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Nelson County high schoolers invest in their community’s future with a new Youth Philanthropy Council.

NEWS

9 10 A word with CHS’ new pr incipal, Justin Malone. 11 Former delegate discusses ranked-choice voting. 13 Real Estate Weekly: Development plans pave the way for more homes— and roadway hazards.

CULTURE

35 37 All You Can Eat: Ace Biscuit & Barbecue preps for a br ight future

38 In Memoriam: With Nym Pedersen’s passing, a community remembers the ar t and joy he provided

Tried It: Poppypointe’s open stitch nights offer space for local creatives

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Hello, Charlottesville. Thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly.

My daughter turned 4 at the end of June and, as a belated birthday gift from my aunt, uncle, and grandparents, last week she received an envelope with $300 in cash. I’ll reserve commentary on my personal feelings about how much money is appropriate for a 4-year-old (and try not to look a gift horse in the mouth!) and instead focus on the look in her eyes when she realized what she’d been given. Saucers, I tell ya. It reminded me of a charming part of this week’s cover on Nelson County High School’s Youth Philanthropy Council. The club hands local kids the opportunity to deploy capital from the Nelson County Community Fund to area nonprofits—in 2024, that was $15,000. The club’s founder, Dakota Justus, says, “We ended up … saving a little bit to try and be able to give similar amounts next year. But even taking that into account, that was a lot of money to all these high school students.” He’s right—it was a lot of money. But as the story also demonstrates, the students took their role very seriously, distributing $12,000 between two local nonprofits whose missions they found compelling. As for my daughter, she was given $10 to spend (she bought a rainbow owl stuffy, a new notebook, and some colored pencils), encouraged to give $10 away, and asked to deposit the remaining $280 in her savings account.

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Around Town

is a celebration of the life and artwork of Nym Pedersen (1959-2024).

Please find his artwork displayed around town at the following businesses:

Chroma Gallery

Radio IQ

JMRL, Crozet Branch

Live Arts

Iron Paffles

The Scrappy Elephant And many more.

Please join us in celebrating his 65th Birthday on August 17th from 4-8 at The Bradbury Downtown.

information and a calendar of events, visit

“Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place not an event. Charlottesville is a place.”

—Former Charlottesville City Schools instructor and University of Virginia doctoral recipient Margaret Thornton in a post on X/Twitter on the seventh anniversary of A12.

NEWS

IN BRIEF

Burning questions

The Albemarle County Fire Marshal’s Office is currently investigating a suspicious fire that occurred on August 11, resulting in an estimated $30,000 of damage to Vocelli Pizza. Albemarle County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the scene at approximately 1:45am, where they discovered the front of the pizzeria and two trash cans ablaze. Anyone in the area near the time of the fire or with information should contact the Albemarle Fire Marshal’s Office at 296-5833.

Park plans

The Charlottesville Department of Parks & Recreation will present its key findings from months of public comments at 6pm on August 20 at Carver Recreation Center. The findings will inform the city and PROS Consulting as they develop a master plan for the department, which will guide Parks & Recreation for at least the next 10 years.

Cause for celebration

After weeks of fundraising efforts, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville’s offer to purchase Carlton Mobile Home Park has been accepted. The offer—which was put together in record time following notification that an anonymous buyer offered $7 million for the property in early June—is a joint effort between Habitat, Piedmont Housing Alliance, Legal Aid Justice Center, and the City of Charlottesville. “[We] are thrilled and relieved to know that the Bolton family has accepted the offer we put before them on behalf of the residents who live in the community,” posted Habitat on Facebook on August 8. “We are humbled to know that the residents of the Carlton community were willing to take this leap of faith with us. We look forward to working closely with the residents in the months and years to come.”

Home court

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Former University of Virginia basketball star Kyle Guy is returning to Charlottesville as Athlete Development Mentor/Special Assistant for the Hoos.

“We are thrilled to welcome Kyle and his family back to Charlottesville,” said UVA men’s basketball Head Coach Tony Bennett in an August 7 release announcing Guy’s return. “Kyle is not only one of the best players I’ve ever coached, but also one of the finest young men I’ve met. He will make an immediate impact on our

Rain check

Several people and animals were evacuated from Misty Mountain Camp Resort in Albemarle County in the middle of the night on August 9, when rain from Hurricane Debby caused flash flooding around 3:30am. Water from the storm rushed in and out of the campground, resulting in no injuries but partially submerging multiple RVs.

program, working with our players and sharing the expertise and competitive fire he’s gained throughout his collegiate and professional [careers].”

During his time as a player at Virginia, Guy was a member of the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship winning team, making several key plays during the March Madness tournament. He went on to play professionally for five seasons, with three years in the NBA and two seasons playing abroad in Spain.

Guy’s return to Charlottesville marks the official end of his professional career and his transition into coaching.

“I want to sincerely thank Coach Bennett and Carla Williams for trusting me with the opportunity to come back and begin this next chapter of my life,” said Guy in the release. “I’m beyond excited to help this team and the University in any way needed. I’m also excited for my kids to see the work never stops! Fail harder!”

“I saw a car … floating on down the road,” camper Keith Hebert told CBS19. “We just weren’t planning on this; this about ruined our weekend.” Charlottesville is almost 200 miles inland, but the city and surrounding areas are still at risk for dangerous conditions from hurricane remnants. As we

approach the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the City of Charlottesville is reminding residents to stock up on supplies, ensure outdoor furniture is secured, monitor weather conditions, and avoid flooded areas.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

Kyle Guy played for the UVA men’s basketball team from 2016 to 2019.

IT’S COMING

Ready, steady, go

New CHS Principal Justin Malone on the 2024-25 school year

By Catie Ratliff reporter@c-ville.com

Charlottesville High School is kicking off the 2024-25 school year with a new principal, Justin Malone. Since starting on July 1, Malone has worked to get CHS ready for students to return.

“I was ordered a new desk when I came on board and then went on vacation,” says Malone. “When I came back, not only was my old desk removed, but the new desk hadn’t arrived … So I have been here since July 1 without a desk.”

While waiting on his desk to arrive, Malone has been working out of a conference room by the main office. Three of the four walls to the room are glass, allowing the new principal to stay engaged with the school community—something he plans to keep up during the school year.

“I’m constantly navigating and going through this building to be a presence so that people can see me,” says Malone. Getting to know the school community, both new and returning faces, is key for the principal and something he hopes to foster among the incoming freshman class through the Link Crew program.

As CHS’ main initiative for helping freshmen with the transition into high school, the Link Crew program comprises roughly 70 juniors and seniors selected to mentor the incoming freshman class. Link Crew leaders will check in on the ninth graders throughout the year, helping the underclassmen settle in academically and socially.

“The structure of it is meant to sort of demystify what high school could be like or areas that might be just on a freshman’s mind about what to do when,” says Malone.

“We have a full day of training helping workshop some activities that [the Link Crew mentors] will then lead with our freshmen.”

Beyond the peer mentoring program, Malone has also highlighted staffing and community-building as top priorities.

Staffing shortages were a major factor in the unexpected closure of CHS last November, when several instructors called out following student fights. Longtime local instructor Kenneth Leatherwood stepped up as interim principal in the wake of the closure and unexpected departure of former principal Rashaad Pitt.

The school is now fully staffed outside of some additional needs in the science department, according to Malone.

“I’m really proud of our staff,” he says. “They know this community well, and they embrace the experiences and the students that are a part of Charlottesville High

School in a way that helps to express our students’ talents, our students’ capacity, our students’ identity. Our staff sees that and welcomes it and helps champion that.”

To help foster community and accountability, CHS has also implemented a new digital hall pass system this year. Through the digital system, instructors will be able to not only set an expected duration and location for student passes, but monitor the number of students school-wide sent to an area at one time. Limiting the number of students outside of class in a given location allows instructors and administrators to prevent large groups from meeting or coordinating fights in the hallways. With 1,430 students—the highest enrollment in the school’s history—set to attend CHS this fall, this is especially vital.

“We’re thoughtful about when we’re sending students to [other] spaces,” says Malone. “We’re thoughtful about the number of students that we’re sending to certain locations, and in doing so, we’re all able to prioritize the time that students are in their classes.”

“Coming into this year, we know that Charlottesville High School is a very special place, and we have prepared for the expectation that students are going to be where they need to be,” says Malone. “We have a staff that is ready to engage them in meaningful,

engaging experiences in the classroom, and our administrative team and our [Care and Safety Assistants] are in a position to help make sure that the students are [not] in unauthorized spaces when they shouldn’t be.”

Since returning from virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging with students and the community has been an ongoing effort in Charlottesville City Schools. At the core of that effort is a return to regular community-building activities, including school sports and dances.

“So much of what we heard over and over again last year from teachers and students was that, really, the issues that came up in the fall were still kind of post-COVID, post-being away from school for such a long time,” says CCS Community Relations Coordinator Amanda Korman. “By that point none of these kids have been to a pep rally, none of these kids have had a normal dance or a prom. … All those normal cultural, positive things that keep a high school together.”

“To a large extent, it’s super important and we’re going to keep building out beyond Link Crew, creating experiences for students,” says Malone. “Our work will always continue to be, ‘How do we create and connect students with meaningful experiences that are part of the high school experience?’”

“Our work will always continue to be, ‘How do we create and connect students with meaningful experiences that are part of the high school experience?’”

CHS PRINCIPAL JUSTIN MALONE

Outside of school, Malone enjoys music and film podcasts. The principal is currently on a major Kendrick Lamar kick.

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Tally-ho

City Council to consider rankedchoice voting ordinance

By Catie Ratliff reporter@c-ville.com

Charlottesville City Council will formally consider a draft rankedchoice voting ordinance at its August 19 meeting. If approved, Charlottesville would become the second locality in Virginia to adopt ranked-choice voting, and the new voting system will be used on a trial basis in the city’s 2025 election.

Under a ranked-choice system, voters can rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives 50 percent of the first preference vote, the candidate with the fewest votes is then eliminated. Voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice then have their second preference candidate votes tallied and added to the vote totals. The process continues until a candidate has earned a simple majority of votes.

