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THIS WEEK Hello, Charlottesville! Thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly. My journey to journalism began after college, when I joined a Richmond radio station as a news reporter and anchor. But before that, I was an art history major at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. I still carry a deep appreciation for the arts, and the artists who share their work with the world. That’s why I am very excited to feature an art historian on the cover of this week’s paper!

Karen Elizabeth Milbourne just stepped into her new role as the J. Sanford Miller Family Director of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia (p. 22). Milbourne is an award-winning art historian and curator, and comes to UVA from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. In a Q&A with Sarah Sargent, Milbourne talks about her personal journey toward art history, the exhibitions she’s the most proud of, and, perhaps most importantly, what it’s like to step out of her previous curatorial role at the Smithsonian to become The Fralin’s director.

Milbourne arrives just as Charlottesville’s second Indigenous Art Takeover gets ready to open on February 3. The event, sponsored in part by The Fralin, highlights concurrent exhibitions and events all over town, from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to Second Street Gallery. To guide you through the event, we’ve included a sidebar in this week’s feature with more information about participating shows and a schedule of artist panels you can sit in on (p. 25).—Richard DiCicco

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Standoff ends peacefully

Water down The Albemarle County Service Authority has lifted a boil water advisory, and a general call to reduce water usage, in northern parts of the county. The ACSA claims this was a necessary response to low pressures that developed in the water system after a water main broke along Route 29 south of Camelot Drive.

The University of Virginia received $1.4 million from The Jefferson Trust Board of Trustees to fund 17 new projects and programs. This follows two annual awards of 14 grants each to the university. The projects and programs benefiting from the money include “Nursing Narratives,” a new recurring editorial section in the UVA School of Nursing quarterly magazine; the UVA Cyber Range, focused on cybersecurity education, research, and promotion; the Center for Forest Urbanism, dedicated to study and policy around urban foliage conservation; and a summer internship program with the Department of African American and African Studies and the Ivy Creek Foundation.

UVA men’s tennis recruits are tops, according to a January 29 release by TennisRecruiting.net. Four student-athletes have signed on to the team for the 2024-25 season: Brazilian Joao Fonseca, 2023’s topranked male in the International Tennis Federation Junior Rankings; Rafael Jodar of Spain and Canadian Keegan Rice, ranked 11 and 32 in the ITF Junior Rankings, respectively; and Stiles Brockett of Fairfax, the number one recruit in the Mid-Atlantic and Virginia.

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The law enforcement standoff on the 800 block of St. Charles Avenue lasted from the afternoon of January 23 to the early morning of January 24.

harlottesville resident Brian Turner was arrested after an overnight standoff w​​ith the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Charlottesville Police Department. The 42-year-old is accused of operating a multi-state prostitution ring and posting hundreds of commercial sex advertisements online.

“The FBI is currently negotiating with an individual who has barricaded themself inside of a residence in the area of the 800 block of St. Charles Avenue,” the CPD shared in a Facebook post during the standoff. “This is an isolated incident specific to that residence and does not pose any threat to school or public safety in the area.”

Turner was taken into custody on January 24 after the hourslong standoff was peacefully resolved.

According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia, Turner has been charged with violating the Mann Act, which prohibits the transportation of women and girls for the purpose of prostitution.

“Turner controlled all or almost all aspects of arranging commercial sex dates. … Text messages show him providing instructions and information to his victims about dates, such as how long the date was scheduled to last and how much money to charge,” the release said. “Turner also transported the adult victims to and from the hotels and often stayed in the hotel parking lot or another hotel room while the victims saw commercial sex customers.”

The FBI’s investigation into Turner began in February 2023, following reports from local law enforcement agencies.

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Charlottesville police responded to two reports of assault on the Rivanna Trail on January 12, with the suspect described by both victims as a tall, thin white male between 20 and 30 years old. Neither victim was physically injured, and officers were not able to locate a suspect at the scene.

McNamara has been charged in connection with only one of the incidents, and is facing a misdemeanor count of assault and battery. If convicted, the 37-year-old could serve up to 12 months in jail.

Following his court appearance on January 23, McNamara told The Daily Progress that he is “100 percent innocent,” and has proof of an alibi.

“We wouldn’t have charged somebody if we didn’t think they did it, but we have to prove that,” said CPD Chief Michael Kochis during a January 26 interview on WINA’s “Charlottesville Right Now.”

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The January 26 report includes several short- and medium-term recommendations, but many of the report’s findings do not have defined next steps to move from general goals to concrete action. Though Glover says that “many of the report’s recommendations are already being implemented through established programs, activities, resources, and courses,” it is not clear what specific implementations she is referring to.

While the CSWG lists improving coordination and information flow as one of its main goals in strengthening community safety, UVA has not moved on its position to withhold the independent report on the 2022 shooting on Grounds that killed Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry, and injured two other students. The recommendations from the working group to advance this goal are limited to “center resident input” and the creation of an information hub, caregiver support network,

data-sharing system, and community resource app. Short-term steps toward this goal range from the “regular convening of cross-jurisdictional law enforcement meetings” to “develop[ing] a job posting for a data scientist to integrate data sets pertaining to youth violence.”

“The university is delaying the release of final reports from the external review due to concerns that doing so now may impact the pending criminal trial of the accused,” Glover says about UVA’s decision to withhold the independent incident report. “We are committed to providing the external review as soon as we can do so without interfering with the criminal proceedings in any way.”

To advance the group’s goal of creating protective community environments, the CSWG recommendations include gun education programs, strengthening community relationships, establishing crisis response teams, and creating a coordinated crisis response plan. Short-term recommendations to support these efforts are relatively broad. For example, two immediate recommendations are described only as to “launch public awareness campaigns” and “offer support and Community-Engaged

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he University of Virginia Community Safety Working Group released its report aimed at improving community security following an uptick in gun violence in and around Charlottesville.

