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Livestreamed concerts are better than no concerts at all, but, let’s face it, they’re nothing like the real thing. As the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl put it recently, “the coronavirus pandemic has reduced today’s live music to unflattering little windows that look like doorbell security footage and sound like Neil Armstrong’s distorted transmissions from the moon.”

Like so many of us, Grohl, who was planning to play a show for 80,000 outside D.C. this Fourth of July to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his band’s debut album, is longing for the return of real live shows. But, though outdoor restaurants may open as early as this Friday (p. 8), the summer concert season is still a distant dream.

As our Culture reporter Erin O’Hare writes (p. 11), even if and when local venues are allowed to reopen, who can imagine a socially distant rock show? The closeness—the sweaty, ecstatic, singing at the top of your lungs, jumping arm in arm with strangers closeness—is the point.

So this week, we’re reveling in reminiscence.

Our call for your favorite Charlottesville concert memory yielded dozens of stories, from legendary, now-shuttered venues like Trax and Tokyo Rose, to more recent shows at the Jefferson and the Pavilion.

Two months into social distancing, it’s become clear that we can’t just wait this virus out—it’s going to be here for a long time, and we had better find ways to live with it while staying safe. So whether it’s drive-in concerts, or theater seats six feet apart, I’m hopeful that we’ll come up with creative ways of experiencing art that can bring some solace in this uncharted time. In the meantime, I’ll keep pulling out my old records.—Laura Longhine

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NEWS IN BRIEF Run with Maud Dozens of Charlottesville residents donned black T-shirts last weekend, and embarked on a 2.23 mile jog in a show of solidarity for Ahmaud Arbery, the black man who was murdered by two white men while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23. Arbery’s alleged killers were charged with murder May 7. The Charlottesville group, organized by former vice-mayor Wes Bellamy, was one of many around the country that ran in Arbery’s honor.

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For the first time in nearly 200 years, the University of Virginia will be honoring its graduates not on Grounds—but online. Starting at 1pm May 16, students, their families, and friends will be able to tune in to the university’s virtual celebration and conferral of degrees on its website, as well as on UVA’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The 30-minute ceremony—planned by a committee of students, faculty, and staff—will open with a surprise performer, followed by the university’s annual year-in-review video. President Jim Ryan, along with the deans of each school, will then confer degrees to UVA’s more than 7,000 graduates. After a student-led performance, Ryan will deliver congratulatory remarks, and introduce a second surprise entertainer. The ceremony will wrap up with a performance of “The Good Old Song” by the University Singers.

Graduates will still get to walk the Lawn, but when remains unclear: An in-person graduation ceremony is planned for either October or next May, depending on future social-distancing guidelines and restrictions.

When Final Exercises do happen, Courtney Cacatian, executive director of the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau, expects it will bring a “much needed boost” to the local economy, specifically with lodging taxes. The city’s hotel occupancy in May is typically around 75 percent, with rooms sold out during graduation weekend. And the average daily rate for a room is $150—the highest for the entire year.

According to the latest data available (from the week of April 19), Charlottesville hotel occupancy was down to 25 percent, not including the places that have closed because of the pandemic.

Charlottesville’s restaurants are also losing out on big bucks (not to mention the city’s loss of meals tax revenue). Over graduation weekend, The Local, for instance, typically hosts more than 1,500 guests—“by far our busiest time of the entire year,” says operations manager Michelle Moshier. “Now, restaurants are not only faced with trying to recover from months of closures, [but] they are also taking a huge financial hit by losing much-needed sales that restaurants count on to carry them through the slower summer months.”

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As the pandemic continues to crunch budgets, Charlottesville City Schools has decided to sacrifice its elementary school Spanish program. The city hadn’t met the school district’s requests for funding even before the pandemic, and now, after further cuts, the district finds itself on the wrong end of a $1.16 million deficit, reports The Daily Progress. School board members have expressed a desire to bring the program back once the pandemic’s effects have passed.

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UVA President Jim Ryan appeared on “Face the Nation” over the weekend to discuss the school’s still-mysterious fall plans. Ryan hopes to have as many students on Grounds as possible, but said, “we would need to test students when they first arrive, and faculty and staff before the students arrive.” That seems like an ambitious goal, given the difficulty that even state governments have had in procuring tests.

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Furloughed patient care assistant Erik Hancock says he is shocked that UVA Health is reducing crucial staff “at a time like this.”

“It sucks, but I am hopeful that unemployment will come through and make all this doable. I’m a single-income household with 50/50 shared kids, so it’s nerve-wracking,” shared an inpatient nurse on Reddit. “Nine out of about 25 people in my department were furloughed.”

One outpatient care unit employee, who would only speak to C-VILLE anonymously, says they have been furloughed until July 25, and that their supervisor simply told them “to apply for unemployment.”

“It is really stressful and depressing. I have a number of bills to pay on top of mortgage and medical bills,” the employee says. “The unprofessional attitude of my supervisor was hinting for me to seek other jobs.”

Another anonymous UVA employee, who works as a certified nursing assistant, has been on furlough since April 30. She is not

scheduled to go back to work until the end of July, and is unsure if she will return.

“My boss told me on 4/30, so I didn’t have a notice. I wish I did. I did not have enough time to file [for unemployment] that week, so it should start this week,” she says.

Patient care assistant Erik Hancock was also furloughed with just a few days notice, and he’s now applied for unemployment.

“We were expecting furloughs, but we didn’t know how many, or when, or what department,” he says. “Things had been thrown up in the air left and right.”

While Hancock still plans to return to his job part-time after the furlough, he is shocked that UVA is reducing crucial staff “at a time like this.” And with the way its handled the situation, the nurse practitioner predicts some workers may decide to not come back at all.

“To be cutting staff providing critically needed care in a time like this when [Executive Vice President for Health Affairs] Craig Kent is still making $570,000 a year—[after] his much-touted 40 percent salary reduction—is shameful.” ANONYMOUS UVA HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER

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OVID-19 has stripped the pockets of businesses all around Charlottesville, including one of the city’s biggest: The University of Virginia Health System. Since the onset of the pandemic, the health system has lost $85 million per month due to a sharp decrease in surgeries and clinic visits. To offset these losses, it announced April 28 that it would furlough some non-patient care staff for up to three months, among other cost-saving measures.

As of May 8, 561 employees have been placed on full-time unpaid furlough, with the option to apply for unemployment or use their paid time off. Everyone will continue to receive insurance benefits.

But contrary to the health system’s initial statement, furloughed employees include those who provide patient care. One nurse practitioner (who asked that we not use her name) says some physician assistants and nurse practitioners, also known as advanced practice providers, have been furloughed for three months, while others have been placed on “rolling furloughs,” meaning they work a reduced number of weeks.

“This means in some areas that still have a lot of patients, like the COVID unit, [or that] were already short [there was already up to a 50 percent shortage of APPs in places]...we have been reduced to an unsafe skeleton crew while trying to provide patient care,” she says.

These staffing cuts put patient safety at risk, she contends, and they could have been entirely avoided.

“Comparable institutions have successfully managed to implement cost-saving measures without compromising patient

safety,” she says. “All of my APP colleagues were prepared to help make sacrifices and fully anticipated salary cuts.”

“To be cutting staff providing critically needed care in a time like this when [Executive Vice President for Health Affairs] Craig Kent is still making $570,000 a year— [after] his much-touted 40 percent salary reduction—is shameful,” she adds.

In an email, spokesman Eric Swensen confirmed that UVA has cut hours for “patient-facing staff ” in areas with fewer patients, but that the number of such staff with full-time unpaid furloughs for the next three months remains “very low.”

“We are eager to care for our patients, and as our volume increases so will our staffing,” he added. “We have made staffing decisions at the department level so that we can calibrate the necessary staffing levels to ensure the safest patient care. For that reason, almost all of the full-time furloughs were in non-patient care areas.”

The nurse practitioner says she will have to take multiple weeks off within the next two months. She has enough paid time off to cover it, she says, but if it’s extended past July, she will have to apply for unemployment.

Her APP colleagues on furlough without enough (or any) paid time off are not as lucky. Receiving notifications about the furloughs just a few days before they took effect, they had little time to plan, she says. According to Swensen, affected employees were notified the week of April 28—shortly before the furloughs took effect on May 3.

Some employees took to social media to express their worry and frustration over UVA’s decisions—but declined to speak to C-VILLE about their experiences, fearing they would lose their jobs for good.

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Last week, Governor Ralph Northam announced that Virginia would move to Phase 1 of reopening on Friday, May 15. Phase 1 keeps gatherings limited to 10 people, strongly encourages teleworking, and keeps schools and entertainment facilities closed. But the eased restrictions allow non-essential retail, restaurants with outdoor seating, and places of worship to operate at 50 percent capacity, and lets Virginians seek “personal grooming” by appointment.

The state set two case-based criteria for beginning to ease restrictions: declining rates of positive tests over 14 days, and declining total hospitalizations over 14 days. On Monday, Northam gave some places in northern Virginia permission to delay moving to Phase 1, as the situation there is more dire than elsewhere in the state.

The Charlottesville area passes the test for declining hospitalizations, according to data from the state: In Charlottesville and Albemarle combined, the Virginia Department of Health shows that only one person has been newly hospitalized with coronavirus in the last two weeks.

Since the pandemic began, the Thomas Jefferson Health District, which includes Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Louisa, and Fluvanna, has seen 62 total hospitalizations, according to the state.

Total reported cases in the area continue to rise at a slow but steady rate. Twenty out of the last 21 days have seen at least one new case confirmed, and an outbreak at a long-term care facility appears as a spike on the chart. The area might technically satisfy the governor’s criteria for reopening, but that doesn’t mean the virus is under control.—BH

How coronavirus has changed the college admissions process While schools are closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, districts across the country have adopted alternative grading policies for the remainder of the academic year. Charlottesville City Schools’ middle and high schoolers who had a passing grade when schools closed on March 13 will automatically receive an A for each course, while those who weren’t on track to pass have been given online learning modules. Albemarle County has taken a different route, allowing high schoolers to choose between receiving a pass/fail/ incomplete or a letter grade.

For rising seniors applying to college this fall, these changes could make an already stressful process more challenging.

How will colleges judge their academic performance during this unprecedented time? Will grades from this school year even matter?