“The beauty of ranked-choice voting is it ensures that we elect leaders who actually build coalitions from the breadth of their community, rather than just rallying an extreme minority,” says former delegate Sally Hudson. “It lets voters vote for who they really like no matter how many candidates run.”

During her time in the Virginia General Assembly, Hudson introduced a bill allowing cities to adopt ranked-choice voting. She went on to found Ranked Choice Virginia in 2021 and continues to advocate for the adoption of the voting system across the commonwealth.

Benefits to ranked-choice voting are numerous, according to Hudson. Key positives include empowering voters to select their preferred candidate and reducing, if not completely eliminating, the risk of splitting the vote among likeminded candidates.

“If it turns out that your favorite candidate is not among the most popular picks, you still get a voice in who the final selection is from your community, from the last candidates,” she says. “Once candidates don’t have to worry about splitting the vote and accidentally tipping the scales toward someone they don’t support, we see more candidates who are willing to throw their hat in the ring, and that means that voters get more options.”

Locally, Hudson says one of the races that could most benefit from ranked-choice voting is city council elections.

“The

“We now have the virtue of having wide fields run for just a handful of city council seats each year, and that’s exactly when you can see vote splitting,” she says. “Somebody [can] get elected to council with a relatively small share of the vote, maybe only 20 or 30 percent … a ranked choice election can ensure that you find the winners who really do have broad support in the community and don’t just have a super vocal slice that is out of step with the rest.”

Though Charlottesville City Council will formally consider the adoption of rankedchoice voting for the first time on August 19, preparations have already begun behind the scenes for the possibility of using the voting system in local elections in 2025. A number of logistical steps have been taken (namely, finding ranked-choice-capable software for voting machines), but the largest hurdle is still to come: voter education.

“It’s a switch for people,” says Hudson. “Once voters have a chance to see it in action, they consistently report that they understand the new system and that they like it. … You do have to do voter education, but if you do it and you do it well, then voters get it. They like it. They want to do it again.”

beauty of ranked-choice voting is it ensures that we elect leaders who actually build coalitions from the breadth of their community, rather than just rallying an extreme minority.”

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Stacking up

A dangerous Charlottesville intersection could become more crowded

By Sean Tubbs

If implemented as planners hope, Charlottesville’s new development rules will provide more places for people to live by making it easier for builders to navigate the process. Less certain is what will happen when more of those homes are constructed on a road network with known areas of concern.

Perhaps one of the most dangerous intersections in Charlottesville is at Fifth Street SW and Harris Road, which has seen at least three fatalities since 2016 and many more just to the north on a stretch of roadway designed to be a highway. Thousands of vehicles pass through this junction every weekday.

To the west is the city’s Fry’s Spring neighborhood and the Willoughby Shopping Center and to the east and up a hill is the Willoughby neighborhood, which has several dozen homes with city addresses until the roadway passes into Albemarle County.

Moores Creek LLC, a company associated with Woodard Properties, has plans pending before the city to build a development called Willoughby Place with 84 twobedroom apartments in two buildings on 4.8 acres. The driveway to this by-right development would be 350' from the Harris Road intersection. That’s one reason the Willoughby Property Owners Association is opposed to the development.

“Line of sight expressed by [Moores Creek LLC’s] plans from Harris Road to [the Willoughby Place] entrance is twodimensional and doesn’t take into account the hill,” reads an August 7 letter from the association to the city requesting a denial of a preliminary site plan.

The Willoughby Place plans also show a connection to a parcel in Albemarle Coun-

ty, but correspondence between the city and the firm Shimp Engineering indicates there are no efforts to develop that land at this time. There was an effort to do so in 2014 that did not meet with the favor of the county’s planning commission.

The plans for 610 Harris Rd. were filed under the city’s previous rules, which means that none of the units have to be rented at below-market rates to satisfy affordability requirements, known in the new code as “inclusionary zoning.” Plans filed now require 10 percent of the units to be affordable.

The northwest quadrant of the Fifth and Harris intersection is a 46-unit townhouse community built by Southern Development in the mid-2000s. The future of the southwest quadrant is wide open with a new owner.

On August 5, an entity based in Staunton called TAP Investments LLC purchased 1113 Fifth St. SW for $1.375 million, slightly above the 2024 assessment. The new zoning code is Commercial Mixed Use 8, which would allow for an eight-story building with unlimited residential density as well as many commercial possibilities.

A bank operated on the 0.9-acre property for many years and in the fall of 2022, City Council granted a special use permit allowing for Green Clean Albemarle LLC to operate a car wash on the property.

So far, there are no applications to develop the property.

No matter what gets built, the city is working to make the roadway safer with plans for a “road diet” between Harris Road and Cherry Avenue.

“We’re expecting to bring those conceptual plans to the public for review this fall,” says Afton Schneider, the city’s director of communications and public engagement.

The entrance to Willoughby Place would be 350' from the intersection of Fifth Street SW and Harris Road along a winding road.

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Classic 2 story brick residence set on a 3.6 acre lot in the Ivy Elementary School District. First floor guest suite. Bright, updated kitchen. Front and rear staircases. Spacious bedrooms, hardwood floors and brick fireplaces. The sunroom opens from family room and out to the deck. Full basement features a family room with brick fireplace. $999,000

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EDGEMONT

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 15 miles south of Charlottesville, is this rare 572-acre historic estate whose design is reputed to be the only remaining private residence attributed to Thomas Jefferson. $15,000,000 Court Nexsen, 646.660.0700 www.HistoricEdgemont.com

HISTORIC STAUNTON

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CROZET

Quality-built residence, circa 2017, in the heart of Crozet, minutes from shopping, Western Schools, and Blue Ridge Mountains. Highlights include a main-level master suite, high ceilings, gourmet kitchen, screened porch, and 2-car garage. MLS#655239 $989,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 or Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455

BAILEY’S QUARTERS

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BENTIVAR MANOR

Exquisite brick home on 88 acres less than 5 miles from city limits. Residence is in excellent condition, 7-BR & 11,000+ sf. Property is a mix of pastures & woods with long frontage on the Rivanna River, & miles of trails. MLS#652353 $4,875,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 or Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455

FRAYS MILL

Wooded 81.395-acre preservation tract near Frays Mill Subdivision in Albemarle Co., 6 miles from Charlottesville Airport, shops, restaurants. Ideal for recreation, agriculture, and private home with mountain views. MLS#651664 $995,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 or Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455

CARRSBROOK

This family friendly home has been thoughtfully updated with a blend of style and comfort for modern living. Spacious with 5 bedrooms, dual purpose main floor bed or office with adjacent full bath, 3 full baths, living room and den, plus 3 season sunroom. MLS#654829 $675,000 Jeremy Fields, 434.270.1220

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When the moon doth rise and the stars twinkle bright, we gather to revel in the myth and magic of the night.

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Nelson County High's Youth Philanthropy Council looks ahead

By Claudia Gohn

L

ast summer, as Dakota Justus was revving up for his final year in high school, a couple of his teachers reached out to him about an opportunity to improve his community while also fulfilling a graduation requirement. He took the idea and ran with it. For his senior project, which would culminate his participation in the central Virginia-wide Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School program, Justus would create a club at Nelson County High School that allowed students to give back to their community: a new Youth Philanthropy Council—one of multiple in the region.

“[Philanthropy is] taking—even if it’s not much that you have—taking what you can give and trying to use that to better the world around you,” Justus says. “It’s just something really, really beautiful.”

Any senior project for the BRVGS program can be demanding, and starting a new philanthropy program in a small county is no easy feat, but Justus was up for the challenge to improve the place where he was born and raised.

Starting up

The first Youth Philanthropy Council program started in 2008 by the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge. Miriam Burrows, the director of educational programs for the CFCBR, covers the basics of what the students learn.

“We start with saying, ‘Nonprofit 101: What is a nonprofit organization and what is philanthropy?’ Philanthropy literally means the love of mankind,” she says. “I like to think of it as a love your neighbor sort of thing.”

YPCs comprise young people in middle and high school (and now also fifth grade at Augusta’s YPC Junior). The students are taught what nonprofits are and why they’re important, what philanthropy is, and how giving to these organizations can make a big impact. After a proposal process, students are given a chunk of money, ranging from $100 to $30,000, to deploy to the nonprofits of their choice. The councils across Waynesboro, Staunton, Augusta, and Highland—and now Nelson—have not only allowed nonprofits to receive more funding, but they demonstrate the power of young people and their dedication

STEPHEN BARLING

Dakota Justus, who founded Nelson County High School’s Youth Philanthropy Council last year, says the group “loved the idea of the opportunity to have a voice in their community and do something better.”

to improving their communities both for others and for their own future.

The participating nonprofits must first submit applications to be considered to receive grants. A range of nonprofits can apply—from the YMCA to the Boys & Girls Club—as long as they contribute to the county. Once the board at CFCBR (or Nelson County Community Fund for the YPC in Nelson) narrows down a list of nonprofits from the applicant pool, the YPC vets each candidate, weighing the pros and cons of donating to each and considering their own interests and what they want to see in their communities.

Dan Layman, CEO of the CFCBR, underscores the importance of having these nonprofits’ applications in the students’ decision-making process.

“We always ask those organizations to also help the students understand what they do by sharing a story about their work. That could be the impact they had on a specific client or a specific capital project that they undertook,” he says. “And just so the students, in lieu of being able to go to a site visit, can get a better understanding of ‘What does it look like on a day-to-day basis for this organization?’”

Getting together

After Justus showed interest in starting a YPC at his high school, he met with the board of directors at NCCF to learn more about what the council would look like, as well as some of the foundations of philanthropy. As he learned more and more about the process of creating the club, he realized he needed help from his peers.

“I can’t really do anything alone, so I had to go and get a group of students together. [That was] the next big challenge,” Justus says.

