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Unlocking the boundaries between artists & community On November 4th, seven arts organizations from Central Virginia will come together to showcase and celebrate the creative expression

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The big pictures

It’s virtual this year, but the VA film fest still has something for everyone.

NEWS 9 10 Free Clinic’s forced out of its Rose Hill Drive digs.

10 Shelter for Help in Emergency runs to the rescue.

11 County teachers weigh in on the return to in-person learning.

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CULTURE 19 20 The Working Pour: Jason Tesauro celebrates Virginia Wine Month.

21 All You Can Eat: Leni Sorensen gets to work in Monticello’s kitchen.

27 Sudoku 27 Crossword 29 Free Will Astrology

CLASSIFIED 34 Q&A 31 What’s your go-to quarantine film?

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“The majority of the rallies, demonstrations, and marches here are primarily people [who] don’t look very diverse.”

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—Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney, implying that this year’s Black Lives Matter protests have included too many white people

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Defunders keep fighting

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A quick drive around the Corner on a weekend night reveals that some UVA students are partying on, undeterred by the virus or the school’s 10-person limit on gatherings.

Lines to get into bars often wrap around the block. Under Virginia’s Phase 3 guidelines, restaurants are allowed to open for indoor dining but “bar seats and congregating areas of restaurants must be closed to patrons except for through-traffic.”

Shelter skelter

Albemarle teachers—along with parents, students, and other supporters—gathered in front of the Albemarle County Office Building on Fifth Street last week to protest the district’s move to Stage 3, which will put up to 5,000 preschoolers through third graders in the classroom (see story on page 11).

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oes abolition really mean ending the police? Yes.” So said community organizer Ang Conn, as she spearheaded last Wednesday’s Zoom conversation on policing, hosted by Defund Cville Police. Over 80 community members joined in on the call.

The group hopes to keep the pressure on as the summer of protests moves into autumn. Though Charlottesville City Council has proposed a mental health crisis response task force, it has yet to take any action toward reducing CPD’s budget.

Defund Cville Police wants City Council to cut the police budget by 60 percent and invest those funds in housing, education, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and other low-barrier community services.

The group has also called for a freeze on police hiring, and the creation of a community crisis hotline, which would dispatch responders trained in de-escalation, trauma-informed care, and transformative and restorative justice.

According to Conn, defunding will help the community work toward police abolition. “We’ll take that budget yearly until it’s zero,” she said.

Several other activists—including UVA students—joined Conn in leading a presentation on policing, starting with its racist origins.

While slave patrols surveilled and captured enslaved Black people in

the South, police forces emerged to maintain race and class hierarchy in the North.

The activists discussed how Black and brown communities— along with other marginalized groups, like organized labor and houseless people—have been systemically harmed by law enforcement at every level.

UVA student Donavon Lea described police reforms, like body cameras and additional training, as a “band-aid for a bigger issue”— they only feed more money into the prison industrial complex, and away from communities.

“Society has the idea of hiding folks away in prisons...when we have the ability and resources to address these issues in society,” added Conn.

Pumping funding into police departments has not helped victims, particularly those of sexual and interpersonal violence, the activists emphasized. About 99 percent of sexual assault perpetrators walk free, while more than 90 percent of domestic violence cases reported to the police do not result in jail time, and may cause more problems for the victim.

The activists will continue to pressure the city, but in the meantime, Conn encouraged all the event attendees to get involved in mutual aid and support, which she said will help to build a policefree community.

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After months of pandemic losses, Charlottesville restaurants will no longer have to pay the city’s deferred outdoor space rental fee for the months of March and April, and only need to cover half of the fee for the following months, according to an ordinance passed by City Council on Monday. Restaurants seeking to rent more outdoor space will also get a 50 percent discount.

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Last year, Hinton Avenue Methodist Church was shocked to find that a group of Belmont residents opposed the church’s plan to set up Rachel’s Haven, a 15-unit apartment building including several units reserved for those with intellectual disabilities. Now, the group that started a petition against the project is trying to abandon its own cause, scared off by “an outright attack on our group” on social media, reports The Daily Progress.

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Geri Greenspan says she’ll miss the camaraderie of the in-person 5K, but that ultimately, running is about supporting the shelter.

in Charlottesville and the surrounding counties doing what they do.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four women and nearly one in 10 men have been victims of intimate partner violence in the United States. SHE identifies domestic/intimate partner violence as physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. In addition to serving as a residential facility, SHE offers counseling, case

management, legal advocacy, Spanish-language outreach, youth programs, and a 24hour hotline. “[The hotline] is the link to services in the community—both the shelter’s services and other resources that might be outside of the shelter,” says Lominack. Victims, family members, friends, and allied professionals are encouraged to contact SHE; it doesn’t matter when an instance of domestic violence occurred or if someone has made contact in the past. “There

Charlottesville Free Clinic finds a new home For the past 24 years, the Charlottesville Free Clinic has provided no-cost physicals, prescriptions, mental health services, dental care, and more for the uninsured and underinsured from its Rose Hill Drive facility, which it has long shared with the Thomas Jefferson Health District.

But in May, the Virginia Department of Health announced it was terminating the clinic’s lease, in order to create office space for the additional 25 staff members it planned to hire to do COVID testing, contract tracing, and other pandemic-related jobs. That’s presented a new challenge for the Free Clinic, just as the pandemic accelerates.

While the clinic only had to cover utilities fees—approximately $14,000 a year— at the TJHD office complex, it will now need to pay rent for its new space at the Charlottesville Wellness Center, a medical office complex on Preston Avenue.

“This will be an uptick in our budget significantly. ...It’s going to be around $150,000 a year in additional costs,” says Colleen Keller, executive director

of the Free Clinic. “And if we can’t get the community to stay behind us and raise the money, it’s going to cost us about $250,000 to move, [since] we have to build a pharmacy and make a few changes to the medical clinic space.”

Throughout the pandemic, the clinic has had to rely on its reserve fund, along with donations from the community, explains Keller. But to stay afloat at its new location, it will need additional funding.

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he phone has been ringing a lot at the Shelter for Help in Emergency.

Since the pandemic began, SHE, which provides safe housing and other services for domestic violence victims in the Charlottesville area, has received approximately 50 percent more hotline calls than during the same time period last year.

SHE has also seen 30 percent more requests for safe housing than in a normal year, reports the shelter’s Executive Director Cartie Lominack.

“If you’re stuck at home with your abusive partner, there are more opportunities for that partner to be abusive,” Lominack says.

But the shelter has carried on. Lominack looks at the increase in calls as a call to action. “Yes, the hotline has rung more times recently than it did this time last year,” she says, “but every time that phone rings, there’s somebody on the other end of the line asking us to help them.”

The busy period also means the shelter is relying on community support more than ever before. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and it’s also around the time the Shelter usually holds its annual 5K run/walk.

The 5K is a tradition in downtown Charlottesville, and it’s one of two annual fundraising events for the nonprofit organization. With its golf tournament canceled due to COVID-19 earlier this year, SHE was

committed to keeping the long-standing race going in its 24th year. “We felt it was really important to keep the community engaged with the shelter,” says Lominack.

“The new format opens up some possibilities for people to participate who maybe wouldn’t have before.”

The race is typically held on a single day on a particular route. Now, runners and walkers have the entire month of October to complete a 3.1-mile course of their choosing. Everyone receive a face mask with the SHE logo and is encouraged to submit times, routes, and photos to SHE. Results will be posted on what would have been the actual race day, November 7.

About 250 to 300 people register for the 5K each year, with many returning each year.

The race is an opportunity to show support for survivors of domestic/intimate partner violence. Some participate to honor the memory of loved ones lost. There have been 83 deaths in the area attributed to domestic violence since SHE opened in 1979, according to Lominack.

Geri Greenspan, a lawyer who works with survivors of intimate partner violence, signed up for the virtual race, making this her fifth year participating in the 5K. She says there’s a feeling of community that can’t be replicated by a virtual event, but that ultimately, it’s about supporting the shelter.

“I’ve seen just how prevalent intimate partner violence is in our community,” Greenspan says. “The shelter is the only resource

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Shelter for Help in Emergency fights on

The Virginia Department of Health terminated the Charlottesville Free Clinic’s Rose Hill Drive lease, so the facility is moving to the Wellness Center, eight blocks down the road, on Preston Avenue.

“The health department doesn’t provide us any support at all...The [City of Charlottesville] and [Albemarle County] support us, most significantly for the dental clinic,” she says.

On the upside, the third floor of the Wellness Center is already a fully outfitted medical clinic. And there are two bus stops nearby, making it more convenient for patients without cars.

Still, finding room for the clinic’s 400 volunteers takes some finesse.

As the pandemic rages on, Keller expects the clinic to continue serving an increased number of patients. Approxi-

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To help the many families who cannot afford private tutors or school, Direct Learning Solutions is opening a new learning center in Stonefield.

to them, even though we know students move around,” says Michelle Drago, who teaches first grade at Stone-Robinson Elementary. “[Students] are going to be allowed to play with each other at recess with masks, but they’re going to touch each other and be in each others’ faces. And they’re allowed to take their masks off obviously for lunch and snack,” she says.

Additionally, teachers have not been provided with all of the safety equipment they’ve requested, including face shields and gloves.

Stage 3 also puts students’ mental health further at risk, says Debbie Stollings, who teaches second grade at Agnor-Hurt Elementary. As certain students and teachers switch from all-virtual to hybrid learning, it is likely that some will be reassigned to different homerooms.

“This is another trauma we are putting on them during a pandemic,” she adds. “One way or the other, I’m going to lose some of my kids.”

And with all of the safety precautions they must take to do in-person learning, many teachers do not think it is possible to still provide high-quality instruction, full of beneficial activities like reading groups and partner games.

