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THIS WEEK The four-week civil trial against organizers of the Unite the Right rally ended last week, with the court finding the defendants owe $26 million for their actions leading up to that deadly weekend (p. 12).

Just editing our daily trial updates this month has been exhausting. I can only imagine how draining the entire experience was for the plaintiffs, who relived the traumatic moments of August 11 and 12, 2017, and endured sneering questioning from the rally’s odious organizers. I hope they rest easier with the trial in the rearview mirror.

The trial is yet another reminder that many people in this city are still living with the effects of the Unite the Right rally. As the plaintiffs described during testimony, some are still recovering from their physical and emotional injuries. Both structural and symbolic reforms have come slowly: It took more than four years for the civil trial to be completed. The Confederate statues that were central to the rally just came down last summer.

A group of civic leaders put in place to lead the city’s post-rally transformation are all ending their relationship with the city government on difficult terms. After the rally, Charlottesville elected a Black mayor and hired a Black police chief and a Black city manager.

Four years later, the mayor decided not to run for reelection and the police chief and city manager are both suing the city, alleging that city councilors broke the rules in dismissing them from their positions (p. 9). (At press time, City Council was in an emergency closed session to discuss personnel matters, so there could be more news coming.) Charlottesville has a lot of work to do. Still, I sense that the conclusion of this trial is a step in the right direction, one more victory for the people who deserve it. The plaintiffs should be proud of the effort they put in over the last four weeks, and four years.—Ben Hitchcock

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NEWS UVAToday, the university’s in-house media outlet, published a story congratulating law school alum Elizabeth Sines for her victory in Sines v. Kessler (more on p. 12).

Sines was among the plaintiffs who successfully sued the white nationalists who organized the Unite the Right rally. What UVAToday conveniently forgot to mention, however, is that some of those organizers graduated from the school, too. Infamous white nationalists Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler were both Wahoos, as much as the school might wish they weren’t.

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Two area churches shared Governor Ralph Northam’s 2021 Volunteerism and Community Service Award, the governor’s office announced last week. Mt. Zion First African Baptist Church and Church of the Incarnation were recognized for hosting regular COVID testing events over the last year. More than 8,000 individual tests have been conducted at the two sites.

In January 2021, Richardson decided to write an op-ed that would “address the conduct and leadership failures of the City Council and Mayor Walker by name,” as well as describe what he felt was racist treatment during his tenure. Richardson notified Robertson that he planned to write the op-ed. She responded that the proposal would violate the non-disparagement clause he had signed, and that the city could sue for the return of his severance package if he moved forward with publication. Richardson says this was an unconstitutional breach of his free speech.

Richardson’s filing is the latest twist in a messy stretch for city government. Last month, former police chief RaShall Brackney filed a formal complaint against the city, threatening to sue for wrongful termination.—Ben Hitchcock

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In a breathtaking rejection of convention, the citizens of Charlottesville voted to give this year’s Grand Illumination holiday tree a truly nonsensical moniker: The tree will be named Oatmeal.

Proposed names were submitted by the community, and thousands voted in an online poll to choose from among the finalists. Oatmeal took 35.6 percent of the 3,359 votes cast. This year’s runners-up included Chicken Tree, Treeyoncé Noels, Timotree Chalamet, and Snoop Logg.

The last three years, the trees have been named Spruce Bader Ginsburg, Spruce Springsteen, and Spruce Willis, respectively.

Some users on the Charlottesville Reddit forum have theorized that Oatmeal is a reference to the 1969 "Frosty the Snowman" holiday special—when the children are deciding what to name Frosty, one suggests Oatmeal. We can’t confirm the original intention of the suggestion, however, and have not ruled out the possibility that the name was put forward by a lover of hearty, wholesome breakfast grains.

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ormer Charlottesville city manager Tarron Richardson is suing a handful of top Charlottesville officials, alleging misbehavior around his departure in September 2020. The entire City Council, as well as individuals Mayor Nikuyah Walker, Councilor Heather Hill, City Attorney Lisa Robertson and former city attorney and Interim City Manager John Blair are listed as defendants.

Richardson says he was terminated unjustly in advance of a mutually agreed upon resignation date, that councilors disparaged him in public after his departure, and that the city attorney hampered his free speech by threatening a lawsuit over an op-ed he wanted to write in January 2021. He seeks a trial by jury and “significant money damages.”

