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Sound Choices: Album

Sunday 7/31

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An Lár. Fast-paced tunes, lyrical waltzes, and ballads of love and adventure. Free, 1pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd. batesville market.com Gina Sobel. Bringing together elements of funk, jazz, and American folk music. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com John Kelly. Acoustic sounds. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com Vincent Zorn. Brunch with live Latin tunes. Free, 11am. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. southandcentralgrill.com

dance

Salsa Class. Learn to salsa and strut your stuff. $6-8, 7pm. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

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Little Women. See listing for Wednesday, July 27. $15-50, 2pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. virginiatheatrefestival.com

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Sundays on the Yard. A community cookout with food from Pearl Island Catering, music from Hurt City’s DJs, dancing, and fellowship. Free, 1pm. The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 Fourth St. NW. jeffschoolheritagecenter.com

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Paramount at the Movies Presents: 10

Things I Hate About You. Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik, and Heath Ledger star in this beloved reimagining of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. 25 cents, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Monday 8/1

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Baby Jo’s. Tunes from the seven-piece New Orleans-inspired boogie and blues band. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskey jarcville.com Berto & Vincent. Rumba rumba. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. southandcentralgrill.com Gin & Jazz. Brian Caputo Trio performs in the hotel lobby bar. Free, 5:30pm. Oakhurst Hall, 122 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurstinn.com Jazz First Mondays. Playing jazz standards and originals with occasional guest performers. Free, 5pm. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. starrhill.com

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Summer Celebration Series: Music Mon-

days. Live music from Matt Johnson, and complimentary access to the one-acre putting course. Free, 6pm. Birdwood Bar & Grill, 410 Golf Course Dr. boarsheadresort.com

Tuesday 8/2

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Berto Sales. Brazilian and Latin guitar. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. southandcentralgrill.com Cville Band Summer Concert #5. Celebrating the band’s centennial season with new works, old favorites, and a special centennial wine. Free, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. cvilleband.org

Louis Smith of Kendall Street Company.

An intimate solo set. Free, 7pm. Dürty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. durtynellys charlottesville.com Vincent Zorn. Performing solo. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

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Water-wise Gardening. The Piedmont Master Gardeners teach you to become a better environmental steward by managing water efficiently in landscapes. Free, 6:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

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Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night. Useless knowledge means everything at this authentic homegrown trivia quiz. Free, 8pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. firefly cville.com

SOUND CHOICES Sparkly starbursts, north stars, and a magnetic brew

Erin & The Wildfire

Touchy Feely (self-released)

It’s been five years since the Charlottesville-formed and now Richmond-based Erin & The Wildfire released a new album, and 2022 finds the group exploring the past through a new sound glittering with ’80s glam. As many pandemic era albums go, songwriting and collaborating for Touchy Feely was done virtually. It was recorded in the summer of 2021, and produced by RVA native and Spacebomb Records founder Matthew E. White (Natalie Prass, Foxygen, Justin Vernon, Hiss Golden Messenger, Sharon Van Etten).

Touchy Feely is one to throw on when intrusive, gnawing thoughts torment your head. Scrolling through social media won’t help, but Touchy Feely will. This is a best friend, a beacon of light in the darkness. Listen to “Ray of Sunshine” or “Sweet Thing” or any of the other eight songs for an instant pick-me-up. Also gratifying is Erin & The Wildfire’s support of body acceptance, self-love, and feminism, as told in the single “Shape:” “Don’t be scared to own it / You’re allowed to take up space. Nobody can tell you / When to wear a smile on your face.”

Feel the love when Erin & The Wildfire play Front Porch Fest in September. (Released April 2022)

Caroline Spence

True North (Rounder Records)

Caroline Spence left Charlottesville for Nashville more than 10 years ago to hone her singer-songwriting abilities, and her latest album, True North, is a fine example of human vulnerability. Spence pens close to the heart, hoping past mistakes can be erased over time on “Clean Getaway.” She falls hopelessly in love on “I Forget the Rest,” and muses on how to escape an emotional spiral on “The Next Good Time.” The 12 tracks on True North feel as if they’ve been pulled straight from Spence’s diary— wistful, wise, and youthful, her songs tell decades of life stories in 41 minutes. Caroline Spence is on the bill with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Emmylou Harris at the Ting Pavilion on August 23rd. (Released April 2022)

Dropping Julia

Stranger (self-released)

Stranger emerges as a femme fatale. Lead singer Emily Julia Kresky’s fitting, bewitching voice stirs the sultry jazz-funk-pop brew that is Stranger—with the ingredients of a swirling new horn section, a scoop of ’50s doowop background vocals from The Judy Chops, and dashes of sass that have defined the band since 2019.

Based on her personal, weird experiences with men, Kresky twists her tales into magnetic songs like “Emily” (when a boyfriend cheated on her with a girl who shared her name) and the title track. Every song here is like a hex, so don’t cross Kresky, whose musical prowess on Stranger puts Dropping Julia at the top of its game. (Released April 2022)—Samantha Federico

Tennis Tournament

Friday Sept. 23, 2022 Saturday Sept. 24, 2022

Grab a racquet and join us at seven clubs around town for tennis and pickleball to fight breast cancer and support women’s health at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

Register starting July 1, 2022 at

mjhfoundation.org/in-the-pink

To Benefit Women’s Health and Breast Cancer Prevention In Our Community at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

Hosted by The Women’s Committee of Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation

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