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THIS WEEK Hello, Charlottesville! Thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly. The statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee has been melted down—six years after its proposed removal was at the center of a deadly white supremacist rally. The monument’s fate was long anticipated, violently opposed, and stalled for nearly two years by legal challenges. But now Charlottesville stands on the other side of the statue’s century-long life, and Lee’s resemblance has been reduced to bronze ingots. Those materials are set to be used to shape something new in our city, something that presumably will represent a different narrative of Charlottesville, Virginia, and the South.

Lisa Provence writes this week about the statue’s end (p. 20), speaking to the individuals involved with the initiative to melt and repurpose it, and reflecting on the history of the monument. At the center of this story is Swords into Plowshares, the name of the project to melt down the statue, which comes from the Isaiah verse in the Bible: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.”

UVA professor Jalane Schmidt, one of the project’s originators, has much to say about the experience of seeing Lee’s visage disintegrate. As does Andrea Douglas, executive director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, who created Swords into Plowshares along with Schmidt.

The Lee statue’s transformation into ingots can be seen as a definitive conclusion to the story of the Lost Cause monument’s presence in Charlottesville, but it’s also a beginning of something new. Swords into Plowshares hopes to have another art piece made from those same ingots installed in the city by 2027—a decade after the Unite the Right rally shook our community.—Richard DiCicco

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Punkin chuckin’ Halloween has come and gone, but your jacko-lanterns, soon to rot, are probably still sitting around. Never fear, the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is bringing back its Great Pumpkin Smash, where you can dispose of your decorative gourds. Take your pumpkins to the McIntire Recycling Center by November 7, drop them into a large container, and they’ll be shipped off to a composting facility. The service is free and open to the Charlottesville and Albemarle communities.

Congressman Bob Good congratulated Rep. Mike Johnson on being elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Good wrote on Twitter/X that Johnson “brings new hope for the American people. I look forward to working with him to fight back against the radical Biden agenda.” Good was one of eight House Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to oust previous speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3.

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Student walkout at UVA Tensions were high at the University of Virginia on October 25, when students staging a walkout in support of Palestine met counterprotesters on the steps of the Rotunda.

Organized by 15 student organizations— including Students for Justice in Palestine, Divest UVA, Arab Student Organization, and the Queer Student Union—the walkout called for the university to respond to the siege on Gaza. Since the

October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that killed more than 1,400 civilians, Gaza has been under siege by Israel. Amid steadily worsening humanitarian conditions and Israeli airstrikes, more than 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

In an informational post about the walkout, students demanded that UVA call for an end to the attack on Gaza, acknowledge the “ongoing genocide” in Gaza, and

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Hundreds of students attended the walkout. While the event was peaceful, a small group of counterprotesters tried to sing over the walkout chants, and held up the Israeli flag.

Pro-Israel students referred to the walkout as ignorant, and said that protesters were supporting a terrorist organization.

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David and Kathleen LaCross have upped their multi-million dollar gift to the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business to a total of more than $100 million, the largest gift in the school’s history. The LaCross family’s initial gift last year reached $50 million after being matched by UVA. The massive donation will go toward pioneering artificial intelligence and a new residential college, according to UVAToday.

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fter eight years in downtown Charlottesville, the Violet Crown theater will soon be under new ownership.

The news comes at the end of the Virginia Film Festival, which showed several movies in the theater.

Violet Crown opened on the Downtown Mall in 2015, following the closure of a Regal cinema at the same location. The name of the theater will remain, but it will be operated by the Austin, Texas-based Elevate Entertainment Group.

EEG will acquire all four of Violet Crown’s U.S. theaters— which are located in Charlottesville, Santa Fe, Austin, and Dallas—in December of this year. Bringing on the four theaters allows the company to add 30 new screens.

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Incumbent state Senator Creigh Deeds, a Democrat, is heavily favored to beat Republican Philip Hamilton in the newly drawn 11th District.

“One dynamic I would look for on election night is if it’s sort of a wave election for one party or the other, a lot of the toss-up seats will break just one way or the other,” says Coleman. “I will say generally, that the kind of sources we talk to, it seems like the Democrats are sort of cautiously optimistic that they’ll take both chambers, while the Republicans keep emphasizing that there are just a lot of close races.”

With several legislators retiring, Deeds will soon be the second-most senior member of his caucus. If Democrats retain control of the state Senate, this puts Deeds in a powerful position to advocate for the region.

Charlottesville will have two new representatives in the House of Delegates, which could make getting funding more difficult.

“I’m interested to see if those new members are gonna be able to look out for the area and bring home bacon as opposed to some of the more senior members,” says Coleman.

“It’s always better to be in the majority, just in terms of passing your agenda. So if the Democrats take the majority, I’ll say broadly, that that would probably be … in favor of the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.”

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ith less than a week to go before Election Day, voters have either already cast their ballots or are preparing to head to the polls. Ahead of November 7, we take a look at local and legislative races, party control of the state legislature, and what different outcomes could mean for the Charlottesville area.

After an exciting primary season, local legislative elections are expected to be relatively routine. “Both of our legislative chambers are pretty safely Democratic,” says Miles Coleman from the University of Virginia Center for Politics’ Crystal Ball.

While Crystal Ball focuses on national races, Coleman offered his personal insight into the upcoming elections. He says those to watch include the 55th District House of Delegates race and the Albemarle County School Board at-large election.

Around Charlottesville, voters will cast their ballots in either the 54th or 55th House of Delegates District. Katrina Callsen is running unopposed in the 54th, while in the 55th, Democrat Amy Laufer is heavily favored against Republican Steve Harvey.

“Maybe the Republicans are looking to make a play at District 55,” says Coleman.

“But to me, that is a seat that Youngkin got 44 percent of the vote … that’s probably your Republican ceiling. And if they do any better than that, that may catch my attention.”

In Albemarle County, voters will decide between Allison Spillman and Meg Bryce for the Albemarle County School Board at-large seat, a race where both candidates have spent unusually large amounts of money: Spillman and Bryce respectively raised $111,462 and $106,559 as of Septem-

ber 30, 2023, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

Beyond spending, the contest interests Coleman because of its quasi-partisan nature.