“One way or the other, I’m going to lose some of my kids.”

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“I’m afraid no matter how many laps I make with my six-foot perimeter, I won’t know when somebody’s struggling because I can’t see their little faces like I’ve been able to see them before,” she says. But over Zoom, “we’re right in each others’ faces. Even if they’re not showing me their page of work, I can tell when they’re struggling.”

Teachers who did not feel safe going into the classroom had until October 15—less than a week after the school board meeting—to request accommodations, while families had to decide by the following day.

If Stollings is not allowed to teach virtually, she says she will have no choice but to retire, even though she is not ready to. The only other options for teachers are to resign, or take a leave of absence.

Stallings fears even more for her fellow teachers who may be forced into the classroom, including Drago. With her three young children, Drago cannot afford to quit her job. (Her husband is also a teacher, so they are unable to support their household with just his income.)

The two teachers—along with many of their colleagues—ultimately wish the school board had gone the same route as Charlottesville City Schools, whose COVID-19 advisory committee recommended continuing virtual learning until January.

“My problem is with my immune system,” says Stollings, who has been a teacher for 31 years. “My doctor said...COVID probably won’t kill you but it will make you really sick for a really long time. And of course, you could always die.”

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eginning next month, Albemarle County Public Schools will bring kindergarten through third grade students back to classrooms for in-person instruction two days a week. That’s frustrated some teachers who maintain that the safety concerns outweigh potential benefits. Meanwhile, off-site learning centers aim to assist with childcare by hosting virtual learning.

As local schools began the fall semester virtually, many area parents struggled to balance their jobs and remote learning. Some paid to enroll their children in small learning pods, while others hired private tutors to work with their kids one-on-one. And those with the means opted out of public school entirely, and enrolled their students in private schools with in-person instruction.

Now, a recently founded Richmond-based company called Direct Learning Solutions is opening a new learning center for elementary schoolers participating in virtual classes. Located at the former Travinia Italian Kitchen site in Stonefield, the center will start off with three facilitators and 30 students, explains Executive Director Robin Lawson. But if demand goes up, it can safely accommodate 20 more students, along with two additional facilitators.

Beginning November 1, families will be able to send their child to the center for virtual learning and after-school care for $150 per week. Families who do not need afterschool care will pay $100.

That $400-$600 a month is no small thing for cash-strapped families, but “We are partnering with [Arc of the Piedmont], so we can take donations, and families who cannot afford this service at all will have corporate sponsors that...pay for this service for them,” says CEO Samuel Anderson.

Several other community organizations— including Abundant Life Ministries, Boys & Girls Clubs, and Piedmont Family YMCA— have also opened up virtual learning centers, but almost all are at capacity, and have long wait lists.

As Albemarle County Public Schools prepares to move to Stage 3, DLS anticipates even more families will need to send their students to virtual learning centers on the days they won’t be in the classroom.

But some Albemarle teachers feel the sudden expansion of in-person learning is still not safe. According to the district’s most recent survey, about 67 percent of teachers wanted to continue with virtual learning for the second quarter, compared to 40 percent of parents.

“If a staff member or student tests positive, who will be quarantined at home for two weeks? We’ve been given kind of vague information, like the students’ closest contacts [or] the students who have assigned seats right next

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mately 15,000 people in Charlottesville and Albemarle do not have health insurance, according to the latest census stats—and that number has undoubtedly risen, as people have lost their jobs.

“We’re really worried about the newly uninsured, so we’re screening people over the phone. You can send us your income information, and we can get you qualified,” she says.

With thousands of vulnerable residents relying on its services, the clinic will not shut down during the moving process, Keller emphasizes. Staff will continue to safely offer select medical and dental care, as well as curbside pharmacy pickup at its Rose Hill Drive location. Many of its other services, like check-ups and counseling, are currently being offered via telehealth, too.

“For the dental clinic, we come to your car for screening, and bring people in one at a time,” says Keller. “We also just started doing flu shots outside.”

The clinic’s new location will open by early December.—Brielle Entzminger

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is no limit on the number of times someone can reach out to us or come stay with us,” says Lominack. According to SHE, the average number of times it takes for someone to permanently leave a relationship is seven to 12 times. “We are there each step along that journey.”

The staff and volunteers at SHE recognize how difficult and layered each situation is, and they work to provide a safety plan and other services tailored to an individual’s particular situation and circumstances. “It isn’t one-sizefits-all in terms of what the resources are. It looks different for each individual.”

“We’re providing services,” says Lominack, “and one of those services is hope.”

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic/intimate partner violence, call the Shelter’s 24-hour hotline at 293-8509 or go to shelterforhelpinemergency.org.

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“Yes, the hotline has rung more times recently than it did this time last year, but every time that phone rings, there’s somebody on the other end of the line asking us to help them.”

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CAST YOUR E Y ES ing this strangest of autumns, movies have provided distraction, affirmation, education, and so much more.

Despite having to rethink audience participation, the Virginia Film Festival is a beacon of normalcy at a time when nothing feels normal. Gone are the tightly packed movie houses of previous years, but the quality programming and insightful guests remain the same. The pivot to virtual screenings gives everyone a front-row seat, and

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a return to drive-in movies offers a nostalgic connection to a bygone era.

We will miss the smell of popcorn, the collective laughter and tears, crawling over legs to the middle seat, and even that guy at the Q&A session who just won’t quit. But the time is still right for the 33rd annual Virginia Film Festival. Stay safe, promote peace. And I hope to see you sitting next to me next year.—Tami Keaveny

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Unprecedented, unexpected, insane...we could go on, but after months of living in a world with coronavirus, a presidential campaign, and a series of transformative social justice movements, well, you get the idea.

To combat it all, we’ve been baking, we’ve been Zooming, we’ve been sitting six feet apart at social gatherings. We’re ordering takeout, enjoying a cocktail (or five!), and streaming entertainment—a lot. Dur-

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As of the moment this preview was written, two drive-in highlights have already sold out: One Night in Miami on opening night, and Shiva Baby on closing night. The films are very different in tone and content, yet both are deeply personal to their respective filmmakers—industry veteran Regina King in her directorial debut, and newcomer Emma Seligman—and are essential examples of why the festival experience, however diminished at the moment, is worth saving. (One Night in Miami, October 21, at 7:30pm at Morven Farm,

Here’s a useful festival tip: Whenever you see anything labeled a “hidden gem,” give it a chance, no matter how odd it may seem. These movies rely on your word of mouth, and you may find a new favorite in an unlikely package. This is certainly true of Jumbo, from French writer-director Zoé Wittock in her feature debut. The most shocking thing about Wittock’s film isn’t its premise, about a woman (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire) who falls madly in love with a carnival ride. It’s that she makes you believe it. With each new romantic escalation, Jumbo challenges you to remember when you were judged

for feelings you couldn’t explain, or loved someone you shouldn’t. Wittock directs the story like this the only way one could, with total earnestness and respect for the character’s point of view. The ride, communicating only through spinning, flashing lights, and—ahem—leaking, is as expressive as any human actor. Jumbo will make you stand up and cheer as you rethink your definition of “wholesome.” (October 21, streaming)

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Coded Bias Where Feels Good Man focuses on the lawlessness of digital culture, Coded Bias looks at how the norms of technology are written, by whom, and who gets left behind. For example, MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that her facial recognition software only acknowledges her when she wears a totally white mask. As the documentary shows, that’s far more than a glitch. Algorithms are not objective, they are as we create them, and those creators come from a very slim, very white, extremely wealthy, and overwhelmingly male segment of the population. Not only is the technology’s failure to recognize people of color an insult, it is omnipresent in our smartphones, our surveillance cameras, and our law enforcement, with virtually no oversight or accountability. Is technology improving our lives and lifting all boats, or is it another means of enforcing the same social order? Director Shalini Kantayya’s documentary comes to VFF after a huge impact at Sundance, where some called it the most important documentary of the year. (October 21, streaming)

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our years ago, former White House chief photographer Pete Souza didn’t imagine he’d be the subject of a documentary and an Instagram superstar.

“We hadn’t elected Donald Trump four years ago,” reminds Souza in a phone interview.

Three years and 10 months ago, Souza began posting photos of former president Barack Obama on Instagram, accompanied by wry commentary contrasting Obama with the actions of the White House’s current occupant. “I didn’t think Trump was competent,” he says. “He was a reality TV star.”

Since leaving the White House in 2017, Souza has published two books and accrued over 2.3 million followers on Instagram.

The photos in Obama: An Intimate Portrait and Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents inspired the documentary The Way I See It, which Souza discusses during this year’s Virginia Film Festival.

He admits he didn’t know what throwing shade was when he posted a photo of the red curtains in the Obama Oval Office after Donald Trump opted for the glitzier gold draperies, and Souza said he liked the old ones better.

“I didn’t think I would get the attention I have,” he says.

The film also traces Souza’s evolution from photojournalist to White House historian—he worked for President Ronald Reagan too—to outspoken critic.

“I had gone back and forth twice,” says Souza, working for the Chicago Tribune between his stints in the White House. “It’s not like you walk into the White House and become a different type of photographer. The work itself is the same.”

For the newspaper, the concern is getting a photograph for the next day. In the White House, it’s “are you doing a good job documenting this president for history?” he explains.

“When I left the White House, I was not working as a photojournalist,” says Souza. “It’s like John Lewis says, ‘If you see something wrong, say something.’”

Says Souza, “I have a unique perspective on the office of the president,” and both Reagan and Obama respected the dignity of the office. “Maybe there was a little hesitation about speaking out, but not much. I was offended by [Trump’s] trashing of the office.”

Souza has been to Charlottesville several times, including when Obama showed up in 2010 to try to bolster Tom Perriello’s unsuccessful reelection to Congress.

