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THIS WEEK It’s a week for art and activism, with the Virginia Film Festival, one of my favorite NEWS 11 weekends in Charlottesville, followed closely by Election Day. With over 150 films 13 Larry Sabato discusses Charlottesville premiere. screening across town, there is room for everything, from South Asian comedies 13 Atlantic Coast Pipeline is one that will upend your assumptions (p. 33) to a new film from long-deceased master step closer to reality.

Orson Welles (p. 35). Also in this issue, don’t miss A.D. Carson’s resonant reflection 14 Community speaks up on racial on Menace II Society, the 1993 classic on youth and violence, and his discussion disparities in city schools. with co-writer and director Allen Hughes (p. 34).

14 Heatstroke victim sues Monticello High AD and coach.

In our feature story, we take a closer look at Seats at the Table, a documentary 17 Lights go down on Santa on by local favorite Chris Farina, who introduces us to a program that brings university Mountainview Street. students to a juvenile justice facility to discuss, of all things, Russian literature.

17 Mt. Zion church celebrates By grappling with what the Russians called “the accursed questions” (Who am I? final mortgage payment.

Why am I here? How should I live?), these young people form a connection that’s its own kind of activism, an assertion of our shared humanity in a vicious FEATURE 21 and divisive time.

We all need to learn how to talk to one another again, and how to listen, but we also need to engage with realities some of us would prefer to forget. The latest Charlottesville documentary, screening on Saturday at the Paramount (p. 13), focuses on the anti-Semitic nature of the Unite the Right violence here, a decision Locals filmmaker Chris Farina gives us Seats at the Table. that seems disturbingly prescient after the recent horrific murder of 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, allegedly by a man who was in online conversation with ARTS 27 the same white nationalist groups who came to our town.

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Special programs like Quest focus upon higher-level thinking and problem solving, skills that are critical for all learners, but many students neither benefit from that program nor get similarly focused opportunities in the regular classroom. I am a retired teacher and principal who served in Charlottesville and later Albemarle County for a combined tenure of 42 years, and I have seen an instructional system that successfully addresses these issues.

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CORRECTION In last week’s “New vacancy: Downtown bookstore shuts its doors, and neighbors wonder what’s next,” we mistakenly stated that store owner Dennis Kocik had no comment on the closing. Kocik, who said he was a longtime patron who purchased the shop with the intent of saving it from going out of business, said he made the decision to close after facing an immediate rent increase (to $4,800 per month), followed by an additional rent increase, in May 2019, to $5,275 per month, plus the landlord’s requirement that he sign a one-year lease (though the space had been leased month-to-month for 20 years).

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Banned from UVA Ten people associated with last year’s August 11 march through Grounds are banned from university property for four years. The list includes alum Richard Spencer, whose wife filed for divorce last week, alleging assault; Elliott Kline, aka Eli Mosley, former Identity Evropa leader in charge of Unite the Right security; former Marine Vasillios Pistolis; the Daily Stormer’s Robert “Azzmador” Ray, and four members of California-based Rise Above Movement arrested in early October.

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Social Hall, the circa 1814 house once owned by the former Virginia governor and U.S. senator on East Jefferson Street, is for sale for nearly $4 million. Janice Aron bought it in 2006 for $1.1 million, and extensively renovated the 6,500-square-foot manse, which features five bedrooms, a lap pool, and an unparalleled view of Market Street Park and the statue of General Robert E. Lee.

While congressional candidates are getting all the attention, they’re not the only choices that need to be made at the polls November 6. Virginia likes to ask voters to weigh in on additions to its constitution, such as the now-unconstitutional marriage-is-betweena-man-and-a-woman amendment. A repeal of that will not appear on the ballot, but there are two other constitutional amendments for voters to consider on Tuesday.

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Supporters say the tax relief provides an incentive for owners to make expensive fixes to protect their properties.

A “yes” vote on this amendment means you support allowing localities to offer the property tax break.

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“[Governor Ralph Northam] is allowing and participating in this negligent act of allowing these pipelines to be built in the face of every credible source that says they aren’t needed and [are] ill-advised.”

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arlier this month, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued the final state approval needed to begin construction on the $6 billion, 600-mile, 42-inch diameter Atlantic Coast Pipeline planned to slice through Nelson County on its way from West Virginia to North Carolina, leaving only one more federal hurdle.

Massive opposition to Dominion Energy’s pipeline has made headlines since the project was proposed in 2014.

So when Governor Ralph Northam held his 2018 Governor’s Summit on Rural Prosperity in Staunton, just two days after the October 19 pipeline permit approval, activists were there to meet him. They say he’s touting “rural prosperity” while “greenwashing” his complicity in environmental destruction.

When Northam was serving as lieutenant governor under Terry McAuliffe in 2014, he sent a letter to DEQ stating that he wanted to make sure all environmental regulations and complaints were thoroughly evaluated, reviewed, and enforced.

“That indicated to a lot of people that he was serious about environmental regulations and making sure DEQ did the job correctly,” says Kirk Bowers, who’s with the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club. “Since then, he’s really not followed through on what he said he would do.”

Bowers had been waiting since last spring to know if DEQ would approve the final erosion, sediment control, and stormwater management plans for the pipeline—the permits were granted a few weeks ago.

“It was a bad decision by DEQ based upon what we’re seeing with the Mountain Valley

Pipeline,” says Bowers. The MVP is a ing and participating in this negligent similar 42-inch natural gas pipeline act of allowing these pipelines to be Staunton that’s currently being built from northbuilt in the face of every credible source western West Virginia to the southern that says they aren’t needed and [are] Waynesboro Charlottesville part of Virginia. ill-advised.”

AUGUSTA The governor’s own Advisory CounOn October 19, the Army Corps of cil on Environmental Justice has recEngineers suspended an MVP permit to build through waterways in two ommended that the pipeline not be ALBEMARLE West Virginia counties. It had previbuilt. ously suspended a permit in Virginia, At his summit in Staunton, when and now the MVP can’t go through asked about the ACP, Northam said NELSON any wetland in its path.

Virginia is moving in the direction of wind and solar energy, but in the More than 500 incidents have been reported during MVP construction, meantime, he approves the usage of Bowers says, including numerous erotraditional energy sources, reports loBUCKINGHAM sion violations through mountainous cal news station WHSV. His office did areas and steep terrains very similar to not respond to a request for comment.

Proposed route for the those found in Nelson County.

The pipeline will benefit the enviAtlantic Coast Pipeline “I strongly contend that the plans ronment because it replaces the need [for the ACP] just aren’t going to work for coal with cleaner-burning natural and we’re going to have similar probgas, says Aaron Ruby, a spokesperson lems like we’re seeing in southwest for Dominion. With the final state apThe Atlantic Coast Pipeline is only one approval away from Virginia,” he says. proval, he says Dominion is requesting reality. Construction has already started on its tail ends in Among the activists who paid an okay to proceed with full construcWest Virginia and North Carolina, and Dominion has applied Northam a visit last weekend was Jill tion in Virginia from the Federal Enfor permission to start building in Virginia.

Averitt, who has lived on more than 100 ergy Regulatory Commission. The “He never followed through with that,” acres in Nelson County with her husband company has already received a go-ahead in Averitt says. “We have yet to hear from anyand extended family since 2005. Dominion West Virginia and North Carolina, where one.” it’s been building the ACP for months. Doplans to run its pipeline through their NelFor the first three weekends of October, lysford property, slicing across a large woodminion expects it to be fully built by the end the Averitts and other activists who oppose ed area just yards from her back porch. of next year. the ACP invited the public to their propShe’s invited Northam, who has received “This project is all about building a better erty to camp or visit for a few days of what $200,000 in donations from Dominion, and economic and environmental future for our they call “camptivism,” to learn why Nelson Matt Strickler, his secretary of natural reregion,” says Ruby. “Public utilities are deresidents are so vehemently fighting to presources, “countless times,” to come hear the pending on it to meet the growing energy vent the pipeline’s construction. Approxiconcerns of landowners. He shook her husneeds of consumers and businesses.” mately 150 attendees heard from environband’s hand when running for the DemoSays Averitt, “If these pipelines are develmental experts, impacted landowners, and cratic nomination against Tom Perriello—a oped, we would create a 600-mile developlocal historians. known ACP opponent who banned camment dead zone around them and jeopardize “Northam’s supposed to represent all of paign contributions from Dominion—and thousands of rural homeowners’ water along us and he couldn’t even give us the courNortham promised to be in touch for a the route. I’d like Northam to explain to me tesy of an hour?” Averitt asks. “He is allowmeeting to discuss the pipeline. how that is good for rural economies.”

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“It was all about Jews,” he says. The marchers are “obsessed with Nazis. And who would ever believe that in 2018, they would seize on Adolf Hitler as a hero?”

Most shocking for Sabato were the chants: “Jews will not replace us.” “Blood and soil.”

And even, “Into the ovens.”

“People were stunned,” says Sabato.

He warns that some of the footage is shocking. And some of it came from Sabato’s cellphone, which he used to film the tiki-torch march through the Lawn, where he lives.

Sabato says he had about 20 minutes FILE PHOTO notice that the march was not going up

University Avenue as Unite the Right organizers had said.

August 11 was move-in day on the Lawn. “I was very fearful for the students,” he says—particularly the Jewish and African American students.

He quickly rounded up whomever he could find and hid them in the basement of his Lawn pavilion.

Later that night, he wrote then-president Teresa Sullivan and her husband. “Of my 47 years here,” he recounts, “it was the worst night ever on the Lawn.”

People will find the film disturbing, predicts Sabato.

“We didn’t want to put a happy face on it.”

He adds, “You don’t make it go away by ignoring it.”

Charlottesville screens on Saturday, November 3, at 4pm at the Paramount. It will air on PBS stations across the country in early 2019.—Lisa Provence

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The most frightening movie on this year’s Virginia Film Festival schedule doesn’t feature supernatural ghouls, but it had Larry Sabato shaken. Charlottesville is the real-life horror story that took place on UVA’s Grounds and in city streets when white supremacists and neoNazis came to town in August 2017.

“We have people and film footage no one else has,” says Sabato, whose Center for Politics produced the documentary. While racism is obviously a theme, “We also focus on the deep-seated anti-Semitism in the white nationalist movement.”

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Tough talks Hundreds gather to discuss racial inequities in city schools

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all parents in the district revealed a glaring gap between the way white parents and black parents experience city schools.

For instance, in response to the statement: “My school values cultural similarities and differences,” 82 percent of white parents, but only 47 percent of black parents, agreed that the schools were moving in the right direction. On all questions, a greater proportion of white respondents rated the schools as moving in the right direction.

At the forum, city schools spokeswoman Beth Cheuk also noted that only 14 percent of respondents identified as black (in a district that’s roughly a third black), a red flag that the schools need to do a better job of reaching out to parents of color.

The CHS cafeteria was packed October 23 with community members eager to talk about longstanding racial disparities that became a national news story.

where she eventually thrived. Trinity, too, is now doing well in Algebra II, the class she could not get into her junior year because she struggled in math as a freshman. “I think it’s just trying to make sure that all kids have opportunities,” Walker says of the changes that need happen. “I think a lot of the kids just get pushed to the back.”

She’s glad the city is offering the forums (a second is scheduled for November 27).

“You have to have the community’s input,” she says. And like many attendees, she was encouraged by the conversations happening that night. “When everybody gets together

and everybody feels the same way, it makes you feel better.”

John Santoski, a former school board member whose two daughters attended city schools (one is now a teacher at CHS), says it was “good to see so many people come out,” but he’s withholding judgment on the city’s response.

“We’re really good here in Charlottesville at getting together and talking about things,” he says, noting that he was involved in many of these same conversations 25 years ago, when he was on the school board. “Whether there’s really going to be action…the jury’s still out.”

Former Monticello High student sues athletic director, one-time coach A year and a half after 16-year-old Patrick Clancy was hospitalized following a soccer practice on a blistering July day, he filed a $2 million civil suit against the coach, Stuart Pierson, and Matthew Pearman, the Monticello High School athletic director.

“The rules were in place that day, and they were not followed,” says Emily Clancy, Patrick’s mother.