A key element of the case is a C-VILLE interview with Richardson from the week of his departure. When asked about his relationship with City Council, Richardson named all the councilors he worked well with—everyone except Hill and Walker. (The lawsuit says Walker and Hill’s “chicanery and obstruction” encroached on Richardson’s professional responsibilities.) The story was published on September 23, 2020, and though Richardson was supposed to leave on September 30, the lawsuit says that after publication, Blair called Richardson in and relieved him of his duties, effective immediately. Richardson’s $205,000 severance pay was not affected by the early dismissal.

Richardson’s lawsuit also argues that Walker and Councilor Lloyd Snook disparaged him on Facebook after his departure. Walker wrote that she “never supported” Richardson; Snook wrote that “bringing back Dr. Richardson would mean that we were going to keep fighting battles of the past year rather than moving forward.” The lawsuit argues that these statements harmed Richardson’s reputation.

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Pining for a lush tree in your living room this holiday season? Get cracking, because farms across the commonwealth are reporting Christmas tree shortages, thanks to a combination of pandemic-related supply chain issues and labor shortages. The situation has gotten intense: Little River Farm tells CBS19 that multiple people have broken in at night to steal trees. That will certainly land you on the naughty list.

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According to the local International Res­ cue Committee, 210 Afghan refugees—in­ cluding 75 families—have arrived in Char­ lottesville since the beginning of October.

Most came over the course of just two weeks, giving the IRC little time to make preparations.

“With a lot of these people, they arrive to us at very short notice. It’s very common to get a notice and people are coming the next day...We had multiple times where we had a couple of hours notice,” explains Charlottes­ ville IRC Executive Director Harriet Kuhr.

“It was very much an emergency response.”

The government is currently working to close all the military base refugee camps

by February 15, says Kuhr. More than 80 percent of the refugees the IRC agreed to resettle in Charlottesville are here, but the organization expects a few more to arrive in the coming months.

“Now [the government] is having people come in an even flow each week, not just to Charlottesville but everywhere, so we can manage them more properly,” says Kuhr. “These people have been in those facilities since July and August, so they’re ready to move on.”

Because staff had no time to explore housing options, the IRC is temporarily housing the refugees in local hotels, where they are provided with food, clothes, and other necessities.

“It’s been very, very challenging with the amount of people arriving one after the other.”

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“It’s been very, very challenging with the amount of people arriving one after the other. We had all of our staff turn to just immediate reception needs,” says Kuhr. “Now we’re focusing on going back and catching up on all of the other services they need.”

Due to Charlottesville’s affordable hous­ ing crisis, finding permanent housing for the refugees in or near the city has been difficult. The IRC is currently working to form housing partnerships with area faith groups, neighborhood associations, and other community organizations, as well as in surrounding communities like Waynesboro and Lynchburg. After helping to find suitable housing for an individual

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family, partners will fundraise to help cover the family’s housing costs and assist with resettlement for six months.

Though the IRC does not permit home­ stays, residents who have a house or apart­ ment they are not currently living in can contact the IRC to see if a refugee family could stay there. One Afghan family moved into a downtown Airbnb this week, after owner Debra Weiss volunteered to have refugees live there temporarily.

Around one-third of the refugees are school-aged children, says Kuhr. Since they have been living in hotels, the kids have not been enrolled in school yet.

“We were a little wary to enroll kids in school. If a month or two later they got an apartment that was in a different county or jurisdiction, we would have to pull them out and move them to other schools,” says Kuhr. “But at this point we’ve realized we can’t wait any longer, so we are just starting to enroll kids.”

As for the adults, most are still waiting to receive their social security cards, em­ ployment authorization, and other impor­ tant documents they need to resettle.

“Things we would normally do locally were done for them at a national level, with 10,000 people applying all at once,” says Kuhr. “We’re hoping that kind of stuff is going to start coming in soon...but because of how they arrived, and the emergency nature of it, there’s just a lot of challenges.”

Until more refugees are moved into per­ manent housing, the IRC is no longer accept­ ing in-kind donations. However, the agency is in huge need of financial donations to cover hotel bills, as well as gift cards to local stores—especially Walmart. “[At Walmart], they can buy food, clothes for their kids, toiletries,” says Kuhr. “It al­ lows the family the choice to get what they want and what is most important to them.”