According to college counselor Rebecca Hill, the answer is yes and no. It’s “still going to be necessary” for rising seniors applying to college to pass this school year.

However, “because a lot of the school systems...have agreed to give students passes or A’s just for being able to complete work through March 13, final grades [won’t] have as much weight.”

While colleges will still take a critical look at students’ grades from before the pandemic, as well as the ones they receive in the fall (assuming schools are back in session then), they may place a heavier weight on other parts of their applications—including personal essays, extracurricular activities, and letters of recommendation—that demonstrate not just their work ethic, but their character as well.

Essay prompts, for instance, may ask students to describe what challenges they faced during the pandemic, and how they worked to address them, explains Hill. And students who found ways to help their community, such as grocery shopping for immunocompromised neighbors, might stand out among other applicants.

Colleges may also look for more ways students challenged themselves academically, both during the pandemic and throughout their high school careers, “whether that’s taking an online community college class [or] doing research for their own personal project,” says Hill.

But Hill acknowledges these changes may create more barriers for low-income students, who may not have the time or resources to be involved in their community or take on additional academic work.

Instead, they may have to work a part-time job, in addition to other responsibilities, in order to support their families.

“The jobs that work for them...don’t typically lend towards a lot of professional growth,” she adds. “But that doesn’t mean that...their essays won’t compel colleges to really think critically about what the particular circumstances were that they had to live through.”

Longtime counselor Parke Muth worries that college budget cuts could also put low-income applicants at a greater disadvantage. With universities currently “losing millions or, in some cases, billions from their endowment,” they may reduce

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orrectional facilities, where inmates live in tight quarters, have proven (entirely predictably) to be hotbeds for coronavirus outbreaks. Some jails and prisons in the area have managed to avoid major transmission within their walls—as of May 8, the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail has reported just four cases, all among “support staff ” who do not come in regular contact with inmates. The Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women reports zero cases.

But in Buckingham County, two state prisons have become the sites of major outbreaks. As of May 11, the Dillwyn Correctional Center reports that 205 total offenders have tested positive for COVID, and Buckingham Correctional Center reports 75, according to data from the Virginia Department of Corrections.

These situations show how quickly outbreaks can spread within prisons once the virus is present. Dillwyn saw seven cases turn into more than 200 in the span of one week at the end of April, and Buckingham reported just 13 cases last Wednesday. (Mid-April expansion of testing may have contributed to the increases, notes the DOC, but the Dillwyn outbreak did not pick up steam until early May.) As C-VILLE reported in March, many facilities have been releasing nonviolent inmates to house arrest and limiting pretrial detention, in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

The Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail has moved 16 percent of its inmates out of the facility. Because it’s a regional jail, the effort to identify and release low-level offenders, and inmates with health risks, has been spearheaded by our local commonwealth’s attorneys, who have pursued such policies more aggressively than state-level administrators.

The two Buckingham facilities with severe outbreaks are state prisons, meaning they are monitored and managed by the Virginia Department of Corrections. The DOC has been moving inmates out of prison at a far slower rate than the ACRJ. As of last Thursday, 130 prisoners had been moved out of state prisons—a tiny fraction of the roughly 38,000 prisoners in the Virginia state system.

The state prison system also oversaw an outbreak at Bon Air Juvenile Detention Center, near Richmond, in which more than 30 teens tested positive for the disease. The Washington Post characterized the Bon Air outbreak as the worst at a youth prison in the nation. On May 9, a 66-year old man died from COVID while incarcerated in the Buckingham facility, becoming the fourth person to die from the disease while in prison in Virginia.

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their admissions staff, as well as offer less financial aid.

“If you say you’re going to look at [applications] holistically, but you have a smaller staff and resources, how do you do that?” says Muth, who worked in the UVA admissions office for over 30 years.

And at the many colleges that have gone test-optional for the next academic year (due to the ACTs and SATs being pushed back to June and August, respectively), it’s also unclear how schools will compare applicants with test scores to those without them, Muth points out. He encourages rising seniors to still take one, or both, of the tests—if they don’t get a good score, they can choose not to include it with their applications.

According to Adam Southall, a college counselor at Monticello High School, colleges have said that they aren’t going to hold students’ circumstances against them. While he is hopeful that admissions offices “will continue to do the same holistic practices they always have,” he remains concerned for marginalized kids.

“I have a feeling that it won’t be for another year that we see the educational fallout,” he adds. “Who got left behind?”

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tivities, like camping in the backyard.”

White says she tries to model teaching for the parents. “My Choice Boards have ideas for parents of things to do, using gross motor skills and fine motor skills, for example. Preschoolers learn through play, not just sitting at a desk.”

“I’m a huge hugger,” says Kelly Farr at Clark. “Now every Wednesday my fourth grade has Google Meet. They can see each other. We don’t work. It’s a chance to see what everybody is doing. We have dance parties!”

For all the innovation and creativity, though, there’s no getting around the loss of in-person connection. “Normally we see kids and parents and there is a lot of nonverbal communication,” Borgman says. “I cannot tell how thoroughly they are understanding now because I’m not getting that feedback.” Jennifer Murphy, at Greene, agrees. “Seesaw has feedback but it’s inconsistent. In class you’re witnessing every moment,” she says. “Also, I have ESL students, and this is not meeting their needs.”

The abrupt change to the end of the school year has been hard emotionally, too.

“We didn’t get to say goodbye,” says one teacher. “I still get upset,” says another. “After our class meetings I just start to cry. We miss seeing the kids. We worry about the ones we don’t hear from.”

What is the silver lining for education in a quarantine? The Standards of Learning (Virginia’s statewide standardized tests) were postponed. “We are grateful for this return to creative teaching,” says Cooke. And Beth Gehle, a CHS social studies instructor, echoes that. “This may be an opportunity to rethink how we assess. High-stakes testing is not equitable. What is the best way to find out what students know?” “I hope it’s an opportunity to realize what’s important,” says Wray. “We should slow down.” And James confides, “This has forced some teachers to catch up on technology.” But she adds, “I hope that kids get sick of computers.”

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e teachers stay in touch and try to keep up our morale.”

“Children aren’t meant to sit in front of computers all day.”

“I’m upping my skills daily.”

“I didn’t sign up for this.”

Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and this year our local educators deserve a special shout-out as they try their best to teach under quarantine.

On Friday, March 13, local teachers learned there would be no school starting Monday, March 16. With some on-the-ball leadership, they pivoted, and thus started a peculiar kind of education. Zoom, Google Classroom, Seesaw, MeVideo—teachers had to pick up computer programs immediately so online classes could function.

Most had never done “distance teaching.” Yes, they had used technology. But not to the extent now required.

“First, I assigned all the students to make a video of themselves singing ‘We Shall Overcome’ with their families,” Charlottesville High School music teacher Will Cooke says. “They laughed, but some of them really got into it, using beatboxes and tambourines.” French teacher Dorothy Carney taught Buford Middle School students how to take an online tour of the Louvre and write about a painting. At Jack Jouett Middle School, English teachers mailed a novel to 200 seventh-graders, then posted the reading assignments online, according to instructional coach Erin James. Across our school systems, and I presume the whole U.S., there’s an explosion of creativity.

Not that it’s easy. “It takes a lot more preparation and planning,” says CHS art teacher Marcelle Van Yahres. “It’s a steep learning curve,” according to Mountaintop Montessori art teacher Ginnie Daugherty.

“The lighting may be bad. The background may be bad.” Reading specialist Kris Wray has to post comments for Greer Elementary School kids in 11 different classes. The

internet provides a lot of content, but much must be created from scratch. A teacher may record herself reading Abuelo and the Three Bears, post a math problem, or create a bread-making video. Making these may take 15 minutes or four hours.

At Stoney Point Elementary, Shelby White gives her preschool through first graders only an hour of work a day, half math and half literacy. “It’s overwhelming for some,” she says. Kelly Farr gives her Clark Elementary kids a weekly schedule and makes it as user-friendly as possible. Nathanael Greene Primary teacher Jennifer Murphy simply films herself for small lessons, joking “I’m 61. The younger teachers are more savvy.”

Cooke can’t conduct his four real choruses, so he gives one-on-one singing lessons to 140 chorus members, grades nine-12.

Not everybody has Wi-Fi access and it’s not conducive to some activities. “Everything is different. Everyone is struggling. We had to refigure how to do everything.” Wray says. Some parents know computers, some don’t. Some parents find teaching natural, others don’t know how.”

“I was talking to a student yesterday, and he said ‘Can I call you back? I’m babysitting my little brother,’” says Cooke. “Many students are working, so they have double responsibilities. I see my students in every grocery store in town.” And many parents are in survival mode, maybe working at home, depressed over job loss, or short on food money.

Corey Borgman, English and math teacher at Mountaintop, explains that some parents cannot get onto a school-type schedule. Their children are all different ages.

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Medicaid is health insurance which covers almost all health issues. The NAACP is encouraging people to sign up and is available to help you do this.

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be extra grateful for recorded music right now (and for all the artists streaming sets into

our living rooms), but it’s not the same as packing into a whatever-sized room with a bunch of other people to hear some tunes played just for you.

Sweating, swaying, swooning, swirling, swilling a beverage while the band plays (we better not catch you that’s on hold during social distancing. It’s just too risky.

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talking)...it’s an experience

GOLDEN TICKETS We can’t convene in our

Toots and the Maytals Starr Hill, early 1990s

and won’t for a while still,

Starr Hill was a 400 [-person capacity] club on West Main. There were maybe 600 people in attendance and, as Toots found out when he held his mike out to urge people to sing along, everybody there knew every single word to every song they played. I went downstairs for a drink and the floor was literally moving up and down eight or nine inches in each direction. It was his A-list band—the guys he records with—and they were so stoked that the crowd really knew the material.—Charlie Pastorfield

but we sure can wax poetic about when we could. Some pretty rad bands have played some pretty rad shows in Charlottesville, and local folks have these stories to prove it (and others, like City Councilor Sena Magill, have the cool, hard proof: outrageous

Champion Brewing Company, October 2016 Lead singer Laura Jane Grace came out in a Trump mask to sing “Baby, I’m an Anarchist.”—Nolan Stout

My Bloody Valentine

When Diarrhea Planet (RIP) was on, no band mixed respect for the grandeur of rock with tongue-in-cheek jibes at the ridiculousness of “maximum rock ‘n’ roll” like they did.