At Justus’ high school, the new YPC took the form of a club (as opposed to the YPC in Staunton, Augusta, and Waynesboro, where the organization comprises multiple high schools). He describes a good mix of students who showed interest: underclassmen, upperclassmen, athletes, musicians. “Despite everything they had going on in their lives in school and everything, they loved the idea of the opportunity to have a voice in their community and do something better,” Justus says.

This new YPC is supported by the NCCF, which strives to aid the community and address challenges through volunteering and donations. Now, the YPC is a new way of working toward these goals, in part thanks to Vice President of NCCF’s Board of Directors Jennell Charles, who worked with Justus to shape the new Nelson initiative.

Before handing over the money, students not only go through the educational process of learning about nonprofits and philanthropy, but also submit grant proposals to be reviewed by the board of the CFCBR (as well as the NCCF for the Nelson YPC). They present their applica-

THE PHILANTHROPY ISSUE

tions in front of the board, including an explanation for their decisions, and participate in many intense discussions before receiving final approval.

“We could have students who were very passionate about one proposal and others [who] were not. Those particular meetings, if you were ever to sit in one, get quite intense and the students learn to advocate and compromise and figure out how best to utilize those funds,” says Layman. “They simply tell us, ‘Here are our decisions.’” Layman notes that the board makes every effort to support the students’ decisions, processing the grants and sending them out.

Making the difference

The Nelson YPC was given $15,000 to use in their donations. In the end, they only ended up using $12,000, giving $6,000 each to two nonprofits: The Bridge Ministry and the Nelson County Community Development Foundation. They saved the remaining $3,000 to use in the future. Justus was surprised they were even given that large of an amount of money at all.

“We ended up … saving a little bit to try and be able to give similar amounts next year,” he says. “But even taking that into account, that was a lot of money to all these high school students. I’m extremely grateful to all organizations involved because without them, we definitely would not have been able to have the level of effect that we were able to give.”

While these students aren’t the ones on the ground, they’re able to indirectly help improve their communities. “The point is to impact the lives of the residents of the county through the work that the nonprofits do,” Charles says. “What we can do as philanthropists is give them resources to support their work.”

Just as he describes his fellow classmates in Nelson’s YPC, Justus also demonstrates a clear interest in wanting to improve and care for his community. Justus, who is headed to George Mason University this fall to study computer game design, and his peers are passionate about preserving their hometown and want to have the option to return after pursuing higher education. For this reason, they chose one of the nonprofits because of its efforts to maintain affordable housing for Nelson County residents.

Per a 2022 five-year survey by the US Census Bureau, the median household income in Nelson is $64,028—more than $20,000 less than the state average. But home value in the area isn’t consistent with this amount, jumping from $190,700 to $275,100. This means that over that 10-year period, while income increased by nearly 30 percent, the median home value rose over 44 percent.

The Nelson County Community Development Foundation, one of the YPC’s 2023-2024 grant recipients, aims to serve primarily low-income individuals as well as those facing housing

insecurity. Margaret Clair, the executive director of the NCCDF, says that the money is going toward first-time home buyers in the county to help them with closing costs. Each family will get $2,000 and one family has already received the support.

Hearing that these students are as passionate as they are about making affordable housing more accessible is moving for Clair as a parent and resident of Nelson.

“We’re hoping to be able to flip existing housing that needs to be rehabbed for sale to people who live or work in Nelson County. And that would include kids coming back,” she says. “They want to live in the county. I want them to live in the county. Their parents want them to live in the county. … My kids went to Nelson County schools, and two of them live with me right now because housing is ridiculous.”

It’s unclear whether affordable housing will continue to be a focus of the YPC this upcoming year, especially since the club will be under new leadership. But with the hard work of the YPC this past year, Justus and Nelson County High School students are working to make living in their hometown more accessible and paving the way for a better future.

“The YPC started out as just a governor’s school project,” Justus says. “But it grew into something that I became pretty passionate about and that I really want to see grow in future years.”

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The 2023-2024 Youth Philanthropy Council at NCHS granted $6,000 each to two local nonprofits: The Bridge Ministry and the Nelson County Community Development Foundation.

Service Dogs of Virginia

Because life can change in an instant

It takes 2 years and $40,000 to train a dog to become a service dog.

Since 2000 Service Dogs of Virginia has been placing service dogs at no charge to our clients. We need your help to ensure we can continue place these dogs that allow greater personal freedom and independence to those living with disabilities.

Client Didi: “Wylie is my best friend. The world is not made for people with disabilities, but Wylie and I are working on it.”

Please consider making a donation or volunteering. You too can become a life changer!

www.servicedogsva.org

Charlottesville Free Clinic

Paul Nagao; Dr. Marcel Durieux; Taylor Dorr; Carol Marsh, RN

Mission: To provide a volunteer-driven, community-based health system for uninsured and underinsured individuals in the greater Charlottesville area.

Do you have any exciting programs or events as we head into fall?

Year-round, the Free Clinic is filled with excitement from providing over 8,200 visits for medical, dental, and mental health care. With our new additional dental clinic, we are preparing to see more patients and increase our integrated care services.

But for the fall, we are excited about our 20th Annual Benefit Concert, courtesy of Coran Capshaw and Red Light Management, at the Ting Pavilion on October 9th. The Benefit Concert is our biggest fundraiser of the year and continues to provide an amazing night of music and fun to bring our community together in support of our mission.

(434)296-5525 frontdesk@cvillefreeclinic.org

The Center

Melanie, Front Desk Representative

Mission: We positively impact our community by creating opportunities for healthy aging through social engagement, physical well-being, civic involvement, creativity, and lifelong learning.

What’s the best way the Charlottesville community can get involved and assist you?

We are big believers in the Five Ts—Time, Talent, Ties, Testimony, and Treasure—and appreciate the many ways our community supports us, but we are particularly grateful for those who are generous with their Treasure. Unlike other senior centers, The Center at Belvedere does not receive any regular funding from local, state, or federal governments. Over 60% of our needs are covered by philanthropic donations. Our donors not only support our general operations, but make it possible for us to keep membership dues as low as possible and to provide no-questions-asked scholarships for membership, thus ensuring our healthy aging opportunities are accessible to anyone who wishes to live more years in good health.

434.974.7756

League of Women Voters of the Charlottesville Area

Lisa Hilgartner, President of the League of Women

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights to ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation at the local, state, and national levels.

Do you have any exciting programs or events as we head into fall?

We are deeply involved in the Get Out the Vote campaign the general election in the fall to alert voters and inform voters on who is on their ballot and why it’s important for all registered voters to vote.

We start our fall season on Sept.14th (see our ad for details) with We Are the League , for those who are thinking of joining the League or seeing what we have to offer. On September 29th we are holding a Community Dialogue of Misinformation /Disinformation in the Media. Later Community Dialogues on Single Use Plastics, Engaging Young Voters in the Political Process, One Person-One Vote lwv@lwv-cva.org

EMPOWERING VOTERS. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY.

EMPOWERING VOTERS. DEFENDING DEMOCRACY.

Come join us for our first fall event: “WE ARE THE LEAGUE”

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights to ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.

Saturday, September 14th, from 10:30am-12:30pm Northside Library, 550 W Rio Rd.,22901

Listen to what our League offers members, our issues and actions to help voters and their families. Talk to our directors!

We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation at the local, state, and national levels.

JOIN US IN OUR MISSION!

Our goal? To shape better communities through civic engagement.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights to ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.

WE DO NOT ENDORSE OR OPPOSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR CANDIDATE(S) FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation at the local, state, and national levels.

Our goal? To shape better communities through civic engagement

We are committed to applying the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of our operations and activities.

WE DO NOT ENDORSE OR OPPOSE ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR CANDIDATE(S) FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

We are committed to applying the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of our operations and activities.

We support government policies that apply these principles in addressing social, environmental, and economic problems in our communities.

We support government policies that apply these principles in addressing social, environmental, and economic problems in our communities.

We hold government officials accountable for decision-making that promotes widespread informed civic participation.

We hold government officials accountable for decision-making that promotes widespread informed civic participation.

Learn more about what we do at our website lwv-cva.org and Facebook page.

Find out more on our website lwv-cva.org

JOIN US IN OUR MISSION!

Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and X. Email us at lwv@lvw-cva.org.

Contact us: lwv@lwv-cva.org

Mission: JMRL fosters personal growth and lifelong learning for all by connecting people with ideas, information, and each other.

Do you have any exciting programs or events as we head into fall?

The Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale is scheduled for October 5 - 13 at the site of the old Northside Library at Albemarle Square Shopping Center. The Pre-Sale for Members will be held on Friday, October 4. Sign up to become a member at this event or online at jmrlfriends.org. Proceeds of the Friends book sale support library programming for children, teens, and adults at every JMRL branch.

Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Library Director David Plunkett (Photo credit: Eze Amos)

United Way of Greater Charlottesville Ravi Respeto, President & CEO

At United Way of Greater Charlottesville, we envision a community where every person and family can thrive. Through direct services for families, grants for small businesses, partnerships with local organizations and nonprofits and more, we bring our community together, so all individuals and families get what they need to achieve their full potential.

How does your nonprofit represent and support the Charlottesville area?

United Way of Greater Charlottesville helps provide access to high-quality early education as well as financial stability resources and programs for families in our community who need them the most. We’ve seen firsthand how factors such as access to quality childcare or having a reliable vehicle directly impact a family’s ability to thrive in our area, and we work to implement fair and scalable solutions to these challenges.

We take pride in having a diverse and empathetic staff, Board of Directors, and community partners who come from a myriad different backgrounds, walks of life, and neighborhoods in the Greater Charlottesville area. Having a variety of perspectives guiding what we do ensures that we fully understand all the complexities of our community and the different obstacles people may face.

As a result, we have been proud to lead innovative programs that work to accomplish our goals with the help of community partners, and we look forward to continuing to empower our neighbors and community in 2025 and beyond.

Meals on Wheels

Student volunteer from Enactus at UVA delivering to our client, George

Join us for a catered reception and evening of live music and mission to benefit Meals on Wheels!