To volunteer to help with Afghan resettle­ ment efforts, email sponsor.va@rescue.org.

According to Charlottesville IRC Executive Director Harriet Kuhr, the organization had very little time to prepare for the Afghan refugees who arrived in the city. “It was very much an emergency response,” she says.

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he Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met Monday morning with area House of Delegates Representatives Rob Bell, Chris Runion, Matt Fariss, and Sally Hudson, and state Senator Bryce Reeves, to discuss legislative priorities for the upcoming year.

The board asked the legislators to pursue legislation that would enable the county to levy civil rather than criminal penalties for violations of local ordinances, expand the county’s authority to use photo speed monitoring devices, and require agricultural buildings used by the public to be subject to minimum safety standards.

By amending Virginia law to institute a schedule of civil penalties, localities would be empowered to decriminalize numerous activities.

“As a former prosecutor, defense counselor, and criminal trial judge during my time in the Navy, I have long been troubled by overcriminalization of minor misconduct,” said Supervisor Donna Price.

Most representatives present expressed a desire to meet with the police department to discuss their perspective on the proposal.

The second proposal calls for an expansion of the use of speed cameras, specifically to target secondary roads with speed limits above 35 mph where speeding has been identified as a problem.

Hudson wanted to ensure that the cameras would be placed equitably, and not target certain neighborhoods. Supervisor Ned Gallaway said the camera locations would be determined by safety concerns and reports from the police. Like the proposal regarding civil penalties, proponents of the measure

say it would free up law enforcement officers to do other critical police work.

The third proposal would beef up safety standards for agricultural buildings used by the public, which requires changing the legal definition of “farm building or structure” and adding a new designation for “public use agricultural buildings.”

“This is about people and safety,” said Supervisor Diantha McKeel.

The delegates also shared their priorities for the session.

Reeves wants to focus on combating illegal gambling, which he says is taking place across the commonwealth under the guise of “charitable gaming,” in addition to restoring funding to state police.

Bell hopes to address crowding in state hospitals, and wants to extend a policy instituted during COVID that assists those with special needs by allowing the parent to be the paid provider for the person in need of services.

Runion wants to pass the Virginia Tuition Aid Assistance Grant for private education, work on digitizing historical records, and respond to the over-capacity problem observed in local and regional jails.

With the virus still mutating, Hudson said she believes that the commonwealth should focus on providing support to people who have offered essential services during the pandemic.

She said the rising cost of living in Virginia was a recurring theme on the campaign trail, and that she’ll be working on the consumer protection front to lower the cost of energy and prescription drugs, and to protect patients from medical debt.

“These are things we can do to make it easier to make ends meet,” she said.

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Payback time Jury finds Unite the Right organizers liable for $26 million in damages

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Plaintiffs’ attorneys declared victory November 24, calling the jury’s $26 million award to their clients “eye-opening.”

Kaplan denied any loss.

“They weren’t able to reach a verdict on the claim before the Thanksgiving holiday,” she said of the jury, promising that the plaintiffs plan to pursue a verdict on the two deadlocked claims.

Attorney James Kolenich, who represented defendants Jason Kessler, Nathan Damigo, and Identity Evropa, showed less bluster in his post-trial statements than Smith.

“We’re disappointed in the verdict,” Kolenich said. “We think that some of our arguments weren’t considered entirely…however the jury did put in hard work. We respect the verdict and there’s hard work to be done.”

The defendants had argued that their speech was protected by the First Amendment and that they had acted in self-defense.

Kolenich and Smith both said they will file motions to reduce the damages awarded and suggested plaintiffs will have a hard time collecting any money at all.

“The defendants in the case are destitute,” said Smith. That might mean the plaintiffs won’t see any award money.

In the hours after the trial, defendants Richard Spencer and Kessler both tweeted that they intend to appeal the decision.

“Today’s verdict sends a loud and clear message that facts matter, the law matters, and that the laws of this country will not tolerate the use of violence to deprive racial and religious minorities of the basic right we all share to live as free and equal citizens,” reads a statement from Dunn and Kaplan.

The trial forced traumatized victims to relive their suffering and endure direct

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fter nearly three days of deliberations, the jury in Sines v. Kessler found that the white nationalists accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the Unite the Right rally are liable for $26 million in damages.

Despite the high-dollar award, the plaintiffs were deprived of complete victory after the jury deadlocked on the first two claims in the suit, both of which alleged conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence in violation of a federal law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The jury did find the defendants liable for conspiracy under Virginia law.