Formed in the aftermath of the November 13, 2022, fatal shooting on Grounds and a wave of area shootings, the CSWG is a collaborative effort between UVA, Charlottesville City, and Albemarle County leaders.

Experts consulted by the group include local law enforcement departments, UVA’s Crisis Intervention Team, city and county public school officials, and nonprofit organizations such as the Uhuru Foundation.

“The Community Safety Working Group took up their charge during a difficult time, with violence hitting close to home on Grounds and in our community,” said President Jim Ryan to UVA Today. “Their comprehensive recommendations provide tangible steps toward a safe, thriving community, and I look forward to working with our partners to implement their proposed actions.”

While the CSWG report was released to the public on January 26, community leaders first reviewed the document and its recommendations in September, according to UVA Deputy Spokesperson Bethanie Glover.

“All of the working groups that operate under the auspices of the President’s Council on UVA-Community Partnerships … submit their reports to the President’s Council for review before they are finalized and moved forward. That process took place in October and November,” says Glover. “Once reviews were completed and the county, city, and UVA agreed that the report offered a comprehensive view of opportunities to decrease gun violence, the report was made available for public view.”

In its report, the CSWG breaks down its recommendations into four major goals:

coursework.” The most specific items included are “partner with the UVA School of Law and Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy collaboration for community safety clinic” and “leverage the Project Safe Neighborhoods designation to increase community engagement and access federal funding and resources.”

The work group’s suggestions for improving place-based programming and access to care are equally ambitious, including investing in access to care, bridging university and community resources, and investing in community resources. Short-term recommendations to advance these efforts are relatively specific, such as “hire and dedicate UVA clinicians to offer place-based services” and “partner with Charlottesville Albemarle Network Dedicated to Youth Development.”

However, some action items are left as broad as “support community-based initiatives focused on mental health and well-being … [and] the creation of gender-based mental health programming in the community.”

The CSWG’s steps toward strengthening support networks for local youth include supporting existing community mentorship programs, investigating violence interrupter models, advancing school-based recommendations, and strengthening academic support, youth programming, and reentry programs.

Short-term steps toward advancing these goals include “trauma-informed” and “research-based” training for mentors and uplifting the Comprehensive Care Coordination Program and One-Stop Shop efforts.

According to Glover, next steps following the CSWG report release include sharing the recommendations “with the groups and organizations who have the skills and resources to bring them to life (whether within UVA or across the broader community) so that they can be implemented in the coming months and years.”

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“As a church, whether as renters or owners, we aspire to have a humble and gentle presence wherever we are,” says Robert Cunningham, a priest at Good Shepherd. “Part of what that means for us is the recognition that we are stepping into a history that predates us—in this case, the fruitful and wonderful legacy of Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church. And as we do so, we are seeking to be attentive to all that has come before us, and seeking to gently step into and participate in what is already happening around us.” The Hinton Avenue congregation has now consolidated with the First United Methodist Church, and they worship together as the Charlottesville City Cooperative Parish at 101 E. Jefferson St. in downtown Charlottesville.

“We also look forward to working with the new congregation in the Hinton Avenue building as a partner in ministries to downtown Charlottesville and Belmont,” says Alex Joyner, pastor at FUMC. The 2019 rezoning granted approval to build up to 15 units for a project called Rachel’s Haven. Some of the units were to have been for adults with developmental disabilities. A group of neighbors in Belmont sued

to overturn the rezoning, but the case was dismissed according to Circuit Court records.

The Piedmont Housing Alliance got involved with the project, but the city denied a site plan for the project in August 2022.

“We are in active conversation with Rachel’s Haven about partnering to shift the program to a different site,” says Sunshine Mathon, executive director of Piedmont Housing Alliance.

Joyner says the Hinton Avenue congregation remains committed to Rachel’s Haven, and is excited that the project may now be able to have more units than originally envisioned.

If the owner of 750 Hinton Ave. wanted to proceed with a housing project, the new zoning for it would allow much more than 15 units. The 0.76 acre lot has the Residential Mixed Use 3 designation, which allows unlimited residential density and three stories by-right and two additional levels if the city’s affordable housing requirements are met.

This property is the only one in the immediate vicinity that has that designation.

PHA is also working with the Park Street Christian Church on a project to build affordable units on its property at 1200 Park St. Council approved that rezoning in early 2022. The city is contributing $1.125 million to the project in the current fiscal year, and the same amount again for the next. A final site plan is under review, but the project requires additional financing.

“We continue to actively work with the Park Street Christian Church to find funding for an affordable housing development on the site,” Mathon says.

PHA is not involved with a project at Mount View Baptist Church in the Locust Grove neighborhood that would see as many as 72 units on undeveloped land under the 2022 rezoning. The entity that owns the land, Mount View Properties LLC, recently purchased an adjacent singlefamily home on River Vista Avenue to expand its geographic footprint.

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anuary 29 marks the start of Karen Elizabeth Milbourne’s tenure as the J. Sanford Miller Family Director of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. Milbourne comes to UVA from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., where she was senior curator and acting head of knowledge production. A leading scholar in the field, Milbourne received her BA in African studies from Bryn Mawr College, and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Iowa.

Milbourne has won numerous awards and fellowships, including a Fulbright Fellowship, and several awards from the Smithsonian and others for curatorial excellence. Her writing has been published in edited volumes and journals including African Arts, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Art Papers, ARS, and Collections. Milbourne is the former chair of the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship program and currently serves on the scientific committee for Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions, and the advisory board for the Lusaka Contemporary Art Center.

She is arriving at an exciting time for the arts at UVA, with the second Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover opening February 3. The event is sponsored by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and The Fralin, in concert with the exhibitions “Mad-ayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala” and “Voices of Connection: Garamut Slit Drums of New Guinea” at The Fralin. The former, the most significant exhibition of bark paintings to tour the United States, was largely curated by the artists themselves, who formed the concept, selected the works, and wrote all text associated with the exhibition, including catalog essays. A collaboration between Papua New Guinean scholars and UVA faculty, students, and museum staff, “Voices of Connection” showcases the instruments and people of Papua New Guinea and its offshore islands. Correlating exhibitions and events will be happening at the KlugeRuhe, Les Yeux du Monde, Second Street Gallery, and the Upper West Oval Room of the Rotunda.