—Charlie Sallwasser that show. Then they turned on the strobe light and left it on for the duration of “To Here Knows When,” which felt like an hour [ed. note: the recorded version is 5:32]. The crowd, the bone-rattling, the sound, the blinding light all simultaneously induced euphoria and claustrophobia. It was honestly the greatest show of my life. I don’t remember the Dinosaur Jr. set at all.—Mike Furlough

A Tribute to Roland Wiggins The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, September 2019 Hands down, the Roland Wiggins tribute. I had to watch it on Facebook because I was out of town doing a gig, but the surprise performances from his best friend made my heart smile. Super close second fave was [soulrock musician and theologian] Rev. Sekou at The Festy [2019]. Lawd hammercy….

—Richelle Claiborne

Locals reminisce and Dinosaur Jr. Neutral Milk Hotel Tokyo Rose, March 1998 about memorable Trax, February 1992 Won’t do the Pud (too many to count), so I’ll It was “immersive” and that’s an understateC’ville shows say [this one]. I bartended downstairs that ment. MBV was feel-it-in-your-spine loud

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and I am convinced that most of my current high-frequency hearing loss can be traced to

night; they made everyone very, very, very happy and very hopeful. They stayed at our

house. I went to work and then they JAMMED AND STEVE RICHMOND DIDN’T RECORD IT (forgave).—Tyler Magill

Jonathan Richman The Southern Café & Music Hall, November 2015 Because every Jonathan Richman show is better than every show without Jonathan Richman. #RoadRunner—Siva Vaidhyanathan

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Satellite Ballroom, February 2006 The horns! Her voice! The dancing! The being young!—Nell Boeschenstein

Trey Anastasio Band The Jefferson Theater, February 2010 It was insane. Working with a hero. They rehearsed in the venue the day before, which was a real treat. Basically a private show. We loaded in during a blizzard. Tom Daly snapped one of my all-time favorite photos of me during the show. I was 24 years old and like a kid in a candy shop.—Warren Parker CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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angry, political, righteous, and absolutely everything I’d hoped for. Maybe this Charlottesville thing was going to work out after all. When it was all over, I went to find my friend, still passed out sitting on the floor with his back against the wall. I had to wake him up, and he groggily asked what he had missed. Everything.

I learned later that night that another friend had his face slashed somewhere in the pushing and shoving. He stayed for the show and got quite a few stitches later. We all agreed it was worth it, and that he had likely done something to deserve it.—Steve Hoover

Taj Mahal Trax, late 1980s/early 1990s He told the audience they were the rudest mofos he’d ever seen and he left the stage. He was right. Maybe not my favorite memory, but one of the more stand-out memories.— Jamie Dyer

Ratatat JACK LOONEY

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings The Jefferson Theater, December 2009 It was my birthday, and I told her so in line after the (absolutely incredible!) performance while she signed a record. She stopped the line and serenaded me with the most beautiful and simple “Happy Birthday” rendition, and I was never the same. Maybe it was a combination of the venue or her verve or this sense that time stood still, but it became the benchmark against which I’ve measured performances—did it feel like it was just for me?

My pantheon of performances have done exactly that.—Adrienne Oliver

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Muddy Waters

eating and having a great time. Not saying the concert convinced me to move here, but it definitely helped.—Kittie Cooper

The West Virginian (the basement of The Virginian), 1976

Sleater-Kinney

Astonishing electric blues. I wrote a review of the show for the Tandem Evergreen, and got into an argument with the editor, who sniffed that “all the songs were in E.” — Hawkins Dale

Lightning Bolt/ Forcefield The Pudhaus, 2001 One of the sweatiest, most energetic, and righteous shows I have ever experienced.

A room so full that the floor bounced but just an ecstatic feeling. Felt like the building levitated.—Davis Salisbury

Tokyo Rose, April 1996 I bet a few people mention this one—for those who saw it, many probably remember it as one of the peak music moments of their lives, including me. It was a benefit for the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, right after the album Call the Doctor came out. Curious Digit opened—in honor of the riot grrrl occasion they did Bikini Kill’s “Carnival.”

Sleater-Kinney were so glorious, my friend Jeanine (who MC’d the show, repping both SARA and WTJU) threw her bra up onstage, where it landed on Corin’s microphone. She left it dangling there the rest of the show.— Rob Sheffield

University School

Public Enemy

The Bridge PAI, March 2017

Trax, early 1990s

University School (Peter Bussigel and Travis Thatcher) played a live techno set, did the whole thing wearing crazy animal masks and making hot dogs for everyone while they played. They even had veggie dogs for the vegetarians out there, and everyone was

I was a disaffected undergrad at UVA in the early ’90s when a friend told me Public Enemy was coming to Charlottesville. Why, to burn it down? Nope, to play a show, at Trax. I honestly couldn’t believe it; all I knew about Trax was that Dave Mathews played

there all the time. This, was anti-Dave. But it was true, and we got tickets as soon as they became available.

The night of the show we walked over from our place with a Dr. Pepper bottle filled 50/50 with whiskey. Typical undergraduate idiots, not challenging any stereotypes. It was a packed house and the crowd was pretty...energetic? There was a sense that something crazy was about to happen but it was unclear what form it would take: a wild party, maybe a riot. Public Enemy didn’t show for a long time, and the crowd was getting more and more agitated. My friend went to sit down in the back, the whiskey and Dr. Pepper weren’t mixing well.

There was a palpable sense of relief when the announcement was made that PE was in the building and they started setting up.

Almost immediately there was another delay, Terminator X’s turntables were messed up somehow getting them onto the stage.

Not great; things really started leaning towards riot. There was some pushing, scuffling, a lot of impolite shouting. I was trying to figure out how I was going to get the hell out of there when everyone heard the unmistakable sound of Flav shouting, “Yo, Chuck!,” and it was on. Every single person was immediately through the roof. What followed was a two-hour-long sonic assault;

The Jefferson Theater, October 2010 Not counting EDM shows, Charlottesville crowds are typically on the more reserved side, but something was in the air that night.

It was packed and yet I was able to move freely from bar to stage, dancing from person to person on my way. It felt more like a party where everyone was a friend and Ratatat were the house band. On multiple occasions I’ve recounted the show years later to someone and they’ll light up and say, “I was at that show!” They always agree it was a special one.—Jonathan Teeter

Fugazi Trax, 1993 I still have the flier from that show. Trax became known as the beginnings of DMB, but they had a pretty stellar run of booking amazing indie bands in the late ’80s and ’90s—Ramones, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Pavement, Replacements, Smithereens, Jesus and Mary Chain, Bob Mould, Superchunk...Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine on the same bill.—Rich Tarbell

Nada Surf and Rogue Wave Starr Hill, 2006 Used...someone else’s ID...and had my first craft beer at a show. One of my favorite memories.—Allison Kirkner

Memorial Gym, UVA, 1990s All the dope shows at Mem Gym. Jane’s Addiction...or rap shows put on by UVA in the ’90s. All of James McNew’s Yo La Tengo shows were good, too.—DJ Rob A

Gogol Bordello Live Arts, 2004 The downstairs stage still had scaffolding and platforms up from whatever production, and the band kept pulling people out of the audience until it felt like there were more people on stage than off it.—Phil “dogfuck” Green

Nik Turner Champion Brewing Company, October 2017 Nik Turner [of Hawkwind], free, outside, bit o’ rain, C’ville…Skulls split from grinning so much. A perfect storm in every way, and to be there with a novitiate who was gobbling it up like candy made it that much better for me. And it was with Hedersleben to boot.—Kevin McFadin

Fugazi Trax, April 1993

Sleater-Kinney Tokyo Rose, April 1996 I chose two, which occurred three years and one day apart. Fugazi: The first time I had ever seen them outside of D.C. Brilliant, dynamic and WAY too loud. Turns out it was the first date of a new PA, which left many a fan stone-deaf for a few days. This can be found as part of the Fugazi Live Series [online]. The middle section, tracks 13-21, I would put up against any band, anywhere, ever. Then Sleater-Kinney: One of the very few times I have ever said to a band, “One year from now, you guys are gonna be huge.”

I think that creeped out Carrie Brownstein (though I was right). Emotionally overwhelming set, even with the pre- Janet Weiss drummer.—Joe Gross

The Spinners University Hall

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I call this the “phantom concert” because even though I have a pretty reliable memory, I have not been able to find any evidence on Al Gore’s interwebs that this concert happened. But...I keep telling myself that I know it did, because I was there. Just like I “remember” seeing Ike and Tina Turner here in Charlottesville at 2, I’m pretty sure I saw The Spinners at University Hall at 6. Now, there is a record of The Spinners hitting the same stage in 1981, and at that time the two biggest memories from the show I believed I was at wouldn’t have happened:

The Flaming Lips The Sprint Pavilion, August 2019 Absolute and utter magic. The music. The energy of the crowd. The giant balloons and inflatable robot. I am not the same person I was before.

—Emily Cain 1. A very nice man in front of my family volunteered to put me on his shoulders so that the little 6-year-old me could see (in 1981 I was 11 and almost six feet tall).

2. There was an opener at the show and they played “Easy” by The Commodores, which was a big hit at the time, but 6-year-old me was confused because that wasn’t The Commodores on stage. In 1981, Lionel Richie would be just about out of The Commodores camp so no opener would have played “Easy” to such a rousing reception.

3.What I “remember” of The Spinners was awesome. I kept saying to my 6-year-old self, “I’ve seen those guys on TV.”—Ivan Orr Read more reminiscences (including a “phantom concert” and our sole DMB submission), and share your own, at c-ville.com.

The Jefferson Theater, May 2014 That month, everything was technicolor.

I’d been dumped a few weeks prior and mourned what was really nothing, for too long. The day was warm, the beer was cold, my cat-eye liner was sharp, and my blackand-blush-and-neon-green vintage dress made no sense and perfect sense. (“If you look good, you feel good?”) The band lived up to its name, keeping perfect step while Charles grinned and sang and wailed and wept and spun and sweated buckets in his custom stage suit. Music. What crowd?

Music. What ex-boyfriend? Music, music, music. Time to move on. Thank goodness for soul.—Erin O’Hare

pose their audiences? Will audiences want to go stand in a room with a band that’s been in 10 cities in two weeks?