The 8am practice July 21, 2017, was on a National Weather Service heat advisory day. By the time Patrick finished practice at 10am on a synthetic turf field, which can up the heat index 35 to 55 degrees, according to the Virginia High School League, he had stopped sweating, had a headache, and could barely talk.

His brother Ryan, who also was at the practice and felt ill, drove Patrick home. His mother knew immediately that Patrick was in trouble because he couldn’t stand, he was throwing up, and his fingers turned blue. When a shower and cold bath failed to cool him down, she took him to the emergency room.

Emily Clancy is convinced that if she hadn’t been home, Patrick would have died.

And the response she says she got from Pierson, who no longer coaches, was to blame Patrick for not bringing enough water.

The suit alleges negligence and gross negligence, contending the defendants had a duty to Patrick to conduct the practice safely, and “they failed to do so.”

Pierson and Pearman did not respond to phone calls from C-VILLE. Among the guidelines the suit claims the defendants violated were having no trainer present, no cold water, no shade, no rest breaks, and not taking into account how the synthetic turf would jack up the heat index.

Earlier this year, Albemarle County schools developed heat management guidelines for outdoor activities in hot

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harlottesville City Schools has opened up a dialogue on racial disparities in its schools, with a survey to parents and a series of community forums, the first of which was held on October 23.

Though data on the black/white gap in city schools—in everything from suspension rates to participation in gifted programs—has existed for decades, the outreach is in response to an October 16 ProPublica/New York Times story spotlighting the district as having one of the biggest racial achievement gaps in the country.

At the forum, hundreds of community members filled Charlottesville High School’s cafeteria, where Charlene Green, manager of the city’s Office of Human Rights, told the

crowd: “This is not about holding hands and singing ‘We Are the World,’ because it’s not going to happen. We need to figure out how we’re going to have these difficult conversations and listen to each other.”

In breakout groups, attendees discussed issues like gifted identification and hiring and supporting teachers of color.

Valarie Walker, who grew up in city schools, was in attendance along with her daughter, Trinity Hughes, who was one of the two African American students featured in the Times article.

Walker talked about her own experience as a child at Greenbrier Elementary School, which she enjoyed. “I still talk to my fifth grade teacher to this day,” she says. “We give each other hugs.”

But she also brought up her struggle to get her older daughter enrolled in an advanced course at Charlottesville High School,

Patrick Clancy (right), pictured with his brother and mother, is suing the Monticello High athletic director and a former soccer coach for allegedly not heeding guidelines that could have prevented him from suffering heatstroke.

weather, which include training for coaches, players, and parents, and measuring heat and humidity on playing surfaces during hot days.

However, Emily Clancy says Virginia High School League guidelines already were in place on July 21, but weren’t heeded.

Patrick and Ryan suffered permanent physical and mental scars from that day, exacerbated by the bullying they experienced at Monticello High, says their mother.

“No one from the county ever apologized or even asked [Patrick] if he was okay.”

Ryan graduated and Patrick is now at a different school.

Both teens are “100 percent” behind the lawsuit, says Clancy. “Patrick said, ‘Mom, we have to do this because if we don’t, someone is going to die.’”

Deaths from the effects of heat are uncommon but they do occur. In August, University of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair, 19, died of heatstroke.

And in 2005, Albemarle High graduate Kelly Watt, a cross country runner, suffered heatstroke after running on a sweltering July day, and died shortly afterward. A race is held every year in his memory. (This year’s is Saturday, November 17, at Panorama Farms.)

Says attorney Lloyd Snook, “We hope, through this lawsuit, to make everyone in the central Virginia athletic community understand what our athletic departments must do to prevent these deaths.”—Lisa Provence

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or more than 20 years, Jeff Norford has staged the brightest holiday light display in town, a must-see on any light tour that’s been visited by thousands of Charlottesvillians. Which is why a collective “oh no” arose when he announced he would not be putting up lights this year.

“I’m tired,” he says. “I don’t ever go anywhere on Christmas and the kids are grown.” Every night from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, Norford would be in front of his Belmont home-turned-holiday-wonderland, welcoming visitors—15,000 last year—who strolled through his collection of Christmas inflatables.

At the news that he was ceasing the holiday tradition, more than 100 people posted their dismay—and their thanks—on his Santa on Mountainview Street Facebook page.

“There’s so much to do and I just don’t have the time and energy,” says Norford, who delivers C-VILLE Weekly and other publications. “People have offered to put it up, but I’d still have to be here.”

“Putting it up” involves 350 inflatables and around 60,000 lights, a chore that takes Norford, who does most of it himself, all of October and November. And then there’s the takedown in January, to put everything into 70 Rubbermaid tubs.

Norford says he spent around $5,000 last year buying new and replacement decorations. “I’m still paying that off,” he says.

And his holiday electric bill runs around $2,000 for the season.

JoAnn Robertson has been going to see Norford’s display every Christmas since her 16-year-old daughter was four. “He was always there to greet us,” she says. “He always did it with joy.”

Robertson—and others—want to show their appreciation to Norford. “He has given so much to us.”

“I just need a break,” says Norford, who would like to go to New York for the holidays—or just be able to go see the lights around Charlottesville. But the outpouring of gratitude has touched him.

“I could only read so many posts at a time,” he says, “because they make me cry.”

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WO R D S PEACE In a new documentary, UVA students and residents of a juvenile correctional facility connect through Russian literature

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No-comfort zone The idea behind Books Behind Bars was to bring students enrolled at the University of Virginia to the Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center to discuss the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, and other greats of Russian literature with incarcerated people of the same age group. “[I thought], if going into an unfamiliar environment and leading a discussion about a story that I thought I knew can have that kind of an illuminating effect on me,” says Kaufman, “what would happen if I were to create a class in which I’d put my students into a similar environment...and then have discussion about literature outside of their comfort zone? What learning might take place for them?”

In 2016, Kaufman’s Books Behind Bars class was documented by Charlottesvillebased filmmaker Chris Farina for Seats at the Table, which screens at the Virginia Film Festival on Sunday at Newcomb Hall Theatre.

In the film, metaphorical barriers between people are dismantled, even as physical ones remain. Both student and resident come to the table ready to discuss the same written work with radically different life experiences, but with a shared desire to understand each other. The literature they read together speaks to universal fears and emotions that are hardcoded into us as human beings; Tolstoy’s How Much Land Does a Man Need? challenges our need to acquire, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Matryona’s House asks how much a person can give before it becomes too much. And in analyzing it together, the walls that separate one person’s experience from another’s begin to soften, allowing student, resident, and even author to contribute to a free exchange of ideas at a level that would have previously been difficult to imagine.

One resident called the class "the one time I don't feel locked up."

Perceived notions One of the most striking things about Farina’s documentary is the film’s refreshing tone of good faith. The viewer is dropped almost immediately into the action of UVA students entering Beaumont (which closed in 2017) for the first time, not knowing what to expect.

Maybe a university student wants to alter his perception of what makes a person “criminal.” Perhaps a resident has a specific notion of what a university course is or what sort of person thrives in it. And neither participant has much familiarity, lived or otherwise, with the time or place where these works were written. But as the film progresses, the viewer witnesses genuine emotional exchanges between three very different people—UVA student, correctional facility resident, and 19th-century Russian author.

“Part of it is bringing people together at that age,” says Farina, “and part of it is the stereotypes they have going in. They dissolve within a couple weeks, and they really open up. And particularly for the residents, it’s their one time of the week when they have a little sense of safety, but also a little sense that they can be themselves and not have to put up their guard. It means a lot to them.

One [resident] literally said, ‘That’s the one time I don’t feel locked up. I can be myself.’”

Farina’s style of filmmaking allows the story to unfold with minimal prompting, but it is anything but passive. It took energy, focus, and determination to create the space where the man with the camera at the end of the table could be trusted with this level of vulnerability. Farina attended the program for two years before recording a single image, then made sure that trust did not dissipate once production began.

“I conducted a bunch of early interviews with the residents to get them to be a little more comfortable with me,” says Farina.

“That relationship between me and them, I knew was going to be crucial, and so I wanted them to understand that I wasn’t sitting there with an agenda. I was sitting there,

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hen the great classics of world literature were first being written, they were not meant for students or academics decades or centuries in the future. First and foremost, they were meant to foster a relationship between reader and writer.

For Andrew Kaufman, who teaches Russian literature at the University of Virginia, that connection came to life during a prison workshop he taught in 2009, on Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

The story, about the thoughts and emotions that overcome a man who is suddenly conscious of his imminent death, is one of the first stories taught in Russian literature classes. New students are encouraged to dissect Tolstoy’s meditations on sin, the valuing of physical and social pursuits over spiritual ones, and other Russian writers who underwent similar deathbed conversions, such as Nikolai Gogol.

What Kaufman discovered in the workshop was a new dimension to the work, sparked when he shed his “professorial persona” and simply asked the inmates, “What did reading this story mean to you?”

“I had to come to this jail...to see what I did. But I learned something from this story I can use when I get out,” Kaufman recalls one participant telling him. “It’s too late for Ivan,” another said, “but it’s not too late for us.”

In an email, Kaufman observed that “Ivan Ilyich, a careerist judge living in 1880’s Russia, couldn’t have been more removed socially, economically, and culturally from the world inhabited by the inmates at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Yet his story struck a powerful chord in these men, inspiring them to open up to a complete stranger about bad decisions they’ve made, people they’ve hurt, and opportunities they’ve squandered, or perhaps never had to begin with. It...encouraged others to see their world anew, to glimpse fresh possibilities for their future.”

“I came away from that experience realizing and understanding the story in a new way for myself,” says Kaufman. “I had written about it, I had studied it many times, but for me as a teacher, teaching in this unfamiliar context, it made it come alive in a whole new way.” It planted the seed for Books Behind Bars, the program he would found the following year.

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Andrew Kaufman has been leading Books Behind Bars since 2010.

asking them the questions, and leaving it up to them as to what they want to talk about.”

“Chris did a great job with that,” says Kaufman. “Not every filmmaker would have been able to get the residents to open up like he did.”

The students who came into the class knew they were going to be filmed. But Kaufman says, “I told them, we’re not there to please the filmmaker. We’re here to do our work, and the cameras are just other students in the class.”

He adds, “There was a kind of heightened level of urgency when the cameras were there. It didn’t change anything, but I think it gave everyone, even at a subconscious level, the sense that what we’re doing is important.”

Story sharing Farina’s approach to filmmaking is to let the subject tell his own story as much as possible, a quality that is also seen in his earlier work.

West Main Street, also screening at VAFF (Saturday at Vinegar Hill Theatre), captures residents of the Charlottesville neighborhood in the late 1980s and ’90s just as they are, tying them to their location through shared memories and interwoven archival footage.

Farina’s involvement with Books Behind Bars came on the heels of another project relating to experimental education: World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements, a documentary he made in 2010 about Virginia educator John Hunter, who developed a game that allowed young students to address global conflict. Hunter’s game puts children in roles of global consequence­— prime minister, head of the United Nations, trade association leaders, and the like—and charges them with resolving conflicts in their own interest. In the process, they discover that collaboration is the key to success.

Despite their obvious differences, the connection between the World Peace Game and Books Behind Bars is also evident: Both programs create clear parameters and a structure for learning, then inspire the student to go places he might never have imagined.

In the real world, two strangers who notice they are both reading the same book would not necessarily begin discussing their life choices and their feelings of pride and regret.

But in a trusting environment where one is allowed, even encouraged, to open up, a shared story becomes a powerful thing—a springboard for conversations that might never have occurred otherwise.

“I heard this from both students of the [World Peace] game and from Books Behind Bars, it’s the ‘most important class they ever took in their life,’” says Farina. “The reality is, I’m not sure that the university students were expecting such a level of learning from the residents...and that by itself is such an important part of education—to realize that it’s by listening to others that we can learn.”

Leveling through literature “In 2010,” says Kaufman, “one of the UVA students was asked by one of the young residents, ‘Do you guys read these same books that we’re reading here? You read these in your UVA classes?’ And the UVA student said ‘yes.’