“It’s technically a non-partisan race, but it’s sort of caught my attention that it’s almost become a partisan race,” he says. Throughout her campaign, Spillman has aligned herself with Democratic values, and framed Bryce as a conservative due to both her platform and father, late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. “Even in a non-partisan race, it’s a very steep climb for a candidate who’s been sort of labeled as a conservative, fairly or not,” he says.

He doesn’t have a prediction for the ACPS school board at-large election, but Coleman says, “I think the general trend of the area has sort of hurt [Bryce]. I think just 10 years ago or so Albemarle County was more of a marginal political area. … Now it’s more like a 65 [to] 70 percent Democratic area.”

In the state Senate, Coleman expects incumbent Creigh Deeds to easily beat his Republican challenger Philip Hamilton in the newly drawn 11th District.

While both chambers of the state legislature are up for grabs, Coleman predicts the Democrats will likely retain control of the state Senate. “If you look at the 2021 governor breakdown, Youngkin, even though he won in 2021, would have only carried 20 of the 40 seats in the state Senate,” he says. “All Democrats have to do, assuming they win all of the [former governor] McAuliffe districts, which I think they’re in decent shape to pull along … [is] pull off one of those close Youngkin seats.”

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indlewood residents and local affordable housing leaders are celebrating after a $6 million check was presented to the Piedmont Housing Alliance and National Housing Trust by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The check closes a major funding gap in the Kindlewood redevelopment project, and will help cover the cost of solar installation and other energy-efficiency efforts in the neighborhood.

Presented to PHA and NHT on October 26, the large check was awarded as part of the Biden administration’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program. Kindlewood is one of 16 properties to receive funding through the program, which aims to fund otherwise cost-prohibitive energy efficiency improvements in affordable housing communities.

Split into four phases, the redevelopment of Kindlewood is both resident led and zero displacement. People began moving into new buildings this summer, and once PHA has finished the move-in of phase-one residents (by December or January), it will begin demolition and construction for phase two.

“We have had a commitment to the residents to start construction of phase two, as soon as phase one was complete,” said Sunshine Mathon, executive director at Piedmont Housing Alliance, following the check presentation. “We had a remaining gap in the financing until this $6 million came through. This closes our gap and allows us to stay on track and hold that commitment to the residents.”

Solar panels will be installed across the Kindlewood community as part of the upcoming construction.

“This funding allows us not only to finish the goal on phase two funding, but to do so with a deep commitment to some of the most energy-efficient housing in the commonwealth,” said Mathon. “The roofs will be 100 percent covered in solar, and that will provide direct benefit directly to the residents.”

For community leaders and residents, the most exciting benefit of the project is the expected reduction in energy costs that comes with solar installation. “You can build housing, but if the cost of the housing utilities are high, you really haven’t accomplished that much,” says Myrtle Houchens, former resident and current member of the Kindlewood Advisory Committee.

“This will really, really, really allow the sustainability of the housing piece, [through] low-cost, energy-efficient homes.”

Brooks Wellmon, director of development and communications for PHA, says Kindlewood’s focus on sustainability marks an important shift in the conversation around affordable housing.

“Often when we’re developing housing, affordable housing for low-income individuals, cost is the primary factor, and so things like environmental sustainability, efficiency, green features often fall to the wayside,” she says. “This program, this project, is really a model of how we can combine something that’s good for the planet, that saves our residents money, and is still in a safe, affordable housing development.

Phase two of construction at Kindlewood is expected to begin in early 2024.

Plans for the housing development include early learning and community centers, the former of which will be open to all of Charlottesville. Other elements include the creation of an additional park, which will eventually be deeded to the city.

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“We are reviewing an application for about 1,500 homes in the North Fork area,” says Deputy Director of Planning Kevin McDermott. “Directly across U.S. 29 from there is a development called North Pointe.”

But that’s just some of what’s coming.

Albemarle’s development dashboard currently shows nearly 4,000 units approved but not yet built in the Hollymead area, with another 2,916 under review as of October 1. That’s the most of any of the county’s growth areas, but one with limited public transportation options.

To change that, Albemarle and Charlottesville Area Transit launched a new microtransit service on October 30.

“It offers people an opportunity to take a different way to get into their work and their school and their play, wherever they need to get to,” McDermott says. “It’s not going to take a major amount of cars off the road but it does offer people another choice.”

McDermott said the one-year pilot program will provide data that can be used to plan future fixed-route buses where there is currently no service. Albemarle County’s urban ring is about 30 square miles compared to just over 10 for the entire City of Charlottesville. Albemarle Board of Supervisors Chair Donna Price says that’s too large an area for hourly bus service, but the ondemand MicroCAT is seen as a first step.

“The county’s Pantops and U.S. 29 North areas do have sufficient increased density which, while too small to support that fixed-route system, is sufficient to support this on-demand service,” Price says.

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One of the drivers is Peter Lafford, who told reporters on a ride along that he is glad to be doing the work. He’s a member of IMPACT, a congregation-led group advocating for solutions in the community.

“They are pointing out issues concerning affordable housing, underserved public transport systems, and after-school programs,” Lafford says. “I was supportive of those efforts, and so now it’s exciting to find I’m a part of a program solving some of those issues.”

The service will depend on existing roads and streets.

Over the past several years, Albemarle and the Virginia Department of Transportation have invested in the road network, with projects such as the extension of Berkmar Drive Extended. The UVA Foundation paid $7 million to extend Lewis and Clark Drive to Airport Road, and has offered around $4 million in improvements connected to the North Fork rezoning.

Meanwhile, the county seeks to purchase 462 acres around the Rivanna Station military base for economic development purposes. Supervisors are seeking state assistance to help cover the $58 million cost to buy the land from developer Wendell Wood, but the deal is expected to close soon.

“It offers people an opportunity to take a different way to get into their work and their school and their play, wherever they need to get to.”

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pervisors voted to remove the mass-produced Johnny Reb statue from in front of its circuit court in 2020, and turned it over to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, which works “to preserve the hallowed ground of the Valley’s Civil War battlefields,” according to its website.

“It felt morally wrong,” says Douglas. “New people will have to deal with Charlottesville’s toxic waste in another community. It sort of made us decide on a process we could engage around the Lee statue.”