He says he doesn’t see Charlottesville as a symbol for white supremacy after 2017’s Unite the Right rally, but rather as a place where “an incident of white supremacy” occurred, much as Minneapolis and Kenosha and Louisville have become known for incidents of racial injustice.

He did have an incident here at UVA on a book tour a couple of years ago, “the only time I’d done a presentation where something questionable happened,” he says. “Just as I began to speak, fire alarms went off. Someone had called in a bomb threat.” While nothing was found, it did leave him wondering whether that was coincidental or “because of me.”

Filmmakers Jayme Lemons, Evan Hayes, and Laura Dern were already Souza fans when they jumped on Lemons’ idea to do a documentary on him, and tapped director Dawn Porter, who was in post-production on John Lewis: Good Trouble. Porter realized

the urgency to get the film out before the 2020 election after she saw a Souza appearance and his photographs moved her to tears.

“I didn’t realize until I saw them as a collection, the magnitude of what we’d lost in the 2016 election,” she says Using Souza’s vast archive of 2 million photos from his eight years with Obama, the film crafts a montage of Obama’s leadership with intimate, candid shots. Authenticity was a clear goal for Souza, and his photographs make you realize that there are no such images coming from the current administration.

While Trump is rarely mentioned by name, in the film Souza demonstrates the difference in styles of the two presidents. First we see the iconic, nail-biting war room shot of senior Obama administration officials watching the takedown of Osama bin Laden in 2011. Then we see Trump posing with uniformed generals after Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in 2019.

Following Trump’s Bible-clutching photo op in front of St. John’s Church in June, Souza parried on Instagram with a shot of Obama inside the church and the comment, “No tear gas was needed to get there.”

Souza says initially he turned down the job with Reagan because he wasn’t that interested in politics. And while he didn’t agree with Reagan’s policies, Souza became a fan of Reagan’s genuineness and his empathetic understanding about the power of his decisions.

With his extraordinary access to both presidents, was he ever asked to leave the room?

“I think I had a good, intuitive sense of when to leave the room,” Souza says. He recalls one time when Obama asked him to leave when the president “was going to admonish someone.”

The Way I See It reminds viewers of what it’s like to have a president with a sense of humor. Souza recounts asking Obama if he could ride with him in the limousine to his second inauguration, and the president quipped that he had planned to make out with Michelle.

Souza worries that young people won’t realize that what is happening in the White House now isn’t normal, and he says in the film his decision to troll Trump isn’t partisan.

“It’s all about the dignity of the office,” he says. “This is somebody that I think is not a good person.”

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“It’s not like you walk into the White House and become a different type of photographer. The work itself is the same.”

Pete Souza will discuss The Way I See It, a documentary about his eight years photographing Barack Obama, with former deputy secretary of labor Chris Lu. The conversation will be available for a limited time beginning October 21.

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The third documentary recommendation is Boys State. I cannot decide whether this film is exciting, charming, or harrowing, but I am certain that it is vital. We are a nation in desperate search of a metaphor for our current situation, and I can think of no better microcosm of our fractured state than a gathering of 1,000 young men who all want different things, attempting to build a model of representative democracy from the ground up at a Texas summer program.

Some are participating to rule according to their own values, some are treating it like a game, and some want to ensure that all voices are heard in a room of 1,000 primarily white and conservative boys. The very purpose of power and democracy come into question, as many of the participants have already cemented their views along the current divides that dominate national politics.

Are we giving the next generation a chance to build a better world, or are we training them to continue fighting our proxy wars?

(October 24, streaming)

Documentary recalls a world not so long ago

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the anarchic spirit of the internet before becoming a mascot for its darkest underbelly. We follow Pepe creator Matt Furie, a positive-minded artist, as he attempts to understand how his easygoing character, originally part of the harmless Boy’s Club comic series, was absorbed and reappropriated without his knowledge or permission.

Feels Good Man is the first documentary I’ve seen that understands how to navigate the hive mind of the internet, and how to comprehend the alt-right’s irony-drenched iconography. It is an essential film for understanding the current moment, how this toxic movement formed the way it did, and why it congealed around an innocent figure like Pepe. (October 21, streaming)

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WISDOM AND LOVE Eduardo Montes-Bradley composes a tribute to Alice Parker

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hen Melodious Accord, Inc., reached out to Charlottesvillebased documentarian Eduardo Montes-Bradley and asked him to craft a film about the life of musician and composer Alice Parker, Montes-Bradley knew he had to meet Parker before he said yes.

He headed up to Boston, and the two drove together to Parker’s 17th-century New England cottage home, where Montes-Bradley pulled out his camera and asked her to describe her earliest memory. Parker told him of sitting on the floor by her mother as she played the piano. It sounded to Montes-Bradley like a picturesque description of an early 20th-century postcard.

“There is something absolutely magical about this person,” Montes-Bradley says. “I felt that I was running into my own grandmother. I felt enveloped by wisdom and love...when I saw her through the lens, I thought, ‘this is it. This is the person. This is my next movie.’”

The evening scene that Montes-Bradley shot in his very first meeting with his 95-year-old subject is cut throughout his latest film, Alice: At Home with Alice Parker, which will be shown at the festival beginning October 21. It’s the director’s latest in a long documentary career that took him from Buenos Aires to the University of Virginia’s Heritage Film Project.

Pinning Alice together is the music. Normally, Montes-Bradley doesn’t share his work until it’s finished, but this time he collaborated with Parker for her expert advice on the film’s score. He uses Parker’s own voice and compositions for most of the soundtrack, with the exception of a haunting underscore that is voiced by her late husband, Tom Pyle.

Pyle died in the ’70s, leaving Parker to raise five children alone. Around the time, Parker parted ways with her longtime mentor, conductor Robert Shaw.

“I believe that Alice Parker becomes Alice Parker when she traumatically detaches herself from the shadow of these two amazing men,” Montes-Bradley says.

“She becomes the fabulous woman she is in a time of change in the world, and in America, with regards to women’s rights.”

The documentary was shot in February, meaning that Montes-Bradley pieced the work together in isolation. That unique process lends the film a warm kind of intimacy. Every shot of Parker’s gentle hands and gleaming eyes are proof of the connection Montes-Bradley found with her during this strange spring.

“I think what saved me from going insane during this quarantine early period was precisely my relationship to this subject,” Montes-Bradley says. “In the basement of my house in Charlottesville when I started editing...I had my conversations. The rest of my conversations with her, most of them happened in quarantine, with me in the basement and Alice on the screen.”

Parker is a prolific composer of everything from hymns to operas, and she set music to the words of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Emily Dickinson. Alice reminds viewers that beyond the impact these works hold for the American choral scene, Parker is still a relatable human.

“The time that I took to do this, and the possibility to go deeper into those connections, allowed me to understand where she was coming from and the importance of her work, the relevance of her work,” Montes-Bradley says. “She connects us through music to some of the literary works of the first half of the century.”

BO’s hit series “Watchmen” presents a universe where high fantasy collides with horrible reality, a world where an alternate world replete with superheroes and interdimensional creatures shifts to a very real American atrocity. Building on the 1985 graphic novel Watchmen, writer/executive producer Damon Lindelof (“Lost”) has crafted a frequently askew viewing experience around the 1921 Tulsa massacre, a brutal incident of racial violence.

Having previously collaborated with Emmy-winning director (and former Charlottesville resident) Nicole Kassell on his series “The Leftovers,” Lindelof hired her to direct the “Watchmen” pilot, “It’s Summer, and We’re Running Out of Ice.” Kassell wisely approached the series’ often arcane events with an abiding goal: verisimilitude.

“I think that’s especially why Damon had brought me onboard,” Kassell, 48, says, “because as wild as the scenario goes, I keep it grounded. Number one is keeping the performances totally grounded in realism.”

The show’s excellent ensemble cast, headed by Regina King, must “fully believe the world around them,” she observes.

Lindelof worked closely with every facet of the production. “He sees everything, from production design to key props, before it goes on screen,” says Kassell. “And especially with this one because there was so much inventing of new things.” The

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two collaborators had a “lot of dialogue,” she says, “because we’re all working together to create a new and interesting world and a new language.”

The “Watchmen” pilot also required Kassell to pursue another kind of realism. The episode opens graphically on a true-life American tragedy: the racist destruction of Tulsa’s African American Greenwood district. Their depiction of this historically neglected 1921 atrocity is likely its first-ever dramatization, and Kassell felt an unstinting commitment to do it justice.

She thoroughly researched the event, using Tim Madigan’s book The Burning as her primary source. When location scouting began, her very first stop was Tulsa’s Greenwood community. “It was essential to me that we started there, to go to the Greenwood Cultural Center and talk to people, and stand on the street where the Greenwood Theater was, and take in that history,” she says.

Kassell describes the two days of filming the sequence as “definitely intense.”

It was meticulously designed in preproduction, “and most importantly,” Kassell says, “we really worked to inform the cast and the crew of exactly what we were doing. Because so many of us were learning about this [event] for the first time from the screenplay.

“It was essential to me that we were not taking it lightly or in vain or just for dramatic purposes...to treat it with the utmost respect. It was very powerful and

Rom-com Dinner in America, starring Emily Skeggs and Kyle Gallner, features two misfits who make a love connection through their mutual appreciation of punk rock. The Virginia Film Festival screening is available beginning on October 21 at virginiafilmfestival.org.

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Writer/director Adam Rehmeier’s twist on a boy-meets-girl tale starts with punk rocker Simon (Kyle Gallner) setting a house on fire. He sells drugs and is a social rung below a roustabout, or at least that is how it appears from afar. Patty (Emily Skeggs) works at a pet store, though that seems to be more of a way to pass time than a passion. Local kids tease her and her boss doesn’t appreciate her. She lives at home with her parents, which is where she takes Simon to hide from the cops who are looking for him. Patty and Simon went to high school together years back, and she appears to have a lightly lingering crush.