And you could just see the glowing pride on the face of the resident who had asked that question. And that little moment...then the

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich

by Leo Tolstoy

How Much Land Does A Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy

Matryona’s House by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

As a painful illness brings death closer by the hour, Ivan Ilyich reckons with the manner in which he has lived. He struggles with why, despite a life lived according to the norms of his social class, he deserves such anguish, ultimately accepting that none of his social climbing and proper (yet unremarkable) living can help him in the face of genuine suffering and impending death.

Tolstoy is best known in the West for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but much of his philosophy and gift for language is captured by his short stories and novellas. Here, we see his interpretation of how one can—and indeed, must—live morally, and consider his spiritual well-being, even in his everyday behavior.

A peasant named Pahom unknowingly tempts Satan by proclaiming, “If I had plenty of land, I shouldn’t fear the Devil himself!” After acquiring some land and establishing a more comfortable life, Pahom becomes obsessed with the land itself, suspicious of perceived outside threats. Ultimately, the title’s question is answered in Pahom’s fate: A man only needs enough land to be buried in. Tolstoy’s parable contains an epic quality, yet is succinctly told, and can be read as a companion piece to The Death of Ivan Ilyich as two stories with very different tones but the same moral core.

A former prisoner in a Soviet gulag—a network of forced labor camps—takes up residence on a collective farm with a woman named Matryona. She lives meagerly, even by the standards of collective farmers, and is always ready to help others and work for little or no reward. Solzhenitsyn, himself a former gulag prisoner and author of The Gulag Archipelago, depicts Matryona as one who gives of herself regardless of the ruling ideology of the current regime.

She does not need to be a high-ranking church official, nor a devout communist, to live a life of service; Solzhenitsyn shows us that a person’s inherent goodness is not connected to her surroundings, status, or any other earthly considerations.

success stories, like that of Douglas Avila– who appeared on television with Kaufman, describing his journey from Beaumont to studying fine arts in college thanks to the program and the lessons learned from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment–speak to the long-term impact of Books Behind Bars.

UVA graduate Kelsey Bowman, a double major in psychology and youth & social innovation who is seen in the film, says the experience made her more interested in social justice work, and influenced her decision to pursue a master’s in social work. “What I hope to do with that degree is some kind of rehabilitation programming or counseling...in a correctional setting,” she says. “This course...really pushed me towards that path.”

Maeve Curtin, a global development studies major, reflects that, “We need more people who are willing to recognize our

Gene Rhodes, director of photography, with producer and director Chris Farina

shared humanity, and we just happen to use literature as a way of getting [to] that ultimate goal, for how we should be living our lives every day.”

There are real factors that cause people to make different decisions, arrive in different circumstances, and form different sets of beliefs. But so much of what divides us is little more than fog; the appearance of division that clears the moment you approach it. Russian literature is a field often seen as prohibitively complicated, due to the lengths of many of the works, the often impenetrable names, and the era-specific references, to name a few perceived obstacles.

But what Seats at the Table shows us is that two people from different walks of life sitting across from one another can pierce fog as well as any classroom–by trusting their shared humanity.

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One memorable sequence in Seats at the Table juxtaposes the two groups of students in the most human of activities: a shared meal. The UVA students enjoy a restaurant’s outdoor seating while laughing, bonding, and discussing the program and anything else they please.

It’s a boisterous, noisy, joyful occasion. Cut to Beaumont: enforced silence. Absolutely no talking allowed. The scene amplifies the sense of liberation felt by residents during class, where no such restrictions exist.

It’s at this moment that the viewer may notice that the film has no score, an intentional decision made by Farina to capture the music inherent in the dialogue. “I didn’t want to inject myself in it,” he says. “I wanted to get out of the way. I wanted people to feel the emotion from what they were in the midst of, and not impose, ‘Okay, here’s the emotion you need to feel right now.’”

It’s tempting to describe the ending scenes of the film, but it’s best to see them as the journey unfolds. The residents are prohibited from contacting UVA students for five years after participating, but as the program enters its ninth year, the lasting effects are still apparent. A Washington Post piece from July 5, 2018 followed Josh Pritchett, who took the course while incarcerated, then again as an enrolled student at UVA. Other

The syllabus for Books Behind Bars contains some of the greatest and most celebrated works in the history of Russian literature, with themes of redemption, finding inner peace through suffering, and reconciling one’s physical and spiritual needs.

Here are three of the works the participants read and discussed in Seats at the Table.

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UVA student in turn was also very proud and very happy to have been able to share that with the resident. That moment of connection, I’ll never forget that. Because for me, in so many ways, that’s what education is about.”

Russian literature isn’t the most obvious subject matter for young people to connect around. But Kaufman says one plus is that it’s equally foreign to both groups. “The UVA students and the residents are kind of figuring this stuff out together,” he says.

“Neither group is an authority on this...and that creates a sense of...honest connection.”

Discussing a modern American author may get people talking about today’s issues, but an unfamiliar author from a distant time and place focuses the conversation on universal truths.

“It is the urgency with [what] the Russians call the accursed questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live?” Kaufman says.

“Russian writers, they tell great stories, but they never looked at themselves as storytellers alone.”

“Ivan Ilyich is a great example,” he adds.

“Tolstoy will not let you run away from that question: Why the hell are you on this earth, and what are you going to do with your short time here? He won’t let you walk away from it, no matter how much you want to. ...Those are questions that students are hungry for, that residents are hungry for, and they didn’t realize that they were allowed to talk about in literature classes. But it’s very liberating for them.”

Kaufman says the opportunity to discuss life through literature is a connection that’s especially needed right now. “We do not know how to have conversations in this country with one another about anything substantive without getting at each other’s throats,” he says. “We don’t know how to talk.”

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Sam Reider had little more than an accordion, a dream, and his senior year thesis as he drifted from gig to gig, doing research and transforming the American folk genre as he went. Reider settled down to make his first album, Too Hot to Sleep, with collaborative project The Human Hands, a group of acoustic jazz musicians with improv chops and impressive resumés listing credits from T-Pain to Béla Fleck. $15-18, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

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Charlottesville’s creative community has much to show off year-round, but no one can see it all. ARTCHO makes an effort to cram lots of talent into one big festival, featuring 44 creators of all mediums, from the nautical fashion of Maxime Connor to Lori Jakubow’s brightly colored prints. Everything’s for sale, and the proceeds benefit Common Ground Healing Arts. Live musical performances throughout the day include soft rock from Fair Verona and Ryan Johnson’s acoustic Americana. And don’t worry, organizers say, “There will be craft beer!” Free, 10am. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 970-3260.

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Twenty-five years after Guster formed on the Tufts University campus, the band continues to evolve musically. From the acoustic melodies of 1995’s Parachute to the vibrating bass and hazy vocals of 2018’s “Hard Times,” the group has grown up while retaining its knack for stage humor and infectious melodies. The band announced a new, untitled album in August, releasing two tracks, but so far, the remainder can only be heard live. $30.99-36, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4980.

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6pm. The Shebeen Pub & Braai, 247 Ridge McIntire Rd. 296-3185.

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Suspiria. Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) delves into sumptuous and terrifying territory in this reimagining of Dario Argento’s 1977 masterwork. $12, 8pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.

Children’s Halloween Concert. A short program of spooky organ music will be followed by a tour of the church’s pipe organ, which has more than 1,100 pipes. Free, 3:30pm. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 Rugby Rd. 963-4690.

Day of the Dead Allstars. Giving a modern, upbeat, and funky take on classic Grateful Dead tunes all while maintaining the sense of exploration and adventure the Dead were known for. 21-plus. No cover, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

Thursday 11/1 music

DJ BeCope spins flavorful funk, neb-soul, R&B and swag for this dance party. $5-20, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

stage Friday Night Writes. Spotlight on young adults and their short stories, poetry, and music. Potential performers register via email at staff@ndbookshop.com with a writing sample.

Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-2552.

A Night of New Music. UVA’s New Music Ensemble performs its fall concert. Free, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA. 924-3376.

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Wednesday, October 31. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986.

Goth Night. Die Sector plays dark, aggressive electronic music influenced by psychedelic trance, techno, dubstep, alternative rock, industrial rock, extreme metal and 1980s goth. With Angel Metro. $12, 8pm.

The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.

Face Made For Radio. Trio plays bluegrass, blues, and folk. No cover, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

Ragtime. See listing for Thursday, November 1. $25-30, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Front Country. Progressive roots pop from San Francisco. With South Hill Banks. $12-15, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.

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Josh Davidson. Singer-songwriter plays a set. No cover, 6pm. The Shebeen Pub & Braai, 247 Ridge McIntire Rd. 296-3185.

Koda. Chamomile and Whiskey frontman plays a solo set. No cover, 7:30pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

Josh Mayo’s Open Mic. Singer-songwriter plays and hosts this all-ages, all-talent open mic. No cover, 8pm. 1221 Market St., 1221 E. Market St. 282-2713.

Tyler Dick Band. Local band puts a funky twist on old favorites. No cover, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

Koda with Allstars and Bobble HEADLESS. Local acts get spooky for a Halloween party. No cover, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

LG & Friends. Bassist Lesly Gourdet, known for laying down tasteful bass lines in the Blue Ridge Band and the Porch Cats, brings a group of friends together for blues, jazz, R&B, and a little rock ‘n’ roll. No cover, 6:30pm.

The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

Sammy Horn. Pianist plays a smooth dinnertime set. No cover, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

dance Bachata Fusion. Edwin Roa teaches an introductory lesson before DJ Butchata plays an eclectic Latin mix for a social dance. $5-8, 8pm.

IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.

SwingCville Halloween Dance. Throw on a costume and join SwingCville for a swing lesson and social dance. $5, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

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Ragtime. In this musical based on E.L. Doctorow’s epic novel, it’s the dawn of the 20th century, the world is changing, and America feels the growing pains, as told through three distinct tales. Pay what you can, 7:30pm.

Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

Saturday 11/3 music 6 Ft. Ceiling. Pleasurable lite rock originals and covers, all with easy listening appeal. No

Chamomile and Whiskey. A band with an eclectic sound that blends Americana and Southern rock with Irish, gypsy, and old-time music, all wrapped up in an energetic live performance. No cover, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

The Cows. Rock as reggae, reggae as ska, and ska as rock after too much Grateful Dead.

21-plus. No cover, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

Eli Cook. A resonating voice with a resonator guitar that inspires the soul with classic American blues ballads and originals. No cover, 7pm. Wayland’s Crossing Tavern, 1015 Heathercroft Cir., Ste. 400, Crozet. 205-4669.

Guster. With a new looseness and swagger, the band pushes acoustic guitars into the background, and explores deeper drum grooves, keyboard textures, and atmospheric noise. $30-36, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

John D’earth and Friends. Renowned hard bop trumpeter brings friends on stage for nighttime jazz. 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

Kat Somers. Hear loopy and mellow acoustic tunes from local up-and-comer’s debut release.

No cover, 3pm. Hardywood Pilot Brewery & Taproom, 1000 W. Main St. 234-3386.

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Central Library, 201 E. Market St. 979-7151.

MFA Reading Series. UVA creative writing students Bobby Elliot and Anna Beecher read from their work. Free, 8pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall.

295-2552.

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Thirty-first Annual Virginia Film Festival.

A celebration of the magic of the screen, showcasing new and old films from various cultures, with many other activities and attractions. Various times and locations. virginiafilmfestival.org.

Friday 11/2 music Chickenhead Blues Band. This upbeat boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues dance band will have you up and out of your seat in no time. No cover, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

Eli Cook. One of the best bluesmen of his generation. No cover, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

Faster Than Walking. Playing old-time string tunes. No cover, 9pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.

Halloween. Babysitter Jamie Lee Curtis is stalked by a masked madman determined to kill her in director John Carpenter’s seminal 1978 slasher film. $10, 9:15pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. 326-5056.

Reckless Kelly. Contemporary county that’s gritty, hard-edged, uncompromising, and convincing. $20-22, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

Jacob Allen. A charming youngster with an acoustic guitar, all the way from Nashville.

No cover, 4pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.

dance aWare Wolf Vibes. Jaewar & Vibe Riot play an hour of live funk, soul, and hip-hop before

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Frankenstein. Danny Boyle of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire fame directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in this National Theatre production of Mary Shelley’s famous novel. $11-15, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.