Just as exciting are the plans to expand and elevate the arts at UVA by constructing a new multidisciplinary arts center.

C-VILLE sat down with Milbourne to discuss her role.

C-VILLE Weekly: Can you tell me about your personal history with art? What set you on your path?

Karen Milbourne: I did not officially start studying art his-

tory until graduate school. I was always interested in the arts and took studio classes throughout college. I actually started out as a psychology major, but wasn’t loving running rats through mazes. I took an African art history class and suddenly everything made sense. It was just the right place for me. And so I created an independent major in African studies with a minor in studio art. For my junior year I applied to a program through Colgate University at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. I was extremely fortunate because artists who now are incredibly world-famous, like El Anatsui, taught there.

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He used to just let me hang out in his studio while he was working. His monumental work “Behind the Red Moon” is currently installed at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

I came back knowing this was something I was passionate about. That summer, I had an internship at the Museum for African Art in New York City, which led to my first job.

Around the same time, Bryn Mawr was given an African art collection and I was made curator of it as an undergrad. So, I wasn’t technically studying art history because Bryn Mawr didn’t offer a focus on Africa in its program, but I was quite focused on the subject. I wrote my senior thesis on Nigerian modern art and then worked at the museum in New York for a couple of years before going to graduate school.

Looking at the exhibitions you’ve curated at NMAfA, the African art you focus on is contemporary mostly, isn’t it?

Mostly. I work largely in the global contemporary. I’ve worked with Africa’s arts across time and a lot of my effort has been to undermine or unsettle assumptions about what is or isn’t African art. For instance, people don’t understand that there’ve been African photographers since the 19th century and that masquerade is a contemporary art form.

Of all those exhibitions, which are you most proud of?

I’ll give you three examples because each represents something different. The first, “Earth Matters, Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa” was a really wonderful collaboration across the Smithsonian campus. It included partnerships with the Environmental Film Festival, Dumbarton Oaks, the National Air and Space Museum, the American History Museum, and the Smithsonian Garden. So bringing all of those different groups together and looking at what the Earth means to all of us was really exciting and rewarding.

And intellectually, it was thrilling to have that ability to pull that project together. But it also made me realize how challenging big projects can be in terms of sustainability. So many of the things that I wanted as relationships or because of changing institutional structures weren’t possible.

“I Am: Contemporary Women Artists of Africa” came about after I’d gone through the collection of the National Museum of African Art and realized that only 11 percent of the named artists in the collection self-identified as female. So that led to a women’s initiative where we’ve been able to bring the representation of women artists in the collection up to 25 percent.

With that exhibition I was really looking at the history of one institution and what institutions need to do to change, and

ple were experiencing the exhibition, which then informed the finalization of the artwork. That sort of collaborative process is really very exciting to me.

As director of The Fralin, you’ll be stepping away from your curatorial activities. Are you going to miss that?

Very much so. But the opportunity to envision what a museum should be is such a tremendous opportunity. I’m excited about partnering with the Kluge-Ruhe and creating a museum system that includes the performing arts and is centered on indigenous perspectives. It just didn’t seem like an opportunity I’d ever get again.

The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia What is the status of UVA’s Center for the Arts? Is it goingDecades forward? of Aborigi“Madayin: Eight nal Australian Painting Oh, Bark it’s definitely goingfrom forward. The Fralin, the Kluge-Ruhe Yirrkala” and the new performing arts center will all share a single

space,14, which is really exciting to think in a multidisciplinary February 3-July 2024

fashion. I’ve worked with a lot of live artists, so it’s wonder-

Artist-led tour of the exhibition, ful to think about partnering with the performing arts.

February 2. First Friday reception with artists, February 2.

You’ve been recognized for your collaborative apuvafralinartmuseum. virginia.edu proach. How do you plan on collaborating with other creative and performing arts entities across UVA and Charlottesville?

Kluge-Ruhe AbIt’s exciting thinkingColabout the brilliance that one can find original Art around the UVA campus. I would love to partner with the lection of the new [School of] Data Science. One of the main issues University of facing museums is databases, particularly, how to create Virginia databases that are flexible to allow for differing knowledge

There is also potential for collaboration with the law school Les Yeux du looking at ethical stewardship of collections, looking at culMonde tural patrimony laws and understanding those in relationship

“Ukapalimin: Eti Resilience: Stories fromabout how we take care of toKo ourEti: collections and thinking the Torres Strait, ” February 3-Aprilwith 21. and share them. So these are things them and interact Opening Reception with excited artists Solomon I’m really about, asBooth, well as really thinking in a more Lavinia Ketchell,multidisciplinary and Joshua Thaiday, February fashion.

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Another reason I’m so excited is the new building. We lydm.com have the opportunity to think flexibly from the get-go, and

can include things like a sprung floor for dancers and comSecond prehensiveStreet electrical cabling that can support something Gallery complicated like an immersive video.

First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-LarrI would gay Mulka Centre,you Yirrkala, consider on the front lines of the culture February 2-March 22. and we’re a divided country and UVA is kind of wars, Breakfast conversation with the a microcosm ofartists that. of The Fralin’s diversity efforts in Buku-Larr gay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, February recent years are really admirable, but there are many 2. who are resistant to this. How do you remain positive First Friday opening with the artists, 2. and effective in theFebruary face of these challenges?