While Patty might seem to be aimlessly drifting through life in her Michigan suburb, she does have a passion for music. The indie-punk band Psyops are her obsession and she desperately wants to connect with the lead singer John Q. As she shares their

music with Simon and opens up her heart just a little bit, their connection grows, and soon they are inseparable.

Dinner in America is not particularly polished or elegant. It does not have a soaring score to telegraph to the audience that love has blossomed, or feature sunset walks on the beach. But all of this is true to the honest nature of the protagonists’ bond. These two found each other when they were not looking for love, and their mutual appreciation and attraction is what sparks their romance.

Both of them were stumbling through life, underappreciated by their families and misunderstood by their peers, but in each other they found someone who helped them make sense in their worlds.

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says, and has been a guest at the Virginia Film Festival in the past. She was here in 2004 with her breakout film The Woodsman, starring Kevin Bacon.

Proud that the enormous viewership of “Watchmen” has inspired discussions of key issues like race, Kassell was initially excited that the series was “just giving a place for people to talk about these issues.” Now, she notes, “so much more has happened that is causing the conversation, which is invaluable that it’s happening.”

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very harrowing and disturbing. But everybody involved, whether they were playing the perpetrator or the victim, we were all there working together for a cause.”

That intensity created a bond on location. “The gift was really to see, in-between takes, background actors sitting, chatting, laughing together, and these were people that had just been fighting during the take a moment before.”

No stranger to Virginia, Kassell spent “half my childhood” in Charlottesville, she

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More than 40 contributors dug into the dark recesses of their art closets to assemble the “deep-dive into the most peculiar parts of our community’s collective wonder” that is the Gallery of Curiosities. In other words, you’ll be offered a peek behind the curtain, past the sensical and the visually accessible, where your comfort level will be challenged with a display of weird collections. If you want to see a sample of Thomas Jefferson’s urine up close, this is your chance. The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, 209 Monticello Rd., 218-2060. brigdepai.org.

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“Pie” by Melodic, directed by Sean King, will be screened during the 9 Pillars Hip Hop Music Video Showcase

For the second year in a row, the Virginia Film Festival is screening works by local hip-hop video directors and rappers during the 9 Pillars Hip Hop Music Video Showcase. Curated by Cullen “Fellowman” Wade, who compiles a wide variety of styles within the genre, the showcase connects some of the most prolific creative work in the community to a broader audience. The lineup of eight music videos includes King Gemini’s “Play Me,” directed by Ty Cooper; J-Wright ft.

Scottii’s “Memories,” directed by Kidd Nick; and Damani Harrison’s “One For George,” directed

by Harrison and Eric Hurt. A discussion with filmmakers follows the screenings. Virtual access pass required. $8-65, content becomes available October 21 at 10am. virginiafilmfestival.org.

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The Citizen Bowl space at the west end of the mall has been home to many restaurant concepts over the years, includingYearbook Taco, Sorry It’s Over, and 11 Months.

Now, the space is Citizen Bowl during the day and Penny Heart at night, and is hosting a series of pop-up restaurants to invigorate the area food scene by sourcing and collaborating locally. Past dinners have featured one-time-only eatery Honeysap & Harvest, starring a caramelized pumpkin and orange curd parfait, and a preview of The Bend BBQ, a saucy new joint coming to Scottsville. The next concept is based around a classic prime rib dinner by chef Don Van Remoortere paired with high-end wine selections. Price and times vary. Penny Heart, 223 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 218-2434.

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very October Virginians raise a glass to living in a state with the oldest wine month in the country (it dates back to 1988). We also celebrate the fact that Virginia has become the sixth-largest wine region in the United States, contributing well over $1 billion to the state’s economy, while the industry continues to grow in both size and reputation.

The Virginia Wine Board has events planned throughout the month, including Virginia Wine 101, hosted by Jason Tesauro. In addition to his ongoing role as a fierce advocate for Virginia wine, Tesauro has contributed articles to such publications as Decanter, Esquire, and Travel+Leisure, and has served as the national brand director and chief sommelier for Barboursville Vineyards since 2002.

We asked Tesauro to highlight a handful of local wineries that tell the story of Virginia wine’s past, present, and future.

His answers give insight into an industry that has come a long way, that is proud of what’s been accomplished, and is full of dreams and aspirations for the future.

C-VILLE Weekly: Are there wineries that you consider pioneers in the industry, that have done something notable in terms of Virginia wine being where it is today?

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vinifera [the main species of grapevine used to make fine wine] was first cultivated on a commercial scale and where lowcropped, early-picked, high-acid, no-andlow oak, finesse-driven, Old World-style wine growing established itself as Virginia’s modus operandi.

Thibaut-Janisson Winery pioneered what’s possible with traditional-method sparkling wine in Virginia, and has defined the premium sparkling wine category in Virginia. I’ve showcased their Blanc de Chardonnay in blind tastings against champagne and blown people’s minds.

Ankida Ridge Vineyards is absolutely the pinot pioneer of Virginia. Embracing high-elevation viticulture, they’re leading the way toward cooler climate varieties and raising expectations of what can happen up in the mountains both there and in other places, such as the Shenandoah Valley.

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Veritas Vineyard and Winery stands out to me as a complete wine estate. The combination of family-run farm and destination for hospitality is a compelling model. Dining and overnighting in The Farmhouse adds a sumptuous layer of leisure and wine country.

Wine is supposed to transport us with “somewhereness.” When a winery combines that concept with physical acts of feeding us, pampering us, and nourishing us, something else happens. More and more wineries are adding this kind of hospitality element, and I bet that many of them started with an aspirational visit to Veritas.

King Family Vineyards is on every “Best of ” list for good reason. Mathieu Finot is a brilliant winemaker who leads with his French instincts, but is never limited by them. He makes serious wines for cellaring and fun wines for carousing. He consults, collaborates, and experiments. That kind of balance remains a benchmark for every new winemaker in the state.

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workers—as well as, at times, a path to freedom. Cooking gave many workers what they needed to move after emancipation, settling into kitchens across the United States to carve out a new life for themselves.

“It was often done under terrible duress and hideous kinds of racism…but they had this skill that they could do that brought in money for their children’s education, to buy a piece of property, to act within their Black community…,” Sorensen says. “It’s quite a marvelous story, that level of independence that being able to cook [gave them].”

Teaching at Monticello is one of many jobs Sorensen has picked up due to COVID curtailing much of her regular work. She’s now selling bulk orders of homemade tamales, a business she first ran in Los Angeles in the ’70s. And in her free time, she plans and executes elaborately themed, socially distanced dinner parties at her Charlottesville home.

At the most recent dinner, her two guests arrived on their way back from a day at Monticello. Even in the time of the pandemic, people are finding a way to connect with Virginia’s past through the estate. And Sorensen anticipates that with potential future cooking livestreams, historic venues like Monticello and Montpelier can continue to create connections between past and present.

“I’m often trying to draw analogies so that we don’t see the enslaved community… as somehow being necessarily different,” Sorensen says. “We all have these incredible commonalities. Often, it’s wonderful to see places where people have bridged those gaps and eliminated those gaps.”

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homas Jefferson never wrote about the food at Monticello.

His kitchens were stocked with ingredients from around the world—cinnamon from Asia, lemons from the Caribbean, brandies and fine cheeses from Richmond. But in his writing, Jefferson didn’t remark on the fine food that his enslaved chefs prepared for his table. He simply expected its consistent excellence.

More than 200 years later, food historian Leni Sorensen is working in the Monticello kitchen to make sure viewers of her livestream cooking series know, unlike Jefferson, not to take the efforts of those cooks for granted.

“It’s exhausting,” Sorensen says. “You’re in the smoke, constantly in the smoke. Your clothes smell of smoke, and your hair smells of smoke. You burn the hell out of yourself.

And all the pans are heavy, except the copper pots on the stew stove. And you’re bending over all the time. So on a lot of levels, while it’s charming to do, I’m really glad I don’t have to do it.”

Sorensen’s cooking demo and Q&A session is part of a series of videos, broadcast live on YouTube and Facebook and available on the Monticello website (monticello.org), that seek to connect guests with the history of the Monticello estate even as the grounds themselves limit visitors.

As Sorensen peels, spices, and prepares an apple compote like the kind Jefferson would have eaten, she uses skills that were once a source of pride for Monticello’s enslaved

What do you see as the future of Virginia wine? How does the present inform what’s coming?

One thing we’ve learned through the pandemic, wineries built on events rather than wine are vulnerable. The future belongs to those that can deal with the mercurial weather with smart viticultural practices and deal with the mercurial economy with smartly scaled production and distribution.

It will be challenging for those who depend overwhelmingly upon concert traffic and tasting-room sales to survive.

White wine blends are a promising trend.

Wineries are experimenting with blends to craft consistent complexity and balance. We already know red blends afford winemakers the opportunity to adjust to vintage variation by playing with percentages. If late rains leave cabernet sauvignon less than richly ripe, then the winemaker can turn up the volume on cabernet franc and petit verdot.

It’s a newer idea here to do something similar with white blends.

Higher-elevation grape growing is becoming more than a curiosity. Watch how small vineyard blocks located in the benchland (sides of mountains) and hilltops start coming to play in a serious way.

Esquire magazine recently reported that only one in 1,000 winemakers is black. Virginia wine, in partnership with Virginia Tech and community colleges, has an opportunity and, dare I say, a responsibility to create and bolster viticulture and enology programs at the regional and local level. It’s been said that 40 percent of Virginia winemakers have foreign accents such as French, Italian, Spanish, Indian, or South African. I expect to see a much more diverse slate of talent as we create a better farm system to draw BIPOC students into the fascinating world of agriculture.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.21): “I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity,” said fashion writer Diana Vreeland. Here’s how I interpret that: People who care mostly for their own feelings and welfare, and who believe they’re more important than everyone else, are boring and repellent. But those who enjoy looking their best and expressing their unique beauty may do so out of a desire to share their gifts with the world. Their motivation might be artistry and generosity, not self-centeredness.