Halloween Costume Party. DJ Dark Majik and a handful of live musicians provide the soundtrack for a party and contest. Free,

Thirty-first Annual Virginia Film Festival.

See listing for Thursday, November 1. Various times and locations. virginiafilmfestival.org.

Alkemie. Five friends with a zeal for medieval music share life-affirming and alternative perspectives to be experience din the sounds of centuries past. (612) 741-2025 for more information. $15-35, 7:30pm. The Haven, 112 W. Market St. 973-1234.

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In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. Lucy goes through high school unnoticed, except for when she’s mocked and tormented. But that’s before she meets Jenny, and before she finds something in the dark forest. Note: The play contains strong adult language, sexual situations, and violence. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986.

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Wednesday, October 31. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B. 547-7986.

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by Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, The Middle East, and the Muppets. With Samantha Crain. $18-20, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

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Paul Koonce Colloquium. Musician and software developer gives a talk focused on issues of representation and perception in electroacoustic sound. Free, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall 107, UVA. 924-3052.

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Samhita Sunya, assistant professor of cinema in UVA’s department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, selected the following seven films for the Virginia Film Festival’s Middle Eastern and South Asian Sidebar:

Hell in India An Egyptian military band goes to secure the release of a kidnapped ambassador.

Thursday at 8:45pm Newcomb Hall Theatre

Hell in India

Road to Kabul After a trip to Amsterdam doesn’t go as planned, a group of friends searches for one of their own.

Saturday at 7:15pm Violet Crown Cinema

An Indian Father Road to Kabul

An Indian Father

A stressed-out gangster falls in love with his yoga teacher.

Saturday at 2pm Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

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In The Last Days of the City A filmmaker struggles to find inspiration for a film, until friends send him footage from around the world.

Friday at 3pm Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Oblivion Verses

Looking for Oum Kulthum

Oblivion Verses The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue discovers the body of an unknown woman killed in a protest.

Saturday at 11am Newcomb Hall Theatre

Looking for Oum Kulthum

Jago Hua Savera (Day Shall Dawn) A banned humanist cinema masterpiece once thought to be lost forever, it tells the story of a poor Bengali fisherman.

Sunday at 11am PVCC Dickinson Center

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An Iranian woman living in exile seeks to capture the life of a legendary singer.

Saturday at 4pm Newcomb Hall Theatre

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finds that Charlottesville is “a strikingly...mulIndia, particularly across the Middle East and tilingual place,” with “significant communities Central Asia in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, conof people who speak Hindi, or Urdu, or Arabic, sidering why and how these films were popular Persian, Turkish,” and she’s noticed that many among, as she says, “non-diasporic audiences in folks in the city seem unaware of that diversity. the period of the Cold War,” and what implica“Part of this endeavor is to cultivate spaces tions the emergence of global cinema may have for many different kinds of audiences to come had on Cold War politics. together,” says Sunya about her reasons for seShe wants VAFF audiences to see the true valecting these films. riety of films in Middle Eastern and South Asian Another “is to say that, maybe these films are cultures and to disprove stereotypes—not all Iranot so ‘foreign’ in a sense,” says Sunya, because nian cinema is poetic, just as Indian cinema isn’t people in our town speak the languages of these all Bollywood. She also notes that blockbuster films. The films all have English subfilms, from many countries, rarely titles, but Sunya means languages make it to big screens in other parts in a broad sense—if you don’t speak of the world. Jago Hua Savera is Turkish, perhaps you understand one example, and all three films the language of An Indian Father‘s in Letters of Love have officially gangster comedy. You may not speak screened in the U.S. only once beArabic, but you might speak musifore, when Sunya previewed them cal comedy as seen in Hell In India. at Yale University last April.

And if you don’t speak Arabic, EnSunya grew up in Houston, glish, or French, go see Road to Kaspent significant time in Bombay, bul anyway, because it’s highly posand lived and taught in Beirut besible you speak stoner comedy. fore coming to Charlottesville. She Samhita Sunya

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amhita Sunya will go to great lengths to see a film on a big screen.

The cinema scholar has attended 7am screenings in theaters. When the weather’s nice and the sky is dark, she’ll set up a screen and a projector in her yard and watch from a lawn chair. Two years ago, she traveled hundreds of miles to New York City just to see a screening of the Urdu-language film, Jago Hua Savera (Day Shall Dawn).

Directed by A.J. Kardar, Jago Hua Savera is, on the surface, the story of a fisherman who dreams of owning his own boat on the Meghna River in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan); more deeply, it’s the story of a poor community exploited by loan sharks. Considered by many critics to be an important work of Pakistani cinema and of humanist cinema in general, the film was banned not long after its release in 1959.

At the time, director Kardar and his screenwriter, leftist poet and author Faiz Ahmad Faiz, were identified as communist enemies of Pakistan’s military dictatorship.

For decades, Jago Hua Savera was thought to be lost forever. Sunya says it was through the painstaking efforts of the family of the film’s producer, Nauman Taseer, that prints of the black and white film were located in archives around the world and restored ahead of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

It is a film worth traveling for, but thanks to Sunya’s efforts, it’s screening on Sunday as part of the Virginia Film Festival’s Middle Eastern and South Asian Sidebar, for which Sunya curated seven films across two thematic clusters.

The three films in the Letters of Love comedy cluster are playful films from a region that Western audiences too often associate with authoritarianism, violence, war, and other horrors; the four films in the Rites of Remembrance cluster deal with displacement, each meditating on the past, on presence, and possibility.

Sunya, an assistant professor of cinema in UVA’s department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures since 2016, accepted the position at UVA in part because of the Virginia Film Festival (the promise of an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema helped, too). While in graduate school at Rice University, she worked as a projectionist and a film festival assistant for Rice Cinema, a small “but exuberant” theater that proved to Sunya that the interesting research conducted in academic and critical film circles can be translated for any public audience.

“Some films can be very much like the experience of reading a novel. Other films can be very much like going to a concert,” says Sunya.

“Historically, what’s interesting to me about cinema—and this doesn’t necessarily mean that every film does this—is that it’s the first time that you have the possibility of huge audiences simultaneously watching the same thing across great geographic distances.”

Sunya focuses her academic lens on the prolific circulation of Hindi language films outside of

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Decades in the making Reflections on film and reality with Menace II Society’s Allen Hughes

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remember, now, waking up the night my aunt came to tell our mother about Tony. My brother and I were asleep in the bedroom of our small apartment. I thought it was a dream, a subconscious thought making its way to the fore, as these things do, taking away our heroes, our security, and exploiting what our minds know to be a better truth about us all: that we’re scared. And not just of death, but, in a certain way, of life as we know it.

Whatever happened to him on that night, for whatever reason, no movie would ever portray Tony as heroic as he was to us. He was an artist; he wrote beautiful poetry; he drew sketches for our grandmother that made her beam with pride. He played sports and made fun of us. He sometimes tickled us too hard. He wrote rhymes and rapped, too. He was 23 years old. I wanted to be just like him.

Menace II Society was released the year our cousin was murdered: ’93. Reports said at around 11pm he was with a group of friends playing cards that September evening when gunmen walked up and fired into the living room. We never needed a movie to tell us what our life was like, but Menace, and similar films, gave us a way to see us and, to an extent, be seen. The Hughes brothers were two years and six days younger than Tony when their film was released.

I call my brother between my two conversations with the film’s co-writer and co-director, Allen Hughes. My brother probably still knows all the words to the movie. I imagine it might have been a much scarier prospect years ago, but he is as good at being O-Dog as Larenz Tate. Presently, he is at our mother’s house waiting to pick up my nephew from basketball practice. I tell him about the conversation and this piece I’m working on, and that Hughes says he sees the film as “pseudo-documentary.” A product of “reporting” a reality that contained excessive violence and “a lot of toxic masculinity, in and out,” Hughes says. “The magic of Menace was...it had the immediacy of a documentary because 50 percent of it was improv and 50 percent of the actors never acted before.”

My brother and I talk about our memories of Menace and the time after it was released. (We never saw it in a theater.) I tell him that I plan to write something about the influence of the film on hip-hop. From there we go on an oft-traveled tangent about growing up in central and southern Illinois, and the under-appreciation of the artists of that moment—acts like MC Breed and Top Authority from Flint, Michigan, 8ball & MJG from Memphis, and 2Pac, Spice 1, DJ Quik, and MC Eiht from California. They are the people who seemed more representative of what we thought we knew to be home. It’s far more likely they are the artists the people we looked up to liked.

When we rapped, it was their art we were imitating on our way to creating our own styles. We discuss how different our lives are from our parents’, what responsibilities we have to do things differently, and what, if anything, we currently see of ourselves in the film, until it’s time for him to go, and then I scribble more notes on the back of an envelope in preparation for my call.

Menace II Society (starring Tyrin Turner and Larenz Tate, above), was directed by twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes. It premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival when the brothers were only 20 years old.

Allen Hughes will appear at three screenings over the weekend.

Menace II Society Friday at 8:30pm Vinegar Hill Theatre F for Fake Friday at 3:15pm Vinegar Hill Theatre “The Defiant Ones” Saturday at 7pm Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

“Menace II Society was a film that came out about a group of kids that were influenced,” Hughes tells me. “Like what was happening in Los Angeles at the time was life started imitating art... you know, as far as that gangster-ism shit.” If he were making Menace today, he says, “it would, technically, be more proficient, and I think the writing would be, the narrative...everything would be better in that regard.” (Hughes’ 2017 miniseries for HBO, “The Defiant Ones,” definitely demonstrated this technical proficiency in sight, sound, and storytelling.)

“What wouldn’t be better is the energy of it, the urgency of it,” says Hughes. “The visceral nature that it has is coasting through it. That was made by kids that were the same age as kids that were in the film.”

His remark about Menace as “pseudo-documentary” is part of a larger point, that the film is bookended by “The Defiant Ones,” an actual documentary that, in many ways, culminates in what we might see as hip-hop’s afterlife, after the deaths of Tupac and Biggie, after Death Row, as hip-hop approaches its 50th year. In the series this is marked by the opening of the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation at the University of Southern California, and Dr. Dre donating $10 million for Compton High School’s performing arts center.

“Yeah, that’s why we all gotta stay alive long enough to make some change, you know,” says Hughes.

“Yeah, that’s why we all gotta stay alive long enough to make some change, you know.”

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I wonder what Tony would be doing today if he were still here, if we would talk regularly about music and art. I wonder if he ever got to see Menace. It was out three months before he was killed.

I wonder if it would’ve made the same kind of impression on him as it did on me and my brother. I wonder if he would see any of himself in the film. I wonder if, when he was writing raps or sketching in his notebook, he ever thought about making movies or music.

If “hip-hop peaked in the ’90s,” as Hughes says (he clarifies, “Creatively. Not the industry of hiphop”), then I can’t help but imagine the space people like me and my brother occupy, as creators and consumers, as somewhere between nostalgic for what influenced us and trying to use what we’ve learned, living since then, to make some change.

Clearly, we’re no more O-Dog and Caine than we are Hughes or Dr. Dre, but we’re similarly motivated, nonetheless, and perhaps haunted by memories of what we lost, for whatever reasons.

A.D. Carson, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Hip-Hop and the Global South at the University of Virginia.

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Saturday 11/3 Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. This fiddle trio from Norway, Sweden, and the Shetland Islands swiftly gained a reputation for its gripping and unique blend of music. Part of the Prism Coffeehouse series. $15-17, 7pm. The Prism Coffeehouse at C’Ville Coffee, 1301 Harris St. 978-4335.

Peter Bogdanovich puts Orson Welles and Buster Keaton back on the screen

Sammy Horn. See listing for Wednesday, October 31. No cover, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

Skyward. Big, messy, alternative rock. With RAWLS and Wine & Warpaint. $10, 8pm.

The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.

UVA Flute Ensemble. Student musicians present their fall recital to highlight the conversational qualities of chamber music. Free, 1pm. University of Virginia Rotunda Dome Room, 1826 University Ave. 924-7969.

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appian and Zack Decker. Vinyl dance tunes. $5, 8pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9947.

