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NEWS 9 Ah, 2018—you couldn’t come quickly enough.

11 Non-resident students The start of a new year always brings hope, transferring to city schools at a higher rate. promises of new adventures, fresh starts.

12 UVA students and faculty And after spending the last several weeks concerned for books after library renovation. in a mad rush to attend family gatherings, 13 Yes, Virginia buy the perfect present and cram the last bit of holiday treats in our mouths, January 1 FEATURE 14 signals a time to pause and reflect on what we hope to accomplish in the new year, and what the best path to success is.

For a lot of people, this means stepping outside their comfort zone.

And no one knows that better than members of our local dance communities (p. 14). Throughout the last few decades, the salsa, swing Locals are moved to dance for and tango scenes in Charlottesville have grown as many people break a variety of reasons. out of their routines. But dancing provides more than a means to learn ARTS 19 a new skill and burn some calories: It’s about connecting with each other 21 Calendar Listings and being present in the moment; taking a breath as the world turns.

23 The Works: Muralist retains references to real life.

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Follow their lead 24 Feedback: Time signature is of the essence for Fanciful Animals.

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21 Jen Sorensen Last week’s In Brief incorrectly stated the date of Albemarle supervisors’ moratorium on court relocation discussions, which will be until March 2. The county’s consultant will continue to explore county development projects during the moratorium, but not the courts, as originally reported.

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Stomping grounds Below freezing temperatures didn’t stop young First Night Virginia attendees from enjoying the annual Downtown Mall bubble wrap stomp on Sunday, December 31. The always popular activity was one of more than two dozen events that occurred across Charlottesville during the city’s 36th community New Year’s Eve celebration, which brought a variety of national and local performers to town and provided a familyfriendly way to ring in 2018.

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Change of venue Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler wants to move his perjury trial from Albemarle County, where he’s charged for filing a false statement to a magistrate. A motion to move will be heard January 19.

Survey says A survey randomly distributed to 5,000 UVA students in December shows that 25 percent of its 2,726 respondents say sexual assault and misconduct are “very” or “extremely” problematic at the university, where 12 percent of female undergrads reported being sexually assaulted in the 2016-2017 school year, which is down from 39 percent in a 2015 survey.

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A Virginia State Police investigation found that three Charlottesville police officers who fired at J.C. Hawkins Jr., 32, and killed him October 19 after he robbed and sexually assaulted a woman on Riverside Avenue, used reasonable force and will not be charged. The report indicated Hawkins wanted police to kill him and that he pointed a gun at the officers. The officers were not identified, but will be after an internal Charlottesville Police investigation, according to Deputy Chief Gary Pleasants.

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ecent Charlottesville City Schools data suggests a trend among its elementary schools: Non-resident students, typically from Albemarle County and colloquially referred to as “county kids,” are surpassing resident students in transfer rates across the school system. And that’s putting city kids in standalone modular classrooms to handle the excess capacity, says a former Charlottesville School Board chair.

Not so, says city schools spokesperson Beth Cheuk. “We have exactly one trailer.” Or “learning cottage,” as it’s known in educationese.

The enrollment of non-resident students is not new. “In 1983, enrollment for resident students was declining,” says Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Rosa Atkins.

School administrators calculated how a tuition-based program would boost the bottom line and the school board approved the enrollment of non-resident students.

For the 2016-2017 school year, of 292 transfer students, 210 paid tuition: $1,337 a year for K-8 students and $1,701 for high school students (additional siblings get a price break). The 82 children of city employees don’t pay tuition.

“One of our goals is to keep expanding, and that means accepting non-resident students,” says School Board Chair Juandiego Wade. “If out-of-district kids want to come

Charlottesville City Schools Budget: $78.5 million Resident students: 4,313 Annual spending per student: $16,840 Non-resident transfer students: 292 Tuition: $1,337 for K-8 , $1,701 for high school students Learning cottages: 1 Courtesy Charlottesville City Schools

Teacher Robyn Davis requested the city’s only trailer, aka learning cottage, for her preschoolers at Greenbrier Elementary, and says they can be a little louder and feel part of a smaller, age-appropriate community.

and nearly 100 percent of requests were granted. Of the 27 black-identified students, that acceptance rate dropped to under 50 percent.” The other five “Asian” or “unidentified” students were accepted.

“That is unacceptable,” says Smith. The city “is blatantly telling resident kids that they are not a priority, especially black students.” Of all city students, 42 percent are white and 33 percent are black.

“For what it’s worth, we do not ask a student’s race on the transfer application,” says Atkins. However, information on a student is accessible by any principal. “Last year was an anomaly in the acceptance rates,” she says. “In some cases, some families applied more than once, so some numbers are repetitive.”

“Saying we prioritize by race is disrespectful in my eyes and goes against everything I stand for,” says Wade.

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recently in the current 2017-2018 year, 100 percent of white students were allowed to transfer, while 89 percent of black students were, according to the city.

“When you make decisions like we do, not everyone is going to like it,” says Wade.

“I’m willing to take the hit. We do our best to reach every student.”

A lot of a student’s success depends on parents, says Wade: “Some economically disadvantaged homes may not be able to provide a quiet space or materials or parental help with homework.”

“More and more pressure is put on families, even though they may not be able to provide,” says Smith. City schools need to take responsibility and provide more resources for those who do not have it at home, she says. “But first, they need to return to prioritizing the resident kids, as their application policy suggests. They need to spend their budget on helping these students excel, not buy trailers to make room for non-residents.”

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to our schools and pay tuition, we will welcome them.”

Within the city, students may transfer to another school—if that school’s principal agrees.

“Most of the time, [transfers are requested] for child care reasons,” says Atkins.

“Maybe their babysitter or after-school care is located in another school zone, and the parents want their child to stay with the same sitter or facility.” Transportation can be another factor in granting a transfer, and non-resident students do not have a city bus option, she says.

Last year, Greenbrier Elementary reached capacity—a maximum of 24 students per classroom—and installed a $70,000 trailerlike classroom outside of the school at the request of a preschool teacher, says Cheuk.

“The modular classroom is very modern, clean and even has a better bathroom than the school,” says Wade. “We are one of the fastest-growing districts in Virginia, and using these modulars is not uncommon.”

Seven classrooms in elementary schools were added this school year.

Former school board chair and city councilor Dede Smith says that was to accommodate the incoming non-resident students.

Cheuk puts that number at two additional classes to accommodate non-resident students, whose enrollment is flat. She says the school system’s 3 percent growth is fueled by residents, not non-residents, whose numbers are declining.

Smith contends the learning cottage at Greenbrier houses city kids, and not a single “county kid.”

“The preschool classes are held there,” she says. “They are isolated from the rest of the school. Even the school doors automatically lock, so the students stand outside after class, waiting for someone inside to let them back in so they can go home.”

Smith also expresses concerns for the indistrict student transfers who were rejected.

“Last year, of the 65 resident transfer requests, 33 were by white-identified students,

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VA has long desired a makeover of its 1937 research library, and with General Assembly funding for the $160 million project likely in 2018, plans are surging ahead—leaving some faculty and students uneasy about whether Alderman’s 2.5 million book collection will make it back to the library once renovations are complete.

And while plans are not complete, Alderman’s low-ceilinged, rumored trystingspot stacks will not be part of its new look.