Traditional brush-making workshop with the Lisa Waup's screen painting "moving tides" (left) is part of I’ve never worked anywhere where there weren’t challenges. artists, February 3. "close to the wind" at Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection I think that’s sort of the nature of being alive in this world. of the University of Virginia. Included in "Mad_ayin: Eight secondstreetgallery.org

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia

 “Mad _ayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala,” February 3-July 14.  Artist-led tour of the exhibition, February 2.  First Fridays reception with artists, February 2. uvafralinartmuseum.virginia.edu

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia  “Performing Country,” through February 26.  “close to the wind: Lisa Waup,” through June 30. kluge-ruhe.org

Les Yeux du Monde  “Ukapalimin: Eti Ko Eti: Resilience: Stories from the Torres Strait,” February 3-April 21.  Opening Reception with artists Solomon Booth, Lavinia Ketchell, Laurie Nona, and Joshua Thaiday, February 3. lydm.com

Second Street Gallery  First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, February 2-March 22.  Breakfast conversation with the artists of Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, February 2.  First Fridays opening with the artists, February 2.  Traditional brush-making workshop with the artists, February 3. secondstreetgallery.org

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia  “Waŋupini: Clouds of Remembrance and Return,” through July 7.  The W. Wanambi Distinguished Lecture by Mayatili Marika (reception will follow in the Rotunda, Upper West Oval Room), February 3. rotunda.virginia.edu

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But I think all of these individuals are looking at the world around them and trying to imagine new futures. And that’s what I’m trying to do, I’m imagining a future with the museum. So it’s really trying to work with somebody on that then modeling a different way of showing women artists. It front rather than hashing out what you said or they said, or wasn’t that ambitious a project. I wasn’t traveling all overupini: the Clouds was of it this way or thatand way. I’m interested in, What is the “Wa Remembrance world and bringing my own new research to it. It was about future we can build together? I think that’s the space Return, ” through July 7that . implementing a different kind of structural change.The W. Wanambi Distinguished Lecture by ground. where we can find common Mayatili Marika, Rirratji u traditional owner and “From the Deep” [on view now at NMAfA] wasn’t about advisorDo andyou partnerships at theWhat do you like to do in me, the expert, going to an artist and saying, “I likecultural this one, have anyofficer hobbies?

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Oval Room, museum. It was working collaboratively with the artist, an avid I walkon upwards of five miles a day with February 3. na V. Jackson, to help push her practice forward. So it was a my dog. And, as soon as I can find a pool, I will go back to rotunda.virginia.edu six-year process where I worked with her from seed to harvest, swimming. So those are two passions of mine. I love to hang providing her the space to create the artwork and bringing it out with my kids (ages 13, 16, and 19), and I love to read. to an exhibition format. We did two pop-ups, one in Johannesburg, one in Cape Town, because she’s based in South What are you most looking forward to about moving Africa. We brought audiences in, the soundtrack wasn’t yet to the Charlottesville area? scored, so it was going on live around us and we asked audiWell, outside of the brilliant colleagues at UVA, it probably ence members, if you sit this close, if you sit this far, how do is the mountains. The physical environment was definitely you experience it? And Ayana got the feedback of how peopart of the appeal, and I would also say, the vineyards.

Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting From Yirrkala" at The Fralin, Gunybi Ganambarr's "Garrapara" (right) uses natural pigments on eucalyptus bark.

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“Performing Country, ” works from the we might label something Yoruba systems.

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Creole music royalty CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band fuses the traditional sounds of accordiondriven zydeco with rock and blues.

The son of zydeco music pioneer Clifton Chenier, CJ grew up surrounded by the sounds of music indigenous to Louisiana Creoles, and joined his father’s band when he turned 21. Today, his live shows incorporate dynamic storytelling, soulful vocals, and red-hot instrumentals. $20–23, 7pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

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Kaira Ba puts a modern, energetic twist on the songs, stories, and rhythms of Senegal’s Mandé culture. The band was formed in 2011, shortly after percussionist and vocalist Diali Keba Cissokho (pictured) immigrated to the United States, settling in North Carolina. With Cissokho on the 21-string kora, Jonathan Henderson on bass, Will Ridenour on percussion, and Austin McCall on drums, Kaira Ba effortlessly integrates the sounds of West Africa with the traditional music of the American South. $20–25, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org

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You never know what’ll come through the amps when Hypercube hits the stage—death metal vocals, trilling saxophone, cartoonish scale bursts.

The new music quartet performs across the boundaries of classical chamber music, incorporating electric and acoustic sounds for sax, guitar, piano, and percussion. For its concert, Hypercube performs new pieces composed by UVA music department graduate students Gabrielle Cerberville, Kristin Hauge, Rah Hite, and more. Free, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

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Wednesday 1/31 music Karaoke. With Jennifer DeVille. Free, 10pm.

Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

The Talented Mr. Ripley. Appearances can be deceiving in this thriller starring Matt Damon. $10, 7:15pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

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Pressing Strings with Drew Foust & The Wheelhouse. Upbeat melodies and catchy rhythm. $12–15, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesouthern cville.com

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

Eli Cook. Enjoy live tunes and Thursday specials. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarm andwinery.com

stage Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change.’ A hilarious and heartfelt look at the joys of menopause and friendship. $47–62, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

classes Paint & Sip: Midnight Flurries. Paint, sip, and repeat. $40, 6pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. catelynkelsey designs.com

outside SuperFly Run Club. Run around the city, then enjoy $5 pints and raffles. Free, 6pm.

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Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at Royal Arena Copenhagen.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe in concert, featuring “West End Girls,” “Rent,” and many more. $12, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Berto & Vincent. Lively tunes. Free, 7pm.

The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Kendall Street Company. Performing the Kendall Street is for Lovers Tour. $12–40, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St.9 thesoutherncville.com Red Clay Strays. Eclectic rock ‘n’ roll sounds. $25–30, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jefferson theater.com

classes Beeswax-infused Clutch. Choose a beeswax-infused cotton and stitch a clutch with Valerie. $25, noon. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St., Ste. C. scrappyelephant.com

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Theo Von. Performing the Return of the Rat Tour. $35–175, 7:30pm. John Paul Jones Arena, 295 Massie Rd. johnpaul jonesarena.com UVA vs. Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball. Cheer on the Cavs on the big screen.