The Magic is Back. Dr. Amalia schools her audience in the art of belly dancing. No cover, 7:30pm. Bashir’s Taverna, 507 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 923-0927.

stage In The Forest, She Grew Fangs. See listing for Wednesday, October 31. $10-25, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied St., Ste. B.547-7986.

Ragtime. See listing for Thursday, November 1. $25-30, 8pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. 977-4177.

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Free, 2pm. Crozet Library, 2020 Library Ave., Crozet. 823-4050.

Storytime with Mark Loewen. Author reads from his children’s book, What Does a Princess Really Look Like? Free, 11am.

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C-VILLE: After so many failed attempts at finishing The Other Side of the Wind, how did the film finally coalesce?

Peter Bogdanovich: After [producer]

ARTCHO. Community arts festival to support yoga teacher training at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. Free, 10am. IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.

Charlottesville Symphony at the Virginia Film Festival Family Day. Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra musicians play a concert before a film screening and host a postfilm musical instrument petting zoo. Free, 10am. Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd.

Filip [Rymsza] got the two women, Beatrice Welles [Orson’s daughter] and Oja Kodar [co-author/star], to collaborate on the picture, everything else seemed to fall into place. Netflix stepped up to the plate and they’ve been just incredible, I mean extraordinary—better than any studio I’ve worked for. We went over budget and they didn’t even mention it.

You were heavily involved in the editing?

Oh, sure. [The film’s veterans] all were. We all had input. Bob did a very good job. It was a long process. ...Everybody worked on it very hard, very diligently, very dedicated, with a lot of love there.

Many of the film’s participants are now gone. How did it feel being one of the last men standing and watching the finished product?

A little strange. I mean, here I am in my 70s, watching myself in my 30s. That was pretty odd. And I hadn’t seen much of the footage with me in it . . . So it was quite an experience, actually. I haven’t quite dealt with it fully.

What was it like being directed by Orson?

That’s interesting. Orson Welles created an atmosphere on the set—not for the crew, but for the actors—where you absolutely felt like you could do anything. You never felt like you shouldn’t do something, or shouldn’t try something, it was a very free atmosphere where you could do anything you wanted.

He laughed a lot and made us laugh. He made it a fun set for the actors. [Meanwhile] the crew worked like dogs, like slaves.

They got along famously, [Huston] and Orson. It was great. You know the climactic scene between Huston and me, where I stick my head in the window? Huston wasn’t there

for that scene. I played that scene with Orson.

That’s why it’s so emotional. And Orson’s only direction to me in that scene was ‘It’s us.’

I sensed throughout the film that it was so much about you two. It was touching.

I haven’t let myself really go with it emotionally. I just watch it and say ‘It’s brilliant and Orson’s brilliant.’ And it’s the best performance I ever gave in a movie, or anywhere.

How did The Great Buster come about?

I had met Charles Cohen before, the producer, I don’t know where. And he asked me if I would like to do a documentary on Buster Keaton, and I said, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And that was it.

It’s wonderful that Keaton was revered at the end of his life, after several rough decades.

Happily, the Venice Film Festival gave him that tribute, which allowed me, in the plot, to come back to the features at the end, which I thought was the one really good idea I had— to make it a celebration and come back to the features at the end rather than the middle.

What do you think is Keaton’s lasting genius as a filmmaker?

He always knew where to put the camera. He was a brilliant actor of comedy—extraordinary. He knew instinctively what to do.

What’s next for you?

I’m not quite sure. Paramount, out of the blue, asked to option The Killing of the Unicorn, the book I wrote about Dorothy Stratten, and they want to make a 10-hour series out of it. As far as features are concerned, the one I’m planning to do but I don’t know if I’ll do it next, because it’s a bit elaborate, is a comedy-drama-fantasy called Wait For Me, that I’ve been working on for 30 years.

I think it’s the best thing I ever wrote.

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See listing for Thursday, November 1. Various times and locations. virginiafilmfestival.org.

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The newly released Orson Welles film The Other Side of the Wind, starring John Huston, Welles, and Peter Bogdanovich, will be shown at the Paramount Theater on Sunday. Bogdanovich’s documentary on silent film star Buster Keaton, The Great Buster, screens at St. Anne’s-Belfield School on Saturday. Due to an injury, Bogdanovich will not appear in person, but he will participate in the scheduled discussions via Skype.

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ecades ago, actor/writer/director/ film historian Peter Bogdanovich promised his friend and colleague Orson Welles that, if Welles couldn’t finish his work-in-progress, The Other Side of the Wind, he would complete it for him. Now, Bogdanovich, at age 79, has beaten countless setbacks and fulfilled that promise.

Academy Award-winning editor Bob Murawski and co-producer Frank Marshall worked with a team to parse 100 hours of Welles’ unedited footage, shot decades ago by a mostly deceased crew. Marshall describes the process as, “a cross between a jigsaw puzzle and a scavenger hunt.” Together, they assembled a cohesive work respectful of its legendary creator’s vision.

The Other Side of the Wind stars John Huston as Jake Hannaford, a vile, macho director, trying to revive his faltering career with a counterculture movie. Bogdanovich co-stars as director Brooks Otterlake, Hannaford’s protégé. The highly anticipated film will be shown on Sunday at the Paramount Theater.

In addition, Bogdanovich’s new documentary The Great Buster, which chronicles comic genius Buster Keaton’s turbulent life and career, will screen on Saturday.

Ironically, Keaton was one of the few classic Hollywood giants Bogdanovich didn’t interview. “I missed him by about two months,” Bogdanovich says. “I was just trying to find him and he died.” Bogdanovich spoke with C-VILLE by phone from France.

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Baroque Orchestra. Violinist David Sariti directs this dynamic, vital program of music from the 17th and 18th centuries, performed on period instruments from UVA’s extensive collection. Free, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA. 924-3376.

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Sunday 11/4 Irish Musicians’ Jam Session. Beginners and experienced musicians alike are welcome to join this ragtag band of Irish folk talent. No cover, 11:30am. Wayland’s Crossing Tavern, 1015 Heathercroft Cir., Ste. 400, Crozet. 205-4669.

Dont-miss documentaries at the 31st annual Virginia Film Festival

Kasbo. This producer creates a flurry of endorphin-flooding melodies offering proof that buoyant house beats can make you dance and cry. $20-25, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

Ragged Mountain String Band. Playing oldtime Appalachian tunes and songs with modern-day appeal. No cover, 1pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001.

Sam Reider and The Human Hands. A collective of virtuoso jazz and bluegrass musicians that is redefining American accordion music. $15-18, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. 242-7012.

Travis Elliott. Singer-songwriter plays catchy, quick-witted originals. 21-plus. No cover, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

dance Salsa Sunday. Edwin Roa teaches an introductory lesson before DJs play classic and contemporary Latin music for salsa, bachata, merengue, and cha cha dancing. $5-8, 8pm.

IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. 207-2355.

words NaNoWriMo YA Author Panel. Local authors will be on hand to answer questions about National Novel Writing Month. Free, 2pm.

Central Library, 201 E. Market St. 979-7151.

Thirty-first Annual Virginia Film Festival.

See listing for Thursday, November 1. Various times and locations. virginiafilmfestival.org.

Monday 11/5 music The ATM Unit. Jazz fusion quartet takes over the cocktail lounge with its long running residency. 21-plus. No cover, 9pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

Red & The Romantics. A blend of vintage folk and Americana music. Free, 6:30pm.

The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

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Tuesday 11/6 music

Karaoke with Jen Dville. Future pop stars show off their chops (and their courage).

21-plus. No cover, 8pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.

Ragged Mountain String Band. See listing for Sunday, November 4. No cover, 6:30pm.

The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.

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t a festival that offers more than 150 films, highlighted by selections that have awards buzz and super-special guests, it can be difficult to choose wisely (and, with the way the VFF tickets sell, quickly).

Here are five under-the-radar documentaries that rose to the top of our list, and are well worth your time.

Key changes Whether or not you agree that Mumford & Sons ruined the genre, folk music has undeniably gone through enormous changes in the past decades—many of them thanks to innovators like Shirley Collins, who helped pioneer the shift from traditional to contemporary during the English folk revival of the 1960s and ’70s. British documentary The Ballad of Shirley Collins studies a similar shift in Collins’ career, juxtaposing some of her most famed classics alongside the creation of her first album in 38 years. As is the case with all music documentaries, the tunes are just as important as the story. In addition to a talk with the film’s directors and producers, the event features live music from Charlottesville’s Ned Oldham and Jordan Perry, a duo whose alt-country, electronic stylings truly bring folk into the 21st century. Saturday at 7:45pm. Violet Crown.

Not a drop to drink When it comes to pollution, few forms are as extensive and hard to ignore as a tainted water supply. West Virginia’s capital, Charleston, known for its industrial infrastructure, made headlines in 2014 for a chemical spill that left up to 300,000 people without clean drinking water, a tragedy chronicled in the documen-

tary Still Life. The nation was shocked when a Freedom Industries facility released crude chemicals into the Elk River, but residents of Charleston and its surrounding counties were no strangers to unethical and irresponsible practices of corporations. Charlottesville native Johnny Saint Ours directed this documentary that takes a personal approach, focusing on the ways in which individual lives were affected or put on hold by the unnatural disaster. A discussion with Ours, along with producer Nana Agyapong, follows the harrowing film. Vivian Thomson, a retired UVA environmental science professor, moderates. Saturday at 5pm. Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.

Collision of color Black and Blue tells the story of Nate Northington, an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. When the African American football player joined the Kentucky Wildcats in 1967, he broke a major color barrier as the first black athlete to compete in the Southeastern Conference. This documentary details the incredible true story of Northington’s tumultuous journey through an all-white environment, spurred on by the memory of a fellow black athlete and friend whose plans to play alongside him were cut short in an unforeseen accident. Along with director Paul Wagner, Wilbur Hackett, and Paul Karem—one a fellow black athlete, the other an advocate for athletes’ rights, and both subjects of the film—will all participate in a discussion moderated by Claudrena Harold, a UVA professor of African American and African studies and history. Friday at 6pm. Vinegar Hill Theatre.

Cultured creativity There’s more to M.I.A. than just catchy hiphop tracks. The artist everyone knows by

her three-letter moniker and energetic, politically charged tracks like “Paper Planes” and “Go Off ” has lived under three identities in her life—Mantangi/Maya/M.I.A.—and the documentary of the same name seeks to capture each phase. From being a daughter of the resistance in civil war-torn Sri Lanka to finding both physical and creative refuge in the U.K. to her birth as a musician, the brilliant, brash artist’s voice has been shaped over multiple continents and a life’s worth of experience. This documentary compiles the musician’s personal videos, filmed during the past 22 years, as a means of explaining the unique circumstances that made M.I.A. one of the most singular and important voices in hip-hop. Saturday at 8:30pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

Highest education Whether a conversation focuses on solving climate change, curing cancer, or perfecting artificial intelligence, it seems like “the next generation” is always referenced. But how well equipped is the next generation to tackle such enormous projects? The documentary Science Fair seeks to provide an answer, tracking nine bright high school students from across the globe as they progress through the eponymous competition while at the same time dealing with issues that come with growing up. Though the prestigious “best in fair” hangs over each competitor’s head, this story is less about the contest and more about the young minds involved, giving an impressive, reassuring window into the lives of some of the geekiest teens on Earth. A discussion follows the film with Charlotte and Emily Keeley, two associates of the Boston Consulting Group, and Curry school professor Jennie Chiu. The panel is moderated by Matthew Shields, a science teacher at Charlottesville High School. Thursday at 6pm. Newcomb Hall Theatre.

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Brett Dennen. Contemplative, introverted singer-songwriter incorporates his love of music, the outdoors, and wine into his live shows. With Nick Mulvey. $22-99, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.

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Open Mic. Signups begin at 7pm for a night of poetry, short stories, rap, dance, painting, etc. Free, 8pm. Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9947.

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Sammy Horn. See listing for Wednesday, October 31. No cover, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 284-7676.

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November 2 The Bridge PAI 209 Monticello Rd. “The People’s Portrait Project,� featuring Edward Miller’s portrait sculptures celebrating the individuality of Charlottesville residents.

5:30-9:30pm.

