY OF WAYNESBORO www.waynesboro.va.us

Real estate tax rate: $.90 per $100

ALBEMARLE COUNTY www.albemarle.org

Real estate tax rate: $.854 per $100

FLUVANNA COUNTY fluvannacounty.org

Real estate tax rate: $.884 per $100

FEATURE

bought a small farm in North Garden, named it Rural Ridge after Rural Plains, the Shelton family seat in eastern Virgin ia, and built their dream house. With the help of their four children, Bud planted apple, pear, peach, and cherry trees.

Inspired by the heirloom apple tast ings conducted at Monticello by author and apple historian Tom Burford, in 1992 the Sheltons purchased trees from Burford’s own orchard. Today Burford, known as “Professor Apple,” serves as their orchard consultant, and the Shel tons sell several dozen kinds of apples.

In 2000 the family founded Vintage Virginia Apples, and in 2009 it opened Albemarle CiderWorks. Among their thirteen varietals on sale are Old Vir ginia Winesap (with notes of baked apple, cedar, and strawberry), and Brut D’Albemarle (a champagne-style cider crafted from the juice of Albemarle Pip pins).

Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Albemarle Ciderworks are for Live Music at the Orchard. Susan Munson and Frank Bechter, local songwriters who call themselves Mojo Pie, perform Saturday, October 15. C’ville Jazz Con gregation visits the orchard on Sunday, October 16.

Vintage Virginia Apples and the Cove Garden Ruritan Club will hold their 22nd annual Apple Harvest Festival, rain or shine, on Saturday, November 5 from

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with farmers’ market stands, local artisans, and craft demonstrations. Enjoy Brunswick stew, apples and apple butter, fresh-pressed cider and fine sparkling ciders, and dance to live music or take a hayride around the mountain. The winner of the Apple Pie Contest will receive a $100 Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle Cider Works gift certificate.

The Market at Grelen

Many visitors to James Madison’s Montpelier estate in Orange County have a charming outdoor lunch at The Market at Grelen, only three miles from our fourth president’s home. Grelen is a 1,000-acre tree nursery and pick-yourown farm, with a European-style garden shop, a casual farm-to-table cafe, and hiking trails that connect to Montpe lier’s own.

Grelen is currently “loaded with ap ples, specifically Gala, Jonagold & Golden Delicious.” Pre-picked paw paws are also for sale, and pre-picked figs may be avail able by the time you get there. Pick Your Own hours are 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. BYOB (bag).

“Season of mists and mellow fruitful ness” is how John Keats described this time of year in England, in first lines of his lovely poem, To Autumn. He may as well have been writing about Central Virginia.

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COUNTRY RETREAT

Only 5 miles to Zion Crossroads and I-64, this 41.84 acre property will make the perfect family compound or live in the cottage while you build your dream home. The quaint cottage features an inviting covered front porch, cozy woodstove in the great room, eat-in kitchen, 2 bedrooms, full bath and 2 additional finished rooms on the 2nd floor. Multiple outbuildings include a workshop with electric, run-in shed and more. Bold year-round stream. Bring your horses, ATV’s, etc and enjoy the privacy and natural beauty this land offers. Please note all improvements being sold in AS-IS condition. MLS # 632112 $449,900

RECREATIONAL PARADISE

Absolutely private and pristine deep water lake of 50+/- acres, with (2) miles of shoreline, in Nelson County, surrounded by nearly 800 acres of commercial pine forest, designed for staggered harvests into perpetuity. An incredibly rare recreational paradise. A new lake home, with quality appointments at waters edge, a boat house with (2) lifts and a large steel storage building to house toys and equipment. Internet and generator are in place. Nearly 7 miles of interior roads and trails with mountain views. Includes access to nearby James River!

MLS # 632112 $4,400,000

HILLTOP HOUSE

Delightful, walkable community of Scottsville. Charming vintage 4 BR cape with apartment, 2 story detached masonry studio and separate city lot. New appliances. 3 full baths. In excellent condition and move in ready. Brand new standing seam roof on both buildings, with natural gas fireplace, beautiful kitchen and porch garden, fenced yard, multi-level decks and terraced gardens overlooking the town. Private parking. Excellent Investment.

MLS # 628406 $450,000

FREDERICKSBURG ROAD

South River Meadows ~ Spectacular one-of-a-kind estate parcel located in Greene County. Create your own family compound. Parcel is dividable and features a mature hardwood forest with driveway in place. Meander through the hardwoods and then approach the elevated private building sites which overlook rolling pasture plus a gorgeous multi-layered view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Frontage along the South River. Multiple dwellings allowed.

MLS # 622032 $595,000

BROWNS GAP TPKE

Located in Western Albemarle, close to Whitehall, this 3.37 acre parcel offers an elevated building site with pleasant pasture views as well as frontage along a bold stream. Entrance to property is shared with adjoining neighbor therefore road costs to enter parcel will be minimal. Great investment in a wonderful western Albemarle County location. MLS # 629281 $129,000