Free, 6pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. the paramount.net

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music Hungry Hard Luck Heroes. Featuring Dave McKenney, Barry Collins, Jeff Knock, and Pix Ensign. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glass housewinery.com Hypercube. The new music quartet perform works by UVA graduate student composers.

Free, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu Kaira Ba. Songs, stories, and rhythms of Senegal’s millennia-old Mandé culture. $20– 25, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org Mama Tried. The five-piece band performs high-energy Grateful Dead tunes. Free, 7pm.

Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com Matthew O’Donnell. Enjoy live tunes with your wine, cider, and beer. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Robert Jospé Trio at Offbeat Roadhouse.

Jazz tunes. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net Winter Blues with Eli Cook. Raw vocals and blues. $10, 7pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com

dance Charlottesville Ballet’s Heartbeats. An enchanting evening of ballet in an intimate venue, followed by a post-show meet and mingle with dancers. $20-25, 5:30 and 7:30pm. Charlottesville Ballet, 1885 Seminole Trl., Ste. 203. charlottesvilleballet.org

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by Bebe Gunn and Cherry Possums. $12–25, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

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Friday Night Writes: A Reading Series for Emerging Writers. Short stories, poetry, and music. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside First Fridays Cruiser Bicycle Ride. Take a cruise on your bicycle to a local brewery.

Free, 6pm. Endeavor Cycles, 2208 B Fontaine Ave. endeavorcycles.com

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Cidery Cinema: The Princess Bride. Comedy, romance, and villainy abound in this classic. $10, 7pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

Saturday 2/3 music Berto & Vincent. Turn up the heat. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com C O NT I N U E D ON PAGE 3 0

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here’s something special about family-owned establishments. The storied buildings contain years of history, the owners are always hard at work alongside employees, and regulars come back year after year for recipes that are passed down and tweaked through the generations.

In Crozet, Greenwood Gourmet Grocery has been a roadside staple since 1999. Owners Nina Promisel and David Atwell built the shop on the foundations of a traditional fruit stand, and they’ve worked hard to grow it into the sandwich and wine emporium that it is today.

The shop is bustling year-round with Route 250 roadtrippers looking for a snack, and regulars who stop by to grab fresh bread from Albemarle Baking Co., local produce, or a cold can of craft beer. On the weekends, the kitchen churns out sandwiches like the Blue Slate (smoked turkey, havarti, lettuce, tomato, and ancho lime mayo) and Italian (soppressata and Genoa salami, provolone, diced peppers, lettuce, and housemade Italian vinaigrette) faster than you can count.

Promisel and Atwell’s kids, Zeke, Amos, and Ella, have been instrumental in Greenwood’s success over the years—one of them could usually be found manning the register, managing the kitchen, or moving one of the many impressively large pots that live outside.

Nowadays, the kids aren’t working in the store as much, and an ever-growing customer base meant Promisel needed to bring in some extra hands.

Reggie Calhoun and Nathan Hatfield joined the Greenwood team as kitchen managers last year, and they’re helping usher the store into a new chapter of culinary creativity. Their journey to the Greenwood kitchen is almost unbelievably coincidental. Some might chalk it up to fate.

“I was in D.C. up until five years ago,” says Hatfield. “I moved here and was working at Mount Ida.” After leaving Mount Ida, Hatfield was hired at former West Main Street restaurant Little Star, where Calhoun had been working. Before Hatfield’s first day of work, Little Star closed.

So the two went job hunting, and both landed at Greenwood. Hatfield started just after Christmas in 2022, and Calhoun soon joined him.

“Nina asked if I would be okay if Reggie came on, I was like hell yeah,” says Hatfield.

They’ve been tag-teaming Greenwood’s kitchen ever since. Their easy collaboration

Greenwood Grocery’s new kitchen managers, Reggie Calhoun (pictured) and Nathan Hatfield, have launched Supper Club, a $45 dinner that feeds two people, with a menu that changes every two weeks.

is obvious watching them move about the space, and their new items fit in perfectly alongside Promisel’s tried-and-true favorites.

Calhoun’s pizza Sunday special is a big hit for customers looking to grab-and-go, and on the weekends, the limited Reggie Burger appears on the menu, featuring local inhouse ground beef, housemade pickles, a relish spread, bacon, and havarti.

One of their largest undertakings, though, is the Supper Club, a $45 dinner that feeds two people. The menu changes every two weeks, and you can add desserts, sides, and wine pairings. Calhoun and Hatfield collaborate on the menu, with Calhoun usually tackling the savory side and Hatfield making the breads and desserts.

Past Supper Clubs include the Greek Goodness dinner, which featured housemade pita and hummus, with grilled mushrooms and a black-eyed pea stew and a grilled half chicken with lemon, garlic, and za’atar. The Breakfast for Dinner meal had a bacon and potato tortilla española with tomato jam, biscuits, and house sausage

gravy, chickpea cakes, and a panna cotta with granola and a fall fruit compote.

“It’s going awesome. It’s the first time we’ve done anything like this,” says Promisel.

“They’ve mastered the stuff that we are already doing and they’re building on it and enhancing it. It’s a great way for these guys to do more interesting and creative stuff than we can offer out of the deli case.”

Hiring two kitchen managers might seem unconventional, but Promisel says it’s been the best decision she’s made.

“It wouldn’t have worked with other people,” she says. “But between their personalities it’s worked out beautifully and really well.”

The KMs have a ton of ideas up their sleeves that they can’t talk about yet, but in the meantime they’re enjoying sharing their ideas with the Greenwood community.

“I’m mostly just trying to preserve [the legacy] and add my touches,” Hatfield says.

“Nina is open to all of it. I know almost everyone who walks through that door has been here before and I want to make it a good experience for them.”