Following the verdict, attorneys for both sides claimed victory.

“Our goal was to come here and to prove a conspiracy to do racially motivated violence, as to each and every defendant, and to get damages awarded, compensatory and punitive, and we did all those things,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Karen Dunn, who delivered the bulk of the plaintiffs’ closing argument November 19.

Dunn emphasized that the jury ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor on the third claim in the case, conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence in violation of Virginia state law. For that claim, the jury awarded $11 million in punitive damages. Each of the 12 individual defendants are on the hook for $500,000, and each of the five white nationalist groups named in the suit owe $1 million.

“Those numbers were eye-opening,” plaintiffs’ lead counsel Roberta Kaplan added.

James Fields, who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters on August 12, 2017, was found liable for $12.5 million in punitive damages—$6 million each for claims of assault and battery and for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The nine plaintiffs were awarded a total of $1.5 million in compensatory damages.

Those ranged from over $622,000 to Natalie Romero, who was injured in James Fields’ car attack on August 12, to zero for the Reverend Seth Wispelwey.

Attorney Josh Smith, the self-described “pro-white advocate” representing defendants Matthew Parrott, Matthew Heimbach, and the Traditionalist Worker Party, spun the partial verdict as a loss for the plaintiffs.

“I think they expected to waltz through and get everything they wanted and more, and that they were going to humiliate their political opponents. I think it actually worked quite the opposite,” said Smith, who was interrupted at times by protesters calling him out as a Holocaust denier and demanding he leave Charlottesville.

“I think that at the end, they lost to a few pro se defendants, some solo practitioners,” said Smith. “I think they underestimated their opponents big time.”

Defendant Richard Spencer leaves the courthouse on the first day of the trial.

“Facts matter, the law matters, and that the laws of this country will not tolerate the use of violence to deprive racial and religious minorities of the basic right we all share to live as free and equal citizens.”

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questioning from pro se defendants Christopher Cantwell and Spencer.

Plaintiff Natalie Romero, a UVA student in 2017, was at both the Thomas Jefferson statue after the tiki-torch march through UVA Grounds and on Fourth Street when Fields drove through a crowd of counterprotesters, fracturing her skull and scarring her face.

Her friend and fellow UVA student Devin Willis thought he was going to be burned alive at the Jefferson statue on August 11.

“I hear it in my nightmares,” Romero said during the trial. “I literally hear the same cadence to the ‘You will not replace us.’ That one was just so terrifying.”

Romero and Willis were each awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages for ra-

NEWS rently serving 41 months in prison for unrelated threats and extortion charges, and he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault at the Thomas Jefferson statue after the tiki-torch march through UVA. The “Radical Agenda” podcaster made his pro se representation into a performance that seemed more geared to his followers than to convincing the jury he didn’t conspire to commit violent acts. He used the n-word at least three times in front of the jury, and clips of his show were laden with racist, profanity-laden calls to violence.

In a Vice documentary of the Unite the Right weekend, where Cantwell earned the “crying Nazi” moniker after he learned an arrest warrant had been issued, he showed off the arsenal of firearms he brought to Charlottesville.

In stark contrast to his previous loud behavior and remarks during proceedings, Cantwell remained quiet as he was escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs to go back to jail.

The complaint was filed in October 2017, and originally was scheduled for trial in 2019, but has been delayed because some defendants flouted orders to produce evidence. A judge has granted default judgments against seven defendants, including Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi founder of The Daily Stormer.

An arrest warrant has been issued for his colleague Ray, who has blown off every court order and didn’t show up for the trial.

Also earning default judgments are the Nationalist Front; the East Coast Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; the Fraternal Order of the Alt-Knights; the military arm of the Proud Boys; FOAK leader Augustus Invictus; and the Loyal White Knights of the KKK, who protested in Charlottesville in July 2017.

Before dismissing the jury from the trial that lasted over four weeks, federal Judge Norman Moon thanked them for their service and said, “There aren’t any jurors in the Western District of Virginia who have endured a case as long as you have.”

Following the jury’s decision, the plaintiffs issued a collective written statement.

“Our single greatest hope is that today’s verdict will encourage others to feel safer raising our collective voices in the future to speak up for human dignity and against white supremacy.”