“There’s no way to bring them up to code,” said university librarian John Unsworth at a December 13 meeting about the project. The vintage wiring and plumbing are safety hazards, he says, and the low ceilings make it impossible to install sprinklers.

“It’s not as though a library has never burned on this campus,” he said, referring to the great Rotunda fire of 1895.

As part of the preparation, the size of the Ivy Stacks has doubled, and most of Alderman’s collection will relocate there, with 750,000 tomes staying on Grounds in Clemons Library.

“I’m very interested in hearing from students and faculty,” said Unsworth about the selection criteria for keeping books in open stacks. “No research facility worth its name keeps all its books in open shelves.”

It’s that criteria—and earlier plans that touted more open space and chairs and fewer books—that concerned some at the December meeting.

One suggestion from an attendee was for administrators to proactively reach out to grad students—and not hold meetings such as this when they’re gone.

“What was striking were the professions of administrators that they wanted to be open,” says UVA English professor David

Vander Meulen. But of the actual plans, he says, “So much of it remains uncertain in my mind.”

He’s concerned about the “fast and furious” timeline to get the project ready to go to the Board of Visitors in the spring, which put planning for July through December 2017, says Vander Meulen.

He notes that UVA commissioned a study from Brightspot, the company that wanted to remove the books from New York’s iconic public library on 42nd Street and ship them to New Jersey—until the outcry of activists and authors like Salman Rushdie halted the process.

“I wasn’t thrilled with that part of our process,” said Unsworth of the Brightspot study at the meeting. “We’re not working with them now.”

To do the renovation, the university has chosen HBRA Architects, which remodeled Yale’s libraries. Its architects will be at UVA January 24 and February 7 to gather input from the community.

“We need to be a big part of that input!” writes UVA alum and visiting scholar John Bugbee in an email to rally “librarophiles.”

Vander Meulen is dubious about how much input the renovation will get from those not on the library committee. “It sounds like we have two days when the architects are here,” he says.

UVA English professor Elizabeth Fowler advised attendees how to articulate to the architects what the books at Alderman mean to faculty and students. “They want vision and meaning,” she said.

Unsworth has said Alderman could end up holding more books than it currently houses.

The collection will move in 2019 and construction will begin in 2020, according to the timeline, providing “several years of disruption,” says Unsworth.

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hree weeks ago on December 15, the Virginia Tourism Corporation awarded two contracts totaling $600,000 annually to the Martin Agency.

The big dog of Richmond ad shops will be VA Tourism’s advertising agency of record.

On the same day, the Richmond TimesDispatch published allegations of sexual harassment and other workplace abuses at Martin from 17 former employees. The long-standing macho culture was so overt at least one employee likened Martin to “Mad Men.” By the time Virginia Tourism announced the contracts, the agency’s longtime chief creative officer was already one week out of a job for what the company called accusations of “inexcusable” behavior.

Some 23 agencies bid for the tourism bureau contracts. Presumably, as the originator of the state’s most famous campaign, “Virginia is for Lovers,” Martin had a sizable advantage going in. I can see that. The iconic heart was a game-changer for the state.

But among the many lessons imparted by the #MeToo movement is this: Sexual harassment and mistreatment that drives women out of the workplace, as was reported at Martin, robs everyone involved of potential. One way or another, the product on the outside reflects what’s present— or missing—on the inside.

Evidently, Rita McClenny, Virginia Tourism president and CEO, didn’t get the memo. McClenny told the RTD she had “no concerns whatsoever” about the sexual harassment claims. “That was environmental to the agency and really has no impact on the business,” she said. SMH. And McClenny wasn’t the only one sticking her foot in it at that moment. I write, of course, of Ralph “Bipartisan” Northam, whose blatant disregard for the issues that carried him to victory was on full display

in his December 16 interview with the Washington Post.

While the rest of the nation understood his rout of Ed Gillespie as a referendum on Trump’s policies, Virginia’s new Democratic governor, who twice voted for George W. Bush, saw something else. Campaign advertising notwithstanding, Medicaid expansion wasn’t the imperative he’d made it out to be as a candidate, he revealed to the Post. Controlling costs and making allies of Republicans—those were the big objectives, he said, sounding not at all like a man who’d won the governor’s mansion by nine points thanks to energized liberal voters.

So much for rallying the base. SMDH. All the double-talk in Virginia and elsewhere in these United States reminds me of the great George Carlin. He did a set at the Paramount in January 2007 about a year before he died at age 71. He was working on new material for what would be his final HBO special. The counter-cultural social critic and comedian had served in the Air Force and started his career as a straightlaced, clean-shaven jokemeister until Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor woke him up.

From the 1960s onward, clad in jeans, he kept vigil on the absurdities of politics and language. The view never improved.

By the time he got to Charlottesville, Carlin’s had become the comedy of exhaustion. Doublespeak, complicity, blind spots, abuse of privilege—that’s some rough terrain to mine for a punchline.

Tempting though it might have been, Carlin didn’t let himself become enchanted by the promise of one party over another, either. Hypocrisy is the ultimate act of bipartisanship, he’d say.

“Government,” Carlin warned from the Downtown Mall on that strangely warm winter night, “is interested in its own power, keeping it and expanding it wherever possible.” LMAO.

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rom swing to salsa, ballroom to hip-hip, tango to tap, Charlottesville’s dance scene is alive and kicking. Over the last few decades as the groups have grown in popularity and size, the communities themselves have transformed: They’re safe spaces to not only master the steps of a dance, but to enjoy the company of others and become a part of something larger than yourself.

Participants in the Charlottesville Tango dance club meet once a week for the milonga, a weekly dance party.

Add some zest to your life “Zabor—it mixes ‘sabor’ (‘to know’ in Spanish), ‘saber’ (flavor) and zest,” says Edwin Roa, lead instructor of the Charlottesville Salsa Club and founder of Zabor Dance. He and several locals, including Butch Bailey, started the group 17 years ago, and just celebrated their 1,000th gathering this December.

Dave Chesler and his wife, Betsy, inherited the Charlottesville Tango dance club 10 years ago from its original founders.

The Colombian native bought a space above the Second Street Gallery and called it The Dance Spot to “unify the dance community—without a label.” Dozens of classes teaching all forms of dance, such as belly dance, hip-hop and ballroom, are held there weekly. Although Roa is more invested in salsa, he flits among other dance communities to “stay in touch” and be supportive.

“Initially I hated the idea of teaching, but I saw a gap in social dances here in Charlottesville and created a fusion, a balance between lessons and just having fun,” says Roa. He sees salsa as “invigorating” and “alive,” comparing it to other dances: “Many ballroom styles are like calligraphy, which can look beautiful, but have silly words written. Salsa is more like composition—it is rich, detailed, even though it may not look perfected.”

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everyone to change partners: No two dances are alike.

Marijke Durieux, a participant of more than three years, urges all learners to dance as both a follower and leader, “to get a better feel” for the layers of the dance. “Don’t be intimidated by the moves—think of it like a new way to walk.” She demonstrates the importance of balance in the upper body, and how to shift your weight between your feet, then how to correspond to your partner’s weight and shifts.

The Cheslers have frequented Argentina, studying the dance over the course of the last decade. They describe tango as “basically another way to walk,” and say specific steps don’t necessarily exist without years of pattern studying. Sliding steps turn into pivots that keep couples moving around the room in a sweeping circle.

“Argentine tango is not as rigid and structured as German or other European styles.