Will fans pay more for a ticket to offset lower capacities?

If the venue marks off safe social distancing spaces on the floor with tape, will attendees obey them (especially after a few beers)? Who would enforce mask rules? Can people be trusted to properly wash their hands in the bathrooms?

With safety measures in place, a show just won’t feel the same, says Shea. “The idea of social distancing at a rock show is impossible. It would be so awkward. ...Can you imagine being the band on stage? There’d be no energy created at all.”

With so many questions about how to balance entertainment with public health concerns, “we’re just a little bit on our own…and it feels a little scary,” says Morrison.

Shea expects some aspects of what venues have developed—like expertly produced concert streams—will stick with us once the pandemic’s over. “You can’t trick yourself into old ways of pursuing this stuff,” he says.

And while he is unsure of whether scheduled shows will actually happen this summer, he’s certain that Charlottesville’s appetite for them will remain.—EO

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won’t feel comfortable holding classes and performances in the building until 2021. When she does open, Morrison says she won’t fill it to its 100-person capacity for a while.

“If everybody rushes toward each other this summer as restrictions ease in the state, I’m worried we’ll just have this terrible spike, even worse than the one we’ve had in the spring,” she says.

Jeyon Falsini of local booking and management company Magnus Music shares that worry. Falsini books for a number of restaurant-bars in town, including The Whiskey Jar, Moe’s BBQ, Rapture, and Holly’s Diner, and he says that all of these venues will focus on food and drink sales before hosting live music. These spots typically don’t charge a cover, so musicians are paid from the register and/or a tip jar. “You can only have music if the place is packed, to justify paying out of the register,” says Falsini, who, unable to collect booking fees, is currently on unemployment.

And what would shows even be like? Will touring bands want to pile into their vans (even before the pandemic, touring wasn’t the most hygienic thing) riding from city to city where they might be exposed to the virus, and in turn ex-

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Charlottesville is really feeling the void left by the lack of live music, and Danny Shea’s got a theory as to why.

Ours is “a remarkable town in regards to support and appetite for live music. We have the luxury of having so much live music per capita, so I think [its absence] is felt more so than in other places,” says Shea, who’s booked music in town for over a decade and currently handles booking, promotion and venue management for The Jefferson Theater and the Southern Café & Music Hall, both owned by Red Light Management.

Local venues have been dark since the second weekend in March, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Everyone is eager to know when we’ll be able to gather again, but the reality is that nobody—not even venue operations folks like Shea— knows the date. Though restaurants with outdoor seating will be allowed to reopen with restrictions on Friday, May 15, entertainment venues, including concert halls, must remain closed. And even when they are allowed to open, it may take a while for things to return to normal.

Emily Morrison, executive director of The Front Porch, a nonprofit music school and venue, says she probably

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Oh there are so many.

Gwar at Trax, had to be early ’90s...they ended up graffiting a jacket I had graffitied in art class (I still have it). Jane’s Addiction at Mem Gym, had to be ’90 or ’91. Of course, the Tokyo times with The Pitts, The Eldelry, The Councilors, Hillbilly Werewolf. Dread Zeppelin, they were so much fun. Also going to hear The Band and others at Van Riper’s [Lake Music Festival] in the late ‘80s. The Black Crowes, before they really made it, at Trax.

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The rise in planting and appreciation for Virginia’s petit manseng wines could make it the region’s defining varietal.

tent approach to producing a dry-style” petit manseng. Heny acknowledges this can be a challenge. “You can’t just use your flowchart for chardonnay when making petit manseng,” he says. “It’s different than a lot of grapes, but we are gaining familiarity with and making intelligent decisions about it.”

One solution for the challenges petit manseng presents may be to blend it with other grapes. For example, viognier can help balance acidity, while increasing flavor complexity. In fact, classically established white blends are part of the identity of many wine regions. In Bordeaux, white wines primarily use sémillon and sauvignon blanc together in order to please the palate.

One sign of maturing wine regions is movement away from more popular grape

varieties toward ones that perform better in the terroir. Mature wine regions begin to define their own styles of wine and push those definitions to the consumer. Virginia has done this with viognier and petit manseng, and locally, there is a discussion about defining a Monticello white blend. George Hodson, president of the Monticello Wine Trail, confirms winemakers already recognize the potential of blending. “Veritas, King Family, Barboursville (and others) are all developing a product exactly in this direction,” he says. “The goal is to create a category of wine that is identifiable… conveys quality…across the trail.” Ultimately, it may be a blend built on the strengths of petit manseng, viognier, chardonnay, and sauvignon blanc that ends up being the “signature” Virginia white wine.

“You can’t just use your flowchart for chardonnay when making petit manseng. It’s different than a lot of grapes, but we are gaining familiarity with and making intelligent decisions about it.” MICHAEL HENY, WINEMAKER

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ention Virginia white wine and most people will bring up viognier. Historically, viognier was largely responsible for Virginia wine gaining attention, nationally and internationally.

But, if the sentiments of wine judges, local winemakers, and a growing number of wine consumers is any measure, petit manseng is poised to be the white wine varietal that Virginia is best known for.

Dennis Horton deserves a great deal of credit for planting viognier in Virginia in the 1980s. This obscure (at the time) variety from southern France was something Horton felt would do well in the humid conditions of the state because the grapes have thick skins and loose clusters, decreasing its susceptibility to mold and mildew.

The winemaker’s intuition was validated in 1993 when a viognier from Horton won a blind-tasting competition in California.

The award inspired other Virginians to begin planting, and prompted attention from the larger United States wine industry, even inspiring Californians to plant the grape. In 2011, international attention increased and, in May of 2011, the Virginia Wine Board declared viognier to be the “signature grape of Virginia.”

Ironically, 2011 was also the first of a string of difficult vintages for viognier in Virginia. The next few years highlighted that, despite viognier’s rot resistance, it’s actually a finicky grape to grow in the local climate.

And while some people love the flavors of viognier, others find the perfume-like aromas and mixed floral/fruit to be somewhat off-putting, and consider the wines to be “flabby” and too soft due to viognier’s lack of natural acidity.

In contrast, petit manseng has high natural acidity, something wine experts consider vital for white wine, and it has intense, complex flavors of tropical fruit, spice, honey, and pineapple. Professor Tony Wolf of Virginia Tech is responsible for bringing the relatively obscure grape, originating from the Jurançon in southwest France, to Virginia. Wolf planted it in 1987 as part of an experiment to determine its viability in the local climate. Petit manseng also has a resistance to rot because of its thick skins, loose clusters, and small berries.

In 2000, Horton was responsible for releasing the first commercially available petit manseng in the United States. And last year, the 2016 Petit Manseng from Horton won the Virginia Governor’s Cup. Another 2016 Petit Manseng, from Michael Shaps Wineworks, was in the Governor’s Case. The competition’s press release mentioned that white wines rarely win the cup and that this was the first time a petit manseng had done so. (Notably, the last time a viognier won was in 2006.)

Though winemakers feel that petit manseng is ideally suited to being grown in Virginia, it still presents challenges to winemakers. The grape retains acidity but can also achieve high levels of sugar (which becomes high levels of alcohol). Therefore, in the Jurançon region the grape is usually made into dessert wine with lots of residual sweetness.

There are many local examples of using it in sweet dessert wine, but consumer preference seems to be more for dry white wine. Making a petit manseng in this dry style requires good picking and winemaking judgment.

Horton Vineyards’ Michael Heny crafted the petit manseng that won the Governor’s Cup, and, coincidentally, is now the winemaker at Michael Shaps Wineworks. Heny credits Michael Shaps for bringing “a consis-

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ne of the first assignments Stacey Evans gives her photography class is to visit the same place at different times throughout the day, a few days in a row. She tasks her PVCC students with noticing the light, how it’s different minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day.

If Monday’s morning light is soft, Tuesday’s might be bright, and Wednesday’s might be grayed by rain.

It’s a practical lesson for an art that relies on light not just for composition but for mood, for atmosphere, for meaning. It’s also a rather practical (and sometimes difficult) lesson for life: Change is constant.

Change is also a major theme in Evans’ own photography. She ruminated on it in “Ways of Seeing,” a series of collages from

photos shot through train car windows and exhibited at Second Street Gallery in April 2017. It’s present again in Evans’ current SSG exhibition, “This Familiar Space/ Cet Espace Familier,” which opened online last week. “‘This Familiar Space’ is two years in the making, and the dozens of works that comprise the show were made by artists here in Charlottesville and in Besançon, France, one of Charlottesville’s sister cities.

Evans served as artist, producer, and curator for the show, which is divided into four unique, but related, groups of works.

Evans planned to mount it on the walls of SSG’s Dové Gallery, until the space closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and she had to envision and execute it for the web.

The first segment, “Daily Muse,” is a series of 11 photographs of the same rooftop view in Besançon, taken by Evans on a 2018

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nogamous, searching for another partner, or simply want to hook up for one night. The challenges of texting, filtering who may be safe to meet, and contending with random unsolicited dick pics can be frustrating. Sometimes the first date reveals a person who does not match up to his posted photo or stats, or maybe there’s just no spark. In other cases, it can lead to finding an amazing partner; at the very least, it allows for the possibility of finding what we want—but all of this has drastically changed with the current state of enforced social distancing.

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It’s about “understanding that things aren’t permanent. Change does happen, and [you have to be] okay with change, because if you get stuck in your ways, I don’t see that as a good thing,” either.

Evans’ role shifts a bit in “Look to See.” She made photographs in both Charlottesville and Besançon, and students altered them into collages. She had Charlottesville High School students start a batch, then brought them to Besançon for Lycée Louis Pasteur students to finish; the Louis Pasteur kids started a new set of collages that Evans brought back to Charlottesville to be completed at CHS. Evans also served in a production role for the third piece, “The Ones We Can Still Save,” a sculpture and video collaboration between Charlottesville-based artist Nina Frances Burke and Besançon-based artist Gabriel Hopson. Each artist gave Evans a small pack-

hit, the culture of dating apps took an extreme

age of materials (the one requirement: that it fit in Evans’ suitcase) for the other to use.