Raffle for over $3000 in Dining Gift Cards

UVA Football and Basketball Facility Tours

Dave Matthews Band Signed Poster and Album

At Meals on Wheels of Charlottesville/Albemarle, our mission is to extend a compassionate hand to our community’s most vulnerable individuals. Since 1977, we have been dedicated to providing hot, nutritious meals and essential wellness checks to those who struggle with food accessibility or preparation.

What’s the best way the Charlottesville community can get involved and assist you?

We are always looking for more volunteers! In just one hour, you can help pack and deliver lunch for your homebound neighbors, explore different areas of Charlottesville, and support your community. Make it a weekly event or come in as a substitute whenever you’ve got a spare morning, we’d love to have you!

434-293-4364

volunteer@cvillemeals.org or info@cvillemeals.org

www.cvillemeals.org

Public Education Foundation Students from Explore Learning STEAM Camp

Our Mission: Through our passion for public education, we support more than 17,000 students in Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville to grow and thrive in all academic disciplines by providing resources and opportunities with the help of the community and local businesses.

How does your nonprofit represent and support the Charlottesville area?

The Public Education Foundation of Charlottesville-Albemarle (PEFCA) has played a vital role in meeting the educational needs of Albemarle and Charlottesville’s children since 2004.

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Unique Local Winery and Restaurant Experiences ...and MORE!! Dining Gift Cards and Facility Album and Tickets

PEFCA is a nonprofit (501(c)(3) organization providing Albemarle County Public Schools and Charlottesville City Schools with additional education programs, financial resources, and support to increase student achievement. Through community involvement and support PEFCA strives to ensure that every child in our two public school districts has access to educational experiences that prepare them for success, that every teacher has the resources to educate effectively, and that every administrator can provide exemplary support and leadership.

Contact Penny Harrison, Executive Director to get involved!

www.PEFCA.org

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To serve a hot, nutritious meal, a friendly visit, and a vital wellness check to our community’s most vulnerable. With each delivery, we offer a lifeline of care, community, and connection to those who struggle to access or prepare food for themselves. VISIT CVILLEMEALS.ORG Tickets On Sale AUGUST 21

Botanical Garden of the Peidmont Executive Director Jill Trischman-Marks

The mission of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont is to welcome all community members and visitors to engage in nature, to inspire learning through the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability, and to promote human and environmental well-being.

How does your nonprofit represent and support the Charlottesville area?

The Botanical Garden of the Piedmont brings people of all ages and backgrounds together as a community to celebrate and nurture our native flora and fauna. BGP presents affordable, engaging programming to provide educational and inspirational experiences for all ages and provides access to the Garden and its natural spaces for exploration, observation, and restoration. This urban oasis embraces inclusion by inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the Garden whether they be visitors, supporters, volunteers, or staff, to further our goal of being a place that promotes human and environmental well-being.

piedmontgarden.org

CULTURE

MONDAY 8/19

NOD IF YOU CAN HEAR ME

Whether you love it, hate it, or have never heard of it, here’s your chance to see it on the big screen. It’s Pink Floyd—The Wall. Watch a whacked-out superstar musician spiral into an isolated state of paranoia as he relives his childhood traumas. Watch him lapse into episodes of anxious and fantastical thinking as his personal life dissolves. Watch school children set fire to their educational institution. Watch animated hammers goose-step through London. Is the narrative cohesive? Not really. But the music holds up.You’ll probably want to enjoy this with an herbal refreshment of some sort. $9, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

SATURDAY 8/17

DIG THIS

With enough soul-beat samples to make any crate-digger swoon, Nathaniel Star brings heady lyricism with heart to every track he touches. The C’ville local alternates gravel-voiced verses with honey-sweet hooks, moving seamlessly between driving hip-hop and smooth R&B. Writing with verve and witticism, Star celebrates Blackness and sonic expression through rich storytelling and riveting concept albums that explore diverse themes, from the music of Queen to the crack era of the ’80s. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

76 WAYS TO WIND DOWN YOUR SUMMER

SATURDAY 8/17

SOUL GOOD

The fourth annual Soul of Cville Festival is a celebration of Black excellence across disciplines. Dance? You know it. Fashion show? For sure. DJ sets? Yup. Live music? Hell yeah. Beyond the performances, dozens of vendors and community partners will be on site. There’s awesome apparel, creative arts and crafts, meaningful mentorship, and a wide range of other products and services available for your discovery. Hungry? Sample sweet treats, soul food staples, and delicious Caribbean cuisine among other offerings. The family-friendly fest also provides free art-making opportunities, plus community access to Ix’s Looking Glass Immersive Art Experience. Free, 3-8pm. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Deke Polifka, Music Director

Auditions August 23-26, 2024 (appointment only) Contact thevirginiaconsort@gmail.com

at virginiaconsort.org/auditions

CULTURE THIS WEEK

Wednesday 8/14 music

Berto and Matt. Latin guitar night. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Hard Swimmin’ Fish. Take in roots and blues from Hard Swimmin’ Fish one more time in its final performance in the C’ville area. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

Karaoke. Sing your heart out at Fiorano Karaoke. Easy sign up and a booming sound system. Free, 9pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

Open Mic Night. Open to all musicians, poets, and everyone in between. Hosted by Nicole Giordano. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St.

The Wavelength. Live music with The Wavelength, longtime C’ville staples. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

classes

Needle Felted Mushrooms. Join Ari (they/ them) for a beginner­level felting class. Learn how to make soft and colorful mushroom decorations using a specialized barbed needle to sculpt beautiful dyed wool. Ages 14+. $35, 5pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Matthew O’Donnell. “The Blue Ridge Bard” is a cornerstone of the C’ville music scene. Free, 7:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskey jarcville.com

Please Don’t Tell. An evening of dark chamber music that will run the gamut of human emotion. With Death By Bellows and Beasts of Least Concern. Free, 7pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave., Ste. 2. superflybrewing.com

Songwriters’ Open Mic. This is a space for all levels, styles, and ages. Amps and mics provided. Please limit your performance to one original so we can hear as much new work as possible. Sign ups at 6:30pm. Free, 7pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraft cider.com

ToBe Fare. Alternative rock originals and diverse covers from this three­piece central Virginia group. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapture restaurant.com

classes

Morning Toddler Time. Open to toddlers and preschoolers. Join the amazing Minou for an hour of toddler fun—singing, story time, and creative art exploration. Come in clothes you don’t mind getting messy. $12, 10:30am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Paint + Sip: Blissful Beach Day. Learn a variety of techniques and skills to render a blissful beach day scene. $38, 6pm. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. starrhill.com

Summer Sewing Sessions. An opendoor sewing class. Sign up for the evenings you can attend and work on a project with an instructor at your own pace. Open to adults of all levels. $40, 5:30pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com etc.

Bingo. Free to play, fun prizes. Free, 6pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

SuperFly Run Club. Run around the city, then enjoy $5 pints. Raffles and exclusive merchandise to be earned. Free, 6pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. superflybrewing.com

Thursday 8/15

music

Berto and Vincent. Blending wild rumba guitars with Latin and Cuban influences, Berto and Vincent wow audiences with their untamed style. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Charlottesville Band. A live performance by the Cville Band Saxophone Ensemble. Free, 6:45pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

Jam with Steve Lanza. Steve hosts a gathering where you are invited to come and play along. Free, 8pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

John D’earth and Friends. Join us each week at Miller’s Downtown for live jazz with John D’earth and a rotating cast of local and national jazz musicians. Free, 10pm. Miller’s Downtown, 109 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. millersdowntown.com Karaoke. Sing Karaoke with us at FIREFLY Restaurant + Game Room every Thursday. Reservations recommended. Free, 8pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Friday 8/16 music

Brian Franke. Brian Franke is an independent, award­winning, local singer­songwriter. He is known as both a frequently booked cover musician as well as an original songwriter. Free, 8pm. Ace Biscuit & Barbecue, 600 Concord Ave. Chickenhead Blues Band. Friday Sunset Soirée. Charlottesville’s premier boogiewoogie, upbeat rhythm and blues dance band. Two Brothers Southwestern Grill food truck on site for delicious bites. Free, 6pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. chisholmvineyards.com

Eli Cook Band. Eli comes from the crossroads of blues, the highways of rock, and the backroads of country. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St.

Fridays After Five: The Long Way. Soulful rock with a funky southern sauce. With Andrew Neil & Code Purple. Free, 5:30pm. Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. tingpavilion.com

Please Don't Tell

HASH. C’ville’s newest up-and-coming rock ‘n’ roll jam band. With Pinkish. $10, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Karaoke. Sing your heart out with Fiorano Karaoke Wednesdays and Fridays from 9pm to 1am. Free, 9pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

Ken Farmer & the Authenticators. Enjoy great wine and music with friends in the tropics of Free Union. Families, picnics, and well-behaved leashed pups are welcome.Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Mariana Bell (Rescheduled Date). Intimate, subtle, yet powerful and poignant, singer-songwriter Mariana Bell is a lion on stage. This is a rescheduled show from the March 10 postponed concert; all original tickets will be honored. $25, 7pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com

Mo & Mary Mac. “Wine down” the work week by soaking up the views and taking in the tunes of local musicians Mo & Mary Mac. No cover, reservations recommended. Free, 5pm. DuCard Vineyards, 40 Gibson Hollow Ln., Etlan. ducardvineyards.com

Old Age & Treachery. Bring the whole group and enjoy an evening at the Hills with great live music. Free, 5:30pm. Hardware Hills Vineyard, 5199 W. River Rd., Scottsville. hardwarehills.com

The Wavelength. Iconic venue presents vintage rock. Free, 8pm. Dürty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. durtynellyscville.com

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CreativeMornings Charlottesville. CreativeMornings is a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for the creative community. Your local hosts are Jeremy Stern, Emma Terry, and Maureen Brondyke. Free, 8:30am. Venue TBD. ComeToCharlottesvilleVA.com

etc.