In accordance with cosmic potentials, Scorpio, I invite you to elude the temptations of narcissism as you explore benevolent forms of vanity.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Yes, do let people see you sweat. At least for now, be forthright and revelatory. Let people witness your secret fire, your fierce tang, your salty tears, and your unhealed wounds. Hold nothing back as you give what you haven’t been able to give before. Be gleefully expressive as you unveil every truth, every question, every buried joy. Don’t be crude and insensitive, of course. Be as elegant and respectful as possible. But make it your priority to experiment with sacred vulnerability. Find out how far you can safely go as you strip away the disguises that have kept you out of touch with your full power.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Between 2008 and 2017, Southern California had two sizable earthquakes: 5.5 and 5.1 on the Richter scale. But during the same period, the area had 1.8 million small quakes that were mostly too mild to be felt. The ground beneath the feet of the local people was shaking at the rate of once every three minutes. Metaphorically speaking, Capricorn, you’re now in a phase that resembles the mild shakes. There’s a lot of action going on beneath the surface, although not much of it is obvious. I think this is a good thing. The changes you’re shepherding are proceeding at a safe, gradual, well-integrated pace.

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): No American woman was allowed to earn a medical degree and practice as a physician until Aquarian-born Elizabeth Blackwell did it in 1849. It was

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I vote in American elections, but I’ve never belonged to a political party. One of my favorite politicians is Bernie Sanders, who, for most of his career, has been an Independent. But now I’m a staunch advocate for the Democrats. Why? Because Republicans are so thoroughly under the curse of the nasty, cruel, toxic person known as Donald Trump. I’m convinced that it’s crucial for our country’s well-being that Democrats achieve total victory in the upcoming election. In accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to do your personal equivalent of what I’ve done: Unambiguously align yourself with influences that represent your highest, noblest values. Take a sacred stand not just for yourself, but also on behalf of everything you love. an almost impossible feat, since the allmale college she attended undermined her mercilessly. Once she began her career a doctor, she constantly had to outwit men who made it difficult for her. Nevertheless, she persisted. Eventually, she helped create a medical school for women in England and made it possible for 476 women to practice medicine there. I propose that we make her your patron saint for now. May she inspire you to redouble your diligent pursuit of your big dream. Here’s your motto: “Nevertheless, I’m persisting.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Henry David Thoreau wrote, “I fear my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so as to be adequate to the truth of which I have been convinced.” You’ll be wise to have a similar fear, Pisces. According to my analysis, you can generate good fortune for yourself by transcending what you already know and think. Life is conspiring to nudge you and coax you into seeking experiences that will expand your understanding of everything. Take advantage of this opportunity to blow your own mind!

Aries (March 21-April 19): “I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do,” testified Aries chanteuse Billie Holiday. She wasn’t suggesting that she had a stylish way of crooning about fine dining. Rather, she meant “hunger” in the sense of the longing for life’s poignant richness. Her genius-level ability to express such beauty was due in part to her skillful vocal technique, but also because she was a master of cultivating soulful emotions.

Your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, is to refine and deepen your own hunger.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Author Renata Adler expresses my own feelings when she writes, “Hardly anyone about whom I deeply care resembles anyone else I have ever met, or heard of, or read about in literature.” I bet if you’re honest, Taurus, you would say the same. It’s almost certainly the case that the people you regard as worthy of your love and interest are absolutely unique. In the sense that there are no other characters like them in the world, they are superstars and prodigies. I bring this to your attention because now is an excellent time to fully express your appreciation for their one-of-akind beauty—to honor and celebrate them for their entertainment value and precious influence and unparalleled blessings.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): “If you cannot find an element of humor in something, you’re not taking it seriously enough,” writes author Ilyas Kassam. That’s a key thought for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.

Levity and joking will be necessities, not luxuries. Fun and amusement will be essential ingredients in the quest to make good decisions. You can’t afford to be solemn and stern, because allowing those states to dominate you would diminish your intelligence.

Being playful—even in the face of challenges—will ensure your ultimate success.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): I’m hoping the horoscopes I wrote for you in late August helped propel you into a higher level of commitment to the art of transformation. In any case, I suspect that you will have the chance, in the coming weeks, to go even further in your mastery of that art. To inspire you in your

efforts, I’ll encourage you to at least temporarily adopt one or more of the nicknames in the following list: 1. Flux Luster 2. Fateful Fluctuator 3. Shift Virtuoso 4. Flow Maestro 5. Alteration Adept 6. Change Arranger 7.

Mutability Savant 8. Transition Connoisseur

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): “When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too,” wrote author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

“If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one’s own core, is one connected to others.” In bringing these thoughts to your attention, Leo, I don’t mean to imply that you are out of touch with your deep self. Not at all. But in my view, all of us can benefit from getting into ever-closer communion with our deep selves. In the coming weeks, you especially need to work on that—and are likely to have extra success in doing so.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My cosmic tipsters told me that you will be even smarter than usual in the coming weeks. As I scoured the heavenly maps, I detected signs that you have the potential to be a skilled code-cracker, riddle-decipherer, and solver of knotty problems and tricky dilemmas. That’s why I suggest you express gratitude to your beautiful brain, Virgo. Sing it sweet songs and tell it how much you love it and find out which foods you can eat to strengthen it even more. Now read Diane Ackerman’s description of the brain: “that shiny mound of being, that mouse-gray parliament of cells, that dream factory, that petit tyrant inside a ball of bone, that huddle of neurons calling all the plays, that little everywhere, that fickle pleasuredome.”

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2019 Allegrante Rosé An original, rather extravagant blend, Allegrante is approximately 80 percent whole cluster pressed Petit Syrah and 20 Nebbiolo saignée, a vigorous, dry wine of unabashed rosé characteristics with persistent mouth feel, the product of fermentation and 8 months’ aging exclusively in stainless steel.

90 Points James Suckling, 90 Points Robert Parker, 92 Points & Gold Medal San Diego International, 2020.

Excellent with the grillings of squid, chicken or scallops; omelets or pizza; cold roasts of pork or flank steak.

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Pale gold in color with a nose of tropical fruit, this light and lively wine is easy drinking. With flavors of candied citrus peel, pineapple, and thyme, this estate grown Albariño is one to look out for. Enjoy with firm cheeses, shrimp scampi, or a nice picnic on a warm fall afternoon!

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For those visiting we are able to offer wine by the bottle, by the glass and flights (four 2oz pours). No congregations at the inside tasting bar. Groups of ten or more, including children, must call in advance to insure we have a proper space available for you. We will make the following areas available for customers: Outside tables, deck off tasting room and limited seating inside the tasting room. On Saturdays and Sundays, we will have our Pavilion open for guests.

We ask that customers refrain from moving inside and outside tables.

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Customers are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets, chairs and blankets. Customers are welcome to bring their own glassware. Please note that we cannot pour into your glassware brought from home. Please follow entrance and exit lines when coming into the tasting room to purchase wine. Patrons will be able to use Restrooms in tasting room and on weekends, the Pavilion. Only one patron allowed at a time.

Oct. 24th- live music and Empty Bowls fund raiser for Louisa County Humane Society. Tickets sold via Everbright or Louisa Humane Society Facebook page.

Oct. 31st- Harvest Party: Live music and Blue Ridge Pizza Food Truck Open 7 days a week, 11 am – 5 pm 13372 Shannon Hill Rd • Louisa, VA 23093 (540) 894-5474 53rdwinery.com

AFTON MOUNTAIN 2017 Tradition A Bordeaux-style blend, comprised of Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine is beautifully balanced with a smooth lingering finish. Tradition invokes the senses with flavors of rich red raspberries, deep black plums, and the lightest hint of earthy cedar. Pair this wine with hearty dishes of roasted duck, wild boar, a rich filet, or a cozy fire with loved ones. Both a Governor’s Cup Gold medal and Case Cup winner, Tradition can be aged or enjoyed upon purchase.

Wines and wide-open spaces are here for you! We are open to the public Thursday – Sunday 11-5. Open to wine club members only Wednesday 11-5 by advance appointment. Join the club here: www. aftonmountainvineyards.com/wine-club Our patio, lawn and Pavilion are available on a first come first serve basis, no reservations.

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CARDINAL POINT WINERY 2019 Rockfish Red This young red is full of bold flavors, without feeling heavy on the palate.

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DUCARD VINEYARDS Decade One Red This limited edition red blend celebrates a decade of winemaking for Ducard! With notes of bell pepper followed by a lovely bouquet of cherry cola and licorice well-integrated together with a hint of vanilla. The mouthfeel is welcoming at first with noticeable roundness leading to a lively fresh finish with light herbal notes. Age for a few years, or enjoy with roasted meats, hearty root vegetables, or flourless chocolate cake.

Celebrate our 10 Year anniversary throughout the month of October!

Open daily – Mon-Thurs. 3-6 PM , Fri-Sun 12-6 PM

Oct. 22- Join the celebration virtually!

It’s DuCard Vineyards’s 10th Anniversary and we are hosting a special virtual tasting. Sip along while Scott and Julien chat about our incredible journey over the past decade, sharing stories – possibly with some special guest video tributes – and other DuCard tidbits.

2018 Tall Tails White Blend Made from estate apples and pears, this unique wine has a perfect balance of sweetness, spice, and acidity. With a nose of honeyed apples, the palate displays a unique flavor of fig and apple pie spices, and a touch of savory sage.