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cial intimidation at the August 11 tiki-torch march. Romero was also awarded over $370,000 for assault and battery and emotional distress.

Plaintiffs Marcus Martin and then-fiancée Marissa Blair joined a celebratory group of counterprotesters with Blair’s friend Heather Heyer. Martin was struck by Fields’ car, and testified that the attack left lasting physical injuries—and cost him his marriage to Blair.

Martin was awarded nearly $260,000 in compensatory damages, and Blair was awarded $102,000. Fields also struck Thomas Baker and Chelsea Alvarado, leaving them with ongoing physical and psychological scars.

Plaintiffs Elizabeth Sines and April Muniz were each awarded $50,000 for intentional infliction of emotional distress; Muniz was awarded an additional $108,000 in compensatory damages for assault and battery.

Twelve individual defendants were found liable for a minimum of $500,000 in punitive damages: organizer Kessler, former alt-right leader Spencer, Cantwell, Heimbach, and Parrott, League of the South leaders Michael Hill and Michael Tubbs, former National Socialist Movement leader Jeff Schoep, Identity Evropa’s Damigo and Elliott Kline, The Daily Stormer’s Robert “Azzmador” Ray, and car attack driver Fields. Five organizations were found liable for $1 million each: Vanguard America, Traditionalist Worker Party, LOS, Identity Evropa, and National Socialist Party.

Fields was represented by an attorney for his insurance company. He’s serving multiple life sentences for killing Heyer and injuring dozens. Four of the plaintiffs in Sines v. Kessler were struck by his Dodge Challenger.

The lengthy trial pitted a prestigious pro bono legal team led by Dunn and Kaplan, who represented Edie Windsor in the landmark case that struck down laws against gay marriage, against a patchwork of lower-profile attorneys and pro se defendants.

Nonprofit Integrity First for America supported the plaintiffs’ precedent-setting suit, and has said it wants to bankrupt the defendants and show that hate doesn’t pay.

Spencer called the suit “financially crippling.” Cantwell’s former attorneys asked to be released from representing him after he threatened Kaplan. Cantwell is cur-

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TWO LATEST BOOKS & MORE from local Author William A. James, Sr.

In, A MURDER ON FIFTH AND DICE AND THE RUIN OF FIFEVILLE,

James shows how drug-dealing and gang violence led to the condemnation, demolition, and gentrification of Fifeville. It is a Sequel to his IN THE STREETS OF VINEGAR HILL, 2007. (He is writing a play based upon this latest Book)

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reveals how fear and misunderstandings caused The Charlottesville City Council to condemn and Demolish a 20 Acre Tract (30 Black businesses and 600 residents) from the Downtown area from 1958-1964.

In, HARD TIMES AND SURVIVAL: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AFRICANAMERICAN SON,

James relates His Story and the Reader learns what He means when He Says: “Do not GiveIn to Adversity, but overcome it by Steady and Constant Perserverance.”

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53RD WINERY AND VINEYARD Kelso and Chelsey Port-Style Wines Our two Port-style wines Kelso and Chelsey are both excellent as we move into the winter weather.

Chelsey shows off unique earthy and dark fruit characters with a warming sensation from the neutral brandy used during fermentation. Kelso has bright ruby red fruit flavors, and more floral notes of sweet violet. Make sure to swing by to purchase these or any of our other wines, as we donate one dollar from each bottle sale in December to the Louisa County food bank!

We are open 7 days a week, 11am to 5pm offering our 100% Virginia wine by the bottle, glass and tasting flights. Enjoy your visit at our intimate, meadow-like setting in rural Louisa County. we offer well-spaced indoor and outside seating and customers are welcome to bring their own picnic baskets, chairs and blankets. Children and pets are welcome, but pets must always remain outside of buildings and on a leash. Quality wine, friendly staff at a great escape! Visit our website, www.53rdwinery.com on our operating procedures.

Saturday, December 4th: Live music by Adeline Tanous Saturday, December 11th: Live music by Denise O’Meara

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EASTWOOD FARM AND WINERY Blancs de Blancs Happy Holidays! Celebrate this season with a glass of our sparkling brut Blanc de Blancs. Made from Virginia Chardonnay, it is dry and crisp with notes of almond and lemon zest. Delicious to enjoy with holiday meals and it also makes a great gift.

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Our uncrowded rural Madison County area has mountains, streams and plenty of beautiful views along scenic back roads.