Puzzle Crawl. This puzzle crawl takes you to the breweries on Preston Avenue. Crack codes, solve puzzles, and enjoy some of Charlottesville’s best beers along the way. $15, all day. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Saturday 8/17 music

Acoustic Aubrey. Join us in the foothills at DuCard Vineyards for “Music in the Mountains” from Acoustic Aubrey, known for their covers of classic R&B, jazz, acoustic rock, and more. Free, 2pm. DuCard Vineyards, 40 Gibson Hollow Ln., Etlan. ducardvineyards.com

Ark of Mark. The latest project of C’ville native Mark Coffman, former frontman of From Here On Blue. With Blake Hunter & The Gatherers and Eric Hendrickson. $12–40, 7:30pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Drew Pace. Up-and-coming country music singer-songwriter from Scottsville. With Sela Campbell. $15–50, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

Lights Out. Lights Out is a four-part vocal group that is being hailed as “America’s #1 Tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.” $37–71, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net Lua Project. “Music in the Orchard” with Lua Project, a cultural pollinator bridging musical styles from different continents and centuries. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

CULTURE ALL YOU CAN EAT

Indirect heat

A reintroduction to Ace Biscuit & Barbecue

By BJ Poss arts@c-ville.com

Barbecue is nestled as deep in Charlottesville’s roots as any homemade brine. You’d be hard-pressed to find a self-respecting plate of pork barbecue in Virginia that didn’t start out submerged in coarse salt dissolved in water full of sugar, spices, and citrus zest, a chef’s emulsion that absorbs into the meat and, when touched with smoke and fire, blooms into a succulent delight.

One player, noticeably absent on the smokin’ scene, returned last month after an unfortunate hiatus: Ace Biscuit & Barbecue is back to serving the heart of Virginia barbecue classics with a kiss of the South.

Ace shut its doors in late March 2024 after being vandalized beyond the point of recognition. The vandal (who was fittingly charged and sentenced on the day of the restaurant’s re-opening), did $50,000 of damages to wiring, fryers, and flooring—and even the toilets took a beating. To top it off, an eye got smashed out of a portrait of Hunter S. Thompson that, if we’re being honest, would likely earn a smirk from HST himself.

With the kitchen intact again and the dining room close behind, Ace is prepping out a full menu, showing that Southern gastronomy far exceeds crispy lard and baked buttermilk. “Southern food should pull out a memory,” says Ace manager Scott Hewitt. “It isn’t simple; it’s science.”

Ace’s kitchen culture relies on the creativity of the staff to treat the menu as a conversation rather than a rulebook. “We’re all chefs, and we’re all artists,” Hewitt declares.

Art plays a role in layering flavor and texture in each dish. Look to Ace classics like the Ol’ Dirty Biscuit—southern fried chicken dripping in sauce gravy, cut with acidic, crisp pickles and smoke of house-made pimento cheese—and the Ace Dip, with jerk chicken sitting atop soft pepper jack to be dunked in Ace jus.

With an influx of creativity lining its kitchen, Ace is ready to push the envelope on what it means to whip up some low and slow fixings. Charlottesville chef Chris Humphries of Bonny and Read brings an elevated eye to the table as he’s begun to oversee the kitchen in hand with staff who have been spritzing the smokers since Ace’s early years. Since the break-in, Ace has become resourceful in reconnecting with its custom-

ers by forking out brisket at pop-ups, rolling breakfast burritos at the Charlottesville City Market, and offering dinner pairings like Gochujang sticky ribs with a German riesling at The Wine Guild.

“We just wanted to get the smokers rolling again,” explains Operations Manager Will Curley, who is downright giddy over how Charlottesville has welcomed back a parking lot of bellowing hickory smoke. “Hearing customer’s bits and pieces reminds you of the sort of community keystone Ace is … makes you really happy to be involved in a project like this.”

Ace used the closure as an opportunity to rethink its space. They’ve done everything from moving the waffle maker to plopping an elevated stage in the dining room, giving Charlottesville a new venue to let loose. “We can’t wait for the first Friday night concert in the dining room, where the band is rocking, the bar is cranking, and the barbecue is smokin’,” says Curley.

Hardcore metal pairs with barbecue as well as any acid-driven riesling. Like a crispy, smoky, protective bark that softens to a tender, melodic center-cut spare rib, hardcore shows have found their Charlottesville home among red brick and carbon steel. “Every time we have a hardcore or metal show, it’s like a dam break,” Curley says with a grin.

“We’re listening to what Charlottesville wants from us. We’re excited to see where Charlottesville takes Ace in the future.”

Ace Biscuit & Barbecue is serving its full menu from its barbecue window with outdoor seating. Stay tuned for the dining room’s official re-opening.

The Ol’ Dirty Biscuit is a crispy chicken, gravy, pickle, and pimento cheese combo that’s landed Ace Biscuit & Barbecue on the foodie swoon list.

BJ POSS

Ace’s housemade pastrami hits the biscuit with an over easy egg, pepper jack cheese, and brown mustard.

CULTURE IN MEMORIAM

Art snacks

Artist Nym Pedersen’s small-scale works leave a big impact

By Sarah Sargent arts@c-ville.com

In the years leading up to the pandemic, artist Nym Pedersen could often be found on the Downtown Mall, peddling his small paintings, drawings, and collages, which he dubbed “art snacks.” Much like Steve Keene, Nym felt that art should be within everyone’s reach and priced his work accordingly. Nym died on March 9 at the age of 64 after a brief bout with cancer.

Nym came to Charlottesville in 1997 from Portland, Oregon, to join his sister, theater maven Boomie Pedersen. Nym (his nickname a combination of Norman and “him,” thanks to Boomie) grew up in New York City, where he attended the Collegiate School and Columbia University. The Pedersens lived on Central Park West just across the street from the park that became their playground and sanctuary.

It was not an easy childhood. The Pedersens’ father was the director of education at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Heeding the 1960s’ call to “Turn on, tune in, and drop out,” he abandoned his young family for points west, creating years of financial insecurity for those he left behind.

The burden created feelings of low selfworth; in Nym’s case, they helped mold him into someone who was self-effacing and introverted. The trauma showed up in his work, where he expressed the angst of the abandoned child. “I think my brother painted to resolve his relationship with our father,” says Boomie. “That’s where he worked out the torments going on inside him.” This is not to say Nym’s was an unhappy existence. In addition to his family, he had a close circle of friends he valued and who cherished him.

Remarkably prolific, Nym focused on the human form and, in particular, faces.

Some of these, generally his pen-and-ink works, are delicate figures in repose, while others, paintings or collage, are grotesques with wild eyes and scar-like grimaces. Nym could also be scathingly funny and much of his art occupies the same absurdist world as Paul Klee’s work.

Nym took studio classes at Columbia and The Art Students League of New York and worked in different media—drawing, painting, collaging, sculpting. Drawn to collage for its ability to suggest layers of meaning, in some works he assembled bits of paper narratively to create startling portraits and in others he employed it as a visual device to provide texture and spatial ambiguity. In several pieces, he even mimicked the effect of collage with paint.

In addition to his artistic practice, which remained a constant throughout his life, Nym worked as a copy editor for McGraw Hill in New York. In Charlottesville, he was employed at Harvest Moon Catering and also as a relief copy editor at C-VILLE Weekly.

Through his marriage to Allegra von Studnitz, whom he adored, Nym became a devoted stepfather and step-grandfather to her biological daughter, two adopted sons, and grandson. The couple would go on to adopt two more boys, and Nym loved being a father and living a pastoral existence in the country surrounded by a large and varied menagerie.

It was this happiness that helped resolve his demons. Allegra describes the sea change: “Some years back Nym reached a breaking point. He felt deep despair about life, his past, the art world,” she says. “He made the decision that his outlook on life would become an introspection on life. He became the kindest, most loving human being, filled with humility. … And with that, he departed.”

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Saturday 8/17

Nathaniel Star. Third Rail welcomes soulful multi-genre songwriter Nathaniel Star to the WTJU Stage. Free and open to all in person, or you can listen on air (91.1fm), online (wtju.net), or via WTJU FB/YouTube. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

The Gladstones. Always in for a good time, The Gladstones return to Batesville with amazing originals and classic covers. $10, 7pm. Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com

The Michael Elswick Gathering. The Michael Elswick Gathering returns to our tropical oasis with jazz, blues, ballads, and Latin tunes. Families, picnics, and well-behaved leashed pups are welcome. Free, 5pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

dance

’80s Dance Party. ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s tunes to get you busy on the dance floor. Free, 9pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fiorano mediterranean.com

classes

Crochet for Beginners. Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a bamboo crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth. Ages 12+. $25, 10:30am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Learn to Knit. Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it. Ages 12+. $25, 1:30pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappy elephant.com

etc.

Puzzle Crawl. See listing for Friday, August 16. $15, all day. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Soul of Cville. Celebrate Black excellence in Charlottesville. Live music, fashion shows, DJ sets, dance performances, food, and vendors from Black-owned businesses. Free, 3pm. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.com

Storytime. Featuring readings from recent storybooks and the classics kids know and love. Rain or shine. All ages welcome. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. newdominion bookshop.com

Sunday 8/18 music

An Lar Traditional Irish Band. An afternoon of traditional Irish music the third Sunday of the month. Free, 2pm. Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesville market.com

BRIMS Family Social and Beginner Session. Join us for an informal Irish music gathering hosted by the Blue Ridge Irish Music School and Albemarle CiderWorks. Geared toward musicians who are beginners and are new to sessions. Free, 3pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

FarAway. Blending folk and pop, FarAway delivers a lively mix of catchy tunes. Free, 2pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com

Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson has been playing country, worship, rock, and a range of music for the last 20 years. Enjoy the sounds of the acoustic guitar while you dine. Free, 1pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

Scuffletown. The Scuffletown duo of Marc and John will fill our tropical conservatory with their awesome calypso, bluegrass, reggae, and blues. Families, picnics, and well-behaved leashed pups welcome. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

The Trio. Sunday Session featuring smooth jazz. Live music, 100% estate wine, and Blue Ridge Mountain views. Free, 1pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. chisholmvineyards.com

The Wavelength. Soulful sounds from topnotch band The Wavelength, with very special guest Lisa Carter on vocals and guitar. Free, 1pm. Merrie Mill Farm & Vineyard, 594 Merrie Mill Farm, Keswick. merriemillfarm.com

classes

Beginning/Intermediate Gelli Printmaking. Join us for this class on Gelli printing, a quick and easy method of printing that uses a Gelli plate, paint, and paper to easily create monoprints. Ages 16+. $30, 1pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappy elephant.com

Paint + Sip: Summer Bouquet. Learn a variety of techniques and skills to render a summer bouquet scene. $38, 3pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

etc.