Hopson, who is diabetic, sent Burke an insulin pen full of the life-saving medication, something he can easily access (and even spare) thanks to French health care, something that is difficult, sometimes impossible, for people to access in the U.S. health care system. The pen was full but unusable, and Burke embedded it, inaccessible, in a nestlike sculpture. Together with Hopson’s video (we won’t give away all the details), it’s a comment on the differences between the American and French health care systems.

The fourth piece, “The Light Between,” is a video collage Evans made of both moving and still footage of daily life in Besançon and Charlottesville. It’s full of marked differences (architecture, language) and similarities (going to work, dining al fresco) among life in both places. One of Evans’

favorite juxtapositions is around the 1:40 mark—note the power lines in Charlottesville, and the absence of them, in Besançon.

Across all of the works in “This Familiar Space/Cet Espace Familier” there’s evidence of connection of people across time and space. “That’s always been in the show,” says Evans, though the theme might project a bit more right now.

Recognizing the ways in which we’re all connected—and how our own decisions can affect others—is important, says Evans, who considers herself “a global citizen first and an American second.” That realization can complicate our constant internal, highly personal, negotiation between change and routine, already a delicate balance to strike.

For Evans, the secret to staying grounded is looking up, thinking about the ever-shifting sky, and “the umbrella that connects us all,” she says.

She has since decided that being on dating apps “feels like an exercise in futility,”

turn. “Now each conversation starts with,

and has shut them down. Kelly, 40, has done the same, and says, “I really don’t want

‘How are you doing?’ and the initial interac-

to have a pen pal, so what’s the point?” At 26, John can relate to this sentiment, but he

tions consist of caring and concern right off

has not disconnected from his apps, with the exception of Grindr.

On Grindr, it felt as if the “horniness of men outweighed the emergency of the pan-

immediate connection through the trauma of

demic,” he says. “Many men were saying ‘it’s just us, I am not going anywhere, we can

navigating COVID-19, but instead of continuing and Zoom dates had to suffice. This was not

be safe,’ and I was feeling pressure to meet up.” He has used this opportunity to practice setting boundaries, but says he has found that some men have become “emboldened to be more direct and show a lot more pictures of naked body parts, as if some people

particularly satisfying, so when an intense connection grew, she agreed to a social distancing

just aren’t taking it seriously.” Despite making some real connections with men on Hinge,

date. They took a walk together, six feet apart, and on the next date, met at his house where

John says, “If you want to have an exclusive relationship, how can you really do that on-

she sat opposite from him around an outdoor fire. She did not want to enter his house, so she

line?” The virtual getting-to-know-you is a barrier to physical chemistry, and it takes longer

continuously used the other side of his truck as a toilet. The attraction was so strong, she says,

with texting and chatting, to get to the root of things. Although he continues to be in con-

it was difficult not to touch, but they resisted. enables the connection to grow. Pandemic dating means a loss of physical contact across the board, which can be incredibly painful. “I realized how much I miss being touched,”

tact with men, it “feels like friendship with the vague possibility of getting laid in months.

And that’s just not very titillating or exciting. But what else am I going to do? ...There are only so many Zoom family meetings that are going to take up my time,” he jokes.

We rely heavily on the internet and apps to keep us connected during this time of iso-

Jemma says. “I am not being sexual with anyone, which is hard, but also I just miss being

lation, and while there are many limitations to fulfilling all of our needs as humans, taking

hugged.” This is known as skin hunger, a deep longing and aching desire for physical

advantage of these virtual connections allows space to process a new dating reality as we

contact with another person. Our skin is our largest sensory organ, and touch can fulfill the

support each other, and hold on to the hope of hugging each other soon.—Lisa Speidel

necessity for comfort, emotional support, and physical and sexual needs. It is also calming, and during so much uncertainty, the lack of touch can add to the struggle as many realize how important it really is.

Lisa Speidel is an assistant professor in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Department at the University of Virginia. She is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE) and co-author of the book The Edge of Sex: Navigating a Sexually Confusing Culture From the Margins.

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Sister Cities Commission trip. Capturing this view from her hotel room became a routine for Evans on the trip, and though the visual perspective is technically the same, none of the photos are. The sky differs, sometimes drastically and sometimes subtly, from image to image, affecting the colors of the building below, the shadows, and the overall tone of the photographs. In the bottom center space of the grid, Evans has written, “This too shall pass,” putting to words what the eyes and the mind have already acknowledged, consciously or not.

Evans expects the text might resonate deeply with viewers right now, as we’re all eager for the pandemic to pass. But, she says, we’re not always so open to change: We like our routines, too. And the set of photographs presented in “Daily Muse” shows how routine and change are not necessarily opposite, but complementary, co-existent.

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Gemini (May 21-June 20): When I was young, I had a fun-filled fling with a smart Gemini woman who years later became a highly praised author and the authorized biographer of a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Do I regret our breakup? Am I sorry I never got to enjoy her remarkable success up close? No. As amazing as she was and is, we wouldn’t have been right for each other long-term. I am content with the brief magic we created together, and have always kept her in my fond thoughts with gratitude and the wish for her to thrive.

Now I invite you to do something comparable to what I just did, Gemini: Make peace with your past. Send blessings to the people who helped make you who you are. Celebrate what has actually happened in your life, and graduate forever from what might have happened but didn’t.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): “You have two ways to live your life, from memory or from inspiration,” writes teacher Joe Vitale. Many of you Cancerians favor memory over inspiration to provide their primary motivation. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, although it can be a problem if you become so obsessed with memory that you distract yourself from creating new developments in your life story. But in accordance with astrological potentials and the exigencies of our global healing crisis, I urge you, in the coming weeks, to mobilize yourself through a balance of memory and inspiration. I suspect you’ll be getting rich opportunities to both rework the past and dream up a future full of interesting novelty. In fact, those two imperatives will serve each other well.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Of all the signs, Tauruses are among the least likely to be egomaniacs. Most of you aren’t inclined to indulge in fits of braggadocio or outbreaks of narcissism. (I just heard one of my favorite virtuoso Taurus singers say she wasn’t a very good singer!) That’s why one of my secret agendas is to tell you how gorgeous you are, to nudge you to cultivate the confidence and pride you deserve to have. Are you ready to leap to a higher octave of self-love? I think so. In the coming weeks, please use Taurus artist Salvador Dalí’s boast as your motto: “There comes a moment in every person’s life when they realize they adore me.” you to count your blessings and make plans that will contribute to your longevity.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Theologian St. Catherine of Siena observed, “To a brave person, good and bad luck are like her left and right hand.

She uses both.” The funny thing is, Virgo, that in the past you have sometimes been more adept and proactive in using your bad luck, and less skillful at capitalizing on your good luck. But from what I can tell, this curious problem has been diminishing for you in 2020—and will continue to do so. I expect that in the coming weeks, you will welcome and harness your good luck with brisk artistry.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I’m curious about everything, except what people have to say about me,” says actor Sarah Jessica Parker. I think that’s an excellent strategy for you to adopt in the coming weeks. On the one hand, the whole world will be exceptionally interesting, and your ability to learn valuable lessons and acquire useful information will be at peak.

On the other hand, one of the keys to getting the most out of the wealth of catalytic influences will be to cultivate nonchalance about people’s opinions of you.

Scorpio

(July 23-Aug. 22): Author Anne Lamott has some crucial advice for you to heed in the coming weeks. “Even when we’re most sure that love can’t conquer all,” she says, “it seems to anyway. It goes down into the rat hole with us, in the guise of our friends, and there it swells and comforts. It gives us second winds, third winds, hundredth winds.” I hope you’ll wield this truth as your secret magic in the coming weeks, Leo. Regard love not just as a sweet emotion that makes you feel good, but as a superpower that can accomplish practical miracles.

(Oct. 23-Nov.21): On the kids’ TV show “Sesame Street,” there’s a muppet named Count von Count. He’s a friendly vampire who loves to count things. He is 6,523,730 years old and his favorite number is 34,969—the square root of 187. The Count was “born” on November 13, 1972, when he made his first appearance on the show, which means he’s a Scorpio. I propose we make him your patron saint for the next four weeks. It’s an excellent time to transform any threatening qualities you might seem to have into harmless and cordial forms of expression. It’s also a favorable phase for

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool,” writes novelist Erica Jong. “Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great,” says singer Cher. “He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom,” declared art critic James Huneker.

“Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced,” observed philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. According to my analysis of astrological omens, you’re primed to prove these theories, Sagittarius. Congratulations!

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Few people have a treasure,” writes Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro. She’s speaking metaphorically, of course—not referring to a strongbox full of gold and jewels. But I’m happy to inform you that if you don’t have a treasure, the coming months will be a favorable time to find or create it. So I’m putting you on a high alert for treasure. I urge you to be receptive to and hungry for it. And if you are one of those rare lucky ones who already has a treasure, I’m happy to say that you now have the power and motivation to appreciate it even more and learn how to make even better use of it.

Whether you do or don’t yet have the treasure, heed these further words from Alice Munro: “You must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.”

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At this moment, there are 50 trillion cells in your body, and each of them is a sentient being in its own right.

They act together as a community, consecrating you with their astonishing collabo-

ration. It’s like magic! Here’s an amazing fact: Just as you communicate with dogs and cats and other animals, you can engage in dialogs with your cells. The coming weeks will be a ripe time to explore this phenomenon. Is there anything you’d like to say to the tiny creatures living in your stomach or lungs? Any information you’d love to receive from your heart or your sex organs? If you have trouble believing this is a real possibility, imagine and pretend. And have fun!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): “A myriad of modest delights constitute happiness,” wrote poet Charles Baudelaire. I think that definition will serve you well in the coming weeks, Pisces.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, there won’t be spectacular breakthroughs barging into your life; I expect no sublime epiphanies or radiant transformations. On the other hand, there’ll be a steady stream of small marvels if you’re receptive to such a possibility. Here’s key advice: Don’t miss the small wonders because you’re expecting and wishing for bigger splashes.

Aries (March 21-April 19): During a pandemic, is it possible to spread the news about your talents and offerings? Yes! That’s why I suggest you make sure that everyone who should know about you does indeed know about you.

To mobilize your efforts and stimulate your imagination, I came up with colorful titles for you to use to describe yourself on your resume or in promotional materials or during conversations with potential helpers. 1. Firemaker 2. Seed-sower 3. Brisk Instigator 4. Hope Fiend 5. Gap Leaper 6. Fertility Aficionado 7. Gleam Finder 8. Launch Catalyst 9. Chief Improviser 10. Change Artist Expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes: Real Astrology.com, 1-877-873-4888.