That included a conversation about “our contemporary moment and that reflects the consequences of white supremacy. Can we create something that is democratic and hopeful?”

Since the 2020 murder of George Floyd, the Southern Poverty Law Center estimates that 168 Confederate symbols have been removed or renamed. Many of those Lost Cause statues are sitting in storage.

Schmidt wrote an op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch in October 2020: “Seller beware: The moral risks of hazardous statue disposal.” People suggested the statues go to museums. “They don’t want them,” says Schmidt, who talked to the

Smithsonian and Civil War museums.

They don’t have the storage, or would have to reinforce floors to support the multi-ton memorials, she adds.

And both scoff at the idea of contextualizing the 21-foot tall statue in then-Lee Park that Paul Goodloe McIntire gave to Charlottesville in 1924, and that was dedicated with the Ku Klux Klan out in force. “Should we be lauding McIntire for creating segregated spaces?” asks Douglas.

“What, with a mealy-mouthed, caveat-filled plaque with small font that doesn’t really interrupt the visual plane?” asks Schmidt.

“In a multiracial democracy, we should not maintain the artistic equivalent of a ‘whites only’ sign in our public parks in the name of teaching history,” she says.

“We are trying to write an alternative narrative,” says Douglas.

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he statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee that has roiled Charlottesville since 2016—and led to 2017’s deadly influx of white supremacists—has ceased to exist, at least as a Lost Cause icon. When parts of the bronze monument hit the crucible in a 2,200-degree furnace recently, it was a solemn and emotional experience for the two women who orchestrated the melting.

For Andrea Douglas, executive director of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, there was a sense of relief that what she set out to accomplish two years ago was finally happening. And there was a visceral feeling. When the light of the torch hit Lee’s face, “in some ways it was beautiful,” she says.

“There was a quality to it that was moving.”

For Jalane Schmidt, religious studies professor at UVA and director of the Memory Project, there was “satisfaction that we’re finally moving forward.”

Most meaningful for her was when Lee’s sword went into the crucible. “This was a war fought to keep Black people enslaved,” she says. “To see it going down, down, down…”

Douglas and Schmidt are the originators of Swords into Plowshares, a project to melt down the statue of Lee, which stood in what is now Market Street Park for nearly a century, and to create a new work of public art.

“After what the city has gone through, what we have gone through,” says Douglas, “some would see it as a finality but it’s just another step toward a better future.”

The idea harkens to the Isaiah verse in the Bible: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.”

Schmidt credits two Methodist ministers, Isaac Collins of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church and Phil Woodson of First United Methodist Church, who held 7am Sunday Bible study classes in 2019 at Confederate monuments. The classes were called “Swords into Plowshares: What the Bible says about Injustice, Idolatry, and Repentance.”

“They talked about white supremacy and the statues being worshiped as golden calves,” says Schmidt. “The theological framing— that resonated with me as a religious studies major and scholar, and also as a Christian.”

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“After what the city has gone through, what we have gone through, some would see it as a finality but it’s just another step toward a better future.”

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Normally reporters don’t want to become part of the story. But photographer Eze Amos has been shooting the statue of Robert E. Lee since 2016, when then-vice-mayor Wes Bellamy announced Zyahna Bryant’s petition to remove the city’s Confederate statues.

“It was the first time C-VILLE ran my photos,” recalls Amos.

He was there at tumultuous City Council meetings. He was there when the Ku Klux Klan came to town in 2017. He was clocked by a neo-Nazi wearing a Hitler T-shirt at the Unite the Right rally. He photographed Lee and Jackson wrapped in black plastic tarps—and again when they were unwrapped. He traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, when 100 citizens made a civil rights pilgrimage in 2018.

And he was there to photograph Lee one last time, as the dismantled general met a fiery furnace.

“It was a mix of emotions in a lot of ways,” says Amos, “the way a chapter closes is also the beginning of something new.”

He says, “It was an honor and privilege to witness, to be documenting this object of hate and fear, to be able to tell the final story of that statue.

Where have you heard of a statue being melted?”

Amos moved here from Nigeria 16 years ago. “I always wanted to play a major role in my community,” he muses. “I had no idea it would be of this magnitude.”

At an October 26 press conference, Douglas said, “I am proud to announce today that we have fulfilled our promise to the city and to our supporters to melt Charlottesville’s statue of Robert E. Lee—the same statue that was at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.” There were whoops and applause from Swords into Plowshares supporters in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Court.

The next step is to form a jury and solicit artist proposals, with the goal of announcing a finalist in 2024, the 100-year anniversary of the dedication of the statue, says Douglas.

And to raise $4 million for the project. She hopes to have the work installed and donated back to the city by 2027, the 10th anniversary of Unite the Right.

“Our efforts have not been to remove history but bear witness to truths about our racist past and our aspirations for a more equitable future,” says Douglas.

Then-city councilor Kristin Szakos was the first to publicly suggest in 2012 the Confederate monuments should be removed, and she was “castigated,” says Schmidt. In 2016, 15-year-old Charlottesville High student Zyahna Bryant collected 700 signatures on a petition to remove the statues, and faced threats, says Schmidt.

She notes the success of “Jim Crow propaganda” artworks that “tricked generations of Americans into adopting a Lost Cause misinterpretation of the Civil War,” and that, like Lee and Jackson, stood in public parks for nearly a century.

“Swords into Plowshares is born of the conviction that we can transform white supremacist trauma into something beautiful,” she says. “Creativity and art can express democratic, inclusive values. We believe that art has the potential to heal.”

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melting Lee and creating a new work of public art, and City Council passed a resolution giving the center the statue on December 7, 2021. Another lawsuit followed.

Trevilian Station Battlefield Foundation in Louisa and Tazewell-based Ratcliffe Foundation, which also proposed taking Richmond’s ousted Confederate statues, alleged that the city violated state procurement laws, the Freedom of Information Act, and state laws prohibiting the removal of war memorials.

“This lawsuit was frivolous,” says attorney Christopher Tate, whose firm Flora Pettit represented the Jefferson School pro bono.

“It relied on unsupported legal theories and outright fabrications of fact.”