Before Sunset What if you had a second chance with the one that got away? Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star in this sequel to Before Sunrise. $9, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Puzzle Crawl. See listing for Friday, August 16. $15, all day. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Raiders of the Lost Ark An epic tale in which an intrepid archaeologist tries to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic that is central to their plans for world domination. $7–9, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Silent Book Club. Sip cider and read in quiet camaraderie. No assigned reading, no obligations. Bring your own book of choice. This is a free social event hosted in our Orchard Room. Free, 12:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

Monday 8/19

music

Betty Jo’s Boogie Band. Live boogie band with a horn section and all. Free, 7:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

DG3. Gin and jazz series welcomes trio playing modern takes on classics and standards. Free, 5:30pm. Oakhurst Inn, 100 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurstinn.com

Vincent Zorn. With ten albums to his credit, Vincent’s profound guitar work unites the fire of flamenco, the sophistication of jazz, and the relaxed sensuality of bossa nova together into a rich musical experience. Free, 6:30pm. South and Central Latin Grill, 946 Grady Ave., Ste. 104. southandcentralgrill.com

dance

Salsa Dance Night. DJ Rafa will be spinning the latest in salsa and Latin-inspired dance cuts in the dance floor area of the bar. Come feel the heat and move. Free, 9pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

words

Profs & Pints. Profs and Pints Charlottesville presents: “What UVA’s Architecture Tells Us,” an exploration of Jefferson’s university as both embodiment of ideal and evidence of sin. $13, 5:30pm. Graduate Charlottesville, 1309 W. Main St. profsandpints.com etc.

Footloose Chicago teen Kevin Bacon and minister’s daughter Lori Singer shake up a small town where dancing is outlawed in this 1984 blockbuster. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

GoT Trivia on Tap. Hosted by the amazing Olivia. Five rounds of themed trivia for teams of up to six participants. Reservations recommended. Free, 7pm. Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery-Charlottesville, 520 Second St. SE. threenotchdbrewing.com

Pink Floyd—The Wall In this visual riff on Pink Floyd’s album The Wall, successful but drugged-out musician Pink (Bob Geldof) is looking back on his isolated childhood from the confines of a Los Angeles hotel room. $9, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Tuesday 8/20 music

Karaoke. Sign up and sing your favorite songs. Hosted by Thunder Music. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St.

Open Mic Night. Bring your songs, poems, jokes, or words to SuperFly Brewing Co. Free, 7:30pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. superflybrewing.com

Vincent Zorn. Vincent Zorn performs solo wild flamenco rumba. Must say “olé!” Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

words

Tea and Travel: The Delights of Sicily. A fun and informative travel talk focusing on the Italian region of Sicily with Tullia Lynch. RSVP requested via info@speaklanguagecenter. com. Free, 5:30pm. Vault Virgina, 300 E. Main St. vaultvirginia.com

classes

Paint + Sip: Summer Citrus Wine Glasses. Learn a variety of techniques and skills from a professional artist to paint perfect summer wine glasses with a fun citrus motif. $40, 6pm. Ellie’s Country Club, 16 Elliewood Ave. elliescountryclub.com

etc.

Geeks Who Drink Trivia. Good trivia, good times. Free, 7pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Music Bingo. Prizes to be won. Hosted by King Trivia. Free, 7pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. superflybrewing.com Poker Night. Test your luck and skill at our hold’em poker night. Free, 7pm. Fiorano Restaurant and Bar, 5924 Seminole Trail, Ste. 101, Barboursville. fioranomediterranean.com

CULTURE TRIED IT IN C'VILLE

We came, we stitched, we conquered!

To borrow phrasing from “The Golden Girls’” Sophia Petrillo, picture it: Warwick, New York. Late ’80s. Middle schooler me with my aggressively hair-sprayed ocean wave of bangs, oversized cable-knit sweater, and loud plaid Skidz pants (tucked into white scrunched-down socks, of course). Where was this obviously popular youngster headed to after school, you ask? Cross stitch club. Yep, cross stitch club. With that and my commitment to the stamp club, how was I not drowning in social invitations? Jokes aside (mostly), I’ve always been drawn to making things by hand. My dear Aunt Ruth was an avid cross stitcher and sewer, and I loved spending time with her and making gifts for my family and friends. What better way to say “I love you” than spending oodles of hours working on something that reflects a loved one’s interests? During the pandemic, I picked the counted cross stitch habit back up, but my momentum working on projects has slowed lately. Enter Poppypointe to the rescue.—Kristie Smeltzer

What

Open stitch night at Poppypointe.

Why

Crafty activities can be fun to enjoy with like-minded folks.

How It Went

I stitched. I peopled. Fun was had! I wasn’t sure what to expect when I rolled into the local needlepoint store, Poppypointe, for its open stitch night, but I received a warm welcome. After being introduced to the six or seven stitchers present, I settled in with my jellyfish pattern and a thus far unstitched square of 16-count Aida fabric stretched taut in my embroidery hoop. The possibilities felt endless. No mistakes had been made yet, but that time would soon come to an end, as it always did. Within my first three minutes, I spotted two needles on the floor. Occupational hazard, of course, but make sure you don’t roll

into stitch night without shoes. Conversation drifted between people’s summer vacations, visits to similar stores while traveling, and projects that designers were working on ahead of “market.” I realized I’d stepped into a whole different world. From what I could surmise, there are several seasonal needlepoint markets where avid stitchers find new projects and supplies. Vendors participate to showcase new designs and peddle their wares. Folks also have opportunities to participate in classes and other gatherings. It’s like cross stitch club, but with needlepoint, and on a much grander scale.

The group vibe felt happily low-key, with folks leaving early and dropping in later during the two-hour open stitch time. Everyone else worked on needlepoint projects on painted canvases, and I quickly became envious. While I counted and recounted the number of stitches I had to do, others followed the patterns printed on their canvases with ease as they participated in conversation. They may have made a convert of me

to needlepoint because I absolutely want to try using a painted canvas now. Imagine it: I could have a good shot at stitching accurately and enjoying a glass of wine at the same time! (In my experience, mixing vino with counted cross stitch results in regret the next time I pick up that project to find my inevitable mistakes.)

During that evening, I did lose count a few times, but the company was lovely and

totally worth it. Poppypointe felt very much like a third place, to use American sociologist Ray Oldenburg’s coinage, meaning a place where folks choose to gather and connect with others. It was nice to share time with kindred stitchers who also know the value of investing time in making something beautiful by hand for ourselves and others. I’ll definitely be back.

Lauren Ryan’s needlepoint retail store Poppypointe offers a free open stitch night on Wednesdays.

SUDOKU

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

#3 solution

#2

#5

Hassle-free

BY MATT JONES

ACROSS

1. Appropriate phrase for 1-Across?

10. Digit al party notice

15. Question of camerareadiness?

16. Type of colony

17. Longer shift, maybe

18. Speechify

19. ___-Ball (arcade game)

20. 1959 Günter Grass novel with narrator Oskar Matzerath

22. Perfume base

24. Coworker of Knope and Swanson

25. John Lee Hooker blues classic of 1962

28. Key in the corner

31. W illing to speak up

34. Golf equipment

35. Mil. address

36. “Hey there, sailor!”

37. Culotte-like portmanteau

38. Singer Jason, or punctuated differently, his 2005 album

39. Title for Arthur Conan Doyle

40. Ancient bread grain

41. Precipitous

42. Approximate weight of a newborn gray whale calf

43. “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” band

45. Poet Gil ___-Heron

47. “When I was a lad I served ___” (naval-based Gilbert & Sullivan lyric)

50. Commences nagging

54. Unaltered, in a way

56. Rentable

57. Almost

59. Playground marble

60. “Yes, that’s my answer, 100%”

61. Foreshadowed

62. Pop star who recently tweeted “kamala IS brat”

DOWN

1. Some PC hookup systems

2. Actress Henningsen of “Hazbin Hotel”

3. 2020 Christopher Nolan (or is it Nalon?) movie

4. Magnolia virginiana, alternately

5. Ventured

6. It’s not “esto” or “eso”

7. ___ gallop (rhetorical technique with rapid-fire dishonest confrontation)

8. Jazz vocalist Anderson who worked with Duke Ellington

9. Neighboring

10. Nachos and sandwiches, for example

11. Salsa ___

12. Owing

13. 20 00s Russian music duo who teased onstage kisses

14. Silver or gold, for short

21. Words of refusal

23. CompuSer ve competitor, once

26. Meathead’s real name

27. Footage that’s not the main action

29. Small quarrel

30. Subgenre of mystery books usually set in a small community

31. Colossal

32. St ate that means “weird,” in Gen Z slang

33. Side that may involve elote

37. Acne, outside the U.S.

38. Quattroporte maker

40. Like some serving spoons

41. Very in

44. Friendly talk

46. Zeus’s island birthplace

48. Unwind

49. Like the acid in apples

50. Movie franchise within the “Scream” movie franchise

51. Nation tucked between Benin and Ghana

52. “The Secret of ___” (1982 animated film)

53. Two-tone mammal

55. Minnesot a WNBA team

58. Address bar address

By Rob Brezsny

By Rob Brezsny Taurus

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Virgo

(April 20-May 20): Now is an excellent time to start learning a new language or to increase your proficiency in your native tongue. Or both. It’s also a favorable phase to enrich your communication skills and acquire resources that will help you do that. Would you like to enhance your ability to cultivate friendships and influence people? Are you interested in becoming more persuasive, articulate, and expressive? If so, Taurus, attend to these self-improvement tasks with graceful intensity. Life will conspire benevolently on your behalf if you do. (PS: I’m not implying you’re weak in any of these departments; just that now is a favorable time to boost your capacities.)