We emphasize not following strict, traditional patterns,” says Chesler.

The Cheslers and other instructors and group leaders take turns hosting events, including sessions with visiting instructors from Argentina. About once a month, the whole group visits Richmond, where the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts hosts the popular Third Fridays: Tango After Work night. Dancers from Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Staunton regularly visit Charlottesville for the weekly milonga—couples from Richmond make the weekly trip too.

Entry to the milonga is a $10 donation, and it’s $5 for Tuesday night lessons. “The money is to cover rent,” says Chesler.

Lessons are paced differently, much slower. Teachers demonstrate how to read your partner’s direction and interpret body language. The Cheslers are patient, and guide their students in understanding new techniques; they’re relentlessly hands-on until they see a student’s feet grasp a movement.

Transitioning and style are taught as well; then, it’s up to the students to make it their own.

Dr. Kamilla Esfahani, a resident physician at UVA, has a background in ballroom, but was attracted to tango a few months ago because of the energy and unpredictability of the dance. “I attended a few lessons, but the best way to learn is at these milonga; have some wine, put on your heels and get out there!”

She sees missteps as miscommunication, and laughs her way through any accidental crisscrossing. “As a partner, we communicate with our feet, not verbally. It’s important to listen to one another in order to make the dance flow.”

Betsy Chesler agrees. “Many followers close their eyes because a single distraction will break the connection, and both will lose their synchrony.”

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Dave Chesler paces the waxed floors, chandelier lights flicker overhead and vinyl scratches on the speakers. His feet count out beats methodically, breaking only when he springs into action to save a couple from a misstep. Laughter ruffles the curtains, and maintains the warmth in the dim room.

Chesler and his wife, Betsy, inherited the Charlottesville Tango dance club roughly a decade ago from founders Marcel Yutz and Gloria Rockhold.

“We used to carpool and drive to D.C. or Richmond solely to participate in milonga nights,” says Chesler. (Milonga, the name of the weekly dance party at Charlottesville Tango, is also a more relaxed version of the dance.) The mileage and gas money, along with growing local interest, prompted them to open up a studio dedicated to Argentine tango in The Glass Building on Second Street.

The students Chesler has attracted over the years speak softly, yet fervently, coaxing newcomers to learn not by observing, but by stepping onto the dance floor. Most students estimate it has taken a few years to be comfortable with the steps. Chesler says it takes months to be at ease with dance patterns, though even he is still striving for “mastery.”

“The temperament of society is to get immediate results in anything we set out to do.

Tango, and especially Argentine tango—which we practice here—will never have immediate results,” says Marianne Kubik, a participant of more than five years. “It takes time.”

Kubik is an associate professor of movement at UVA, and though she has experience in both ballroom dancing and theater, she has no interest in being a tango instructor.

“I want this all to be for me,” she says. “It is a truly social dance. We are all friends, and feel like family here.”

It shows: Halfway through the night, the group rallies around a student who is celebrating her birthday—they pause to watch her blow out candles on the chocolate raspberry fudge cake, and several take turns leading her in birthday dances.

There is a delicate, yet electric feeling to the group. Hushed conversations and chuckles intertwine with heels pivoting and skirts twirling. Any awkwardness participants had seems to have been checked with their coats at the door. Eye contact between two people is all that is needed for a partnership to form.

The dancers make it look easy and fluid; followers move with their eyes closed, trusting leaders to direct them.

“Argentine tango is a dialogue. It is a conversation going on between two people.

Often when you begin [the conversation], you will not know where it will go,” says Betsy Chesler.

That is evident when a set of three songs come to a close and intermission music cues

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He likes the exposure that shows such as “Dancing with the Stars” have brought to general audiences, but also takes issue with the showmanship. “If everyone goes and choreographs and dances the same way, it’s boring. It should be about the movement and culture of the dance, not music and costumes.”

His lessons, which always accompany salsa nights an hour prior to the party, include a dash of such history, elaborating on the combination of jazz with Latin dance that created salsa, and basic movements to get the participants roused. He speaks vivaciously to about 30 grinning faces, the youngest of which is 8-year-old Liliana. He has seen his students grow up, and bring their children to his salsa nights over the years.

The lessons and party are now held at The Ante Room, after hopping from place to place around Charlottesville over the course of the last decade. They start out easy: with tapping, then walking side-to-side, to counting steps of four and dancing in a square shape. The music is upbeat, and Roa keeps the class interactive. He doesn’t strive for flawlessness with his students, but embraces the differing nuances of their steps and styles. “I want you to bring your own ingredients, and show me the flavor of your dance,” says Roa. He reminds everyone there is no such thing as a mistake.

Students learn how to direct their energy through their chest and shoulders, and channel direction with their hips, creating the iconic rocking motion that makes salsa recognizable. He teaches the ways to count, and what steps to fall back on if you feel overwhelmed.

Liliana volunteers to demonstrate moves throughout the class, as her father, Victor Mambuja, watches. “I like coming [because] it is fun,” she says. “I do gymnastics too, which is like dancing.” Mambuja says they have only been coming for a few weeks, but it was all her idea. “She looks forward to it every week. It has helped her improve her rhythm and balance.” She tugs on his hand, pulling him to the floor.

All ages are welcome at the salsa nights.

“We strive to create a completely safe space,” says Roa. “If anyone feels discomfort, I encourage them to speak up.” Intolerant of misbehavior, he has—though rarely—shown troublemakers the door. He feels this is especially important after this summer. “People try to come here to forget their everyday problems. We want to empower everyone who joins us,” he says. Roa led a salsa event in front of the LOVE sculpture on the Downtown Mall shortly after August 12, to “bring levity” back to the community center.

“UVA does not offer formal partner classes, that’s why the local social groups like salsa are so important to the community,” says Roa. Nearly 50 regulars participate weekly, with larger events bringing in hundreds.

Butch Bailey mans the DJ computer and control panel while Roa teaches. He has been loyal to Roa, joining him every week. “Salsa is really good for you—it’s therapeutic. You can find a number of studies that believe this dance postpones [onsets of] dementia,” says Bailey. “The friendships I have seen made here are for a lifetime.”

The lesson wraps up, and the music dims, cuing the party. Rambunctious dancing across the floor begins almost immediately, with people spinning and holding hands.

The walls vibrate from the music, and the floor shakes with every heart-pounding step.

Leaders project momentum through their chests, and followers respond, as if questions are being posed and answers shared. Feet become seemingly obsolete as partners learn to properly read each other’s language with their upper bodies and hands.

Throughout the night the dancing never ceases—it’s well past midnight when the floor starts to thin. High spirits and energy are palpable, as is the sweat.

Simone Buckman, a UVA researcher and Charlottesville native, has been practicing for the last four years. “I used to try going in New York City, but their clubs are very elitist; so when I found Edwin I was elated— it is so liberating here. Look around and see how many nationalities, socio-economic statuses and ages are present. There are so few communities within Charlottesville that have such representation, that are so welcoming and inclusive,” says Buckman.

“Starting out seems scary at first,” she says, “but salsa is all about making yourself vulnerable before freeing yourself.”