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William A. Markle (Bill),

Are you passionate about applying your skills to ensure the greatest quality of life possible for our fellow community members in need? If so The Arc urges you to consider opportunities within our organization. Our mission is to ensure full community inclusion and participation of people with developmental disabilities through the provision of high quality services and advocacy. Our vision is to remain the leading provider of services and advocacy for this deserving population. If you share these values we urge you to consider the following career opportunities: Direct Support– Residential Services ($11/13 hour, variable hours/schedules) Direct Support Professional- Floater $16/ hour We are very eager to hear from candidates interested in working in Crozet, Charlottesville and Nelson. Additional detail for each vacancy (including schedules) may be viewed on the Employment page of our web site.

To see a full listing of all of our positions, to apply and to learn more about what The Arc is doing to support our community, please visit our web site at http://thearcofthepiedmont.org/ In addition to offering a challenging and rewarding experience The Arc also offers competitive compensation, paid training, and- for full time staff- an attractive benefits package which includes paid leave, health, dental and vision insurance, as well as life and long-term disability insurance, among other offerings. The Arc of the Piedmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

56, of Palmyra, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at home from a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Bill was born April 8, 1964, at Lee Memorial Hospital in Ft. Myers, FL, and was the son of Everett E. Markle and Rose Marie Russano Markle. Bill graduated from Bishop Verot Catholic High School in Ft. Myers, FL, in 1982. In Mahopac, NY, on February 8, 1992, he married Patricia Devine Markle (Patti), who survives him.

Bill and Patti left New York and moved first to Charlottesville, VA, in late 1996 and then to the Lake Monticello community in early 1998, where they purchased a home and raised their three children. He was employed by CenturyLink as a Telephone Technician. Bill was an active parishioner of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Palmyra. He was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus and served as an usher at Sunday Mass; his faith provided him with much comfort.

Bill loved fishing and spending time outdoors, eating out at different restaurants (he was a self-described foodie), and traveling to Kennebunkport, ME, Williamsburg, VA, and North Ft. Myers, FL, for vacations and get-away trips. Spending time with his wife and three children, whom he was most proud of, was what he enjoyed the most.

Bill was preceded in death by his father Everett and his older brother Jimmy. In addition to Bill being survived by his wife Patti, he is also survived by his son William and William’s girlfriend Jamie Yi, his son Raymond and Raymond’s girlfriend Amanda Hayes, his daughter Brigid, his mother Rose Marie, his sister Cindy Markle Diemer and her husband Jesse, his niece Jennifer Diemer, his three nephews Christopher Diemer, Eric Markle and his wife Scarlet and their three daughters Meadow, Willow and Everly who were Bill’s great-nieces, and Phillip Markle, his uncle Robert Russano, his aunt Lois Price, his cousins Ann Markle Napoli, Wayne Markle, Helen Quimby, Jerry Mayone Sr., Jerry Mayone Jr. and Mary Alecca, his wonderful friends who meant so very much to him, and his church family.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be sent to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 4309 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Palmyra, VA 22963.

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Glyphic Software one of the nation’s most experienced consultancy specializing in data science and advanced analytics solutions is seeking an Enterprise Sales Consultant. responsibilities will include: refining our sales pitch and go-to-market approach; networking with prospective buyers at conferences and events; following up with prospects, thoughtfully nudging them forward; and communicating pipeline updates to CEO and COO via biweekly calls.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE FOR SOCIAL EQUITY Skeo Solutions is seeking a Senior Associate for Social Equity to help shape and grow our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Environmental Justice practice areas, while also providing support and leadership across additional projects. This position offers the opportunity to work with clients who are seeking to solve tough environmental challenges, meet community needs, and advance equity within their organization and through their organization’s mission-related work. It also offers the opportunity to work with a creative and multi-disciplinary team at Skeo who are deeply committed to advancing social equity in partnership with our clients.

The right candidate for this senior level position is a collaborative go-getter who brings a recognized history of leadership in equity, community development, environmental justice, and public health work.

The candidate should have a demonstrable track record of effective business development outcomes and thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative working environment. Strong facilitation skills are required.

Applicants should be proficient with Microsoft Office programs. Applicants should be able to multi-task, work effectively on a team, maintain a positive attitude, mentor junior staff and have excellent communication skills. Applicants must be willing to travel for 20 or more trips per year at various locations throughout the United States.

Qualifications The ideal candidate will, first and foremost, enjoy the sales process. While having experience with enterprise software is definitely a plus, it’s not strictly required.

More important is a track record of successful sales. In addition, we’re looking for an entrepreneurial mindset, to embrace the challenges and changes that accompany the path for young technology companies like Glyphic.

Compensation structure is negotiable, but will be heavily weighted toward commissions, with a subordinate “hourly” component. We expect this position to start requiring approximately 10 hours a week, with plenty of room to grow.

How to Apply Qualified applicants should send a resume and cover letter to hello@glyphicsoftware.com. Please include “[Your Name] – Enterprise Sales Consultant” in the subject line. References will not be required until candidates reach the latter stages of the interview process. glyphicsoftware.com

This is a part time position with flexibility to be structured either hourly or salaried and the potential for expanded hours as the practice area grows.

ABOUT US: Skeo is an environmental consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity.

Our social equity work includes a Diversity Equity and Inclusion practice area and an Environmental Justice practices area. We serve clients who are facing seemingly intractable challenges at the intersection of the environment and equity. Related services include: • • •

Facilitation and conflict resolution Visioning and strategic planning for communities and organizations Equitable development, community engagement, resilience and climate equity services for federal, regional and neighborhood planning processes • Training, coaching and capacity building on topics such as: cultural competence, institutional racism and neighborhood equity, cultural humility, unconscious bias, collaborative problem-solving and story-telling.

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THIS CUSTOM HOME is a true work of art with 3000 bottle walk-in wine cellar, indoor endless pool & eucalyptus flooring. Details include locally hand-crafted mahogany doors, trim & cabinetry, stained glass windows. Owner’s suite with views, balcony, 2 FP & luxurious bath. Media/game room, 3BR/3BA on 2nd floor. Terrace level with huge entertainment space, bar & apartment with kitchen, living/ dining, bedroom & bath. $3,390,000. Steve White, 434-242-8355. (597532)

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Michael Guthrie’s Analysis of COVID-19’s Impact on Area Real Estate Here is what the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors First Quarter Market Report for 2020 had to say about our local residential real estate market: • The Charlottesville area economy has been very strong leading into this challenging time. The region’s strong economy and strong housing demand will be important to the future health of the Charlottesville area’s housing market.

• Like the rest of Virginia and the nation, the Charlottesville region will be experiencing the economic impacts of COVID-19 this spring.

• Permits for new residential construction had been strong over the past six months, including in February 2020, the most recent month for which data is available.

• Consumers’ confidence in the economy has been declining somewhat for several months. Expectations about future economic conditions have become pessimistic in the early spring.

• Mortgage rates are still low, but there has been substantial volatility and growing uncertainty in the mortgage market.

Usually, I dive into the numbers to share trends and project what to expect in coming months. However, the Coronavirus has changed all of what we usually talk about including real estate.

As we enter the month of May, the early second quarter numbers suggest we will see a downward trend in the market when the next report comes out at the end of July. Sellers have taken their homes off the market or have

been slow to activate them creating low inventory. The number of homes going under contract has decreased, not just existing homes (28 percent decrease) but new construction, which had been so robust and was down 31 percent in April.

Is this reason to panic? Many folks are saying we will see the spring market move to fall. I am a bit more optimistic. Even though April and May will feel the impact of COVID-19, I think we will see a return to the upward trend we saw in the first quarter sometime in mid to late June.

Both buyers and sellers can take advantage of the market right now while staying within the guidelines set forth by the Governor.

If you are a seller there is less competition as many have chosen not to put their house on the market. If you need to sell, keep your house sanitized so your listing agent can assure folks who want to see the property they will be safe.

Ask your listing agent to request masks to be worn and shoes to be left outside. Leave your home with lights on and doors and cabinets open so buyer prospects won’t need to touch anything.

The good news for buyers is that there are fewer people out looking at homes right now and you can take advantage of many more photos and videos to look at homes virtually. If you and your agent are comfortable looking at a home that piques your interest, you face a lot less competition from other buyers. This means you might get a better price on the home while taking advantage of the very low interest rates.

If you are not ready to move forward, be OK with that decision. There will continue to be buyers out there and the interest rates will remain attractive. If you are a buyer, I think you will see lots of homes coming on the market later this month or in early June.

Remember that this was a health crisis not an economic one when it all started. All the economic experts are saying that when COVID-19 is under control the housing market will rebound.

The question is, will this happen as early as the end of June or not until late summer or early fall?

Adventure Awaits!

952 Acres Alleghany Co.,Virginia

• Rare Opportunity •

2.7 Million Acres of National Forest in your backyard!

Property Location: Rucker Gap Rd, Covington, VA NATURE AT IT’S FINEST

Over 2mi of Road Frontage

Several Streams

4.8mi of Interior Roads

Plentiful Views

Whether you want to build a grand home or a rustic cabin, live here full time or just have a place to set up camp, this is the perfect place to get away.

• 952 beautiful acres bordered on 3 sides by National Forest (5.8 miles of shared border) which puts you on the edge of a vast 2.7 million acres of additional wilderness • Beautifully wooded pristine forest land • Several scenic mountain streams • Private mountain ridges to take in the views • Ideal for hunters or nature enthusiasts • Rare combination of privacy and accessibility • Just 10mi off I-64 and 15mi from Covington • Local recreational areas incl. the Jackson River, Lake Moomaw, Lake Sherwood, and Douthat State Park INCREDIBLE VALUE • Timber value estimated over $968,000 • Over 2 miles of paved state road frontage - a rarity indeed for this type of property • 4.8 miles of interior roads - a huge value!

• Miles of hiking and ATV trails • Multiple streams and plentiful wildlife • This is the ultimate in “social distancing” • Recently surveyed in 6 tracts • In the evenings, live it up at the nearby Greenbrier Resort or the Homestead Resort “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, overcivilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.” - John Muir DIRECTIONS TO PROPERTY

Nature at its finest

From Charlottesville, I-64W to Covington.