Chroma Projects 103 W. Water St. “Ruminant,� featuring prints of Tim Michel’s local and Maine landscapes that translate natural patterns into a consideration of the dynamic simultaneity of time; and “Documenting Fall and Winter,� featuring highly discerning, articulated botanical watercolors by Lara Call Gastinger. 5-7pm.

CitySpace Art Gallery 100 Fifth St. NE. An exhibition of work by BozART Fine Art Collective. 5:30-7:30pm.

A Musical Voyage

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Spirit of the Blue Ridge,� featuring 2-D and 3-D works on canvas, paper, and sculpted paper by Flame Bilyue. 6-8pm.

around 17th-century Europe

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Dovetail Design + Cabinetry 309 E. Water St. “The Doors of Our Future,� an exhibition of work by ACAC preschoolers on kitchen cabinet doors. 5-7pm.

Sunday, November 4, 3:30 PM

Old Cabell Hall Auditorium

Firefly Restaurant & Arcade 1304 E. Market St. An exhibition of oil and watercolor paintings of landscapes by Ryan Arnold. 4-7pm.

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McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. In the Sarah B. Smith Gallery, “Mi Selva Natal,� an exhibition of wildlife photography

by Manuel Sanchez, who grew up in the rainforest of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica; in the Downstairs North Hall Gallery, “Collected Works on Paper,� a layered collection of acrylic, collage paper, and mixed media that creates movement between what is concealed and what is seen, by Lisa Macchi; in the Downstairs South Hall Gallery, “Fired Earth,� Carol Grant’s ceramic vessels that evoke a sense of landscape in flux; in the

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Milli Coffee Roasters 400 Preston Ave. Ste. 150. “Memory and Place, A Study of Light and Color� featuring ink, watercolor, oil, and pastel works by Joey Laughlin. 7-10pm.

Roy Wheeler Realty Co. 404 Eighth St. NE. An exhibition of work by Susan Patrick.

5-7:30pm.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the main gallery, “All The Time I Feel

Other November Shows Annie Gould Gallery 121B S. Main St., Gordonsville. A holiday show featuring paintings, jewelry, photography, sculpture, textiles, and other unique gift items from more than 25 artists and artisans.

Opens November 9, 5-7pm.

Buck Mountain Episcopal Church 4133 Earlysville Rd., Earlysville. “Native Botanicals,� featuring Judy Rodgers’ watercolor and colored pencil works on hotpress paper.

Create Gallery at Indoor Biotechnologies 700 Harris St. “Faces at Work,� an exhibition of Blake Hurt’s 40 small oil-on-canvas portraits of people who work at 700 Harris St. Crozet Artisan Depot 5791 Three Notch’d Rd., Crozet. “Light, Color, & Clear Space,� an exhibition of blown glass art

by Pat Ryan. Opens November 10, 3-5pm.

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Upstairs North and South Hall Gallery, “On the Threshold,� a group show of work by UVA sculpture and post baccalaureate students. 5:30-7:30pm.

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Studio IX 969 Second St. SE. “Home is a Foreign Place,” featuring work by Dymph de Wild, who asks questions about where one belongs. 5-8pm.

VMDO Architects 200 E. Market St. “Sketches,” a multimedia show of work by the firm’s architects. 5:30-7:30pm.

Fellini’s Restaurant 200 Market St. “Italian Memories,” an exhibition of watercolors

by Linda Abbey.

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA 155 Rugby Rd. “Reflections: Native Art Across Generations”; “Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu”; “Unexpected O’Keeffe: The Virginia Watercolors and Later Paintings”; “Camera Work: American Photography of the Early 20th Century”; “Highlights from the Collection of Heywood and Cynthia Fralin”; and “Oriforme” by Jean Arp.

WriterHouse 508 Dale Ave. “World Horizons,” an exhibition of Judy McLeod’s paintings on paper that combine gouache, watercolor, cut papers, crystals, and wax. 5-7pm.

First Fridays is a monthly art event featuring exhibit openings at many downtown art galleries and additional exhibition venues.

Several spaces offer receptions.

Les Yeux du Monde 841 Wolf Trap Rd. “John Borden Evans: Blue Moon,” an exhibition of Evans’ otherworldly landscapes, through November 11; and “Annie Harris Massie: New Paintings,” opening November 17, 5-7pm.

Louisa Arts Center 212 Federicksburg Ave., Louisa. “Rhythm and Light,” featuring 2-D and 3-D works by amateur and professional artists. Through November 16.

Shenandoah Valley Art Center 122 S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. “A Photographic Aggregation,” an exhibition of work by Steve Ashby, who uses the medium of photography to examine chance. Opens November 3, 5-7pm.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian-Universalist 717 Rugby Rd. “Winneba, Ghana,” a show of photography by Alpha Barry, Sara Gondwe, Sarah Cargile, and Don and DeTeasa Gathers, who traveled to Winneba with the Charlottesville Sister Cities delegation earlier this year. Opens November 4, 12:30pm.

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In the early hours of February 1, John Borden Evans was out for his regular run through Walnut Creek Park when he paused to memorize the landscape before him.

He noticed how the setting moon hung low and bright in the sky, how the moonlight radiated through striated clouds to bathe the mid-winter trees, grass, and distant mountains in a certain ether.

It was a singular scene—the moon in the sky was both a blue moon and a super moon, and it had gone through a total eclipse the night of January 31. Evans, a landscape painter, knew he wanted to capture it for a large piece he’d started with an “O” in the center.

He figured it would eventually become some sort of celestial body.

Measuring seven feet wide and more than four feet tall, “Blue Moon” is one of the works currently on view in “John Borden Evans: Blue Moon” at Les Yeux du Monde art gallery.

Visitors to the gallery will see his “usual stuff,” says Evans, “paintings from the last three years that...go together because they’re a little bit wacky” in their incorporation of “imaginative elements” into central Virginia landscapes—things like imaginary stars, rainbowcoated woolly sheep, and whirls of light around a blue moon.

Evans, who lives on the border of Walnut Creek Park, usually starts a piece by writing something on the painting surface, then builds a picture with paint until it fits with one of the views he’s seen around the park. The views change constantly with the season, the time of day and quality of light, with new growths and recent deaths in the immediate flora and fauna—there’s always something new to see, or something familiar to see anew.

Most mornings, after his run, Evans loads his supplies into his truck, drives out to the view he’s working from, leans the painting against the parked truck, and gets to work.

“I paint like an abstract painter, worrying about texture and color and composition, and thick paint versus thin paint,” says Evans.

“The landscape is just my means of exploring those same things.”

“All my paintings, almost all of them, are [set] just within walking distance of my house,” says Evans.

“It’s endless, endless different landscapes and compositions. It’s amazing what’s there, right outside my back door.” —Erin O’Hare “Blue Moon”

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Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection 400 Worrell Dr. “Freshwater Saltwater Weave,” a series of glass works by contemporary urban-based Arrernte artist Jenni Kemarre Martiniello; “Beyond Dreamings: The Rise of Indigenous Australian Art in the United States,” revealing the ways in which, since 1988, Indigenous Australian artists have forged one of the most globally significant art movements of our time; and “Experimental Beds,” in which Judy Watson removes the whitewash from concealed histories.

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High steaks Dining with Governor Ralph Northam at Prime 109

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Governor Ralph Northam says the New York Strip he recently enjoyed at Prime 109 was the “best piece of meat I’ve ever had.”

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Take Northam’s wedge salad. Iceberg lettuce rests beneath Bayley Hazen blue cheese, pickled onions, confit tomatoes, and beef bacon made from the bellies of beef that’s been dry-aged for 200 days. In a riff on buttermilk dressing, Prime 109 creates an herb dressing from kefir (house made fermented milk), tart and creamy. “Delicious,” Northam said. “Could be a meal unto itself.”

In our Oysters Rockefeller, Northam was thrilled to find Tangier Island oysters. “I am biased, but it’s hard to beat oysters from the Eastern Shore,” said Northam, who once worked on a construction crew that built the runway for Tangier Island’s airport, and after his term hopes to resume growing oysters himself. Covered in sautéed spinach and then broiled, the oysters were topped with

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food is coming from,” said Northam. “This benefits everyone—prioritizing local farms helps our economy, and customers become better educated about their food choices.”

Prime 109, which buys all of its beef from Seven Hills, is on board too, buying entire animals at a time. This, Ford says, is unheard of among steakhouses, which generally buy pre-fabricated cuts of bestsellers. In a typical 800-pound animal, classic steakhouse cuts comprise just 10-20 percent of the meat.

What to do with the rest?

Cue Ian Redshaw, winner of this year’s Best of C-VILLE award for Best Chef. Determined not to waste a thing, he breaks down whole sides of beef and finds uses for it all: roasts, braises, terrines, stocks, burgers, sausages, and more.

As a dinner guest, Northam, whom I had met briefly a few times before, could not have been more pleasant. He grew up on a farm on the Eastern Shore, and nine months as the commonwealth’s most powerful man have done nothing to his affable, aw shucks demeanor. “Hi, I’m Ralph,” he would introduce himself to servers. On being governor, he told me, “It’s almost surreal that I am doing this.”

We sat at the chef ’s counter, a marble bar perched beside the open wood-fired grill where we watched Redshaw cook. The concept for the food is familiar steakhouse dishes, enhanced. Unlike many steakhouses, Prime 109 is doing some serious cooking, with a team of cooks who have worked in

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Right here in Charlottesville.

Northam was in town to speak at the inauguration of James Ryan as president of the University of Virginia, and joined me afterwards for dinner. Given the occasion and guest, I chose Prime 109, which opened last month in the former Bank of America building on the Downtown Mall. From my prior visits, the new steakhouse seemed worthy of the celebration: a spectacular space with food to match. Indeed, our steaks were extraordinary.

But, what makes the steaks so good? Sure, the chefs are part of the answer. It’s the same talented team that runs the acclaimed pizzeria Lampo. The answer really begins, though, with someone who does not even work at Prime 109—their meat supplier, Ryan Ford. For years, Ford has been working on a problem he first encountered while running a butcher shop selling Virginia meat. In short, Virginia has an abundance of great cattle, but no easy path from farm to table.

Ford’s solution is Seven Hills, a Lynchburg meat company he launched in 2015 that instantly became the commonwealth’s largest independent slaughter facility. Ford’s mission is to connect Virginia farmers who care about the quality of their product with consumers who care about where their food comes from. The key is “vertical integration,” Ford says. Instead of processing cattle and returning meat to farms, like some facilities do, Seven Hills buys cattle from farms and handles all the rest: processing, aging, packaging, and distribution.

Relieved of the burden of sales and distribution, farmers can focus on what they do best. “Let the farmers farm,” says Ford.

Also benefiting are customers, who have greater access to Virginia beef than ever before. Seven Hills sources only from farms that meet its high standards, and its humane, state-of-the art facility allows it to trace everything it sells back to the originating farm.

Ford’s hope is that this can change the way we eat beef. He envisions a Virginia where consumers expect to know where their meat comes from, whether they’re buying it at the supermarket or ordering it at a restaurant, and even grow to learn which farms they like best. Northam is on board.

“As I travel the commonwealth, I see folks making it a priority to know where their

a fonduta made by applying nitrogen dioxide to a blend of raclette cheese, cream, and nutmeg. Dehydrated shallots added crunch and punch.

Tangier Island oysters made another appearance in a showstopper of a side, a special that evening: “Oysters and Pearls” stuffing.

First, oysters were cooked sous-vide and emulsified, and the resulting liquid was poured over pieces of bread made from Prime 109’s Parker House roll dough, drizzled with beef marrow drippings. Whole smoked oysters were then stirred into the stuffing, and the whole thing was baked and topped with Osetra caviar. “Really nice,” said Northam.

Then there were the steaks. Prime 109 offers meat that’s been dry-aged—a process that tenderizes the beef and concentrates flavor.

Meat ages better if hung in very large pieces or as a whole side, which Seven Hills does at its facility and Prime 109 continues at the restaurant for optimal aging. This is a costly process, in part because of the labor, but also because of the weight loss. A 16-ounce dryaged steak might have been 18 or 20 ounces before aging. Buying whole carcasses and butchering meat in-house allows Prime 109 to cut costs, and pass on savings to guests.