The Ratcliffe Foundation dropped out of the suit when evidence showed it had not been a legal entity since 2015, and the Trevilian Station Foundation voluntarily dismissed it after a judge tossed two of its three complaints. A judge signed Trevilian’s motion on September 26.

Schmidt contends the plaintiffs had a chance to take part in the city’s open process for bids, and that Trevilian Station never submitted a bid. “If they didn’t like the idea, they should have stepped up,” she says.

“There was a time and place for that.”

The case shook Douglas’ belief in the legal system. She’s received personal threats, and the heritage center’s website was attacked twice.

Lee’s path to the furnace has been litigious. The first lawsuit filed against the city in 2017 kept the statues of Lee and Stonewall Jackson in place until 2021, albeit shrouded in black plastic for a few months after a neo-Nazi at the violent

Unite the Right rally drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens more.

Schmidt was sued by one of those plaintiffs for defamation in 2019, as was this reporter. That case was dismissed. But the lawsuits, the hate mail, the racial epithets, the questioning of the UVA professor’s intelligence—“It takes something out of you, and it’s meant to,” she says.

It also strengthened the women’s resolve to see the melting of Lee through—and to create a template for how other communities might deal with their Confederate castoffs.

Gerald Harlow, president of the Trevilian foundation, did not respond to a call from C-VILLE Weekly, nor did Jock Yellott, director of the Monument Fund, a plaintiff in the 2017 suit against the city and a legal adviser in the most recent suit.

The removal of Confederate statues is a controversial business from which many contractors shied away. So too with the melting of monuments. The foundry owner who took the Lee job spoke to C-VILLE only on the condition that his name and location were not reported, and that he was referred to as Charles—not his real name.

His small foundry has never taken a job of this magnitude, melting the 6,000-pound bronze monument down into 24- and 79-pound ingots. He had time to think about it, and knew other foundries had rejected the job. “I knew it was something that needed to be done,” he says. It came down to, “How much do I believe in disassembling hate and symbols of hate?”

He had private conversations with his employees, and they were aware that other companies had been shunned or forced to file bankruptcy. “We agreed this was an important task that needed to be done,” he says.

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Treat yourself to one last fright at the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Masquerade: An Evening of Specters, Spirits, and Spies. The suspense-filled concert ranges from classic to Broadway, and film to television soundtracks. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres before settling in for hair-raising renditions of compositions from Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, Mussorgky’s Night on Bald Mountain, Mission: Impossible, Pink Panther, and more led by Music Director Peter Wilson. $10–90, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

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Wednesday 11/1 music Beleza Duo. Funkalicious samba soul. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com Karaoke. Have a drink—it will sound better.

Free, 9pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com Moon Taxi. With The Stews. $35–38, 8pm.

The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

Chris Farina retrospective to pay tribute to his uplifting work

Open Mic Night. Charlottesville’s longest-running open mic night. Free, 9pm.

Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St. 234-4436

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Paint & Sip: Blue Ridge Autumn. Paint, sip, and repeat. $35, 6pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarm andwinery.com

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Exhibition on Screen—Klimt and The Kiss. An exploration of Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.” $11–15, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net Trivia. Show off your trivia knowledge and win prizes, including gift cards, merch, and free drinks. Free, 7pm. Dairy Market, 946 Grady Ave. dairymarketcville.com

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f Frank Capra magically came back to life and decided to remake It’s a Wonderful Life in Charlottesville, Chris Farina would be his George Bailey. The guy itchy for travel, the guy who has always celebrated and stuck up for the little guy—in his work managing the countercultural Corner Parking Lot; in his quietly forceful films about ordinary people; in his friendships and collaborations with local neighbors and businesses; and in his joyful love of family, Baltimore sports teams, and his dog Manny (named after former Orioles third baseman Manny Machado).

An upcoming retrospective of his work, the Farina Film Festival, highlights the impact The Farina Film Festival will be held on Sunday, November 5, Farina’s had on the Charlottesat the Paramount Theater, as a fundraiser for Charlottesville community. All proceeds ville-based, award-winning filmmaker Chris Farina, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. from the festival go to supporting Farina as he and his family manage the Barefoot, who prizes a May 2000 photo of respiratory onset ALS he was diagnosed Farina. “Standing by that little booth, always with last winter. with a smile and a nod: the image of kindFarina shrugs off the acclaim. He cites inness, of friendship, and truly one of those fluences ranging from his working-class, Italindelible images that captures the Corner ian American boyhood in Baltimore to his and Charlottesville at a moment in time that time hitchhiking around the U.S., Europe, and I will always treasure. As I look at it now I Africa. “The idea of meeting people and liscan actually hear his voice, ‘Hey, man, how tening and hearing their stories has always you doing?’” been important for me, even, to be honest, As Farina faces increasing limitations working in the parking lot,” Farina says. “I love from ALS, he still holds family, film, and getting to know people, and hearing their stocommunity as closely as George Bailey held ries of who they are. … I think that has been Zuzu’s petals. His pride in his children, Matthe real part of me being a filmmaker, to listen thew and Ella, and his desire to create hope to others and then shine a light on them.” through storytelling propel him through That light radiates in all Farina’s films, from even the most difficult days. his first, Route 40, to his latest, The Bridge Min“That’s the thing,” says Farina. “It’s not istry. “No filmmaker I know or know of has so about making money. It’s about giving uplift consistently, so eloquently, so powerfully emby doing this work,” especially, he says, in bodied the role of citizen filmmaker as Chris such fractious times.

Farina,” says Academy and Emmy Award-win“I remember once when I was traveling in ning filmmaker Paul Wagner. “His films change Morocco, and I was watching this little guy the world. His films insist on justice. But they who sold juice in a stand, and just, his social do it, not by scolding, but by inspiring. Every engagement with the people! I always rememstory he tells celebrates the beauty and goodber that example of being a person, this shop ness of human beings.” owner, dealing with the customers in such a Even Corner Parking Lot interactions personal way. And I’ve always had that in the become opportunities for Farina to spread back of my mind. You know, it’s not an us goodwill, notes historian and writer Coy versus them situation. It’s us. It’s us.”

True Romance. Hit the road with Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater as they try to stay a step ahead of some vicious drug dealers. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Thursday 11/2 music Berto & Vincent. Good times and tunes.

Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com Dirty Grass Players / Shadowgrass. A twist on traditional bluegrass. $16–18, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com Eli Cook. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy live music and food. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Suzie True / Gnawing / Work Wear. Live music in the new brewery. Free, 7pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. super flybrewing.com

stage Everybody. Directed by Dave Dalton. $8–14, 8pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu Mean Girls Jr. DMR Adventures presents the hilarious musical. $15–20, 7pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

words MFA Reading Series. Students from UVA’s MFA in creative writing program read from their work. Free, 5pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

classes Sip and Stop Motion Animation Workshop. A stop motion class for adults. $50, 6pm. Light House Studio: Vinegar Hill Theatre, 220 W. Market St. lighthouse studio.org

outside Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour. A 90-minute walking tour into the woodlands to explore how we use archaeology to better understand the plantation and the lives of those who lived and labored there. $10-32, 2pm. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

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Baby Buds. Meet other new parents and caregivers as newborns, infants, and toddlers explore, interact, and play. Free, 10:30am.

Virginia Discovery Museum, 524 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. vadm.org Reads & Reveals: The 2023 Book Bash.

A live auction celebration supporting the Virginia Center for the Book. $40, 6:30pm.

Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 233 Fourth St. NW. vabook center.org

Friday 11/3 music Brent Cobb. Performing the Southern Star Tour. $25–30, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jefferson theater.com Cavalier Marching Band: V is for Villains.

Bring a picnic and a blanket and watch the band in rehearsal. Free, 6:15pm. Carr’s Hill Field, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu Chickenhead Blues Band. Boogie-woogie, up beat, rhythm, and blues. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St. 234-4436 Choral Showcase. The University Singers, UVA Chamber Singers, Virginia Glee Club, and Virginia Women’s Chorus perform. $5–10, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music. virginia.edu Dead Billionaires. Ramshackle rock ‘n’ roll.

Free, 8pm. Dürty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. durtynellyscharlottesville.com Dropping Julia with Films On Song. Dynamic rhythm, soulful guitars, saxophone, and sultry vocals. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com Michael Mulvaney and Silent George. Enjoy live tunes at the Eastwood Oyster & Wine festival. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmand winery.com The Mike Burris Band. Country tinged roots rock. $10, 7pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd. batesvillemarket.com Tonal Strangers. Contemporary jazz, pop, and world music. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra. Performing its Symphonic Masquerade: An Evening of Specters, Spirits, and Spies. $10–90, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

stage All is Apathetic in Love & War. An immersive opera from Mexican-American composer Nathan Felix. Free, 6:30pm. The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, 155 Rugby Rd. uva fralinartmuseum.virginia.edu

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Mean Girls Jr. See listing for Thursday, November 2. $15–20, 7pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

words Friday Night Writes: A Reading Series for Emerging Writers. Performing short stories, poetry, and music. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour. See listing for Thursday, November 2. $10–32, 2pm. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

Saturday 11/4 music Berto. Enjoy the sounds of Brazil, Spain, and Latin America. Free, 11am. Tavern & Grocery, 333 W. Main St. tavernandgrocery.com Berto & Vincent. Live tunes. Free, 2pm.

Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com Buzzard Hollow Boys. A musical landscape somewhere between the Dust Bowl and the Mississippi Delta. $10, 7pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesville market.com

Storytime. Readings of recent favorites and classics. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour. See listing for Thursday, November 2. $10–32, 2pm. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

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Charlottesville City Market. Shop seasonal local produce, homemade baked goods, authentic cultural foods, wares from artisans of various disciplines, and more. Free, 9am.

Charlottesville City Market, 100 Water St. E. charlottesville.gov Farmers Market at Ix. Shop a range of products. Free, 8am. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org Kiki’s Delivery Service. An adorable witchin-training casts her spell over a small town; presented in English-dubbed version. $10, 11am. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. draft house.com Pancakes for Parkinson’s. Eat free pancakes, listen to musical performances and speakers, participate in a silent auction and raffle, and more. Free, 9am. The Lawn, UVA Grounds. give.michaeljfox.org The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Hosted by critic Tyler MacQueen. $10, 3:15pm.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Easy Honey. Singer-songwriter folk roots infused with an original blend of East Coast surf-rock. $15–52, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesouthern cville.com

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Hustle Souls. Asheville-based soul that blends dust-covered-vinyl nostalgia with modern sensibility. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prn brewery.com

Paulien Quartet. A blend of jazz and popular French music of the 20th century. Free, 2pm.

Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Matthew O’Donnell. Enjoy live tunes with your wine, cider, and beer. Free, 1pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Shrek Rave. Party in the swamp. $17–27, 9pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

Everybody. See listing for Thursday, November 2. $8–14, 8pm. Ruth Caplin Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu Mean Girls Jr. DMR Adventures presents the hilarious musical. $15–20, 2 and 7pm.

Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd., Ste. 3. dmradventures.com Met Live in HD: Dead Man Walking.

American composer Jake Heggie’s masterpiece has its highly anticipated Met premiere. $20–26, 1pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

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Dot Circle & Frame. Curator and writer John Kean discusses his book. Free, 11am. KlugeRuhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org Stories about Australian Animals with Jackie Kerin. A family-friendly storytelling event, with violinist Theresa Ann Madrigal.

Free, 2pm. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org

André Aciman Keynote Presentation. Part of the Inaugural Conference on Jewish Life in the Diaspora: Sephardic Lives. Free, 6pm.

Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. jewishstudies. as.virginia.edu Patti Hartigan in Conversation with Leslie M. Scott-Jones. Hartigan discusses her work August Wilson: A Life. Free, 2pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St. , Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

outside Plantation Archaeology Walking Tour. See listing for Thursday, November 2. $10–32, 2pm. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy. monticello.org

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Enter the Dragon. Bruce Lee, in his final role, goes undercover in a martial arts tournament to expose a crime ring. $10, 4pm.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Farina Film Fest: A Fundraiser for Chris Farina. Featuring clips from each of Farina’s eight film projects. Free, 5pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net V for Vendetta. Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving battle a fascist government in a dystopian London in this thriller adapted from the acclaimed graphic novel. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com CONTINUED ON PAGE 29

Following a Southern Star Brent Cobb returns to Georgia on new album

By Jedd Ferris arts@c-ville.com

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rent Cobb has written hit songs for Nashville heavyweights like Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, and Miranda Lambert, to name a few. But throughout the handful of records he’s released under his own name, he’s always carried himself with a laidback ease, projecting backroads’ casualness instead of polished Music City ambition. He sings with a loose and languid drawl, often sounding like a passive narrator a few tokes deep on a rural front porch, telling cautionary tales or pining for simple pleasures. Even as he’s found plenty of success (he recently opened stadium gigs for Luke Combs), he always seems to be longing for a more relaxed setting. As he puts it in “Country Bound,” from his Grammy-nominated 2016 album Shine on Rainy Day: “There’s many people all around me. / But the feeling’s not here I’m trying to find.”

So Cobb, one of the chillest dudes in Americana, decided it was time to get back to his roots. Just ahead of recording his latest album, the October-released Southern Star, Cobb left Nashville for good and moved back to his native Georgia. Accordingly, his new effort is a heartfelt homecoming statement that finds him deep in his comfort zone.

To make the self-produced LP, Cobb went to Macon and recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios, the historic spot where the Allman Brothers Band, Charlie Daniels, and Percy Sledge made landmark works in the lineage of Southern rock and soul. To hone the vibe,

Cobb assembled a cast of Georgia-based musicians, who helped him effortlessly move between gritty country-funk and vintage ‘70s folk-rock sounds. The result is a collection of songs with easy-going grooves and throwback influences about the relief of returning to the familiar.

“Livin’ the Dream” is a greasy, deep-inthe-pocket jam that extols the virtues of kicking it in the countryside when the world at large is overwhelming. In between wailing harmonica fills, Cobb nonchalantly sings, “There’s no phone line, so I make conversation with the warm sunshine.” The wonders of nature are also praised in “Shade Tree,” a breezy acoustic tune Cobb wrote with his wife and sister.

Cobb doesn’t spend the entire album with his head in the clouds—he also uses his cosmic pondering to process grief. In 2021, one of his best friends, Jason “Rowdy” Cope, a guitarist in the edgy country-rock band The Steel Woods, died at the age of 42. Southern Star is partially named after a bar where Cobb and Cope used to hang out, and in the album’s title track, a soulfully reflective song with gentle keyboard vamps, Cobb sweetly recalls his partying days as a “temporary treat,” before once again letting his mind drift towards home.

Being a musician—even an in-demand songwriter—is a relentless hustle. It seems from now on that if Cobb has anything more to say, it’ll come from an anonymous stretch of highway. As he sings in the swaying country ballad “Patina”: “If we get to rolling too fast, life will downshift on us.”

He sings with a loose and languid drawl, often sounding like a passive narrator a few tokes deep on a rural front porch, telling cautionary tales or pining for simple pleasures.

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Christopher Rowe: The Navigating Fox. In conversation with Alix E. Harrow. Free, 7pm.

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A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ON THE JAMES RIVER Something about October makes me melancholy. The waning light, the dropping leaves. Back-toschool schedules, and the looming pressure to make happy holidays happen.

All I really want to do is bask in the honeyed light of late afternoon—that golden hour—and do nothing. Look at the sky, watch for hawks, wish upon a pumpkin that my husband will have turkey chili simmering on the stove when I get home (a girl can dream).

My friend Deb snapped me out of my autumn ennui with an invitation (“You’re doing this! Come on!”) to head to Scottsville, jump on a batteau—an old-fashioned wooden barge propelled by a pole-wielding captain—and cruise up the James River at sunset.

I tried my lazy excuses (“It’ll be too dark!”; “I’ll be hungry!”; “Isn’t this supposed to be a romantic getaway for you and your husband?”), and Deb batted them away (“It will be light the whole time!”; “They serve charcuterie on the boat!”; [Eyeroll] “Yes, wildly romantic. Just come on!”)

Thank god for crackerjack friends like Deb and genius local businesses like the James River Batteau Company. Everything I ever wanted out of October—drifting along in the golden light, watching raptors soar overhead, having someone else make my dinner—I found in that dreamy two-hour cruise on a handmade wooden boat, in the candlelit company of lovely folks, on the sparkling James River.

And who can be melancholy when there’s cheese, salami, and figs?—Mary Esselman

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A sunset excursion on the James River.

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Because it’s a one-of-a-kind experience, lovingly hosted by two friends devoted to the tradition of batteau on the James.

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Underestimating the traffic between Charlottesville and Scottsville (which made for pleasant marital squabbles up front, while I pretended not to notice in the back), Deb barrelled down Route 20, and we arrived at Canal Basin Square shortly after 5pm. A ruggedly genial young man—Will Cash, one of two Wills who run the company—directed us to a parking spot along the river.

Domestic discord dissipated like mist in sunshine once we glimpsed the batteaux afloat on the glimmering water. Beaming at each other, Deb and her husband made their way up the little plank and onto the boat.

Will number one (Cash) manned the front of the boat, which was actually two boats conjoined—six guests on one, and five on the other—where he used a long pole to push the boat forward. In the back, Will number two (Smith) steered as he told the fascinating story of batteaux on the James: why and how they were used to haul tobacco; the industry’s reliance on the labor of enslaved and freed men; what life as “batteaumen” was like; and how the two Wills started their batteau venture.

We listened as we took in the views gliding by. An eagle flew directly overhead and perched on a rock upriver. Water bugs skimmed the surface, their ripples catching the light. A heron flapped past, settling with a croak high on a treetop. We didn’t see the bobcat chasing the fawn that escaped by swimming across the river, but an earlier group did, and Will number two told us all about it.

Aglow in the sunset, we anchored, and Will number one brought us sumptuous trays of meat, cheese, and fruit. Will number two played folk tunes (“James River Blues”

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A late afternoon with the James River Batteau Company offers a unique, meditative, and informative outing.

James River Batteau Company jamesrivertour.com never sounded so sweet), and we chatted with the Wills and other guests as if we were family on a picnic, only better (no family!).