Take Exit 10 for US-60/VA-159. At end of ramp, turn LEFT on VA-159S. 1/2mi to R on Midland Trail (600). 1/2mi to R on Indian Draft (600). 1/2mi to L on Johnson Creek Rd (661).

9.4mi to entrance on right.

For GPS, property frontage begins just after 7901 Johnson Creek Rd, Covington, VA. Entrance is approx. 1.5mi from this point.

Priced at $1,400,00 Adventure Awaits

with an estimated timber value over $968k

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Fabulous brick home in Glenmore. Unique screen porch has skylights and vaulted ceilings. Lovingly maintained and updated.

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Waterfront, contemporary home, set on 11 acres. First floor master suite. Beautiful stone fireplace and vaulted ceilings.

Wonderfully updated kitchen. Wine cellar and tasting room.

Expansive deck and terraces as well as an oversized garage. Full terrace level. Privacy, peace and tranquility. $649,000

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Wonderful details throughout. Mountain views. A peaceful country feel only 5 minutes from free bridge/Pantops. 6" walls for extra insulation, real wood floors, Marvin windows, hardy-plank siding. Still time to choose kitchen finishes. Call Kevin O’Brien at 703 966-2438.

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A unique art gallery located in the heart of Historic Downtown Gordonsville.

Offering an assortment of works by local artists as well as those from throughout the country.

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acres and only 270 homesites, Ashcroft residents enjoy lot sizes in the range of one to two acres. Well stocked fishing lakes, picnic areas, and hiking trails all belie its site at the intersection of I-64 and Route 250. Unlike some of the other neighborhoods that were built all at once, Ashcroft and Key West both have unique homes and a variety of architectural styles that include colonials, farmhouses, and contemporaries.

Each of these neighborhoods has something just a little bit different to offer. But what they have in common are amazing views and easy access to Charlottesville and major highways.

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WHAT’S SO ATTRACTIVE ABOUT PANTOPS, YOU ASK? Start with the views and the prime location. Move on to the range of housing types and prices available. Throw in easy access to shops and services. Close out with some leading indicators that Pantops is just going to keep getting better. And the only logical conclusion is that Pantops should be high on the list for any prospective home buyer wanting to be close to Charlottesville.

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All Seeing or Crazy Good Named by none other than Thomas Jefferson, Pantops means “all seeing” because the elevation offers beauty in all directions. If he were alive today, Jefferson would have agreed with Paul McArtor, REALTOR® with Avenue Realty, LLC, when he calls the views “crazy good. Look in any direction and you have amazing scenery. Southwest Mountains, the Blue Ridge, and the City of Charlottesville.”

But a great view isn’t the only thing this location offers. From its earliest days, Pantops has been a critical link in the flow of goods and people to and from all four directions. It was inevitable that the intersection of the Rivanna River and Three Notch’d Road would become the nexus of commercial and transportation activity that it still is today.

Three Notch’d Road was the primary east-west link between the Shenandoah Valley and Tidewater. In the 1930s it expanded into the major thoroughfare that today’s Route 250 has become. Once Interstate 64 came into play in the early

1960s, the traffic pattern was firmly established and helped Pantops become the poster child for suburbanization.

Today, Route 250, I-64, and Stony Point Road (Route 20) offer easy access to all destinations, near and far. McArtor points out, “If you take the back way, Stony Point to Proffit Road will bring you out at Hollymead and all the shops there, without ever dealing with 29 North.”

“The location is great,” says McArtor.

“You can be in downtown Charlottesville in minutes. Or hop on I-64 and be on your way to Richmond. I had a client moving to Charlottesville with one person working at UVA and the other in Richmond, and Pantops was the obvious place to start looking. But the amazing thing was that it really ended up being the ideal location, not only for their commutes, but for their lifestyle.”

Anything a Buyer Wants There are few areas close to Charlottesville that offer as many options as Pantops. Buyers can choose from condos, villas, townhomes, senior living residences and single-family homes. Most of the condos and apartments are south of Route 250, but there is a large townhouse community, Pavilions at Pantops, on the north side that was built just over 10 years ago.

This variety makes Pantops one of the more affordable neighborhoods within close range of Charlottesville.

And, given its long history, it is remarkable that so much new construction exists. Simone Kerber Alley, REALTOR®

with Roy Wheeler Realty Co., lives in Cascadia, one of the recent entries into the Pantops area. She notes that there are currently 100 detached homes on the market in Pantops and half of them were built in 2020. “You can’t match Pantops for so many different housing options, many of them new construction, or only a few years old, and being this close to town.”

On the single-family side, four neighborhoods usually dominate the conversation: Cascadia, Riverside Village, Hyland Ridge and Fontana. Hyland Ridge and Fontana offer large lots, most one quarter to half acre in size.

Cascadia is the newcomer with more than 330 living units on 60 acres of hillside. The townhomes, villas and single-family homes all offer spectacular views. The pool, clubhouse, community gardens, trails and pocket parks are a big draw and make up for the denser configuration. Residents also enjoy easy access to the 110-acre Darden Towe Park that is directly across Route 20.

Riverside Village is smaller in scale, with 93 homes on 18 acres. Built on flat land instead of a hillside, it doesn’t have quite the views that Cascadians enjoy.

But it does boast direct access to the Rivanna River and the Old Mills Trail.

Its EarthCraft Certified homes face each other with garages in the rear, creating a pedestrian walkway and a layout that encourages neighbor interaction.

According to Sasha Farmer, Broker with Story House Real Estate, “there is a ton of new construction, and if a buyer isn’t set on new construction, they can still get a fairly new home on a larger lot.

That makes Pantops an extremely attractive choice to a wide variety of buyers.”

Farmer also reminds prospective buyers “Don’t forget about Key West and Ashcroft. These neighborhoods sometimes stay off people’s radars when, in fact, they have a lot to offer. They aren’t as visible as some of the other Pantops neighborhoods.

And both have a slightly more rural feel even though they are so close.”

Key West is a mile north on Stony Point Road and Ashcroft is just on the Charlottesville side of I-64. With 500

“Pantops is gaining in popularity. Yes, part of that is all the new residential construction that has recently occurred,” says Farmer. “But it’s also because of the new commercial space and services that are available. It really is high on anyone’s list that wants to be close to Charlottesville.”

Alley agrees. “This is an up and coming area. New restaurants, coffee shops, and fitness centers are popping up along Richmond Road and Stony Point Road.”

Grit Coffee, AKT Fitness, and Riverbirch Restaurant just opened in The Shops at Riverside Village. “These are great indicators of how popular this area has become. Instead of having to go into town for a meal or to UVA for medical services, those are available right here without ever having to cross Free Bridge.”

Pantops is working hard to outgrow its moniker of “Dealership Row,” named for all the car dealerships that line Route 250. And in doing so, it is becoming a destination.

Close to Employment Centers For workers that want to ditch the commute, Pantops is a good place to start. Besides the easy access to Charlottesville and I-64, Pantops itself is a significant employment center with approximately 8,000 jobs. The three largest employers are Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, and the State Farm Operations Center.

Around the hospital, an entire campus of healthcare providers has been established. Not only does that make Pantops a good choice for the people that work there, Farmer knows it can be a decision factor for some buyers. “With the first-class hospital and medical services that are abundant here in Pantops, this becomes an easy choice for anyone with health issues. For seniors ready to downsize, there are lots of affordable and beautiful condos to buy.”

With more than 40 retailers and over 30 hospitality and food service operations, Pantops offers a good match for affordable housing for its workers. Every mile eliminated from a commute puts more money in a worker’s pocket.

WillowTree, Inc. is consolidating all 500 of its workers in their new office complex just across the Rivanna River from Pantops. Employees may see Pantops as an attractive place to live, especially the kayakers in the workforce, as WillowTree is offering kayaks to employees to help with their commute. Alley says, “These

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1619 PAYNES MILL RD

One level living in this well maintained home on 2 acres. Spacious brick rancher with lots ofspace.

Formal living and dining rooms, family room with fireplace, huge rec room; master suite with private bath, 2 additional bedrooms and full bath.

Large level lot with shed, paved circular driveway.

New hot water heater, plumbing, heat pump with backup propane heat, generator. Convenient to Interstate 64. Tax assessment does not include rec room addition. MLS# 601739 $250,000

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One level living! Spacious open floor plan. Large gourmet kitchen with beautiful cherry cabinets, granite counter tops, large pantry and breakfast nook. Vaulted living room with fireplace; sunroom overlooking private backyard and formal dining room. MLS# 599027 $390,100

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864 ST CHARLES AVE

Prime location for this renovated all brick home in the heart of Charlottesville; Convenient to downtown, UVA, hospitals, shopping, schools,restaurants and Interstate 64. Updated kitchen, refinished hardwood floors, new carpet, updated bathrooms, freshly painted, all brick for low exterior maintenance. Ready for new owner. Perfect for first time home buyers and investors. MLS# 598079 $275,000

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102 PINE LN

Private oasis in beautiful setting on 7 private acres. This custom built modern treasure is an interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s prairie style. Spacious open floor plan with walls of glass that bring the outdoors inward. Earthy materials including gorgeous slate and brick. Main level master suite. Great room with fireplace. Upstairs are 2 additional bedrooms and full basement with rec room and another fireplace. 2 car garage. Captivating artists studio/potential cottage/air bnb rental. MLS# 602986 $349,900

114 GRAYROCK DR

Gorgeous home in desirable Western Albemarle. Main level features beautiful maple solid hardwood floors, formal living room, dining room and home office. Spacious eat-in kitchen with quartz counter tops and stainless steel upgraded appliances. Large deck for entertaining with gorgeous mountain views. Master suite with sitting area with mountain views, luxury master bath, huge walkin closet. 3 additional large bedrooms. Convenient to downtown Crozet, UVA and Charlottesville. MLS# 599841 $489,000

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Great new listing on 2.36 acres convenient to NGIC, Hollymead Town Center and schools.

Well maintained home features formal living and dining rooms, large bright kitchen overlooking large deck and fenced backyard. Large family room with new fireplace; Upstairs features 4 spacious bedrooms including master suite with private bath. Basement is partially finished with rec room. Detached 2 car garage with workshop.