Hop to it About 20 smiling pairs twirl around the dance floor as the beginning notes of “For All We Know” by the Boilermaker Jazz Band fill the air. The smooth sound of the clarinet beckons dancers in and out of steps, with the leads setting the pace for their partners with arm and body movements. The windows around the main room at The Front Porch are already fogged over, and someone has propped the front door open to let in the cool night air. If you close your eyes and listen to the leather-soled shoes hitting the floor in time to the eight-count rhythm jazz music, it’s easy to imagine you’ve been transported to another place, another time. Perhaps 1935 and the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York—one of the first racially integrated ballrooms, and the birthplace of the swing dance known as the Lindy hop.

The Lindy hop, which started as an AfricanAmerican improvisational dance that fused together dances before it such as jazz, tap and the Charleston, plays off the spontaneous nature of jazz music because couples don’t rehearse steps beforehand. It’s a true partner dance in which the lead and follow pay attention to each other’s movements and have a conversation with one another—and with the

Edwin Roa, founder of Zabor Dance, leads weekly lessons and sees salsa as “invigorating” and “alive,” compared to other dances.

music. The solid eight-count rhythm of a song works as a base structure for both musicians and dancers: You know what to expect and you can play around within that framework.

The local Lindy hop dance scene was built up much in the same way the dance itself saw a resurgence on a worldwide scale. A popular dance in the late ’20s and up to the early ’40s, Lindy dance troupes such as Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, started by Herbert “Whitey” White at the Savoy, toured extensively around the country and even appeared in films such as The Marx Brothers’ A Day at the Races. But the Lindy hop dropped out of mainstream culture during World War II, when many of its fans were drafted, and dance clubs segued into jazz clubs filled with the less movement-friendly sounds of bebop and cool jazz. Rock ’n’ roll exploded on the scene later, but in the 1980s, groups of dancers in New York, California, London and Sweden all sought out original Lindy hop dancers to come out of retirement and teach them how to do the exuberant dance they had only seen on film.

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Dillon recently started teaching Lindy hop classes, and says it has caused her to become even more passionate about the dance and to pay attention to what her body’s doing and how she’s connecting with the other person. “[This community] has really changed my experience living in Charlottesville,” Dillon says. “I’m glad I found them because it’s a really open, friendly, supportive and encouraging community of people.”

At the Wednesday night dance lesson in mid-December at The Front Porch, teachers Jim Hughes and Sheila Herlihy have dancers Stephen Johnson is one of the volunteer teachers with SwingCville who leads classes in the Lindy hop, Balboa, Charleston and other vintage dances.

Jim McGuire, left, has been dancing the Lindy hop for three years, and says he loves not only the dance but the community surrounding it.

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walk in a circle around them to warm up before splitting them into groups of leads and follows to learn the basic back-and-forth rock step and quick-time triple step, and get tips on hand placement (leads should place their hands on the follow’s back, and the follow drapes her arm over the lead’s left shoulder; their right hands are clasped).

After the leads and follows pair up, Herlihy counts down a 5…6…5, 6, 7, 8 so that the dancers can put their new knowledge into action. After the session, dancers high-five each other and the leads rotate in a clockwise direction. There are no set partners; after each lesson you try what you just learned with a new person.

When the group adds tuck turns in which the partners rotate away from each other in a spin during the triple steps and then come back together, Herlihy praises them. They successfully completed the two main rules in Lindy hop, she says: Don’t get hurt and have fun.

As the class winds down, more people begin to trickle into the room and line up on the walls on either side of the room or lean against the stairs waiting for the social dance to start. Once class is over, Brian Richards, one of the DJ coordinators for SwingCville, puts on the first selection for the evening from the Boilermaker Jazz Band, and the dance floor fills with people. First-timers dance with veterans and teachers dance with students, although no teaching is done during social dances, McGuire says. The focus is on being in the moment—and having fun.

“Lindy hop is playful. There’s an exuberance to it that I really identify with,” McGuire says. “As you watch people who are into different dances, they’re into it for different reasons, and a lot of it has to do with the way it makes you feel.”

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In 2009, a small group of Lindy hop enthusiasts in Charlottesville formed SwingCville to offer classes in a variety of vintage dances including the Lindy hop, Balboa and Charleston. The group’s member base is fairly transient, with many college-age students and recent grads. And the nonprofit is all volunteer-run: Everyone from the person who takes money at the door of the weekly or monthly dances to teachers to the club’s organizer do it because they love it.

SwingCville General Manager Jim McGuire initially tried swing dancing at his sister’s wedding, when one of her friends taught the wedding party some moves. McGuire, who admits he doesn’t have a great sense of rhythm, says he was terrible that first time on the dance floor. He tried ballroom a few years later but wasn’t a fan of the more prescribed structure with dramatic lines. In 2012, the Charlottesville native moved back to his hometown and three years later he got up the courage to try swing once more. He arrived about 15 minutes early—he’s often early—for the two-hour Lindy hop crash course SwingCville offers to teach beginners the basics, and he stared in disbelief as he watched people learn The Big Apple, a complex, choreographed jazz line dance. “Oh my god I don’t belong here,”

he thought to himself. But he stayed for the lesson (which was much easier, he adds) and hasn’t stopped dancing since. He knew he was really into the Lindy hop when he started practicing on his own. While he made eggs for breakfast he’d do the basic rock step, triple step, triple step moves he learned in the weekly classes. Three weeks ago, after a workout at the downtown ACAC, he put in his earbuds, put on some jazz music and practiced dancing by himself on the rooftop of the building in 40-degree weather. He says whenever he learns a new step, like a kick ball change, he has to practice it “a million times” before he can use it during a dance.

“I wish people weren’t as scared—I know it’s intimidating,” McGuire says. “It’s so rare that we try things we’re not good at anymore.

I wish I would see people try it more— there’s such joy in what we do.”

Katie Dillon is a lifelong dancer—she grew up doing ballet, tap, jazz and hip-hop. But she was still nervous for her first Cat’s Corner weekly dance with SwingCville three years ago because she’d never done a partner dance before. Dillon had moved in with her mom after college and was looking for a way to interact more with the Charlottesville community and to get back into one of her favorite hobbies. She says she fell in love with swing dance from the first class and has only missed a few sessions in the last couple of years.

“It was something about the atmosphere that clicked with me,” she says.

Dillon got more involved with the Lindy hop community and joined other local dancers as they journeyed around the region to take dance workshops and participate in large events like Lindy Focus—the mecca of workshops and late-night dancing to live bands that takes place the week of New Year’s Eve in Asheville, North Carolina. McGuire’s done the same, and he praises the open and friendly Lindy hop community—when traveling for work he’ll often look up people in the local scene and enjoy a night of dancing and an invitation to crash on their couch before heading back home.

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GET REAL Charlottesville native Cody Purvis wanted to join the legends of country music for as long as he can remember. He survived on karaoke and singing contests through his middle school and teenage years, then hit the road for Nashville to make a name for himself in “real country” music. At 22, he’s already performed on the famed Ryman Auditorium stage and collaborated with Music City’s songwriting community, including award winners Dallas Davidson, Josh Hoge and Thomas Rhett for his latest EP Southern Thang. $10-15, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4980.

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“Elvis is a major hero of mine,” said David Bowie in 1996, according to The Ziggy Stardust Companion website.

“I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.” And rumor has it that Elvis Presley was impressed by Bowie as well. Country star Dwight Yoakam claims that during a backstage chat in the ’90s, Bowie “mentioned that just six months before Elvis’ death in 1977, the King had called him out of the blue to discuss Bowie possibly producing his next album.” A slew of local talent comes together at the Elvis & Bowie Birthday Party to celebrate the two legendary showmen, and what might have been. $10-12, 6pm.