Awarded a silver medal in the 2020 Governor’s Cup, the Tall Tails White is sure to delight a wide range of tastes.

Fall pies, pork roasts, and day hikes all pair wonderfully with this fun blend!

The outdoor tasting room at Eastwood Farm and Winery is open every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The indoor tasting room is under construction and scheduled to open late fall. We are a family & dog friendly establishment! Reservations are not required to visit the winery, but we do encourage them for larger groups.

Oct 24th- Yoga for Kids (30 min classes, tickets required) Oct 25th- Pumpkin Decorating (reservations required) Oct 30th- Trick-or-Treat Trails: A Scavenger Hunt (all ages, reservations required) Oct 31st- All Day Costume Contest Nov 1st- All Day Dog Costume Contest

If you’d like to take a hike on our trails before visiting the outdoor tasting room, make a reservation on our website. Only one group can sign up per time slot to allow for social distancing on the trails.

Open Thurs/Fri (4-8 pm); Sat (12-6 pm); Sun (12-5 pm) 2531 Scottsville Rd. • Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 264-6727 www.eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

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are spaced appropriately to maintain social distance between groups. No groups over 6 people permitted at this time. We kindly ask for a $35 minumum in flights, bottle sales, glasses per couple on weekends. All flights and glasses will be served in disposable containers. You are welcome to bring your own glass.

LIVE MUSIC and FOOD TRUCKS have returned every Saturday from 12pm4pm!

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2019 Cabernet Franc The nose is beautifully expressive, with primary aromas of dark fruited berries and black coffee bean, and flavors of rich dark fruit and earth. Spice Rub or cured meats, grilled lamb and hard cheeses pair perfectly with this young wine! Enjoy now, or age for 3-6 years.

Reservations not required during the week, but are suggested for the weekends.

When visiting Keswick Vineyards during “Phase 3” of Virginia’s Reopening please keep the following in mind: Outdoor seating only. Flights, Glasses and Bottle Sales only, No Tastings. All guests are required to wear a mask. We are wearing them for your safety, please return the favor. No guests under the age of 21.

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KILAURWEN WINERY 2014 Cabernet Franc A sophisticated, balanced wine. Deep burgundy in color with subtle oak on the nose and black current and dark cherry on the palate. Well-integrated tannins and a pleasing finish. Gold Medal winner, 2016 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition; Silver Medal winner, 2016 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition. Enjoy best with hearty steaks, sauteed mushrooms, or a Sunday pot-roast!

Our wines are for sale by bottle, by glass and by DIY tastings with tastingnotes. First come first serve.

Masks required. Enjoy the mountain views while sitting under umbrella tables in our Boxwood Garden. Picnics and snacks are welcome 1543 Evergreen Church Rd Stanardsville, VA 22973 (434) 985-2535 www.kilaurwenwinery.com

Oct 24- Fall Harvest and Leaf PeepIt’s that time of year again! The leaves are changing, the harvest is in, and we’re celebrating the season with a party!

We’ll have rollicking great live music from Scuffletown from 1-5pm.

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NEW: Wine tastings and tour program by reservation, selected Sundays. Led

by DuCard staff, seated (widely spaced) in Shenandoah Room, includes a walking tour of the vineyard and winery.

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About the Position: Skeo Solutions is an employee focused consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative, and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity. Our commitment to social equity includes the recognition that our mission is best advanced by the contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture.

Job Description: Skeo Solutions is an employee-focused consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity. Our commitment to social equity includes the recognition that our mission is best advanced by the contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture.

We are seeking a team and detail-oriented Senior-Level Technical Associate to join Skeo on a full-time basis, with full-time options ranging from 30 to 40 hours per week. Location is flexible, but reliable internet connection and being within two hours of a major airport are required. This position will entail providing technical research, writing, and analysis associated with health and environmental impacts of hazardous waste at Superfund and Brownfield sites. Candidates should be comfortable presenting technical information in front of large groups of diverse communities. Prospective hires must be willing to travel an average of 2-8 days per month at various locations throughout the U.S.

Skeo Solutions is seeking a motivated, energetic and earnest associate with an undergraduate degree to join our team on a full-time basis.

Candidates should demonstrate they are detailoriented, highly responsive and capable of supporting several projects at one time.

All staff are expected to reflect Skeo’s operating principles: dignity, respect, compassion, integrity, and accountability. Applicants should be able to multi-task, work effectively on a team, maintain a positive attitude and have excellent communication skills.

Required Qualifications: - Master’s degree or Ph.D. in environmental science, engineering or other applicable field.

- At least ten years of experience performing research and analysis of technical information related to the environmental field.

- Strong writing and communication skills with an ability to communicate technical information clearly to a lay audience.

- Willingness to travel 2-8 days a month (assuming safe and appropriate travel).

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Programs.

Associates are eligible for full benefits (including health, dental and life insurance, paid time off, and 401k participation with an employer match).

Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, natural sciences, geography, landscape architecture or related field.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs.

• Proficient with Esri ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.

Advantageous Qualifications: • Demonstrated ability to multitask, handing multiple projects/deadlines at once.

• Ability to start within two weeks after hiring.

• Willingness to travel throughout the United States.

• Experience with graphic design and Adobe Creative Suite.

• Experience with Access, Python or Power Apps.

• Fluency speaking and writing in a second language beyond English, especially Spanish.

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Job Description: Skeo Solutions is an employee-focused consulting firm providing innovative, collaborative and multidisciplinary solutions to complex and pressing issues in environmental stewardship, social equity and economic opportunity. Our commitment to social equity includes the recognition that our mission is best advanced by the contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture.

Skeo Solutions is seeking a motivated, detailoriented and earnest associate person with an undergraduate or masters degree to join their team on a full-time basis. Candidates should demonstrate they are detail-oriented, highly responsive and capable of supporting several projects at one time.

Ideal candidates for this entry-level position will have a background in environmental science, environmental policy, sustainability, or other relevant fields and strong writing, research and data management skills. Applicants should be proficient with Microsoft Office programs. All staff are expected to reflect Skeo’s operating principles: dignity, respect, compassion, integrity, and accountability. Applicants should be able to multi-task, work effectively on a team, maintain a positive attitude and have excellent communication skills. While the position is expected to require 40 hours a week, there are times where it may be necessary to work more than 40 hours per week under tight deadlines.

Associates are eligible for full benefits (including health, dental and life insurance, paid time off, and 401k participation with an employer match).

Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, policy, engineering, technical writing or related field.

• Experience performing research and analysis of technical information related to the environmental field.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs.

• Strong writing and communication skills with an ability to clearly communicate technical information.

Advantageous Qualifications: • Demonstrated ability to multitask, handing multiple projects/deadlines at once.

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

• Experience with GIS, graphic design, and Adobe Creative Suite.

• Experience with Access, Python or Power Apps.

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

• Master’s degree in environmental science, engineering or other applicable field.

• Experience with pollution prevention, sustainability, Superfund, RCRA or other state or federal cleanup programs.

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- Experience working with/supporting diverse communities.

- Experience and interest in working with community, tribal or environmental groups on technical issues related to site cleanup.

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- Experience with Superfund, RCRA or other state or federal cleanup programs.

- Facilitation skills.

- Experience providing culturally-responsive support.

- Experience with ArcGIS is a plus.

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Applicants should be proficient with Microsoft Office programs. Experience with graphic design, and Adobe Creative Suite software are a plus.

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Nicole Ganoe, Owner NOTE: Objections to the issuance of this license must be Submitted to ABC no later than 30 days from the publishing date of the first of two required newspaper legal notices.

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3034 Dickerson Mill Rd, Bedford, VA

Scenic 33Ac Farm • Log Home • 3 Barns

Also selling a Minneapolis-Moline collection (11 tractors from 1935-1972) plus Featherlite 4-stall trailer, NH Loader, & farm equipment. Details online.

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A PERFECT DOWNTOWN GEM

This lovely circa 1910 home has been meticulously and lovingly renovated and updated, including a gourmet kitchen with Wolfe, Delfield, and Miele appliances, custom master bath with a copper sitting tub & Toto toilet, a home theater, and a Provencal courtyard featuring a built-in grill and copper wall fountain, a conditioned 2-car garage, a slate roof, copper rain gutters, and wonderful old-world detailing throughout. The wraparound porch is wide enough for dinner parties, and the back courtyard is an exquisite private retreat, all only a few blocks from the fabulous eateries, shops, & music scene of the downtown mall. MLS# 605612 $1,875,000

STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS IN WESTERN ALBEMARLE Gorgeous custom-built home on a 6.5 acre spectacular setting with privacy & mountain views galore! In beautiful Greenwood, a great area for long walks and bike rides, it offers many fabulous features including a gracious open floorplan with a barrel-vaulted ceiling in the living room, stunning wood and ceramic tile floors, JeldWen windows, a brilliantly-designed chef ’s kitchen with walk-in pantry, a luxurious master suite with mountain & sunrise views, a huge shower & dual walk-in closets, a light-filled family room with wet bar, an over-the-garage fitness room, & a stunning courtyard with a fireplace & fountain overlooking the expansive, sun-drenched backyard. A rare find of extraordinary craftsmanship! MLS# 609653 $1,375,000

BUILD YOUR IDEAL HOME

The most beautiful panoramic mountain, vineyard, and meadow views can be enjoyed from this spectacular property. Nestled on the gently sloping edge of a mature hardwood forest, the homesite is very private, easily accessible & relatively level, making construction much easier. You’ll enjoy access to the 15 miles of hiking & horses trails and two private lakes for fishing & kayaking. Downtown C’ville & UVA are just a 15-20 minute drive, and Pippin Hill Winery, Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie, & The Batesville Market are nearby. Bundoran Farm is a 2,300-acre preservation development built around a working farm operation with underground electric and fiber optics internet.