The tasting room is near hiking and biking trails along the Shenandoah National Forest and is a perfect respite after your day out! Enjoy some peace and quiet relaxation in this challenging environment. Sit on our lawns and sip or pick up a bottle or three of our awardwinning wines to take home.

Reservations available and recommended (especially for Saturdays). No reservation fee or minimum purchase. Walk-ups accommodated on a spaceavailable basis. To order wine for local delivery or UPS shipping, visit our website!

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tone. Citrus, stone fruit, and some floral notes showcase a balanced aroma. Meanwhile, the palate has lots of bright citrus flavors making this a perfect summertime sipper on the porch. Enjoy with a variety of salads, herb roasted chicken, or an afternoon scone while enjoying the last of the summer days.

While we have a wide variety of wines to pick from, we offer different themed flights each month to highlight our wine throughout the year! Wine flights, glasses and bottles are available. To ensure time for a tasting please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to closing.

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wine, deep garnet color with berry aromas ad a lingering effervescent finish. Knots and Shuttles is also the last installment of the Gears & Lace, Steam Punk line of wines.

It’s a perfect wine to celebrate the holidays, and pairs beautifully with hard cheeses, creamy soups, and roasted lamb.

Wednesdays- Wine Wednesday (7-7:30 pm) Join Horton Vineyards live on Facebook every Wednesday at 7pm to learn about a different wine each week!

Join us for Winter Wineland on Saturday, January 15th, 2022.

We will have tastings, flights, and glasses of mulled wine available for purchase. Kaas & Cure Food Truck will be joining us with their charcuterie trays to pair with your wine. We will also be selling Horton Vineyards blankets throughout the winter. For every blanket we sell, we will be donating one to a local homeless shelter. Blue Bird Book Shop will be here selling books. Plan to stay for the day and get cozy with your wine and books in front of the fireplace in our outdoor pavilion!

Let us pop the cork on a bottle for you to enjoy with oysters this month! Salty Bottom Blue Oysters will continue to serve grilled and raw oysters at Eastwood on Fridays.

Whether you are seated at a fire pit, on the Veranda or indoors, sit back and enjoy live music on the stage in The Barn on Friday nights.

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Visit the winery this winter! Live music on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays throughout December.

We also offer cider (hard & nonalcoholic), s’mores, wreath making workshops, paint & sip classes, yoga, events for families and kids, and more. See the upcoming calendar of events on our

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Red sparkling was inconceivable many years ago and it is still rare.

Knots and Shuttles is Horton’s flight into red sparkling. It is a dry red

2020 LVA Chardonnay Pale yellow in color, our LVA Chardonnay has a fun and bright

We look forward to continuing to serve all of our wonderful guests this summer during our daily hours of 10am-5pm. We offer first come, first served seating at our outdoor courtyard tables or open seating for those who wish to bring their own blankets and chairs to spread out in our designated lawn area. Wine is available by the flight, glass and bottle, and only our outdoor areas can be accessed at this time. A selection of pre-packaged meats, cheeses, crackers, and spreads are available for purchase.

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KILAURWEN WINERY Kilaurwen Red A bold, luscious red wine crafted from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Touriga Nacional grapes. Structure and balance enhance this deep hued blend.

Complex layers of dark cherry, tobacco, leather and almond evoke a full mouth feel that ends with a lingering spicy finish.

The wine pairs well with hearty stews and soups, with grilled or smoked meats as well as with a wide range of cheeses including Mozzarella, Fontina, Gruyere and Swiss.

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We are sending Happy Holiday Greetings to all our friends and family who have visited the Tasting Room during this unique and challenging year. We thank you for your loyal support. We wish you a fun holiday season and a healthy, happy 2022!

Although our tasting room is closed as of the end of November, our B & B, The Loft at Kilaurwen, will continue to welcome guests throughout the winter months.

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Plan to visit: Pippin Hill is a culinary vineyard in the heart of Virginia’s wine country. There are

December 8th- Cocktails and Canapés Cooking Class! Purchase tickets in advance.

5022 Plank Rd., North Garden, VA 22959 (434).202.8063 www.pippinhillfarm.com

REYNARD FLORENCE VINEYARD Holiday Pairing Pack This Holiday Pairing Pack is sure to compliment any holiday dish and includes: 2019 Reynard Blanc: A crisp and zesty, white blend that pairs perfectly with turkey, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole.