“They’ve mastered the stuff that we are already doing and they’re building on it and enhancing it.” NINA PROMISEL

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Groundhog Day. Weatherman Bill Murray relives one day over and over. $10, 7pm.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Two kitchen managers bring culinary creativity and collaboration to Greenwood Grocery

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Breakfast and Conversation with Artists.

An exhibition preview and discussion featuring visiting artists. Free–$10 (RSVP required), 10am. Second Street Gallery, 115 Second St. SE. secondstreetgallery.org

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Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country. Rock band aesthetic with plenty of roadhouse twang. $20–25, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jefferson theater.com Gone Country. Honky-tonk sounds. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com Jackson, Pendergrass, & Townsend. Upbeat tunes. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarm andwinery.com Kat & The Travelers Band. Americana. Free, 1pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Sue Harlow. Americana folk. Free, 2:30pm.

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dance Charlottesville Ballet’s Heartbeats. See listing for Friday, February 2. $20-25, 4 and 7pm. Charlottesville Ballet, 1885 Seminole Trl., Ste. 203. charlottesvilleballet.org

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Irène P. Mathieu and K. Avvirin Berlin. The poets read from their works. Free, 4pm.

New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com Storytime. Readings of recent favorites and classics. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com W. Wanambi Distinguished Lecture by Mayatili Marika. Marika discusses Madayin: Land and Lineage. Free, 4pm. The Rotunda, UVA Grounds. kluge-ruhe.org

classes Mosaic 101. Learn the basics of mosaic and leave with an original piece. $45, 10:30am.

The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St., Ste. C. scrappyelephant.com

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Farmers Market at Ix. Enjoy a range of products, from produce and meat to bakers and artisans. Free, 9am. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org The Kook Report Featuring Big Blue Door Improvisers. A night of long form improv comedy. $10, 8pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. bigbluedoor.org Tour The Paramount Theater. Dig into the historic theater’s history on a backstage tour. Free, 11am. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net UVA vs. Clemson Men’s Basketball. Go Hoos! Free, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. the paramount.net

Sunday 2/4 music Kat & The Travelers. Featuring Kathleen Kraft, Doug Hedstrom, Mike Haag, and Quintas Mills. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glass housewinery.com Robin & Linda Williams. The folk duo perform live. $32–35, 6:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com The Wavelength. Led by vocalist/harmonica player Wave Milor. Free, 1pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. east woodfarmandwinery.com UVA Chamber Music Series: Daniel Sender. Violinist Sender is joined by virtuoso

pianist Qing Jiang for a program of masterworks. Free–$15, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

words Ivy Talk: Daughters of Zion Cemetery.

Members of Preservers of Daughters of Zion Cemetery discuss their work to restore and preserve the historic cemetery.

Free, 2pm. Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm, 1780 Earlysville Rd. ivycreekfoundation.org

classes Watercolor Fox Painting. A two-day workshop for beginners and seasoned painters alike. $70, 2pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St., Ste. C. scrappyelephant.com

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Kinky Boots with Live Arts. A failing shoe factory takes a walk on the wild side. $10, 12:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at Royal Arena Copenhagen.

See listing for Wednesday, January 31. $12, 3:3-pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Monday 2/5 music Vincent Zorn. A lively blend of rumba guitar. Free, 6:30pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. vincentzorn.com Silo at The Stage. With Fiona Balestrieri and Seth Swingle. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

words Storytime. Songs, movement, bubbles, and stories. Included with admission, 10:30am. Virginia Discovery Museum, 524 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. vadm.org Their “Exquisite Works:” Rewriting the Art History of Cuba. With Gerszten Family Visiting Professor Alejandro de la Fuente.

Free, 5:15pm. Nau Hall 101, UVA Grounds. spanitalport.as.virginia.edu

Tuesday 2/6 music CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band. Accordion-driven rock, zydeco and blues. $20–70, 7pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jefferson theater.com Terri Allard & Gary Green at The Stage.

The award-winning singer-songwriter and world champion harmonica player together in concert. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net Vincent Zorn. Olé! Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St. thebebedero.com

words How and Why to Grow Hedgerows. A presentation by Claire Denton-Spalding of the Piedmont Master Gardeners. Free, 6:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

classes Paint & Sip: Frosted Pines. Paint, sip, and repeat. $35, 6pm. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. catelynkelseydesigns.com

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Tour The Paramount Theater. See listing for Saturday, February 3. Free, 11am and 5:30pm.

The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

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A.I. Miller and Rose Guterbock at PVCC

Victoria Chaban at Chroma Projects

February exhibitions Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library 2450 Old Ivy Rd. “Their World

The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere

Blvd. “Near and Far: Oil Paintings from Virginia, Maine, and Tennessee” by Randy Baskerville. Through February 29.

Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia,

Third St. SE. In the Micro Gallery, “Gatekeepers,” Victoria Chaban’s pattern-rich, acrylic-on-paper studies of birds. Through February 23. In Vault Virginia’s Great Hall Galleries, “Sculpted Harmony” by Alan Box Levine and “Sabr (Patience)” by Amdane Sanda are on display through March. First Fridays reception at 5pm.

City Clay 700 Harris St. #104. “Creating

The Connaughton Gallery McIntire School

of Commerce, UVA Grounds. “Spirit of Place,” explorations in oil, acrylic, and pastel by Mae Stoll and Meg West. Through March 6.

Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d

Rd., Crozet. “The Secret Life of Leaves,” pieces by textile artist LaVel Rude. Through February 28. Meet the artist event on February 10 at 11am.

Ink and watercolor works by Gayle Keaton.

Cunningham Creek Winery 3304 Ruritan

Lake Rd. “Branches + Blooms,” contemporary impressions by Amy Jeanguenat and oil paintings by Meghan Cooper.

Through April 11.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E.

Main St., Downtown Mall. “Weaving Warmth and Knitting Dreams,” yarn art by weaver Jan Russell and knitter Mary Whittlesey. Through February. First Fridays reception at 4pm.