To be sure, this does not mean the steaks are cheap. Prices per steak currently range from $24-86, and toppings are extra. But it does mean that Prime 109 can afford to offer a unique product that, to my knowledge, is available at no other steakhouse: Virginia heritage beef, aged for 60 days or more. As one friend described the experience: “Expensive but underpriced.”

Can you really taste the difference? As a barometer to compare with other steakhouses, Northam chose a classic cut, New York Strip. The verdict? “Best piece of meat I’ve ever had,” he said.

I asked Redshaw to choose mine, and my reward was a 200-day-aged picanha, topped with an indulgent blend of burgundy truffles, onions agrodolce made with fish sauce, house chimichurri sauce, béarnaise, and demi-glace. Oh my. “That looks like a work of art,” Northam said. Tasted like one, too.

The toppings might have overwhelmed a lesser steak, but the long dry-aging gave the meat a concentrated, earthy flavor that, like a good blue cheese, held up well. Though I often enjoy steak unadorned, this was one of my best steak experiences in memory.

As governor, Northam considers it part of his job to be an ambassador for Virginia.

“We have really been trying to promote farm-to-table,” says Northam. Prime 109 could be his chief of staff.

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Croby’s Urban Viddles Southern-inspired chicken and pork rotisserie fare. 32 Mill Creek Dr., suite 102. 234-3089. $.

Durty Nelly’s Jazz, blues and rock in a rootsy pub and deli that caters. 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278. $.

Firehouse Subs Hot subs and sandwiches across from Fashion Square. 29th Place. 9955921. $.

HotCakes Fancy sandwiches, homemade entrées and desserts. Delivery available. 1137 Emmet St., in the Barracks Road Shopping Center.

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Iron Paffles & Coffee Pastry dough + waffle iron + savory or sweet insides. 214 W. Water St. 806-3800. $.

Ivy Provisions Hot and cold sammies with inventive names like the “Don’t Call Me Shirley” and the “K.I.S.S.” 2206 Ivy Rd. 202-1308. $.

Jack’s Shop Kitchen Farm-to-table brunch, lunch and supper spot with elevated classics.

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Jersey Mike’s Subs Subs from Jersey, prepared right in front of you. 2040 Abbey Rd. #104, 5296278; 5th Street Station, 328-8694. $.

Jimmy John’s Low-cost sandwiches on 29N. “Freaky fast” delivery available. 1650 E. Rio Rd., 975-2100; Pantops Shopping Center, 328-8887. $.

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606 Rivanna Ave. 260-7687. $.

Littlejohn’s New York Delicatessen New York deli serving buxom sandwiches. Delivery, too!

1427 University Ave., 977-0588. $.

Lovingston Café A pleasant surprise in the middle of Lovingston, offering a diverse, modestly priced menu. 165 Front St., Lovingston.

263-8000. $.

Mac’s Country Store Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily specials, eat in or take out.

7023 Patrick Henry Hwy., Roseland. 277-5305. $.

Market at Grelen A casual café with seasonal ingredients and daily specials. 15091 Yager Rd., Somerset. (540) 672-7268. $.

Martha’s Garden Café Healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner options inside Martha Jefferson. Martha Jefferson Hospital, 595 Martha Jefferson Dr. 654-6037. $.

Panera Bread Co. Ubiquitous chain bakes breads and pastries, plus sandwiches and soups. Barracks Road Shopping Center, 2456192; Hollymead Town Center, 973-5264; Fifth Street Station, 973-5264. $.

Peloton Station Sandwiches, craft draft beers, tallboys and bikes. Chow down and tune up.

114 10th St. NW. 284-7786. $.

Quizno’s Subs Chain offering cheesesteaks, meatballs and specialty subs. Salads and soups, too. Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center.

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Revolutionary Soup Choose from a slew of enticing soups made daily. Excellent wraps, salads and breakfast. 108 Second St. SW, 296SOUP; 104 14th St. NW, 979-9988. $.

Roots Natural Kitchen Fast-casual health food from UVA alumni. 1329 W. Main St. 5296229. $.

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LIVING THE WAY WE WORK Take It Away Sandwiches, salads, sides and desserts in a jazz-themed shop. Favorite spot of student study breakers. 115 Elliewood Ave. 2951899. $.

The Flat The place for crêpes: Choose sweet or savory for lunch or dinner. 111A E. Water St., behind the Jefferson Theater. 978-FLAT. $.

The Salad Maker Made-to-order salads, plus a daily soup special and sweet treats. 300 E. Market St. 284-5523. $.

Tilman’s Cheese, snacks and sandwiches in the café, plus a charming wine bar. 406 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. $.

Trackside Café Healthy fare and smoothies inside ACAC. Open to all, even if you’re not pumping iron or aerobicizing. ACAC, Albemarle Square Shopping Center. 978-3800. $.

Tubby’s Grilled sandwiches and subs galore. 1412 E. High St. 293-3825. $.

Which Wich Superior Sandwiches Create your own sandwiches by marking up the pre-printed brown bags. Hollymead Town Center. 977-9424. $.

Zazus Fresh Grille Lots of wraps, salads, soups and fresh smoothies, plus yummy breakfast wraps.

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Zoës Kitchen Fast, casual meals with an emphasis on health-conscious, Mediterranean-inspired ingredients. Barracks Road Shopping Center.

955-5334. $.

Steaks and Seafood Aberdeen Barn More beef than you can shake a T-bone at, since 1965. Candlelit atmosphere and piano bar. 2018 Holiday Dr. 296-4630. $$$.

Bonefish Grill Sister to mega-popular Outback Steakhouse featuring seafood, grilled non-fish specialties and a full bar. Hollymead Town Center.

975-3474. $$.

Devils Grill Restaurant & Lounge Above Devils Knob Golf Course with 50-mile views. Dinner reservations required. Wintergreen Resort. 3258100. $$$.

Outback Steakhouse Bloomin’ onions and giant steaks. Bar’s open late. A link in the Australianthemed steakery chain. 1101 Seminole Trail. 9754329. $$.

Prime 109 Downtown Mall steakhouse features locally grown and produced food served in a multistory, 100-year-old neoclassical building. 300 E. Main St. 422-5094. $$$ Public Fish & Oyster Simply prepared, responsibly sourced seafood. Shucked oysters, raw bar and a full bar. 513 W. Main St., 995-5542. $/$$.

Red Lobster Seafood with daily specials. 1648 E. Rio Rd. 973-0315. $$.

Rhett’s River Grill and Raw Bar She-crab soup, half-shell delicacies and steaks. Located north of Rio Road on 29N. 2335 Seminole Trail, Suite 100.

974-7818. $$.

Rocksalt Seafood-centric chain with an outdoor bar and patio. The Shops at Stonefield. 326-5665. $$.

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effrey Binns has steady hands.

It’s a skill he developed while serving in the military for nearly a decade in the 1970s, working with arms and missiles. And it’s a skill that’s served him well in his 23year career as a cobbler.

Binns has worked at Ace Shoe Repair— located in Seminole Square Shopping Center—all 23 of those years, fixing broken stiletto heels, resoling beloved pairs of cowboy boots, and mending slightly worn limited-edition Nike sneakers that still have plenty of life in them.

Mass production and the internet has made buying new shoes easier and, in some cases, cheaper than ever. But those who like to save on resources, money, and memories still rely on cobblers like Binns to keep their kicks in shape.

Jeffrey Binns has been repairing shoes Binns, who grew up in the Tidewater area, for more than two learned the art of shoe repair from Ace owndecades. er David Yoo not long after arriving in Charlottesville. Binns came to town after being laid off from his job with the U.S. Department of Defense during a round of cutbacks; he was looking to put his steady hands and attention to detail to good use and shoe repair was just the thing.

His craft is a precise one, requiring specific knowledge of materials and methods as well as the ability to improvise. Few repairs are exactly the same; no two people have the same feet or the same gait, so even if two customers bring in the same pair of wingtip shoes, the wear patterns on each—and thus the repairs required— will be unique.

Binns will measure and hand-cut a new sole from a piece of leather, or measure and hand-sew new elastic straps for a pair of tiny, toddler-size gladiator sandals (complete with bows near the toes). He’s seen just about every color, shape, size, and style of shoe come through the shop over the years, which has made things fun.

“Every machine in here will hurt you” if you’re not careful, Jeffrey Binns says, pointing to the sewing machine that’ll needle through even the toughest leather and canvas. late-night menu and a rooftop bar. 422 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-7728. $$$.

Bistro 1834 Located beside the Old Mill Room Restaurant, the menu has a variety of lighter fare.

The Boar’s Head, 200 Ednam Dr. 972-2230. $$$.

Duner’s Artful entrées and fine desserts on a rotating menu. Conservative decor with a small, carefully crafted menu. 250W in Ivy. 293-8352. $$$.

Bizou Upscale down-home cookin’ with fresh fish, pork and beef dishes. Try the grilled banana bread à la mode. 119 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 977-1818. $$.

Fig Bistro & Bar Mediterranean and New Orleans-inspired dishes with house-made ingredients like sausage and pork kielbasa. 1331 W. Main St. 995-5047. $.

Brasserie Saison Downtown Mall brewery with Franco-Belgian cuisine. 111 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-7027. $$.

Hamiltons’ at First & Main Imaginative American cuisine, award-winning wine list and superb vegetarian. 101 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 2956649. $$$.

Clifton Inn Historic inn with a redone kitchen, dining room and bar. Sit at the chef’s table and watch the action. 1296 Clifton Inn Dr. 971-1800. $$.

Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar Swanky Downtown restaurant with inventive entrées, a

Ivy Inn Daily menu of modern American cuisine in an 18th century tollhouse. Perfect for a romantic date. Reservations highly recommended. 2244 Old Ivy Rd. 977-1222. $$$.

Maya Upscale Southern cuisine. Pleasant patio seating outside, sleek mod inside. Reservations encouraged. 633 W. Main St. 979-6292. $$.

Michael’s Bistro Mucho microbrews and an artful menu. Excellent drinking atmosphere. View the Rotunda from the balcony. Second floor of 1427 University Ave. 977-3697. $$.

Oakhart Social Seasonal Atlantic coast food for sharing. 511 W. Main St. 995-5449. $$.

Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards The Farm Table & Wine Bar at this North Garden vineyard is as big a draw as its beautiful setting. 5022 Plank Rd., North Garden. 202-8063. $$.

Red Pump Kitchen Tuscan-inspired restaurant with chic, rustic décor. 401 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-6040. $$.

Restoration Indoor and outdoor dining at Old Trail Golf Course. Comfort food, craft brews and mountain views. 5494 Golf Dr., Crozet. 823-1841. $$.

Southern Crescent Cajun and Creole fare in Belmont. 814 Hinton Ave. 284-5101. $$.

Tastings Combo wine shop and eatery has woodgrilled entrées and the biggest wine list in town.

502 E. Market St. 293-3663. $$.

Tavern & Grocery Inspired tavern fare from chicken sandwiches to banh mi. 333 W. Main St. 293-7403. $.

The Alley Light Intimate small-plate spot above Revolutionary Soup. Look for the, ahem, alley light. 108 Second St. SW. 296-5003. $$.

The Fitzroy Restaurant and bar in a swanky setting. 120 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 295-1223. $$.

The Local Belmont neighborhood spot with unusual twists on local, organic ingredients. 824 Hinton Ave. 984-9749. $$.

The Melting Pot It’s a fon-do! This melted-cheese franchise features warmers built into the tables and a huge wine selection. 501 E. Water St. 2443463. $$$.

Wayland’s Crossing Tavern Steak, raw oysters, pub food, vegetarian plates and kid-friendly fare.

1015 Heathercroft Cir., Crozet. 205-4669. $$.

Zocalo Flavorful high-end, Latin-inspired cuisine with a full bar. 201 E. Main St., Downtown Mall.

977-4944. $$.

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Court Square Tavern English tavern with 130-plus varieties of bottled beer. Hearty pub food: bratwurst, Reubens, shepherd’s pie. 500 Court Square.

296-6111. $$.

Burton’s Grill Contemporary American menu with stylish ambience. Don’t skip out on the cocktails. The Shops at Stonefield. 977-1111. $$.