MLS# 607578 $485,000

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REAL ESTATE III - WEST 2216 Ivy Road Charlottesville, VA 22903

221 SHADY LANE • FREE UNION VA. • MLS 602234 • $1,285,000

JOSEPH K. PORTERFIELD c. 434-906-1616 joe@avenuerealtygroup.com

A Masterpiece of Architectural excellence awaits at 1,240 feet up the Eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Come explore this private homestead with inspiring views set on 100 acres of wooded paradise. Inside you’ll find amazing design details including a spacious vaulted Great Room structurally supported by impressive King-Post trusses. This home is a joy to behold featuring stucco cladding, straw- bale insulation, heated stone/tile floors & a wonderful ground floor master suite wing.

2 bedrooms with full bath are found on the second floor. A 3rd floor office/studio includes 1/2 bath; could also be a 4th bedroom. 30 Minutes to UVA & shopping. A wonderful place to enjoy life with family and friends.

900 Gardens Blvd, Suite 100, Charlottesville, VA 22901 www.AvenueRealtyGroup.com

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MALLARD LAKE DRIVE

Waterfront contemporary home, set on 11 acres. First floor master suite.

Beautiful stone fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Wonderfully updated kitchen.

Unique wine cellar and tasting room.

Expansive deck and terraces as well as an oversized garage. Full terrace level. $569,000

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BRICKHOUSE ROAD

Fabulous 100 acre farm with a 2.5 acre pond, 2 other ponds, open pasture land and lovely woodlands.

Circa 1783 farmhouse has been thoughtfully renovated with luxurious finishes. Custom woodwork throughout. The gourmet kitchen features custom cabinets, island w/ quartzite countertops and a Bertazzoni gas range. Beautiful and unique fireplace surrounds. 3 large bedrooms and stunning bathrooms. Large outdoor porch. Detached 3 car garage w/ workshop and a 2nd floor apartment w/ an open floor plan, 2 bedrooms and a deck overlooking a pond. $1,250,000

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Sophisticated brick home in Rosemont. Set on a private 6.3 acre lot with a mountain view. Bright, open spaces define the kitchen and living areas. Sunken living room has a wet bar and the family room features a large fireplace. Master suite includes a large sitting area, study alcove, 2 full baths and 3 closets. The side, covered porch overlooks a large yard. $1,325,000

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VERULAM FARM

Landmark estate just west of University of Virginia on 500 acres. Classic home of the highest standards with elegant spaces, 5 bedroom suites, formal gardens, pool, cottage, event barn, and bold mountain views all create a one-of-a-kind offering.

MLS#597954 Andrew Middleditch, 434.981.1410

WALNUT HILLS

HISTORIC Georgian Revival mansion built c.1878

by Gov. James Kemper on 373 splendid acres, guest cottage, and a complement of farm buildings.

Long frontage on Rapidan River. MLS#574009 $3,490,000 Will Faulconer, 434.987.9455 www.WalnutHillsVa.com

WHITE OAK FARM

Situated amongst stately and mature oaks is this picturesque and peaceful equestrian and/or cattle farm. Fully renovated home on 45+ acres near Charlottesville with a professional riding arena and pond. MLS#601428 $1,875,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

Entertain poolside from this impeccably-maintained 6-BR home. Over 6,000 sf of living space on 3-levels with thoughtfully designed floorplan for easy flow. Renovated kitchen open to inviting family room with stone fireplace. 1st & 2nd floor master suites. Finished terrace level with 2 BR, 1 full BA, family room, fully-equipped kitchen, exercise room, and plenty of storage. Whole-house generator. Great lot with level, manicured lawn and lovely landscaping adjoins the common area path leading to the community pond. MLS#609496 $1,125,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

EDNAM

Quality-built, spacious home priced to sell below tax assessment value!!! Brick home, 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths, including main level master suite.

Walking distance of renovated Boars Head Resort. MLS#591365 $764,500 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

SUNNYSIDE

Large parcel located convenient to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Exceptional Blue Ridge views, charming farm house (in need of restoration). Under VOF easement, but with divisions into already predetermined parcels. MLS#585228 $4,400,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

LOCUST HILL

Winning combination of history, charming residence with guest cottage, & premier location in Ivy! C. 1766 cabin was the birthplace of the explorer Meriwether Lewis. Many historic architectural details. Privately sited on 2.34 acres. MLS#600869 $1,395,000 C. Dammann, 434.981.1250 www.LocustHillVa.com

NORTH DOWNTOWN

Colonial Revival style c. 1913 residence restored to perfection. Flexible and updated floor plan with 2,970 finished square feet. Coveted private backyard and off street parking. Walk to the amenities of the Historic Downtown Mall and UVA. MLS#608794 $1,639,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

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WARREN MILL

Circa 1792, renovated and modernized into dramatic 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath, post-and-beam residence with 5,100 fin. sq. ft., 1,008 fin. sf 2-bedroom guest cottage above detached garage. Beautiful and private pastoral setting on 11.71 acres along Ballinger Creek with spectacular waterfall! priced below appraisal.

Currently used as part-time Air B&B. Near James River and Scottsville, only 25 minutes to Charlottesville. Reminiscent of NYC loft! DRAMATIC HOME with beautiful and historic details. $975,000 MLS#602274 Jim Faulconer 434.981.0076

TOTIER HILLS FARM

Exquisite brick mansion, superb quality construction and features in over 9,000 finished square feet. On 98 gently rolling acres with total privacy, a stream, and pond. Only 5 minutes to shops, 15 miles to UVA. MLS#600284 $2,700,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.TotierHillsFarm.com

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Stunning mountain views abound throughout this bright, spacious 4-BR residence. Privately tucked on 2.26 acres adjoining common space. Located minutes from Pantops, UVA, and all Charlottesville has to offer. MLS#607638 $1,195,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

OAKLAND FARM

663± acre working farm dating from circa 1767 in Deep Run Hunt Country with over a mile frontage on the Willis River in Cumberland County. Characterrich, 5-bedroom main home, circa 1740 guest cottage, barns, and other outbuildings. MLS#549952 $2,595,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

SUGAR HOLLOW ROAD

RICHMOND

Nearly two acres in the City of Richmond on desirable Rothesay Circle with potential river views.

Open woodland with mature hardwoods and small fields. Minutes from Carytown, James River Park, and downtown. MLS#2031412 $449,000 Philip Reed, 804.833.8325

FRAY’S GRANT

Ten fabulous home sites mostly in beautiful hardwoods, gently rolling and PRICED BELOW TAX ASSESSMENTS! Two lots have 21 acres each, private settings, and frontage on the Rivanna River. Ten minutes to airport, excellent shopping.

Call Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 for pricing.

BURNLEY ROAD

Choose your builder and build your dream home on one of 5 private lots in Northern Albemarle. 5+ to 9+ acres. Exceptional Blue Ridge Mountain views with privacy. Close proximity to NGIC, airport, shopping, and University Research Park. Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

GILBERT STATION ROAD

CRAWFORD’S KNOB NATURAL AREA PRESERVE

Wonderfully private, 67-acre tract of land approximately 11 miles north of Charlottesville in Barboursville. Mostly wooded with a creek and road frontage. Tremendous views. MLS#552156 $565,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

1422 High Mountain Acres: an opportunity to own a Nature Preserve protected in perpetuity, a chance to purchase and hold wilderness, and to leave it largely unaltered. MLS#608893 $1,900,000 Will Carr, 434.981.3065

SOMERSET

Circa 1856, 4-BR, 3-BA home on 4+ acres fronting on the scenic Rapidan River and adjacent to other large historic farms and estates in Orange County.

Strong river and pond views, extensive gardens, and lots of charm. MLS#596560 $845,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

COBHAM

29+ acres in Keswick offers great potential for private estate with multiple homesite locations or business ventures! Includes beautiful barn perched on knoll. Property being sold complete with farm equipment and livestock! MLS#606017 $945,000 Steve McLean,434.981.1863

LAKE ALBEMARLE ROAD

Partially wooded 2+ acre residential building lot with elevated home site in Western Albemarle within 15 minutes of the city limits. Meriwether Lewis School District! Great location near several local vineyards, wineries, and Farmington Hunt Country!

MLS#598534 $98,500 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

JACKS SHOP ROAD

155+ acres, level to gently rolling mature pine forest with long frontage on the Rapidan River. Excellent for retreat or permanent residence. Views, long road frontage, and privacy. Convenient to Madison, Ruckersville, and Charlottesville. MLS#572541 $1,068,600 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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West of Charlottesville with glorious views and direct access to 47 miles of hiking trails & fishing.

Well-constructed & maintained log cabin on 4.70 acres provides year round comfortable living with new whole-home generator. MLS#604938 $975,000 Mark Mascotte, 434.825.8610

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Restaurant, Gas Station, Car Wash, 2 Offices ABSOLUTE AUCTION: 2326-2332 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA

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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.

109 S. Main Street, Gordonsville, VA • (540) 832-6352 anniegouldgallery

33Ac Farm • 5BR Log Home • 3 Barns BANKRUPTCY AUCTION: 3034 Dickerson Mill Rd, Bedford, VA

Nelson County 459 Lakeland Lane Attractive, 2184-square-foot, traditional 2-story home on 3.5 acres in beautiful Lakeland. It features 4 BR, 3 BA and 1 half BA. Great basement apartment with full kitchen, living area and bedroom with attached bath. Minutes into Nellysford, the Farmers Market and the “Nelson 151” breweries, cideries, wineries and distilleries.

Short jaunt up to Wintergreen Resort and just a half an hour into Charlottesville. $299,900

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Minneapolis-Moline Tractor Collection & Equipment ABSOLUTE AUCTION: 3034 Dickerson Mill Rd, Bedford, VA

Located in the heart of Nelson wine country just 15–20 minutes to Waynesboro and Charlottesville, this adorable Afton charmer is just what you’ve been searching for.