The Southern Café and Music Hall, 108 S. First St. 977-5590.

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Taking a break from his frontman duties with The Nice Jenkins and Gunchux, Rob Cheatham caught some airwaves in 2016 with his countryAmericana song, “Heaven Don’t Take No Losers,” from his solo album Colors. The C’villebased musician currently gigs with a talent pool of locals under Rob Cheatham and Company while frequenting the stages of pubs and clubs throughout the mid-Atlantic. No cover, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

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Showgirls and show makers gather to pay tribute to their theatrical past in Follies, a Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman musical that magnifies its characters’ dreams and illusions through emotional reminiscences.

The play had a contemporary setting when it opened on Broadway in 1971, went on to win seven Tony Awards and ran for more than 500 performances. This National Theatre revival (via live broadcast) casts Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton as the magnificent Follies. $12.50-14.50, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.

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Rob Cheatham and Company. Americana group paints detailed portraits of American life through song. 21-plus. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

Sweet Afton. Irish-bluegrass group with sweet three-part harmonies. Free, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

The 77’s. Local rockers play the Grateful Dead’s 1980 acoustic sets. $5, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

stage Sweet Charity. See listing for Wednesday, January 3. $25-30, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

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LG and Friends. Bassist brings a group of friends together for blues, jazz, R&B and a little rock ‘n’ roll. 21-plus. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

Bob Bennetta. Jazz piano virtuoso handles the keys with ease. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Open Mic Night. Josh Mayo hosts an open mic night where collaboration is encouraged.

9pm. Holly’s Deli and Pub, 1221 E. Market St. 282-2713.

The Blenders. Classic and original rock ‘n’ roll with a local band’s eclectic flair. 21-plus.

Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

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stage Sweet Charity. A persistently optimistic, unfailingly upbeat and indomitable dancehall dreamer carves out a place in the world where she is seen, heard and valued on her own terms. Pay what you can, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Thursday 1/4 music Face Made For Radio. Bluegrass, blues and folk trio. 21-plus. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall.

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stage Ante Up Comedy: Host Battle Edition.

Hosts Winston Hodges and Chris Alan take on any comic who dares to grab the mic.

18-plus. Free, 8pm. The Ante Room, 219 W. Water St. 284-8561.

Sweet Charity. See listing for Wednesday, January 3. $25-30, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Follies. New York, 1971. The Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. This is a National Theatre Live in HD screening. $10-14, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.

Monday 1/8 dance English Country Dance. Learn dances from 1650 to the modern era before showing off your new moves. Free. $8, 8pm. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 851 Owensville Rd. 589-6264.

Keel and Hill. A contemporary bluegrass duo that’ll make you smile. Free, 3:30pm.

Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. 823-5671.

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Paulo Franco. Richmond-based singer-songwriter blends a host of musical influences with his Spanish heritage. Free, 4:30pm. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet.823-5671.

Travis Elliott. Local singer and guitarist takes on songwriting subjects from love to spaceships, both badly in need of repair. 21plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

music Bob Huntington. Pianist creates a relaxing evening with his jazz tunes. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

Traditional Irish Session. Irish musicians come together for a night of great music.

Free, 7:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St., 202-8387.

Travis Elliott. Singer-songwriter takes on subjects ranging from the heart to spaceships, all in desperate need of repair. Free, 10:30pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.

stage Sweet Charity. See listing for Wednesday, January 3. $25-30, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Saturday 1/6 music Bach, Biber and Pachelbel: Instrumental Sonatas of Germany. A program of German instrumental music focused on the imaginative repertoire for scordatura violin, viola da gamba and solo organ. $20, 7:30pm. First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St. 296-7131.

Cody Purvis. Real country music influenced

by Nashville greats. $10-15, 7pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall.

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Elvis and Bowie Birthday Party. Celebrate The King and The Starman in this night of art and music honoring two musical icons. $10$12, 6pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.

Jim Waive. Country gentleman shares honkytonk songs of heart and fervor. Free, 2:30pm.

Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. 297-2326.

Johnny B and the Goodes. Blues, rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm music in the style of the greats of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Free, 6:30pm.

The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

Luchadora. Appalachian surf rock trio. Free, 10pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.

Matt Johnson. A solo serenade of everyone’s favorite R&B, rock and pop favorites.

Free, 7pm. Heritage on Main, 309 W. Main St., Waynesboro. (540) 946-6166.

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502 Fossils. Lon Tate and Neal Goodloe play a set. Free, 7:30pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

Michael Clem Trio. Oddball classics and thoughtful originals from a trio with expert instrumentation and vocal harmonies. Free, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

Vermeer and His Contemporaries. Professor Larry Goedde discusses subtlety, love and intrigue within art. Free, 2pm. Campbell Hall, Room 160, UVA School of Architecture.

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SwingCville Cat’s Corner. The first in a monthly class series focuses on blues dance, with a beginner lesson at 8pm. $30, 7pm.

The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

Cherry Red. Capturing the feel and attitude of The Rolling Stones without covering the music note for note. Free, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

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2 Wishes Trio. This group believes that variety is the spice of life. Free, 1pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

Open Mic. Enjoy a host of inspired musicians, singers and writers. Free, 5pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

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hen painter and muralist Chicho Lorenzo saw the 7' tall retaining wall along Barracks Road near the 250 bypass, he knew exactly what he wanted to paint.

“Maybe two years ago, I was commissioned to paint a mural for a military school,” Lorenzo says. “I had an idea for an image of two teachers standing like columns, supporting the base of education. I didn’t paint it then, but when I saw this wall I thought, what if I extended it from teachers to nurses to dreamers to many other people in the community?”

In early 2017, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative partnered with Albemarle County, the Virginia Department of Transportation, UVA Arts and local residents to beautify the concrete corridor that connects busy Barracks Road with scenic Garth Road. Local and regional artists submitted proposals to the initiative, which was spearheaded by The Charlottesville Mural Project, a Bridge PAI program designed to showcase artistic talent while creating a more interesting visual landscape in Charlottesville.

In the process, members of nearby communities discussed what they hoped to see in the mural, including organic colors, a sense of whimsy and playfulness, and a theme that communicated the history, geographic beauty and diverse people of the area.

Small wonder that Lorenzo was chosen.

Since moving to Charlottesville in 2008, the self-taught artist has become known for painting dreamy, colorful murals that reflect the vibrancy of his native Madrid

and typically reference real people from the local community.

Local musicians are some of his favorite subjects. “If I sit in front of a musician playing, I can perfectly draw it—not just their faces and instruments, but the way they play,” says Lorenzo. “I can draw their music with symbols and other graphic resources.

It’s very instantaneous inspiration.”

Manifesting the unseen is part of the pleasure of creation for Lorenzo, who views art as “opening the window for a real life” that just happens to not exist yet.

He points to the mural he painted on the back wall of Mas Tapas in Belmont. “It’s a floating banquet with real people: people from the restaurant, people from the yoga place upstairs, many neighbors from that area,” Lorenzo says. “There was one neighbor who told me that his mom always wanted him to have a farm. So on one of the mountains, far away, there’s a little farmhouse with this guy in the door.”

Just like that, the man’s mother was right. Suddenly, he had a farm.