Our time there felt suspended in the amber between day and night, present and past. When we pushed back downriver and

docked in the dusk, I felt as calm and alive as the quiet current beneath us.

The Wills run their daytime, sunset, farm-to-table, and private cruises between April and October. Bookings for 2024 will open January 1. I could see getting married on a batteau (I’ll let my husband know), or celebrating special occasions out there.

What a first date! What an anytime date (Just ask Deb and her husband).

Plus I’ve solved my “how to make happy holidays happen” problem: gift cards for James River cruises with the Wills.

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Monday 11/6 music

Killers of the Flower Moon is a stunning, haunting experience

Berto & Vincent. Fiesta. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, Dairy Market. south andcentralgrill.com Gin & Jazz. The Brian Caputo Trio performs in the Château Lobby Bar. Free, 5:30pm.

Oakhurst Inn, 100 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurst inn.com

words Jesse Ball Fiction Reading. Ball reads from his work as part of his time at UVA as the 2023 Kapnick Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. Free, 5:30pm. Newcomb Hall Commonwealth Room, UVA Grounds. creative writing.virginia.edu Max Page: Why Preserving Difficult Places Matters. Learn how historic preservation can be a tool for reconciliation and advancement of a more progressive vision for our nation.

Free, 5pm. Campbell Hall 153, UVA Grounds. arch.virginia.edu

classes Club Create. Students explore a variety of arts and crafts like painting, drawing, clay, and sewing, while meeting other creative kids. $200, 4pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St., Ste. C. scrappyelephant.com

Gladiator. Arena superstar Russell Crowe rocks ancient Rome in this Best Picture winner. $5, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Tuesday 11/7 music Karaoke Night with DJ Azazil. Cold drinks, hot pizza, water pong, and karaoke. Free, 9pm. Crozet Pizza at Buddhist Biker Bar, 20 Elliewood Ave. crozetpizzacville.com Thunder Music Karaoke. Show off your singing skills or just enjoy the show.

Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St. 234-4436

Vinyl Night. BYO record to play and get $1 off pints. Free, 4pm. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. dairymarketcville.com

outside Three Notch’d Run Club. Log some miles and enjoy a $5 post-run beer. Free, 6pm.

Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery, 520 Second St. SE. threenotchdbrewing.com

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Family Game Night. Games for all ages, including corn hole, Jenga, and board games.

Free, 5pm. Dairy Market, 946 Grady Ave. dairymarketcville.com

Go for Beginners. Learn about and play the ancient strategic Chinese board game Go. Free, 2pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org Vertigo. Detective James Stewart is perplexed by a mysterious beauty (Kim Novak) who is obsessed with the past and determined to destroy herself in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece. $7, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

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artin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is nearly three and a half hours long, but its length just means the great filmmaker did justice to this sweeping, fascinating story.

Flower Moon moves like a long fuse tensely burning down to an inevitable explosion.

It’s a hypnotic, gorgeous, grand work and Scorsese’s best in years.

Based on David Grann’s non-fiction book, the movie documents a series of murders and other crimes committed against the Osage Nation a century ago. Fresh from World War I, the dull-witted Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes to work for his powerful uncle, William King Hale (Robert De Niro), in Oklahoma’s Osage Territory. The Osage Tribe is wealthy from the oil-rich land, but the locals—especially the glad-handing sociopath Hale—swindle them at every opportunity.

Hale’s vile schemes extend to coaxing his nephew into marrying an Osage woman, Mollie (Lily Gladstone), with the intention of inheriting a claim on her family’s wealth.

As mysterious deaths build up, Mollie complains to the federal government, who make this the first major case for their budding Bureau of Investigation.

Flower Moon pursues elements that run throughout Scorsese’s oeuvre: a selfdestructive, criminal protagonist; religion; terminally fractured romances; and organized crime. At 80, Scorsese is as cinematically gifted as ever, but he’s more contemplative now. This is an intense and enormously visually inventive film, but not as feverish as his youthful works like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull.

Part of Flower Moon’s overall effectiveness derives from how subtly Scorsese documents insidious, cold-hearted evil. He lets hellish events unfold without bludgeoning the audience with self-righteous lectures. For instance, the period’s casual, ingrained racism is just another facet of the terrifying landscape, like when the Ku Klux Klan march behind the Osage Nation in a local parade.

Underlying the vicious crimes being perpetrated onscreen is a profound sympathy for the tribe’s violated humanity.

The great production designer Jack Fisk does a stellar job of recreating this bygone world, packing every shot densely with rich period details. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s vast canvas practically demands that Flower Moon be seen on the big screen. Costume designer Jacqueline West’s contributions are also superb.

As with all Scorsese pictures, music is integral. This was the final film score by his

longtime friend and collaborator Robbie Robertson, who created a tense, insistent, often low-key score that adds immeasurably to the film’s unsettling tone.

DiCaprio resorts to a lot of brow-knitting and jaw-clenching. De Niro is decent, but is most effective in his silent moments, and both he and DiCaprio handle their regional accents unsurely. Gladstone’s fine, restrained performance as Molly seems doubly strong

Killers of the Flower Moon R, 206 minutes | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Regal Stonefield Cinema, Violet Crown Cinema alongside DiCaprio’s excesses. Jesse Plemons is first-rate and natural as Federal Agent Tom White. The supporting cast is fantastic overall, including venerable actors like Barry Corbin and John Lithgow. Scorsese loves distinctive faces and Flower Moon is full of them, devoid of slick, Hollywood prettiness.

There is much more that could be said about Flower Moon, but in a nutshell, it is likely the best American film of 2023—far superior to the overrated Oppenheimer. It’s a disturbing, artistically rewarding journey through an ugly chapter in American history that’s worth seeing multiple times.

Part of Flower Moon’s overall effectiveness derives from how subtly Scorsese documents insidious, cold-hearted evil.

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Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night. Teams of two to six people play for prizes and bragging rights. Free, 8pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone star in Killers of the Flower Moon, a blood for oil epic that details the Osage Tribe murders.