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now and then, zoologists decide that their classifications of species need to be revised and refined. For example, three subspecies of soft-furred, teardrop-shaped hedgehogs in Southeast Asia were recently elevated to distinct species of their own. They are no longer considered to be subspecies of Hylomys suillusbut, but are now named H. dorsalis, H. maxi, and H. peguensis. I bring this to your attention, Virgo, because I suspect that you, too, are ready for an upgrade to a new category all your own. It’s time for you to claim greater sovereignty. You will be wise to define how distinctive and unique you are, to distinguish yourself from influences that are superficially like you.

Libra

Cancer

(June 21–July 22): You are entering a phase when you will be wise to question fixed patterns and shed age-old habits. The more excited you get about re-evaluating everything you know and believe, the more likely it is that exciting new possibilities will open up for you. If you are staunchly committed to resolving longstanding confusions and instigating fresh approaches, you will launch an epic chapter of your life story. Wow! That sounds dramatic. But it’s quite factual. Here’s the kicker: You’re now in prime position to get vivid glimpses of specific successes you can accomplish between now and your birthday in 2025.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When mega-famous artist Pablo Picasso was asked how he felt about NASA landing people on the moon in 1969, he said, “It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don’t care.” I invite you to use his statement as one of your power mottoes in the coming weeks. Now is an excellent time to identify the experiences, influences, events, and people about which you have absolutely zero interest. Once you do that, I predict you will have a rush of clear revelations about the most interesting experiences, influences, events, and people you want in your future.

Leo

Scorpio

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu made an observation that could serve as your watchword in the coming months. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,” he wrote, “while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” In my astrological opinion, Scorpio, you are now primed to embody and express these states with unique intensity. If you embrace the inspiring challenge of loving deeply and being loved deeply, you will reach new heights of strength and courage.

(July 23–Aug. 22): How many different ways can you think of to ripen your spiritual wisdom? I suggest you choose two and pursue them with gleeful vigor in the coming weeks. You are primed to come into contact with streams of divine revelations that can change your life for the better. All the conditions are favorable for you to encounter teachings that will ennoble your soul and hone your highest ideals. Don’t underestimate your power to get the precise enlightenment you need.

Virgo

Sagittarius

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Border collies are dogs with a herding instinct. Their urges to usher, steer, and manage are strong. They will not only round up sheep and cattle, but also pigs, chickens, and ostriches—and even try to herd cats. In my estimation, Virgo, border collies are your spirit creatures these days. You have a special inclination and talent to be a good

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Many musical instruments must be constantly adjusted to ensure they stay in tune. This usually means that the note A above middle C vibrates at 440 cycles per second—with all other notes tuned in relation to it. Having sung in bands for years, I have

Leo

Gemini

(July 23-Aug. 22): A wealthy hedge fund manager named Raj Rajaratnam paid Leo singer Kenny Rogers $4 million to perform at his epic birthday party. But the night turned nightmarish for Rogers when Rajaratnam insisted that he sing his hit song “The Gambler” over and over again. Finally, after 12 repetitions, Rogers refused to do more. I wonder if you, too, might soon have to deal with a situation that’s too much of a good thing. My advice: Make sure all agreements between you and others are clear and firm. Get a guarantee that you will receive exactly what you want, and don’t do more than you have promised.

(May 21-June 20): Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith wrote the book I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. I invite you to think and feel deeply about this theme during the coming months. In my experience with Geminis, you are often so versatile and multi-faceted that it can be challenging to focus on just one or two of your various callings. And that may confuse your ability to know what you want more than anything else. But here’s the good news. You may soon enjoy a grace period when you feel really good about devoting yourself to one goal more than any other.

shepherd. So use your aptitude with flair. Provide extra navigational help for people and animals who would benefit from your nurturing guidance. And remember to do the same for your own wayward impulses!

Libra

seen how guitarists, bass players, violinists, and even drummers have to continually attend to their tuning during performances. Imagine the diligent finesse it takes to keep an entire orchestra of many instruments in tune with each other. I suspect that one of your jobs in the coming weeks, Sagittarius, will have similarities to this kind of management and coordination.

Capricorn

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22): We have arrived at the midpoint of 2024. It’s check-in time. Do you recall the promises you made to yourself last January? Are you about halfway into the frontier you vowed to explore? What inspirational measures could you instigate to renew your energy and motivation for the two most important goals in your life? What would you identify as the main obstacle to your blissful success, and how could you diminish it? If you’d like to refresh your memory of the long-term predictions I made for your destiny in 2024, go here: tinyurl. com/Libra2024. For 2023’s big-picture prophecies, go here: tinyurl.com/2023Libra.

Scorpio

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dancing is always good for you, but it will be extra healthy and energizing in the next four weeks. I hope you will be inspired to dance as often as possible, even if you just do it alone in your kitchen or bedroom while listening to music that moves you. Do you need rational explanations for why this is a good idea? OK, here are the hard facts: Dancing reduces stress, raises serotonin levels, enhances well-being, and is excellent physical exercise. Here’s another motivational reason: Dancing literally makes you smarter. Scientific research clearly says so (https://tinyurl. com/SmartDancing). Furthermore: In the near future, you will be in a playful, sexy, exuberant phase of your astrological cycle.

Aquarius

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Gary Hug was educated as a machinist and food scientist, but for many years he has worked primarily as an amateur astronomer. Using a seven-foot telescope he built in the backyard of his home, he has discovered a comet and 300 asteroids, including two that may come hazardously close to Earth. Extolling the joys of being an amateur, he says he enjoys “a sense of freedom that you don’t have when you’re a professional.” In the coming weeks, Scorpio, I encourage you to explore and experiment with the joys of tasks done out of joy rather than duty. Identify the work and play that feel liberating and indulge in them lavishly.

Sagittarius

following assignment: Update all your old favorite things. Put new spins on symbols and ideas that have served you for a long time. Take the best parts of your traditions and transplant them into the future.

Pisces

for a while. Sexy secrets and missing information will be revealed to you as you nose around in situations where you supposedly should not investigate. The light at the end of the tunnel is likely to appear well before you imagined it would. Your lucky number is 8, your lucky color is black, and your lucky emotion is the surprise of discovery. My advice: Call on your memory to serve you in amazing ways; use it as a superpower.

Capricorn

(Feb. 19-March 20): The coming weeks will be an excellent time to declare amnesty about all matters affecting your close alliances. Dissolve grudges, please. Tussle less, play more. Relax your demands and expectations—and nicely ask your companions to relax their demands and expectations. If possible, forgive others and yourself for everything; failing that, forgive as much of everything as feels right. You might even convene a ritual in which you and your intimate collaborators chant the following affirmation: “We are gleefully free to reimagine and reinvent the ways we fit together!”

Aries

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Happy Unbirthday, Capricorn! It’s time to celebrate the season halfway between your last birthday and your next. I hope you will give yourself a fun gift every day for at least the next seven days. Fourteen days would be even better. See if can coax friends and allies to also shower you with amusing blessings. Tell them your astrologer said that would be a very good idea. Now here’s an unbirthday favor from me: I promise that between now and January 2025, you will create healing changes in your relationship with your job and with work in general.

Aquarius

450-pound Bengal tiger,” he said, “it’s going to create a lot more wonder than if I produce a rabbit.” That’s the spirit I invite you to embrace in the coming weeks, Taurus. The cosmos is authorizing you to expand your understanding of what you can accomplish—and then accomplish it. Dream bigger dreams than you have previously dared.

the necklace, whereupon the deer wandered away and she woke up from the dream. During subsequent weeks, welcome changes occurred in her waking life. She and three of her family members lost physical ailments that had been bothering them. I think this dream is a true fairy tale for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius.

Gemini

Pisces

(May 21-June 20): The color of planet Earth is predominantly blue with green, brown, and white mixed in. And for people all over the world, blue is more often their favorite color than any other. Why? In part because blue typically evokes peace, tranquility, security, and stability. It’s often used in therapeutic environments, since it makes us feel more at ease about expressing our feelings. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Gemini, because you are entering a blue phase of your cycle. It will be a favorable time to harvest the benefits of relaxing and slowing down. You are more likely to feel at home with yourself and accept yourself just as you are.

Cancer

(Feb. 20-March 20): A psychologist friend tells me that if we have an intense craving for sugar, it may be a sign that deeper emotional needs are going unmet. I see merit in her theory. But here’s a caveat. What if we are currently not in position to get our deeper emotional needs met? What if there is at least temporarily some barrier to achieving that lovely goal? Would it be wrong to seek a partial quenching of our soul cravings by communing with fudge brownies, peach pie, and crème brûlée? I don’t think it would be wrong. On the contrary. It might be an effective way to tide ourselves over until more profound gratification is available. But now here’s the good news, Pisces: I suspect more profound gratification will be available sooner than you imagine.

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Quo signo nata es?” is the Latin expression for “What’s your sign?” Did anyone in ancient Rome ever say that? Probably not, since it’s a modern idiom. However, astrology was very popular in that society and era. According to scholar Rhianna Padman in her essay “Astrology in Ancient Rome,” Romans “believed that the specific positions of celestial bodies at the moment of a person’s birth could greatly impact their life and character.” Back then, Thrasyllus of Mendes was a prominent astrologer who became a key advisor to Emperor Tiberius. Anyway, Aquarius, I bring “Quo signo nata es?” to your attention so as to inspire the

(March 21-April 19): Some centenarians testify they have lived more than a century because they smoked many cigarettes, drank a lot of booze, and ate a steady diet of junk food. Should the rest of us adapt their habits? Of course not. The likelihood of remaining healthy while following such an unsound regimen is infinitesimal. Just because a few lucky people miraculously thrived like that is not a sound argument for imitating them. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to upgrade your commitment to healthy habits. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to love your body better, this is it.