Elmaleh Gallery Campbell Hall, UVA

Grounds. “Almost Useful: The Michael Owen Jones Exhibition” explores objects at the edge of utility, curated by Glenn Adamson. “Waste Not, Want Not” transforms discarded materials into long-lasting objects and building material prototypes, by JT Bachman. “Inclusive Narratives: Exploring Equity On The Manifesta Bookshelf,” an interactive exhibit. Dates vary.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rug-

by Rd. “Structures,” a selection of 20th- and 21st-century artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection, and the Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover. First Fridays reception at 5pm.

Grace Estate Winery 5273 Mt. Juliet Farm,

Crozet. Works by local landscape artist Anne French. Through March.

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA 400 Worrell Dr. The Charlottesville

Indigenous Art Takeover.

Lazy Daisy Ceramics 1709 Monticello Rd.

The Rotunda UVA Grounds. In the Upper

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. The

The Ruffin Gallery McIntire Department of

Paintings and prints on canvas, paper, and board by Eli Frantzen van Beuren.

Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover.

Opening reception February 3 at 1pm.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the

Smith Gallery, “Spells,” oil paintings on canvas

by Kelly Lonergan. In the First Floor Galleries, the associate members show. In the Second Floor Galleries, “In the House: Old and New,” works by renting members, and “In Retro,” large-scale works by Kelly Lonergan. Through February 25.

First Fridays reception at 5:30pm.

Northside Library 705 Rio Rd. W. A multimedia exhibit with BozART Fine Arts Collective artist’s Judi Ely, Katharine Eisaman Maus, and Shirley Paul. “In the Quiet Room,” works by Terry Pratt.

New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. In the Welcome

Gallery, “Empire Is Over: The Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea Cut-Ups,” a multimedia exhibit by Meesha Goldberg. Through February 22. First Fridays reception and performance at 5pm.

Peace Lutheran Church 1510 Broad Cross-

ing Rd. Two-dimensional art on the theme of Genesis. Opens February 3.

The PVCC Gallery V. Earl Dickinson Build-

ing, 501 College Dr. “The Power of Plenty” showcases multiple printmaking styles from various artists. Through March 30.

Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. Frankie

Slaughter’s “Interplay” is a celebration of the interplay of line, form, and texture, with various mediums, including paint, clay, and textile. Through March.

West Oval Room, the Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover. Through July 7.

Art, UVA Grounds. “Ambi Playground,” a video installation by Bogotá, Colombia-based interdisciplinary artist Camilo Leyva Espinel. Through February 16.

Scottsville Library 330 Bird St., Scottsville.

A community exhibit of sunflower paintings.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St.

SE. In the Main Gallery, the Charlottesville Indigenous Art Takeover. In the Dové Gallery, “Tending,” personal drawings by Laura Josephine Snyder in conjunction with a film created in collaboration with photographer Kristen Finn.

Through March 22. First Fridays reception at 5:30pm.

Studio Ix 969 Second St. SE. “Lore

Spreader,” a collection of screenprints, paintings, and shelf installations by Travis Robertson. Through February 25. First Fridays reception at 5pm.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville 717 Rugby Rd. The intuitive,

or process, paintings of Shirley Paul.

Through February.

Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. “Tributaries: A Visible Records Community Exhibition,” the result of visual artists and poets creating new works in conversation with one another. Through February 7.

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Harmony,” ceramic pieces and ikebana flower arrangements by Helena Arouca. Through February 22. First Fridays reception and demonstration at 5pm.

Crozet Library 2020 Library Ave., Crozet.

Meesha Goldberg at New City Arts

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As Big As They Made It: Looking Back at the Harlem Renaissance,” plus other permanent exhibitions.

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him,” says Cooper. “The mother 35 can’t say enough about how the mentor helped her son as a role model, tutor, and friend.”

In another case, a middle school teacher reached out on behalf of a student who had recently arrived from Central America and was overwhelmed by having to learn a new language and culture.

JABA was able to match her up with a Spanish-speaking mentor.

“The trust they give and receive in the middle of each meeting is so good,” the mother reported, emphasizing how important it was that her daughter had someone who would really listen to her. “My daughter feels comfortable being with her tutor every day.”

During the COVID pandemic, the FISH mentor program became all virtual. Today, in-person mentoring in a classroom setting has returned but mentoring virtually remains an effective and easy way to connect students with mentors, and Cooper says both students and older mentors are comfortable with the technology.

“We have several available virtual mentors right now,” says Cooper. “And our surveys have shown it does work, and that close connections are often made more quickly than in-person.”

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“I wish our FISH volunteer could have been available more often because my son absolutely adores him...”

Indeed, numerous studies have shown that young people with older adult mentors do better in school, have greater self-esteem and confidence, less behavioral problems, and build stronger relationships with people. Studies have also shown that older adult mentors gain a greater feeling of value and purpose working with young people.

“I think mentorship is so crucial,” says one volunteer mentor in JABA’s Friends in School Helping (FISH) mentoring program. “It allows young people to feel cared for and believed in, and someone who consistently shows up for you when you’re young leaves a lasting positive impact.”

Trained FISH volunteers work with area school children, both in-person in a classroom setting (and under the supervision of a teacher, librarian or after-school program leader) and virtually, providing valuable support for teachers and parents. The service is free.

To maintain confidentiality and privacy, comments here from mentors, teachers, and parents are made anonymously.

“It has been so helpful having a JABA volunteer read to my kindergarten and first-grade students,” says an Albemarle County School teacher. “As I help students find and check out books, I cannot always give the one-on-one attention many students crave. My JABA volunteer fits this role well and students look forward to having him read a story to them during library class.”

“I think I made an impact on the lives of these students,” adds another FISH volunteer. “I was able to interact with them in a way that the classroom teacher couldn’t or didn’t have time to do because of the class size.”

Parents recognize the benefits as well.

“I wish our FISH volunteer could have been available more often because my son absolutely adores him,” says a Charlottesville parent.