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Vincent Zorn. Olé. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

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UVA MUSIC EVENTS Date/Time/Place Event

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Friday, 11/3, 3pm Music Library in OCH

Making Noise in the Library Clarinet & Bassoon Ensembles *

Friday, 11/3, 6:30pm Carr’s Hill Field

Cavalier Marching Band: Open Rehearsal: V is for Villains *

Friday, 11/3, 8pm Old Cabell Hall

Family Weekend Choral Showcase

Saturday, 11/11, 7:30pm Old Cabell Hall

Charlottesville Symphony at UVA Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto

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Sagittarius

(Nov. 22–Dec. 21): In her poem “Requiem,” Anna Akhmatova says, “I must kill off memory . . . and I must learn to live anew.” I think most of us can benefit from periodically engaging in this brave and robust exercise.

It’s not a feat to be taken lightly—not to be done more than once or twice a year. But guess what: The coming weeks will be a time when such a ritual might be wise for you.

Are you ready to purge old business and prepare the way for a fresh start? Here are your words of power: forgiveness, clearing, cleaning, release, absolution, liberation.

Capricorn

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19): We need stories almost as much as we need to breathe, eat, sleep, and move. It’s impossible to live without them.

The best stories nourish our souls, stimulate our imagination, and make life exciting.

That’s not to say that all stories are healthy for us. We sometimes cling to narratives that make us miserable and sap our energy. I think we have a sacred duty to de-emphasize and even jettison those stories—even as we honor and relish the rich stories that empower and inspire us. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Capricorn, because you’re in a phase of your cycle when you will especially thrive by disposing of the bad old stories and celebrating the good ones.

Aquarius

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18): I could be wrong, but I don’t think so: You are smarter and wiser than you realize about the pressing issues that are now vying for your attention. You know more than you know you know. I suspect this will soon become apparent, as streams of fresh insights rise up from the depths of your psyche and guide your conscious awareness toward clarity. It’s okay to squeal with glee every time a healing intuition shows up. You have earned this welcome phase of lucid certainty.

Pisces

Scorpio

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21): In my horoscopes for Scorpios, I tend to write complex messages. My ideas are especially thick and rich and lush. Why? Because I

imagine you as being complex, thick, rich, and lush. Your destiny is labyrinthine and mysterious and intriguing, and I aspire to reflect its intricate, tricky beauty. But this time, in accordance with current astrological omens, I will offer you my simplest, most straightforward oracle ever. I borrowed it from author Mary Anne Hershey: “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Play with abandon.

Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love.”

shamans aspire to learn from those alternate ways of seeing and comprehending the world.

Many of us who live in Western culture dismiss this venerable practice, although I’ve known animal lovers who sympathize with it. If you are game for a fun experiment, Pisces, I invite you to try your own version.

Choose an animal to learn from. Study and commune with it. Ask it to reveal intuitions that surprise and enrich you.

Aries

(March 21–April 19): Your victories-in-progress are subtle. They may not be totally visible to you yet. Let me describe them so you can feel properly confident about what you are in the process of accomplishing. 1. A sustained surge of hard-earned personal growth is rendering one of your problems mostly irrelevant. 2. You have been redefining what rewards are meaningful to you, and that’s motivating you to infuse your ambitions with more soulfulness. 3. You are losing interest in a manipulative game that doesn’t serve you as well as it should. 4. You are cultivating more appreciation for fascinating and useful problems.

Taurus

(April 20–May 20): Taurus physicist Richard Feynman was a smart and accomplished person who won a Nobel Prize. He articulated a perspective that will be healthy for you to experiment with in the coming weeks.

He said, “I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything, and there are many things I don’t know anything about.” Give Feynman’s approach a try, dear Taurus. Now is an excel-

lent time to explore the perks of questioning everything. I bet you’ll be pleased with how free and easy it makes you feel.

Gemini

(May 21–June 20): To earn money, I have worked as a janitor, dishwasher, olive picker, ditch-digger, newspaper deliverer, and 23 other jobs involving hard labor. In addition, I have done eight artistic jobs better suited to my sensitive temperament and creative talents.

Am I regretful or resentful about the thousands of hours I toiled at tasks I didn’t enjoy?

A little. But mostly I’m thankful for them. They taught me how to interact harmoniously with a wide array of people. They helped forge my robust social conscience. And they motivated me to eventually figure out how to get jobs I really loved. Now I invite you to take an inventory of your own work life, Gemini. It’s an excellent time to evaluate where you’ve been and where you want to go in the future.

Cancer

(June 21–July 22): There are so many kinds of sweetness. Zesty spicy sweetness. Tender balmy fragrant sweetness. Sour or bitter sweetness. Musky piquant sweetness. Luscious succulent sweetness. One of my favorite types of sweetness is described by Cancerian poet Stephen Dunn. He wrote, “Often a sweetness comes as if on loan, stays just long enough to make sense of what it means to be alive, then returns to its dark source.

As for me, I don’t care where it’s been, or what bitter road it’s traveled to come so far, to taste so good.” My analysis of the astrological omens suggests to me that you are about to commune with at least three of these sweetnesses, Cancerian. Maybe most of them.

Leo

(July 23–Aug. 22): Author Dan Savage advocates regular indulgence in sloth. He notes

that few of us can “get through 24 hours without a little downtime. Human beings need to stare off into space, look out the window, daydream, and spend time every day being indolent and useless.” I concur, and I hope you will indulge in more downtime than usual during the coming weeks.

For the sake of your long-term mental and physical health, you need to relax extra deep and strong now—to recharge your battery with delicious and delightful abandon.

Virgo

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22): According to my deep and thorough analysis of your astrological rhythms, your mouth will soon be a wonder of nature. The words emerging from your lips will be extra colorful, precise, and persuasive. Your taste buds will have an enhanced vividness as they commune with the joys of food and drink. And I suspect your tongue and lips will exult in an upgrade of aptitude and pleasure while plying the arts of sex and intimate love. Congratulations, Mouthy Maestro!

Libra

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22): In addition to being a masterful composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played the piano, violin, harp, bassoon, clarinet, horn, flute, oboe, and trumpet. His experience led him to believe that musicians best express their skills when they play fast. It’s more challenging to be excellent when playing slowly, he thought. But I will invite you to adopt the reverse attitude and approach in the coming weeks, Libra. According to my astrological analysis, you will be most successful if you work gradually and incrementally, with careful diligence and measured craftiness.

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