“In my experience, art opens possibilities in life,” Lorenzo says. “We are so used to seeing life a certain way. We see our routines, our day-by-day. Now with the Internet, we can see more, but it’s still limited.

But then you learn how to do art, and you realize life is limitless.”

That’s the power of mutual inspiration, he says. Whether he works on painting a portrait or creating a massive mural, he continually draws from the town that inspires him—and hopes to return the favor.

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Ryan Marley Grant, Sebastian Green and Will Ashby (aka Fanciful Animals) crank out their own form of musical brain candy at Magnolia House on Wednesday.

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anciful Animals songs often begin the same way most rock songs do: with a riff.

While jamming during band practice a while back, Will Ashby picked out a riff on his guitar and it sounded unusually cool.

“Play that again,” said bassist Ryan Marley Grant, and so Ashby did, over and over and over again, for about 10 minutes.

As Ashby played, Grant listened closely to count out the time signature—like most of Ashby’s riffs, this was in an unusual meter—so that the band could build more instrumentation around it. Initially, the piece was in 13/8 time, or maybe 13/16 time, Ashby recalls, and at some point, he dropped that 13th beat and started grooving on 12, accidentally bringing the jam into a new meter, thereby creating a new direction and a whole new mood.

After a bit of work from Ashby, Grant and drummer Sebastian Green, that song grew into “1312 BCE”—named for two of the time signatures it traverses over the course of two minutes and 33 seconds— one of the tracks on Fanciful Animals’ debut EP, Digital Pangea, released last month.

Playing around with time signatures is par for the course for Fanciful Animals, a rock band influenced by blues, jazz, experimental, electronic, pop, punk and math. Yes, math.

Math rock is more of a musical technique or perspective than a genre, Grant says—it’s not a specific sound or mood, but a mode of composing and playing while musically “trying to intentionally do something very different from what’s been done before, including what you have already done,” says Grant. It’s about structuring the music—and not relying on effects pedals and other gear—to create difference of sound both for the musician and the listener. That’s where the math comes in.

“What makes playing in odd time signatures so interesting is that it’s unnatural to the musical part of your brain.” RYAN MARLEY GRANT

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who lives day to day on almost exactly the same routine. As we get to know Lucky better and witness the events of the doom, we see how those patterns became so important to him as they begin to break, but never in a tragic way. One of the year’s best performances.

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Get Out

Dunkirk

As social commentary, as a horror movie that connected with an incredible amount of people, as a directorial debut for Jordan Peele—any way you look at it, Get Out was a huge achievement for independent film and for intelligent, layered stories with societal messages. The world already loved Peele for his comedy; with Get Out, we discovered that we need him for his insight.

Christopher Nolan delivers the most powerful film of his career with Dunkirk, the story of a military defeat by the British that resulted in an astonishing evacuation and inspired a generation to persevere in the fight against fascism in the early days of World War II. The film is told as a triptych, three interlocking stories that are stylistically and thematically linked. Dunkirk is a technically sophisticated film, dedicated to the bravery of the soldiers on that beach and those who risked their lives to rescue them.

Colossal This was a year of unlikely triumphs, of which Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal is the most unexpected. A thoughtful, funny film about serious psychological issues—alcoholism, depression, self-loathing—framed in one of the most bizarre narratives of 2017 that plays the absurdity completely straight-faced.

First They Killed My Father Angelina Jolie’s film about the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia is a fascinating look at totalitarianism and the human cost when squabbling superpowers use innocent nations as proxies. Told from the point of view of a young girl at the beginning of the regime, she experiences all of the horrors of war while being subjected to empty propaganda. Though it can be difficult to watch, the intent is to truly understand this moment in history from a philosophical and humanistic point of view.

A Ghost Story A Ghost Story made mocking headlines for an unbroken shot in which Rooney Mara sits on the kitchen floor and eats an entire pie. There, we said it, now let’s talk about what a powerful meditation on life and its meaning (or lack of it) this is, and how phenomenal it is that writer-director David Lowery feels as at ease with a noncommercial passion project as he does with a bigbudget Disney remake (Pete’s Dragon).

Lady Bird In a year of strong directorial debuts, Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age tale stands out as

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by Saoirse Ronan, is in her senior year of high school and is in a hurry to let go of everything that has defined her: friends, academic life, her name and especially her mother, played by Laurie Metcalf. Funny, poignant, brutally honest and boasting a career-high performance by Metcalf, Lady Bird should sit at the top of your watchlist.

Wind River The power of Wind River comes in its clarity of mission and total understanding of every inch of its subject matter. Though narratively a procedural about the pursuit of the men who raped and murdered a young woman on the Wind River Indian Reservation, it is also an examination of the continued legacy of American colonialism on all parties affected. A tracker (Jeremy Renner) and an FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) join Tribal Police (Graham Greene) in the hunt. A remarkable work in an exceptional year.

John Wick: Chapter 2 Good filmmaking is good filmmaking, okay?

There are some deep sociopolitical statements on this list, but in the end, movies are all about how well you can tell a story with the resources you have. In the case of John Wick: Chapter 2, those resources are some of the best technicians in the industry and the most disciplined American movie star possibly in history. Much has been made of Keanu Reeves’ stiffness as an actor, but there is no question that he belongs on screen delivering remarkable physical performances.

By all accounts, Menashe shouldn’t exist. A Yiddish-language movie filmed in New York’s Orthodox Jewish community featuring a cast of first-time actors, many of whom had never set foot in a movie theater until the premiere, combined with the fact that it’s this great, makes it even more stunning.

Starring Menashe Lustig in a story partially inspired by his own life, Menashe follows its lead character as he works to prove his worthiness as a father to his son, a year after the death of his wife. A must-see.

The last film of the legendary Harry Dean Stanton would be notable no matter what, but the sort of astonishing match between actor and material on the level of Lucky is quite rare.

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Math rock is more of a musical style or a technique than an actual genre, one that developed when bands like King Crimson and Pink Floyd began breaking out of the usual 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures. Bands like Don Caballero, Hella, Tera Melos and Chavez are often regarded as quintessential math rock bands, though the math mentality can be found in all genres of music, including jazz, pop and especially metal (Meshuggah is a go-to example).

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“What makes playing in odd time signatures so interesting is that it’s unnatural to the musical part of your brain,” says Grant.

“My understanding is that music originated with walking, which is a regular 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, so it’s sort of natural, for any musical genre, anywhere in the world, to be based with these square features. When you intentionally break that, it makes it stand out, and to some extent, your brain doesn’t want to deal with it—it just feels wrong; it’s a little unsettling.”

But an odd time signature doesn’t necessarily mean odd listening, Grant and Ashby say, citing Pink Floyd’s “Money” (in 7/4 time) and “Theme from Mission: Impossible” (in 5/4 time) as examples of songs so groovy you don’t even notice the uncommon meter.

Finding the middle ground between the two “is such a mental game,” says Grant, and it’s one that he, Ashby and Green all like to play.

And then, they consider what they’d like the music to say—since Fanciful Animals is an instrumental band, there’s no vocalist, no lyricist to convey any sort of message.

With instrumental music, “you’re connecting on a different level than conversation, and I think that’s a challenge for listeners,” says Grant.

It can also be exciting. When listening to “Brutal Rutabaga,” a Digital Pangea track comprised of three seemingly disparate parts (in three different time signatures), a listener can’t help but follow along on the adventure: How did they get from the lounge to a swarm of bees? Wait, now they’re storming a castle?