“This isn’t to say I wasn’t satisfied with the amount of time he spent

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Young people today face new, unprecedented challenges that previous generations couldn’t have imagined, leaving many anxious and unsure about the future.

Meanwhile, older people are living longer than previous generations could have imagined, leaving many anxious and unsure about their continuing value and purpose. While those are very different and separate challenges, the situation also presents an enormous opportunity to bring different generations together for the common good.

“We know that when there’s a trusted adult in a young person’s life, it pretty much improves everything, academically and socially,” Torie Weiston-Serdan, a clinical assistant professor at Claremont Graduate University who studies youth mentoring, told EducationWeek earlier this year.

“It provides them an opportunity to have a sounding board, someone who can provide guidance and wisdom.”

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mentoring my son, but he was so amazing I wished he could have been around even more.”

That’s a two-way street for this FISH volunteer. “The engagement with kids and becoming someone who they admire through mentorship is very rewarding,” he says.

Another parent says her JABA mentor helped her daughter open up and learn to communicate better and helped her with being more social with others.

“It’s an amazing opportunity for children to have a personal helper with time devoted only to them,” says yet another FISH volunteer.

According to teachers, mentors who can devote substantial and consistent time are the most effective, as children need time to get to know them and learn to trust them. Some resilience and patience are also required on the part of mentors, teachers say, as dealing with student behavior can be challenging. However, teachers and parents report that young people can form extremely strong bonds with their mentors.

Teresa Cooper, who manages JABA’s FISH program, says one mother reached out because she was hearing a lot of negative selftalk from her son, who had had some family challenges. The boy was matched with a mentor who had experienced similar challenges growing up.

“At our volunteer and family gathering, when this student saw his mentor he literally leaped out of his seat and joyfully jumped on

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P.S. HOTSEAT Best part of living here: How gorgeous Charlottesville is. It doesn’t matter which season we are in, there are so many amazing views in all of them.

Worst part of living here: The chaos and indecision on inclement weather days in the winter.

Favorite restaurant: Bang!

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What’s your comfort food: For a meal, I go with a good dish of meat, rice, and beans … and I always want chocolate as comfort food.

How do you take your coffee: For everyday coffee, I take it with cream, and for special days I go with a vanilla latte. Charlottesville Ballet’s downtown studios are next to JBird Supply, which is dangerous.

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Prima ballerina Izabelly Gleed started ballet when she was 4 years old. “A doctor suggested [dancing] for my feet instead of correction boots,” says Gleed. “I actually wasn’t thrilled at first and often would try to escape ballet classes early on!” Now, Gleed is rounding out her seventh and final season as a company artist with Charlottesville Ballet. She’ll take the stage on February 2 and 3 at CB’s Heartbeats, an intimate, hour-long performance of contemporary choreography and classical favorites, including the Grand Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire.

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Name: Izabelly Gleed.

Age: 33.

Pronouns: She/her.

Hometown: Vitória, Brazil.

Job(s): Ballerina and dance teacher with Charlottesville Ballet.

What’s something about your job that people would be surprised to learn: How hard it actually is to dance for hours and look effortless while doing it. It takes a lot of endurance and daily training to create the beauty you see on stage.

First role you danced: The Bluebird variation from the famous ballet Sleeping Beauty.

Favorite ballet move: Petite and grand allegro (the little jumps and big leaps).

Favorite role you’ve performed: Kitri in Don Quixote—this was with the Cuban ballet school Espaço da Dança, and my partner was my ballet teacher.

Dream role: Myrtha in the romantic ballet Giselle or George Balanchine’s Serenade.

What’s on your pre-show playlist: A lot of Brazilian music and all of them from different genres. I also enjoy Coldplay to balance the Portuguese.

Who is your hero: I have to say my mom, who is a true inspiration to me.

Best advice you ever got: Everything has its own time. If it hasn’t happened yet, maybe something else will and you might even prefer it.

Proudest accomplishment: Being able to do what I love. Lots of little girls dream of being a ballerina, but very few make it into this competitive career and I feel lucky to be one of those few.

Describe a perfect day: Any day that I get to spend time with people I love.

If you could be reincarnated as a person or thing, what would you be: My puppy because she has everything she could ever want and lives the best life.

Favorite movie and/or show: Right now it’s “Reacher,” but it depends on the month and what mood I’m in.

Favorite book: Honestly I have many of them since I read a lot, but the first one from my childhood that will always be with me is Harry Potter. I’m also into Stephen King right now.

What are you listening to right now: Coldplay and Taylor Swift.

Go-to karaoke song: “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay.

Best Halloween costume you’ve worn: A cow onesie, complete with a pink udder on the front. My students love it, and it sometimes makes appearances at the theater to keep my body warm backstage.

Who’d play you in a movie: Jenna Ortega.

Celebrity crush: Henry Cavill.

Most used app on your phone: WhatsApp and Candy Crush.

Last text you sent: Love you (to my husband).

Most used emoji: Laughing crying face and heart.

Best journey you ever went on: Moved to the U.S. from Brazil without really knowing anyone, got a job, made friends, and ended up finding an amazing person, who’s now my husband, in the process.

Next journey: I am retiring from dancing professionally this spring, which is bittersweet for me. I will still work closely teaching students and being a manager at Charlottesville Ballet Academy, and I cannot wait to see what life has for me in its next chapter.

If you had three wishes, what would you wish for: To travel the world, to be able to spend more time with family and friends, and to never get another injury.

Favorite word: Saudade, which doesn’t have an exact translation to English, but it’s similar to missing something or someone.

Most embarrassing moment: My bachelorette party back in 2019.

Hottest take: Air fryers don’t work as well as the real thing.

Do you have any pets: Yes, a very cute English bulldog named Clara, who’s named after the lead character in The Nutcracker.

What have you forgotten today: To buy eggs at the grocery store— I was too focused on planning my ballet classes!

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