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Total privacy on almost 5 quiet acres just 15 minutes to Charlottesville. This unique ranch style home offers one level living with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and 2 sunrooms all on main level. Spiral staircase leads to finished basement rooms. 2 decks, detachedgarage with electricity. Separate 850 sq ft partially furnished cottage on property with deck, fenced in yard and separate parking. Perfect for in-law suite. Just 15 minutes to UVA, Martha Jefferson, local attractions and wineries MLS# 601247 $410,000

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969 Phoenix Road This large 3 BR, 2 BA brick home on 5.47 acres is well-maintained and ready for your updates. A large deck leading from the kitchen/dining area overlooks a private level yard that backs up to woods. Master and 2 other BR on first floor. Dual vanity in master bath. Potential workout room or play area in enclosed breezeway connecting to 2-gar garage. Finished basement features den with wet bar hookups, laundry room, full bath, large home office, and a bonus room.

Mature hardwoods and asphalt driveway, make this an inviting home for friends and family. Close to US 29, less than 15 minutes to Lovingston, and less than an hour to Charlottesville or Lynchburg. $225,000

633 Lake Nelson Lane Renovated and spacious offering 4 BR plus office and recreation space!

Inviting with vaulted ceilings with exposed wood beams/trim andwood floors (no carpet!), full basement with woodstove, and updated kitchen with tile counters/backsplash, oak cabinets, and new lighting, fixtures, and appliances. Renovated bath and a new one in basement with tile shower and separate soaking tub. Enjoy outdoor living with multiple decks overlooking private backyard for pets, play, and gardening. Easy walk to Lake Nelson for recreation/fishing and short commute (4 miles to Route 29) to Lynchburg, Charlottesville. SCS broadband internet for streaming. Can be sold furnished with an acceptable offer! $189,000

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While Pantops has come a long way from nondescript strip malls and car dealerships, its future looks even brighter.

Albemarle County just completed the 2019 Pantops Master Plan and has already begun implementing some of the ambitious improvements related to connectivity, character, and conservation.

These were identified as high priorities to improve the quality of life of Pantops residents.

Not many people walk or bike to work or for errands in this extremely car-centric area. Plans to improve bike and pedestrian safety on the streets running parallel to Route 250 may change that. And if a planned pedestrian bridge over 250 gets built, it will be a gamechanger.

The County is encouraging new infill development to add to or protect existing green space and eventually create a network of connected public green space.

Preserving the existing tree canopy is a priority; adding more trees will be a bonus.

The County recently upgraded the gateway to the Old Mills Trail at Free Bridge. Visible signs and a concrete walkway have vastly improved access and now create an invitation for all to use this jewel of a trail.

The future Riverside Village Park (official name to be determined) is a great added amenity for Pantops. Gained as part of the Riverside Village development, once completed, it will be another opportunity for Pantops to celebrate and activate under-utilized features, the Rivanna River and Greenway. Two other major parks are planned along the river as well, but land has yet to be acquired for these.

Views from Pantops are big draws to the people that live there. The Master Plan wants to protect those significant vistas and view corridors so that Pantops will remain “all seeing.” The Plan also encourages compliance with the Monticello Viewshed Guidelines. A visitor to Monticello may soon look to the north and east of the Rivanna River to see trees and parks creating a lovely panorama in Pantops.

If these plans materialize, the character of Pantops will continue to improve.

Its evolution from cars, strip malls, and parking lots, to vibrant urban centers surrounded by neighborhoods and connected green spaces will create even more demand for this up and coming suburban gem.

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are good paying jobs and Pantops is an ideal location for WillowTree employees to live. I fully expect this will create even more interest in an area that is already starting to see high demand.”

McArtor also notes that employees at Rivanna Station and any of the businesses near the airport area have a pretty quick commute using Stony Point Road.

“With more employment opportunities within Pantops and easy access to employers in other areas, Pantops is an ideal place for employees to live and work, or live and have an easy drive to work.”

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WARREN MILL

Renovated mill, c. 1792, modernized into dramatic 5-BR, 3.5-BA, post-and-beam residence, plus 2-BR cottage. Beautiful, private setting on 11.71 acres, dam w/spectacular waterfall near James River.

Lovely historic details. 25 minutes to Charlottesville. $975,000 MLS#602274 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

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RED FOX LANE

Enjoy mountain views of the historic Southwest Mountains from this livable 4-bedroom residence on 6 private acres. Convenient and quick to Pantops, Historic Downtown Mall, and UVA. Within steps of all the amenities at Keswick Hall. MLS#594327 $895,000 Charlottte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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248-acre Albemarle County property convenient to Charlottesville. Gently rolling land with streams, pasture, woods, and immense privacy. Numerous building sites with charming, c. 1860, 3-bedroom 2-bath farmhouse. MLS#584740 $1,850,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Bordering a lake and the newly finished Pete Dye golf course, and within the gated community of the 5-star resort, Keswick Estates, is this magnificently crafted European-style home with 5 BR including spacious guest suite, and over 11,000 fin. sf. Constructed with the finest materials and built with expert craftsmanship, and attention to every detail. This residence features large open spaces, inside and outside, generous main level master suite, and fabulous lower level for lavish entertaining, plus health and wellness center. MLS#603398 $4,200.000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

JEFFERSON-INSPIRED BRICK HOME

Built and designed in 1978 by Henry Browne, this superb home features lovely architectural detail and fine craftsmanship. 3 large en-suite bedrooms, fourth bedroom, bath, large rooms, heart pine floors, and recently renovated on 2 private acres. MLS#602854 $779,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

RIVER LAWN

Spectacular bluff for building site overlooking the James River. Property is surrounded by larger estates and farms in a quiet and beautiful part of southern Albemarle. Under easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. MLS#569753 $745,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

MEADOW HILL FARM Circa 1910 traditional Virginia farmhouse located in Greenwood estate country 15 miles west of Charlottesville. Nice mix of open pasture land. Elevated home site provides generous views of the Piedmont country side. 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, 6 fireplaces, rich pine and oak hardwood flooring throughout, high ceilings at all levels, modern baths and appliances, home systems in first rate condition. Guest cottage with full bath. MLS#595248 $1,950,000 Mark Mascotte, 434.825.8610

THE ROCKS

Home designed by local architect Richard Funk and built on a lot that provides privacy and gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountain views. 6 bedrooms, including first floor master, and 5.5 baths. Many unique features and ample storage. MLS#601178 $1,285,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SUMMIT RIDGE TRAIL

Expansive Blue Ridge Mountain views from this custom built comfortable residence on a protected 1.4 acres. Spacious bright living areas, upgraded kitchen, 4 BR and 2.5 BA. Flexible space all within minutes of I-64, Pantops, Downtown, & UVA. MLS#597258 $1,195,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

SPRINGDALE

Built around 1800 in eastern Goochland County, approximately 30 minutes from downtown Richmond and 45 minutes to downtown Charlottesville.

Property includes 60 acres, a pond, woodland, and garage apartment. MLS#1930232 $995,000 Philip Reed, 804.833.8325 or Steve McLean,434.981.1863

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U C ED R ED RAGGED MOUNTAIN FARM

Just west of Charlottesville, near Ivy, is this beautiful 92-acre home on elevated site with spectacular panoramic views of mountains, fields, and forest.

This property is one of three preservation tracts of Ragged Mountain Farms. MLS#595833 $2,475,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

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GLENMORE

0.75-acre lot on quiet cut-de-sac near lovely Lake Lochen. There are many options on this corner lot. One of the few exceptional lots left with the location, size, and diversity of this lot. MLS#599250 $269,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

NOTTINGHAM ROAD

Spacious main level with living room, kitchen/ family room, dining room, sun room, first floor master bedroom/bath. Nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood but convenient to UVA, downtown, North Fork Research Park, and NGIC. MLS#599498 $689,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250

LONESOME MOUNTAIN ROAD

5-acre lot with road frontage only 4 miles from Charlottesville. This country but close-to-town location is conveniently located with quick access to Historic Downtown Mall, Martha Jefferson Hospital, UVA, NGIC, airport, and North Fork Business Park.

MLS#593160 $250,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250

EDNAM FOREST

Wonderfully large 1.5+ acre building lot in Ednam Forest. Build your dream home on this elevated, wooded lot located in a single family community, minutes from UVA and within walking distance to Boar’s Head Resort. MLS#598537 $289,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

MATTHEW MILL ROAD

11.12 acres, ideal tract for development into smaller lots as was done by neighboring property, Oxford Hills. Zoned R-1. County has indicated lots of 10,000 square feet possible. Public water available. MLS#598558 $400,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

WILMINGTON ROAD

8-acre wooded lot with no restrictions and approved for conventional septic system located one mile east of Wilmington and surrounded by large farms. Perfect dream home location ten minutes to Palmyra. MLS#560695 $59,900.00 Steve McLean 434.981.1863

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EXCEPTIONAL LARGE ACREAGE

2 wonderful estate parcels in coveted Ragged Mountain Farm. Excellent building sites, complete privacy, beautiful Blue Ridge mountain views. Murray/Henley/Western Albemarle school districts. 84.79 acres: MLS#563174 $995,000; 100.22 acres: MLS#563171 $1,100,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

VILLA DESTE

Over 5,000 finished sf., 4-BR, 4.5- BA manor home, recently expanded with generous main-level master suite including mostly finished walk-out terrace level.

Great setting, private, with pastoral and mountain views. Western School District! MLS#601834 $1,179,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

QUAKER GLEN FARM

701 magnificent acres at the base of Doubletop Mountain. Featuring 20 acres in apple orchards, perfect for a first-class vineyard. Convenient to Camp Hoover, Shenandoah National Park, and many fabulous hiking trails. MLS#588709 $2,795,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

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Magnificent, 37+ acre lot at Bundoran Farm featuring an elevated, level building site and offering commanding views of the surrounding pastures and neighboring parcels that are protected by conservation easement. MLS#505892 $875,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

INDIAN RIDGE SPRINGS

This is the VIEW LOT that you are looking for.

Sweeping Blue Ridge views for miles. 5 acres open, remaining 8+ acres in woods. Well in place. Bring your builder or architect. 15 minutes to Hollymead Town Center. MLS#590233 $349,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124

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Vibrant.

Walkable. Mountain Views.

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