How’d they get there? Where will they go next?

Part of the challenge of being an instrumental rock band is finding a way to convey a shift in mood, tone or atmosphere in order to keep a listener’s attention. When a band has a vocalist, there’s always a new lyric for the listener to focus on; jazz bands have frequent and distinct solos from different instruments. And while Fanciful Animals aims for no particular emotion or thought from track to track, or even from song segment to segment, the band hopes to evoke something—at the very least, curiosity— within the listener.

Changing up the writing by constantly working in new time signatures, and by merging seemingly disparate parts into a single, cohesive and groovy track through a mathematical musical mending process “is a way to keep it fresh, to give the listener and ourselves something to think on,” Grant says. “It’s preventing any ideas worth putting out from getting too stale.”

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First Fridays “As a painter, I’m always looking for the state of surprise and enchantment,” says Martha Saunders, whose “Transmutations” show is on view at Chroma Projects Gallery this month. Most of the paintings in the show will come from Saunders’ decade-long project Reading Series, a rumination on how the human system digests information. The series “started as a musing on the departure from words, slipping into a visual language,” Saunders says. “Later, the imaging or conjuring of the image-object-painting was involved with the concept of digesting printed information—this is when the figure of the page appeared as a recurring image.”

The paintings, rendered in beeswax and pigment, relate a constant state of flux, where the boundaries of space shift, dissolve, evaporate.

“These materials allow for a suspended surface where the viewer is aware of matter which can change, creating a live surface,” says Saunders. “I work toward creating paintings that represent a verb, where the painting is in a state of becoming.”—Erin O’Hare

Annie Gould Gallery 121B S. Main St., Gordonsville. An exhibition of work by Jane Angelhart, Jennifer Ansardi, Fax Ayres, Hallie Farley, Alex Gould, Jennifer Paxton and Peter Willard.

Through January 8.

Art on the Trax 5784 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “American Icons,” featuring acrylic paintings by Carrol Mallin. Artist reception January 13, 4-6pm.

The Bridge PAI 2019 Monticello Rd. “Coexist: A Prayer Flag Project,” featuring a creative participatory experience led by Jum Jirapan.

Opening Friday, January 12, at 5:30pm.

FF CitySpace Art Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. “A VisionWest: Roadtripping Through American Nature,” a landscape photography exhibit. 5:30-7:30pm.

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Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 Fourth St. NW. “Karma,” featuring work by Lisa Beane that addresses privileged racism. Through January 13.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “Cantos for the Anthropocene,” featuring Millicent Young’s work interested in altering perceptions and recognition in hopes of invoking change; and “Pelago d’Aria,” featuring work by Kris Iden inspired by recent travels abroad to places of personal significance.

Martha Saunders at Chroma Projects Gallery.

FF McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Sarah B. Smith Gallery, “Clay, Fiber, Wood,” an exhibit of collaborative work by Carol Grant, Jill Kerttula and Renee Balfour; in the upper and lower hallway galleries, a showing of work by new McGuffey artists. 5:30-7:30pm.

FF Mudhouse Downtown 213 W. Main St. “siren x silence,” an exhibit of work by Madeleine Rhondeau inspired by the graphic nature of kabuki theater and the evanescent quality of memory. 6-8pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. “Drawn to Charlottesville: A Group Exhibition of 12 Local Artists,” featuring work by Bolanle Adeboye, Chris Danger, Brielle DuFlon, Murad Khan Mumtaz, Clay Witt and other artists who moved to Charlottesville from elsewhere. In the back room, an exhibit of work from Aaron Eichorst.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “Subversive/ Domestic Textile and Fiber,” featuring cutting-edge textile and fiber pieces by American and Canadian artists; in the Members’ Gallery is “Small Works,” a show featuring work in a variety of media by SVAC member artists.

St. Mark Lutheran Church 100 Alderman Rd. “Our Underwater World,” featuring underwater photography of sharks, anemone fish, nudibranches, seahorses, manatees, sea otters and more. Artist talk January 10, 7pm.

Studio IX 969 Second St. SE. “Please Don’t Ask It Can’t Be Explained,” an exhibition of new collage works by Lisa A. Ryan.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian-Universalist 717 Rugby Rd. A show of photographs by Rebecca George. Opening January 7, 12:30pm.

FF VMDO Architects 200 E. Market St. “Memory and Place,” featuring Joey Laughlin’s watercolors that serve as remembrances of uniqueness of place. 5:30-7:30pm.

Welcome Gallery 114 Third St. NE. A pop-up exhibit of original works by Charlottesville artists, including Brittany Fan, Carol Barber, Ézé Amos, Greg Antrim Kelly, Juliana Daugherty, Maggie Stein and others. Opening January 12, 5-7:30pm.

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FF Chroma Projects 103 W. Water St. “Transmutations,” an exhibition of Martha Saunders’ abstract paintings featuring her ongoing observation and interpretation of how information is processed and expressed. 5-7pm.

FF Firefly 1304 E. Market St. An exhibition of watercolor and charcoal abstractions by Emma Brodeur. 5-8pm.

The Fralin Museum of Art 155 Rugby Rd. “Oriforme” by Jean Arp. In the Joanne B. Robinson Object Study Gallery, a set of objects including Chinese bronzes, ceramics and sculpture, ancient Mediterranean coins, African masks and figures and more; “Feminine Likeness: Portraits of Women by American Artists, 1809-1960,” featuring works from The Fralin Museum of Art collection, opening January 12; “A Painter’s Hand: The Monotypes of Adolph Gottlieb,” an exhibit of works from one of the original Abstract Expressionists, and “From the Grounds Up: Thomas Jefferson’s Architecture and Design” opening January 26.

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and Lynelle Lawrence, the brains of Mudhouse’s successful operation for more than two decades. They get coffee from all over the world, bring it back to Charlottesville and roast it downtown, just up the street from their flagship mall shop. And their hard work continues to pay off, with plenty of buzz from locals and national press, too, like a recent Roaster of the Year award from Roast Magazine.

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uch in the way that giving directions to a newcomer will never not be thrilling (or is that just us?), recommending an essential dining experience is also a rite of passage: It ups your townie cred and, if you’ve steered the novice correctly, shows off our local culinary aptitude. The food scene here continues to change and grow, but what follows is an abbreviated list of dependable recommendables—those classic Charlottesville foods that make us excited to keep eating here indefinitely. They’re just as good now as they were the day we found them (once someone steered us in the right direction).

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Hungry for more? Read the full list of our favorite iconic Charlottesville eats in the current issue of Knife & Fork, on stands now!

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Binoculars available to share. Free, 7:30-9am. Ivy Creek Natural Area parking lot, 1776 Earlysville Rd., Earlysville. 973-7772.

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Smith says most folks are straight down the middle with their egg sandwich orders— Deli-Egg on an everything bagel is most popular. But some add more meat and cheese, usually bacon and cheddar, or balance out the richness with some punchy pepper spread.

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Bodo’s Deli-Egg isn’t just delicious. It also solves a problem.

“You get to a point where you’re slicing deli meat, and you have an undersized heel you don’t want to use for a sandwich,” says Scott Smith, co-owner of the venerable bagel vendor.