2018 Ti-Rey Rosé: A bold and flavorful Rosé made from Cab Franc. A dynamic wine that pairs great with honey ham, stuffing and pumpkin pie.

2017 Cabernet Sauvignon: This fruit forward red will compliment any dish including Prime Rib, Macaroni and cheese and chocolate cake.

Visiting Reynard Florence We look forward to welcoming you to our small, cozy, and intimate

winery. As you drive down our driveway, you will be greeted by our stunning mountain view. We are truly a hidden gem. Our service is warm, friendly, and you will likely have an opportunity to meet the owners and their two corgies Ti Rey and Brixie. Reservations are not required, and seating inside the tasting room is first-come-firstserve. We have lots of outdoor seating and space available on our front patio, back deck, and pergola.

Umbrellas and canopies provide

shelter from the sun and rain.

Picnics are welcome outside! Enjoy live jazz every Sunday on the back deck from 2-5 pm.

Hours: Thrus/Fri 12-5pm; Sat/Sun 11am – 5pm Open Holiday Mondays, as well as by appointment or chance! Don’t hesitate to give us a call!

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*Holiday Bundle* Make sure to swing by and pick up our Holiday bundle deal! Includes our 2020 Cab Franc, 2019 Cannon Red, 2018 Petit Verdot, and 2019 Chard Reserve.

Sundays- Live music on the hill!

Each Sunday from 1-4 PM, Pippin Hill welcomes local musicians to perform on our Veranda. Check our website for varying artists.

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Our Wild Common shares its name with our sister property and celebrated restaurant in Charleston, SC. The 2018 vintage is 100% Merlot, aged 20 months in a combination of neutral and new French oak barrels and lives up to the high standards set by our award-winning 2017 vintage. The intense nose features raspberry and dark cacao, with subtle hints of fruit and spice, underscored by brooding dark cherries and fig on the palate.

Medium plus tannins and medium acid make a lively finish, just like the conversation you’re enjoying across the table.

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Herald in the holiday season with the Virginia Women’s Chorus, the University of Virginia’s oldest women’s music organization.

Directed by KaeRenae Mitchell, the group is back beneath the vaulted ceilings of the UVA Chapel for its 38th annual candlelight concert. These beloved performances feature a diverse selection of music, from Benjamin Britten’s harp-accompanied “A Ceremony of Carols” to the jolly classic “Deck the Halls.” $7-20, times vary. UVA Chapel, 200 McCormick Rd. virginiawomenschorus.org.

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With imaginative compositions and an eye for eclectic experimentation, guitarist and vocalist Corey Harris has his own vision of the blues. Drawing on his origins as a New Orleans street singer and his travels through the South and Cameroon, Harris takes the traditional blues formula to the next level with influences from reggae, soul, rock, and West African music. Harris will celebrate the release of his new album, Insurrection Blues, and book, Bluespeople Illustrated: Legends of the Blues, while also raising money for the Charlottesville-Winneba Foundation, a nonprofit that works to strengthen the sister city partnership of Charlottesville and Winneba, Ghana. $25-35, 7pm.

The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.

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Craft brews and mountain views await at the Crozet Winter Brews Festival, a celebration of dark beers and winter sips from Virginia breweries and cideries.

Enjoy toasty stouts, chocolatey browns, crisp ciders, and neverbefore-seen beers as you relax in a heated lounge. Lord Nelson and Matthew O’Donnell bring the tunes, and a variety of retail and food vendors will be on hand all day. $10-30, 11am-5pm. Claudius Crozet Park, 1075 Park Rd., Crozet. crozetbeerfest.com

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Christmas Concerts Frank Albinder, Conductor

Beleza Duo. An evening of samba soul with Madeline Holly-Sales on vocals and keys and Berto Sales on guitar, voice, and loops.

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

Tea Time Recitals. UVA students present a varied menu of musical delights. Free, 1pm.

UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu.

Music in the Atrium. Weekly live performance in the atrium with Jim Richardson on vocals and guitar. Free, noon. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

International Folk Dance. Learn a dance or two, or just watch and listen to the music.

Free, 2:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

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Bachata Fusion Class. Edwin Roa teaches a fun beginner-to-intermediate-level bachata lesson to get the party started. $6-8, 7pm.

IX Art Park, 522 Second St SE. ixartpark.org.