Taurus

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your power spots will be places that no one has visited or looked into

(April 20-May 20): Taurus stage magician Doug Henning had lavish ambitions. They served him well as he became a star performer in theater and on TV. “If I produce a

(Jan. 20-Feb. 19): While sleeping, my Aquarian friend Janelle dreamed that she and her family lived in a cabin in the woods. When dusk was falling, a strange animal put its face against the main window. Was it a bear? A mountain lion? Her family freaked out and hid in a back bedroom. But Janelle stayed to investigate. Looking closely, she saw the creature was a deer. She opened up the window and spoke to it, saying, “What can I do for you?” The deer, who was a talking deer, said, “I want to give you and your family a gift. See this necklace I’m wearing? It has a magic ruby that will heal a health problem for everyone who touches it.” Janelle managed to remove

Aries

(March 21-April 19): This may sound weird, but I think now is a perfect time to acquire a fresh problem. Not just any old boring problem, of course. Rather, I’m hoping you will carefully ponder what kind of dilemma would be most educational for you—which riddle might challenge you to grow in ways you need to. Here’s another reason you should be proactive about hunting down a juicy challenge: Doing so will ensure that you won’t attract mediocre, meaningless problems.

(June 21-July 22): Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman, born under the sign of Cancer, says that 95 percent of our buying choices originate in our subconscious minds. Behavioral psychologist Susan Weinschenk believes 90 percent of all our decision-making is unconscious. But I propose that in the coming weeks, you increase the amount of conscious awareness you bring to sorting out your options. Cosmic energies will conspire in your favor if you do. You will receive unexpected boosts and generate creative enhancements if you resolve to rouse more lucid analysis and careful thoughtfulness.

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EMPLOYMENT

ENSCO Rail, Inc.

seeks a Product Engineer – Data Analytics in Charlottesville, Virginia to manage the development of software and hardware products including product roadmaps, feature improvements and issue resolution.

HIRING WE ARE

Coordinate with the product development team to develop test plans, identify, resolve software product issues, and implement data driven solutions. Collaborate with internal and external customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements. Analyze large datasets from various sources to extract meaningful insights and trends. Use statistical analysis to identify patterns and anomalies to enhance product development. Monitor and analyze the product server to ensure system health, and identify and troubleshoot matters.

We’re eager to hear from candidates who share our passion for serving the community for the following positions.

Requirements: Master’s degree in business analytics, data science, or a related field plus knowledge and experience in data project management; managing ETL, data transformation processes, technical architecture documents, and delivering new or enhancing existing data warehouses; data analytics methodologies including regression, classification, change and anomaly detection, time-series, and social network analysis; data analytics and visualization tools including SQL, Python, R, Tableau, and PowerBI. Knowledge of and/or experience can be gained through education and/or experience.

Residential Manager - Nelson

$48k-$56k

Direct Support Professionals

$16-$18 per hour

To apply, please visit http://www.ensco.com/careers.

Cville, Nelson, Crozet

We’re eager to hear from candidates who share our passion for serving the community for the following positions.

Direct Support Professionals

$16-$18 per hour

Offering competitive compensation, paid training, and - for full time staff - an attractive benefits package including paid leave, health, dental & vision insurance, as well as life & long-term disability insurance.

Offering competitive compensation, paid training, and - for full time staff - an attractive benefits package including paid leave, health, dental & vision insurance, as well as life & long-term disability insurance.

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Interested candidates should submit resume online and reference Requisition #3718BR

C-VILLE Weekly is seeking an Account Executive. For more than 30 years C-VILLE has been covering the news, arts, people, food and events that make our town a perennial top city to live in.

Want to help build a powerful local brand? Looking for a job that connects you to every aspect of life in our city?

C-VILLE Weekly is looking to add a dynamic salesperson to our advertising sales team. We are looking for a fearless self-starter to manage a list of established clients and develop new business. Does this sound like you?

The right person will join our hard working staff in a fast-paced online and print publishing environment. This is a F/T hybrid, salaried position with great perks and benefits!

LEGALS

CAMELLIAS BAR & ROASTERY

400 Preston AVE Suite 150, Charlottesville, VA 22903

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY

for a retail license to sell Beer and Wine on and off Premises, Mixed Beverages on Premises

Sisters Roastery & Bakes LLC, Owner

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be Submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

TANGERINES KITCHEN

32 Mill Creek Dr, Charlottesville, VA 22902

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a retail license to sell Beer and Wine On- and Off-Premises

Tangerines Kitchen LLC, Owner

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be Submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

Towncenter LN STE 400, Charlottesville VA 22911-5618

The above establishment is applying to the VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) AUTHORITY for a retail license to sell Retail Wine and Beer on and off premises and mixed beverage

Jeanetha B Douglas, Owner

NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be Submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices. Objections should be registered at www.abc.virginia.gov or 800-552-3200.

FORECLOSURE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

A 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath Home on 1.41 Acres 1160 Loring Run, Charlottesville, VA

Albemarle County Parcel Tax Map No. 06200-00-00-00600

SALE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2024 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT

501 E. JEFFERSON STREET, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

In execution of a Second Lien Deed of Trust, being dated February 28, 2024, and recorded on February 29, 2024, in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court in Albemarle County, Virginia (the “Clerk’s Office”), as Instrument No. 202400001496 (the “Deed of Trust”), the undersigned as Trustee under said Deed of Trust, will offer for sale at public auction the parcel listed below:

All that certain lot or parcel of land, with the improvements thereon, situated on Loring Run, previously known as Free State Road in Albemarle County, Virginia, containing 1.41 acres, more or less, further known as Albemarle Tax Map Parcel 06200-00-00-00600

BEING the same property conveyed to Grantor by Deed of Gift from Anderson D. Lohr and Ida Pearl Lohr also known as Pearl F. Lohr dated September 8, 2020, and recorded September 9, 2020, in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office as Instrument No. 202000012269. (the “Property”).

TERMS OF SALE: A bidder’s deposit of the greater of $20,000 or 10% of the winning bid, shall be paid at the sale by cashier’s check made payable to Bidder (to be assigned to Trustee if Bidder is successful), with the balance upon delivery of a trustee’s deed within 30 days of sale. If the initial deposit is less than 10% of the winning bid, then the successful bidder’s deposit MUST be increased to 10% of the winning bid by cashier’s check or wired funds within three (3) business days. Settlement shall be held within 30 days after the date of sale unless otherwise postponed at the sole discretion of the Trustee. Sale is subject to the covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights of way, and easements, if any, contained in the deeds and other documents forming the chain of title to the property. Property is sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS” and “WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES.”

TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT. The deposit shall be applied to the credit of successful bidder at settlement; or, in the event of failure to complete settlement within the time set forth after the date of sale, in accordance with the terms of sale, the deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs of sale, including Trustee’s fee, and the Property shall be resold at the cost and expense of the defaulting Purchaser. Risk of loss or damage to the Property shall be borne by successful bidder from the time of auctioneer’s strike down at the sale. Purchaser shall pay all settlement fees, title examination charges, title insurance premiums, and recording costs. Current real estate property taxes will be prorated at closing as of date of sale. Rollback taxes, if any, will be the responsibility of the Purchaser. Pursuant to Va. Code 55.1-321(A.2), any purchaser at the foreclosure sale will be required to certify that within 90 days of the sale, they will pay any liens on the Property recorded prior to the Deed of Trust.

THE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT: (i) to waive the deposit requirements; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the Purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the Property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding; (iv) to keep the bidding open for any length of time; (v) to reject all bids; and (vi) to postpone or continue this sale from time to time, such notices of postponement or setting over shall be in a manner deemed reasonable by the Trustee. Announcements made on day of sale take precedence over all other advertised terms and conditions.

FOR INFORMATION SEE: www.fplegal.com/foreclosures

Flora Pettit PC, Trustee

Nancy R. Schlichting

530 E. Main Street

P. O. Box 2057

Charlottesville, VA 22902

(434) 220-6113

lmg@fplegal.com

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316

Albemarle County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: H.S. (dob 7/24/2018)

The object of this suit is to terminate residual parental rights in H.S. (dob 7/24/2018) and aprove foster care plan with adoption goal.

It is ORDERED that Edward Sulgar appear at the abovenamed Court and protect his or her interests on or before October 1, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

7/23/2024

Areshini Pather DATE JUDGE

Debby downpour

Mint Springs Valley Park temporarily closed on Friday, August 9, after a failed culvert pipe made its way through the road surface at the entrance to the park following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby. Central Virginia saw several inches of residual rainfall during Debby’s trek north, and the high water levels forced the pipe through the pavement. This isn’t the first time this particular culvert has caused trouble. “This is the same location where the pipe was replaced in 2020,” says Albemarle’s Superintendent of Parks Jim Barbour. “However, the cause of the 2020 failure was … an old and degraded galvanized culvert pipe.” Debby’s effects also prompted the county’s swimming beaches—at Chris Greene Lake, Walnut Creek, and Mint Springs—to close until water levels fall.

CHARLOTTESVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

8-19, 2024 From Bach to Jazz, with 17 World-Class Performers

Sept. 8, 3:00pm, The Paramount Theater

Sept. 15, 3:00pm, Old Cabell Hall at UVA

Sept. 19, 7:30pm, Old Cabell Hall at UVA SERIES

Sept. 9, 7:30pm, The Paramount Theater

Sept. 12, 7:30pm, The Paramount Theater

Sept. 11, 8:00pm, Music and Merriment, Vault Virginia, 300 E Main St, Charlottesville

Sept. 13, 12:30pm, FREE One-Hour Community Concert, The Paramount Theater

Sept. 17, 6:00pm, A Night At The Vineyard, The Carriage House, King Family Vineyards, Crozet

Artwork from the 2024 Festival painting by David Summers