Bodo’s didn’t come up with the idea—it’s an old New York Jewish deli trick—but Smith and his team have taken it a step further. Because they’re not kosher, they’ve added ham, capicola, salami and Swiss, muenster and provolone cheese to the traditional deli egg mixture of pastrami and corned beef.

The result is one of Bodo’s most popular items. Indeed, the sandwich shop sells so much deli egg, they end up using far more cured meat than just the stuff that comes from the unused ends.

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“My chefs don’t need a gym membership,” says Bo Stockton, general manager at The Virginian. “They just carry the mac prep upstairs all day.” He’s joking—probably— but the beloved Corner appetizer does require between 35 and 50 pounds of pasta, roughly 15 pounds of potatoes and more cheese than Stockton cares to guess at, every single day.

Fourteen years ago, owner Andy McClure wanted to create a distinctive twist on macaroni and cheese, combining ultra-twisty cavatappi pasta with spicy pepper jack. Head chef Ernesto Salazar added a cheddar potato cake on top for extra crunch, and diners have been demanding it ever since.

“We get told about how people shared their first date over a mac app,” Stockton says, “while there is a photographer taking their picture eating a mac app because they are getting married that weekend.” Just don’t ask him to explain the Stumble Down name.

“People have created their own meaning for the name,” he says, “and we like to think that is special!”

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Let your freak flag fly” was an expression that arose from the hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a colorful way to say, “Be your most unique and eccentric self; show off your idiosyncrasies with uninhibited pride.” I propose that we revive it for your use in 2018. I suspect the coming months will be a favorable time for you to cultivate your quirks and trust your unusual impulses. You should give yourself maximum freedom to explore pioneering ideas and maverick inclinations. Paradoxically, doing so will lead to stabilizing and enduring improvements in your life.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you start compiling a list entitled, “People, Places, Ideas and Things I Didn’t Realize Until Now That I Could Fall in Love With.” And then keep adding more and more items to this tally during the next 10 months. To get the project underway in the proper spirit, you should wander freely and explore jauntily, giving yourself permission to instigate interesting mischief and brush up against deluxe temptations. For best results, open your heart and your eyes as wide as you can. One further clue: Act on the assumption that in 2018 you will be receptive to inspirational influences and life-transforming teachings that you have never before been aware of.

Aries (March 21-April 19): In 2018, your past will undergo transformation. Your memories will revise and rearrange themselves. Bygone events that seemed complete and definitive will shimmy and shift, requiring new interpretations. The stories you have always told about how you became who you are will have to be edited, perhaps even rewritten. While these overhauls may sometimes be disconcerting, they will ultimately be liberating.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018. Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skin-deep beauty or expensive beauty or glamorous beauty. If you choose to follow predilections like those, you’ll lose out on tremendous opportunities to grow wilder and wiser. But let’s hope you make yourself available for a deeper, more provocative kind of beauty—a beauty that you could become more skilled at detecting as the year unfolds.

will you receive in return for providing such a stellar service? First, there’ll be many opportunities to deepen and refine your integrity.

To wield that much influence means you’ll have to consistently act with high-minded motivations. And secondly, Taurus, you’ll get a steady supply of appreciation that will prove to be useful as well as gratifying.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): Influences that oppose you will fade as 2018 unfolds. People who have been resistant and uncooperative will at least partially disengage. To expedite the diminishing effects of these influences and people, avoid struggling with them. Loosen the grip they have on your imagination. Any time they leak into your field of awareness, turn your attention instead to an influence or person that helps and supports you. Here’s another idea about how to collaborate with the cosmic rhythms to reduce the conflict in your life: Eliminate any unconscious need you might have for the perversely invigorating energy provided by adversaries and bugaboos. Find positive new ways to motivate yourself.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): I predict that in 2018 you will figure out how to get your obsessions to consistently work for your greatest good.

You will come to understand what you must do to ensure they never drag you down into manic self-sabotage. The resolute ingenuity you summon to accomplish this heroic feat will change you forever. You will be reborn into a more vibrant version of your life. Passions that in the past have drained and confused you will become efficient sources of fuel for your worthiest dreams.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you ever nursed a yearning to speak Swahili or Chinese or Russian? The coming months will be an excellent time to get that project underway.

Do you fantasize about trying exotic cuisines and finding new favorite foods? I invite you to act on that fantasy in 2018. Is there a form of manual labor that would be tonic for your mental and physical health? Life is giving you a go-ahead to do more of it. Is there a handicraft or ball game you’d like to become more skilled at? Get started. Is there a new trick you’d like to learn to do with your mouth or hands? Now’s the time.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before the 15th century, European nations confined their sailing to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their fragile, unadaptable ships. But around 1450, the Portuguese developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a triangular sail that enabled it to travel against the wind.

Soon, exploratory missions ventured into the open sea and down along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technology enabled long westward trips across the Atlantic. I propose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs were originally wanderers. They kept moving from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughout the land we now call Mexico.

An old prophecy told them that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched a snake in its talons. There came a day in the 14th century when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to guide you in 2018.

I suspect that you, too, will discover your future power spot—the heart of your domain for years to come.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by collecting clues and following your intuition. Now, at last, you know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and see what happens.

Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of a new possibility: that you’re not quite ready to understand and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before you’ll be ready for it in its fullness.

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CLASSIFIEDS FORECLOSURE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION QUAD-PLEX RENTAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE KNOLLWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD 101 WEST PARK DRIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Albemarle County Tax Map No. 060A0-07-0A-0100 SALE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE In execution of (3) Deeds of Trust made by Denise F. Jackson – the first Credit Line Deed of Trust dated May 19, 2011, is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County in Deed Book 4033, page 653 and secures up to $75,000 in principal plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees (the “First Deed of Trust”); the second Credit Line of Deed Trust dated May 20, 2011, is recorded in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 4033, page 672 and secures up to $225,000 in principal plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees, (the second “Deed of Trust”); and the third Commercial Real Estate Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2015, is recorded in the aforementioned Clerk’s Office in Deed Book 4657, page 717 and secures up to $170,000 in principal plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees (the “Third Deed of Trust”) (sometimes collectively referred to as the “Deeds of Trust”). The Deeds of Trust encumber real estate and all improvements thereon described as follows: Parcel One All that certain lot or parcel of land, with improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situated in Albemarle County Virginia, on the north side of Barracks Road and on the west side of West Park Drive, being designated as Lot 1, Block A, Section One of Knollwood Subdivision, on a plat

by A.R. Sweet and Associates, recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book 272, page 8, LESS AND EXCEPT that certain strip of land conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia by instrument of record in Deed Book 427, page 507.

Parcel Two All that strip of land, 15 feet in width, lying immediately adjacent to the westerly line of said Parcel One described hereinabove, being the portion of “Old Abandoned Road” along entire westerly line of said Lot 1, Block A and extending in a westerly direction 15 feet from said westerly line, said “Old Abandoned Road” being shown on a plat of record with deed from Harvey L. Williams to Berkshire Apartments Inc., recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book 416, page 221.

Parcel One and Parcel Two being the same properties conveyed to Denise F. Jackson by Deed from Emmaus With Child, Inc., a Virginia corporation, dated December 1, 2003, recorded December 5, 2003, in Deed Book 2652, page 561.

Tax Map No. 060A0-07-0A-00100 (the “Property”) TERMS OF SALE: A bidder’s deposit of the greater of $25,000 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 strikedown 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.

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.

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