On just under an acre with mature trees, lush landscaping, raised garden beds, chicken coop, work shed and fencing gentleman farming is easy! With 4 BRs, gorgeous custom kitchen, solarium dining room, office/nursery, cozy great room with rustic wood and stone accents, partially finished basement, 2-car garage and a spacious deck to take in the Blue Ridge views, you can have it all! $359,000

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Drive-in Movies Let’s get straight to the most fun part. Waitresses on skates bringing hamburgers and milkshakes will not be seen—and probably not missed—at the Festival’s first-ever drive-in screenings.

This 21st century, socially distanced, expedient but welcome revival of an old and beloved American way of seeing “flicks” will bring us some of the Festival’s top 2020 picks including its Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night selections. Seven films will be shown in all, in two new spots: the recently opened Dairy Market in Charlottesville, and at picturesque Morven Farm in southeastern Albemarle County. Tickets are being sold per vehicle, with a limit of five passengers per car.

Opening Night Film: One Night in Miami

“Over the course of the evening these friends begin to discuss their roles as influential black men,” Kielbasa says, “the struggles they endure, and the roles they think they can and should play in the Civil Rights Movement.” One Night in Miami will be shown on the evening of Wednesday, October 21 at both locations.

Centerpiece Film: Ammonite This year’s Centerpiece Film, Ammonite, features Kate Winslet as the noted 19th century British paleontologist Mary Anning, who lives alone on the bleak and rocky English coast. When a desperate tourist leaves his troubled wife (Saoirse Ronan) with Anning, in hopes that the work will revive her spirits, the women’s awkward and uneasy relationship blossoms into a powerful love affair that irrevocably alters both of their lives.

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Virginia Film Festival 2020 will open with the upcoming Amazon release One Night in Miami, the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actress Regina King. Based on Kemp Powers’ stage play of the same name, the film tells the story of a fictional February, 1964 meeting of four Black heroes today and then: a once controversial fighter for racial justice, a flamboyant boxer, a handsome pop icon, and an all-star Cleveland Browns fullback.

As Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown join Cassius Clay (soon to change his name to Muhammad Ali) to celebrate Clay’s upset victory over the fearsome Sonny Liston, the talk turns serious.

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When the going gets tough, the tough get creative. Or, shall we say, the creative are tough? Put it any way you like, but COVID can’t spoil the feast of first-class films and fascinating film talk that the Virginia Film Festival offers every October in Charlottesville.

So customize your popcorn—or your charcuterie plate—and settle in for this year’s (mostly online) edition, from October 21 through October 25, featuring at least one potential blockbuster, plus documentaries, international films, shorts and more, plus in-depth conversations with actors and other film industry and cultural leaders.

Over seventy virtual events may be enjoyed at home. But if you’re itching to get out of the house and watch something in company, and on a bigger flat screen than can fit in your living room, seven great films will hit the big screen at two socially distanced drive-in locations.

This year as always, the Festival that bears the name Virginia will look like Virginia—and like the rest of the nation.

“The Festival continues its commitment to diversity and equity in our programming, an effort that was redoubled in the wake of the many tragic events that we’ve seen across our country this year,” says Festival Director and UVA Vice Provost for the Arts, Jody Kielbasa.

“Over 50 percent of the filmmakers included in our program—and the artists, experts and community members participating in our virtual discussions—are women or represent Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.”

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Directed by Francis Lee (God’s Own Country), Ammonite is an awards season favorite, with Winslet’s performance being hailed as among the best of her career. It will be shown on the evening of October 24 at both locations.

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Closing Night Film: Nomadland The 2020 Closing Night Film was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book about wandering older Americans, Nomadland has been called “a poetic character study of the forgotten and downtrodden.” Starring Frances McDormand as a rural Nevada woman who loses everything in the Great Recession, takes off in a van, travels the West, and joins a community of other

An undertaking like the Virginia Film Festival— a much anticipated bright spot on the annual cultural calendar— doesn’t get off the ground without the dedicated support and farseeing vision of a lot of good people.

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modern day nomads, the film “perfectly captures the sense of displacement we feel today,” Kielbasa says. “This is a film that will stay with you long after the experience of seeing it.” Nomadland will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 25 at Morven.

Gunda While the average city slicker/locavore foodie is more aware than ever of farm life these days, for those of us who haven’t known its rhythms firsthand, paying close and close-up attention to a gazing pig, a gently lowing cow, or a chicken finding its wings can be a revelatory experience. Wordless, and filmed in gorgeous black-and-white, Gunda is an extraordinary documentary “that takes you into the world of farm animals in a way you’ve never seen them before,” Kielbasa says. Gunda will be shown on Friday, October 23, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at Morven.

Shiva, Baby MLK/FBI It’s an American shame that the title MLK/FBI is all one needs to see to know what this film’s about. But while Herbert Hoover’s preoccupation with discrediting Martin Luther King, Jr. is widely known, director Sam Pollard’s 2020 documentary draws on newly declassified files, archival footage from the 1950s and 1960s, and recent interviews with Andrew Young, James Comey, and others to further detail the relentless campaign of surveillance and harassment Dr. King endured.

MLK/FBI will be screened at Morven on Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m., and

at Dairy Market on Thursday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m.

Shithouse Animal House redux it is not, but still it takes a frat boy mind to name your place of residence . . . never mind.

A coming of age comedy shot on a tiny budget, Shithouse was written and directed

by Cooper Raiff, who co-stars as Alex, an out of place and depressed college grad

struggling in the post-college job market.

Dylan Gelula plays Maggie, a sophomore RA who has her life together but is coping with an unexpected loss. A night out at Shithouse, party central on campus, brings them together and ultimately sets them on a path to maturity.

Shiva, Baby Life is complicated enough without one lover your parents don’t approve of

Virtual Program The Virginia Film Festival’s Virtual Program, to be hosted on the Eventive platform, will offer over 50 narrative and documentary features, curated shorts packages, and tributes and conversations with industry and cultural leaders. Here are just a few.

The Good Lord Bird Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in SHOWTIME’s upcoming series The Good Lord Bird, a humorous and historical look at Antebellum America. This Festival program will feature sneak peek clips and conversations with Hawke and 15-year-old co-star Joshua Caleb Johnson, executive producer/screenwriter Mark Richard, costume designer Amy Andrews Harrell, and executive producer and author James McBride, author of the book on which the series is based.

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Boy’s State What is American masculinity today?

What should it ideally be? The ancient Greeks raised aristocratic young men to become responsible, informed, and active citizens, and boy, no pun intended, could we use more young people—of all classes—like that now. The documentary Boys State follows a thousand Texas high school senior boys as they gather for a week-long summer program that is an elaborate mock exercise in building a state government. Along the way we meet strongminded kids like Ben, a Reaganloving conservative, and Steven, a son of Mexican immigrants, who remains firmly progressive amidst a sea of red.

Presented by UVA Center for Politics, Boy’s State will be introduced by U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R, SC). Post-film discussions with Governor Terry McAuliffe, filmmakers Jess Moss and Amanda McBaine, and film subject Steven Garza, will be moderated by Larry Sabato.

Special Presentations This year’s Festival program will also feature three Virtual Special Presentations, each of them free with online registration. Since 1999, Light House

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has been equipping young people with the skills and confidence to tell their stories and build community through collaborative filmmaking. Every year the Festival showcases the work of Light House students by showing several of their short films. Fifteen will be available online this year, including Chef Claire (a girl who tries to open a restaurant) and The Startup (a boy takes over a shipping company and has hilarious difficulties finding quality staff). All shorts will be eligible for audience awards.

A guy with 15 Academy Award, like film composer Thomas Newman, is going to have plenty of stories and insider insights. In A Tribute to Thomas Newman, Charlottesville Symphony director Benjamin Rous will ask Newman about his four-decade-long career. This presentation will also feature clips from The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre, and last year’s Golden Globe winner for Best Picture, 1917. Newman’s frequent collaborator, director John Lee Hancock, will also take part.

Leslie Odom, Jr. won a Tony Award for his performance as Aaron Burr in the Broadway smash and nationwide conversation starter Hamilton. UVA snagged Odom for a performance as part of its bicentennial celebration in 2017, and now he’s back to talk about his career and his role as the legendary Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami.

Other Festival guests will include

actor Linda Hamilton, former NPR Host Diane Rehm, Obama and Reagan White House photographer Pete Souza, Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen, and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan.

How to See the 2020 Virginia Film Festival Virtual All-Access passes cost $65 plus a handling fee, and grant access to screenings and events included in the on-demand Virtual Program. They are not good for Drive-In Movies or Special Presentations.

All Virtual films can be seen beginning on October 21. In most cases, viewers have 24 hours from the time they begin to finish watching a film.

Tickets for Drive-in movies are $25 plus a handling fee.

The three Virtual Special Presentations—the conversation with Leslie Odom, Jr., the tribute to Thomas Newman, and the showing of Light House Studio Shorts—are all free.

An undertaking like the Virginia Film Festival—a much anticipated bright spot on the annual cultural calendar—doesn’t get off the ground without the dedicated support and far-seeing vision of a lot of good people. This year’s Festival is dedicated to the late Gerald Baliles, governor of Virginia from 1986 to 1990, and one of the Festival’s founders and fervent advocates.

Thank you, Governor Baliles. And now . . . light’s out. Let’s watch a movie!

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and another you’ve carefully kept hidden both showing up at a family funeral.

Don’t you think? But that’s the predicament Danielle, a twenty-something bisexual Jewish woman, finds herself in at the start of Shiva, Baby. Emma Seligman’s feature debut blends affectionate parody with social commentary from a feminist perspective. It will be shown on Sunday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. at Dairy Market.

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