There aren’t many other cobblers in town, and Binns is Ace Shoe Repair’s sole employee. He works six days a week to keep up with the demand, taking only Sundays off. On an average day, he makes 20 to 25 repairs, and it’s hard work. Shoes are ultimately utilitarian items intended to protect our feet from hot concrete and uneven hiking trails, from rain and snow and mud. They’re intended to be used over the course of hundreds of miles of walking, running, or jumping in all manner of conditions. In other words, they’re made to withstand a lot of wear, which makes repairing them often precarious work.

“Every machine in here will hurt you” if you’re not careful, Binns says, pointing to the sewing machine that’ll needle through even the toughest leather and canvas, and the two (very loud) industrial sanders that can shave the leather sole off a shoe in seconds.

“I don’t make many mistakes,” Binns says, smiling. He says the military taught him that there’s only one way to do things: the right way. And if he can’t do something the right way, he’s honest with his customers about it. That, in a nutshell, is how he runs the shop.

Binns thinks this is what makes business so steady. But “I can’t go by what I say,” he says. “I have to go by what they say. And they say they trust me.”

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Shadwell’s Seafood, steaks, burgers, pasta and salads made out of fresh, local ingredients. Upscale dining with a casual atmosphere. 1791 Richmond Rd. 202-2568. $$.

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Downtown Grille Upscale steak and seafood with white-linen service and a chummy bar scene.

201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 817-7080. $$$.

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hris Bailey was a little unnerved to see a snake she thought might be a copperhead hanging around her basement door in Fry’s Spring three times over a three-week period.

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She asked on the Nextdoor website whether anyone had lost a python, and learned that another one had been spotted in the neighborhood—and killed.

Bailey didn’t want to go that route. So she called the Wildlife Center in Waynesboro, which doesn’t keep non-native species, but it referred her to the Blue Ridge Reptile Rescue in Fairfield, near Lexington.

Virginia Military Institute biology professor Emily Lilly founded the reptile rescue about three years ago, when her daughter’s bearded dragon needed a bigger tank.

Lilly saw an ad for someone selling one, and when she went to pick up the tank, she noticed a scrawny bearded dragon in the sand, which the seller said she could have.

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She instructed Bailey on how to nab the creature, which was moving slowly because of the cold. (Had it actually been a copperhead, Lilly’s advice would have been, “Just let it be.”)

Bailey threw a towel over the python, which she guesses is about three feet long.

She deposited it into a non-airtight Rubbermaid tote storage box, and drove it over to Waynesboro to meet Lilly.

The next step is to get the snake healthy, says Lilly. “She had some scratches—maybe she was attacked by a cat.” And then she’ll look for an adoptive family. “We’re run just like any other animal shelter.”

If Bailey had not recognized the animal was not a threat and needed rescue, says Lilly, “it would have frozen. It could have been a disposed pet. It was definitely born in captivity.”

Most of the rescue reptiles are left in apartments or surrendered by owners, says Lilly. “It’s bad for the environment to dump a pet,” she says. “The last thing I want anyone to do is dump them.”

And Bailey, although not a snake lover, didn’t want the python to die. She has a message for would-be ball python owners: “People, take care of your snakes. A ball python can live 30 years in captivity. It’s a long-term commitment.”

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggested that we cultivate an alertness for the ever-present possibility of germination and gestation. On a regular basis, he advised, we should send probes down into the darkness, into our unconscious minds, to explore for early signs of awakening. And when we discover the forces of renewal stirring there in the depths, we should be humble and reverent toward them, understanding that they are as yet beyond the reach of our ability to understand. We shouldn’t seek to explain and define them at first, but simply devote ourselves to nurturing them. Everything I just said is your top assignment in the coming weeks.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re in a phase of your cycle when your influence is at a peak. People are more receptive than usual to your ideas and more likely to want the same things you do. Given these conditions, I think the best information I can offer you is the following meditation by Capricorn activist Martin Luther King Jr. “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): For renowned Piscean visual artist Anne Truitt, creating her work was high adventure. She testified that artists like her had “to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Penetralia is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word penetrate. You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to know where the penetralia are, as well as how to get to them and what to do when you get to them. I suspect that this tricky skill will come in extra handy during the coming weeks. I bet your intimate adeptness with penetralia will bring you power, fun, and knowledge. they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse’s neck, peering into a blinding rain.”

Whether or not you’re an artist, Pisces, I suspect your life in the coming weeks may feel like the process she described. And that’s a good thing! A fun thing! Enjoy your ride.

Aries (March 21-April 19): You have officially arrived at the heart of the most therapeutic phase of your cycle. Congratulations! It’s an excellent time to fix what’s wrong, hurt, or distorted.

You will attract more help than you can imagine if you summon an aggressive approach toward finding antidotes and cures. A good way to set the tone for your aggressive determination to feel better is to heed this advice from poet Maya Angelou: “Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.”

Taurus (April 20-May 20): U2’s Bono, born under the sign of Taurus, says that all of us suffer from the sense that something’s missing from our lives. We imagine that we lack an essential quality or experience, and its absence makes us feel sad and insufficient.

French philosopher Blaise Pascal referred to this emptiness as “a God-shaped hole.”

Bono adds that “you can never completely fill that hole,” but you may find partial fixes through love and sex, creative expression, family, meaningful work, parenting, activism, and spiritual devotion. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I have a strong suspicion that in the coming weeks you will have more power to fill your Godshaped hole than you’ve had in a long time.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): “Most of our desires are clichés, right? Ready to wear, one size fits all.

I doubt if it’s even possible to have an original desire anymore.” So says a character in Gemini author Tobias Wolff’s short story “Sanity.”

Your assignment in the coming weeks, Gemini, is to refute and rebel against this notion. The cosmic rhythms will work in your favor to the degree that you cultivate innovative yearnings and unique urges. I hope you’ll make it your goal to have the experiences necessary to stir up an outbreak of original desires.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): If you’re a typical member of the Cancerian tribe, you’re skilled at responding constructively when things go wrong. Your intelligence rises up hot and strong when you get sick or rejected or burned. But if you’re a classic Crab, you’re less savvy about dealing with triumphs. You may sputter when faced with splashy joy, smart praise, or lucky breaks. But everything I just said is meant to be a challenge, not a curse. One of the best reasons to study astrology is to be aware of the potential shortcomings of your sign so you can outwit and overcome them. That’s why I think that eventually you’ll evolve to the point where you won’t be a bit flustered when blessings arrive. And the immediate future will bring you excellent opportunities to upgrade your response to good fortune.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): “Each of us needs something of an island in her life,” said poet John Keats. “If not an actual island, at least some place, or space in time, in which to be herself, free to cultivate her differences from others.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Leo, you’ll be wise to spend extra time on your own island in the next two weeks. Solitude is unlikely to breed unpleasant loneliness, but will instead in-

spire creative power and evoke inner strength.

If you don’t have an island yet, go in search!

(P.S.: I translated Keats’ pronouns into the feminine gender.)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m rooting for you to engage in experimental intimacy, Virgo. I hope you’ll have an affinity for sweet blends and incandescent mixtures and arousing juxtapositions. To get in the right mood for this playful work, you could read love poetry and listen to uplifting songs that potentize your urge to merge. Here are a few lyrical passages to get you warmed up. 1. “Your flesh quivers against mine like moonlight on the sea.” —Julio Cortázar 2. “When she smiles like that she is as beautiful as all my secrets.— Anne Carson 3. “My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars...The flowers of your garden blossom in my body.”—Rabindranath Tagore 4. “I can only find you by looking deeper, that’s how love leads us into the world.”—Anne Michaels.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Of course I want you to have more money. I’d love for you to buy experiences that expand your mind, deepen your emotional intelligence, and foster your ability to create inspiring forms of togetherness. My soul would celebrate if you got access to new wealth that enabled you to go in quest of spiritual fun and educational adventures. On the other hand, I wouldn’t be thrilled about you spending extra cash on trivial desires or fancy junk you don’t really need. Here’s why I feel this way: to the extent that you seek more money to pursue your most righteous cravings, you’re likely to get more money.

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(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian environmentalist Edward Abbey spent much of his life rambling around in the great outdoors. He was an emancipated spirit who regarded the natural world as the only church he needed. In an eruption of ecstatic appreciation, he once testified that “Life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what?

I forget what happens next.” And yet the truth is, Abbey was more than a wild-hearted Dionysian explorer in the wilderness. He found the discipline and diligence to write 23 books!

I mention this, Aquarius, because now is a perfect time for you to be like the disciplined, diligent, and productive version of Abbey.

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Can you juggle six balls in the air? What if they’re all thrown at you at the exact same time? C-VILLE Weekly, Charlottesville’s alt-weekly paper since 1989, is seeking a magazine editor adept at circus work (aka overseeing multiple quarterly, biannual and annual publications on varying production schedules), from conceptualizing ideas and making assignments to writing stories and editing freelancers’ work.

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• Working closely with the art director to plan the visual com ponents of each issue.

•Leading monthly “special issues” in the newspaper, from the Youth Issue to the Food & Drink issue.

• Coordinating web and social media posts.

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• A writing style that is creative, approachable and entertaining to read.

• A curious mind that runs overtime to turn Facebook conversations into story ideas.

• A wide array of interests and a thoughtful approach to coverage.

• Ability to work independently and manage time well.

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TO APPLY: Check out our magazines and send a cover letter, résumé, and three to five clips or links to your work to Editor-in-Chief Laura Longhine at editor@c-ville.com.

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Skeo Solutions is an employee-focused consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity.

Skeo Solutions is seeking a motivated, energetic and earnest person with an undergraduate degree to join their team on a full-time basis. Candidates should demonstrate they are detail-oriented, highly responsive and capable of supporting several projects at one time. Ideal candidates for this entry-level position will have a background in environmental sciences, land-use planning or other relevant fields and strong writing and research skills. Applicants should be proficient with Microsoft Office programs. Experience with GIS, graphic design, and Adobe Creative Suite software are a plus. Applicants should be able to multi-task, work effectively on a team, maintain a positive attitude and have excellent communication skills. While the position is expected to require 40 hours a week, there are times where it may be necessary to work more than 40 hours per week under tight deadlines. Applicants must be willing to travel for 20 or more trips per year at various locations throughout the United States.

Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, land-use planning, technical writing or related field.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs.

• Charlottesville, Virginia area resident or willing to relocate.

• Willing to travel for 20+ trips per year throughout the United States.

• Ability to start, full time or part-time, within two weeks after hiring.

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• Proficiency speaking and writing in a foreign language, especially Spanish.

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Q&A What’s the first movie you saw in a theater?

If going to the drive-in doesn’t count, Mary Poppins.

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The Little Rascals.

Disorderlies, starring the Fat Boys.

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101 Dalmatians.

Bambi. When his mother died, I shrieked and had to be taken out sobbing.

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Lady and the Tramp.

The Polar Express! I was really young and so scared of IDEK what that I had to leave the theater.

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I saw the Venture of the Poseidon in Spain when I was very young. It was not for kids.

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Star Wars was the first movie I saw in a theater, and the first movie I would see twice in a theater. I was 8 years old. @RANDOLPHBENJAMN/TWITTER

Bambi (the re-release).

Saw it on the Outer Banks at their old theater.

E.T. In the old Cinema 4 behind Kmart.

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Star Wars. At the drivein when I was a kid.

The first movie I saw in a theater was Love Story. #lovestory

Born Free (1966), a story that was a game changer as it showed that animals had their own distinct personalities. I was heartened to learn that the film was the first film that Obama saw in the theater as well.

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Follow That Bird! At the Paramount on the Downtown Mall in the mid-’80s before it shuttered.

Escape to Witch Mountain, with my parents, who insisted I not sit on my wallet containing my first-ever $5 bill. Of course, we left the theater, realized we left the wallet, and returned to find it was gone. This, with that movie, began a long streak of financial wins...and losses.

It was a double feature. My dad and I went to see Laura (1944, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb) and God Is My Co-Pilot (1945, Dennis Morgan, Dane Clark, and Raymond Massey), and I had a crush on Gene Tierney for the longest while. I was like 5 years old.

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Bambi; the second was Perri. I think it was a double feature.

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