Old Cabell Hall On the Lawn at UVA

Friday, December 3, 2021 8 PM

University Baptist Church 1223 W. Main Street

Saturday, December 11, 2021 8 PM

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Square Dancing. Enjoy a night of square dancing. All levels are welcome. Free, 12:30pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

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Free, 5:30pm. Online. thecentercville.org.

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Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art. A 20-minute introduction to Indigenous Australian art. Free,10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.

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7th Grade Girl Fight with Colin Phils. Sometimes a trio, sometimes a quartet, sometimes a quintet, but always a good time. $7, 8:30pm.

The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com.

Berto Sales and Vincent Zorn. A night of wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St. the bebedero.com.

Corey Harris: Insurrection Blues. The blues legend raises money for the Charlottesville-Winneba Foundation and celebrates the release of his newest album and book. $2535, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.

Jazz Jam Session. Not a musician? Just come and listen. Free, 6pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecenter cville.org.

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Music in the Atrium. A weekly performance from Jazz 1-2-3. Free, noon. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

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words Shelf Life: Any Murders in the Building?

A mystery panel discussion with Maggie Blackburn (Once Upon a Seaside Murder), Amita Murray (Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death), and RV Raman (A Will to Kill). Free, noon. Online. vabook.org/schedule.

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Arts Underground. Art making, drinks, and karaoke inside The Looking Glass. $25, 7pm.

IX Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org.

Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, December 1. Free,10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.

Friday 12/3 music Anthony Semiao. Kick back with a glass of wine and listen to live music at the indoor tasting room. Free, 4pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com.

Darlingside. Praised for its harmonies and intelligent songwriting, the band is a live-performance favorite. $20-25, 8pm.

The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com.

Making Noise in the Library: Acoustic Guitar with Greg C. Brown. An afternoon of guitar music with free refreshments.

Free, noon. Music Library, Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu.

Miss Tess. Vintage Blues, country, and jazz fusion. $18-20, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org.

Tea Time Recitals. See listing for Thursday, December 2. Free, 1pm. UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu.

Virginia Glee Club’s 81st Annual Christmas Concert. Ring in the Holiday season with a cherished Charlottesville tradition. $5-20, 8pm.

UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu.

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Hands on The Virginia Discovery Museum celebrates 40 years and COVID resilience

By Julia Stumbaugh arts @c-ville.com

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The Virginia Discovery Museum, a source of fun for generations of Charlottesville families, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a renovation of its historic carousel on the Downtown Mall.

Hand sanitizer dispensers, mask-wearing mandates, and regularly-cleaned exhibits made these gatherings possible. “The museum’s policies during COVID have been very, very strict,” says Jacquie Pickering, who has volunteered at the museum for 37 years.

“We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from families that they feel safe there…but from what visitors say, the kids seem to be enjoying everything just as much as they did before.”

Even children who were born pre-COVID have grown up in the world of the pandemic, and Dozier reports that they act differently upon their return to the museum.

Unprompted, they clean their hands before interacting with an exhibit. They conscious-

ly space themselves out during crowded activities. And, after a year and a half of limited interaction with others, they must re-learn how to share.

“Children, much like adults, are learning how to navigate the world after being out of the world for a long time…but they’re figuring it out, and they’re resilient,” says Dozier.

Kids whose siblings are undergoing treatment at UVA’s nearby medical center can interact with a friendly kid-sized version of the children’s hospital; young members of locally placed refugee families can make connections at the train-track table, which is so large that it requires more than one child to get the train to chug all the way around.

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s any parent knows, kids share more than just toys when they play—so it’s no surprise that a pandemic spells disaster for children’s museums.

A century after the 1918 Spanish flu caused health boards to shutter kids’ museums across the United States, the 2020 coronavirus again made touch-heavy exhibits impossible. Satellite branches of the Children’s Museum of Richmond in Fredericksburg and at Short Pump have permanently closed. The Virginia Discovery Museum on the Downtown Mall, however, stayed alive, and helped keep children who were forced apart by COVID together, with everything from mail-delivery craft kits to interactive Zoom storytimes.

It’s been a rough stretch for little ones and their parents. “That is the age group and demographic that has had very limited interaction with the world in the past year and a half, just because people obviously want to keep their babies as safe as possible… many of these babies have never seen another baby before, because everybody’s been at home,” says Janine Dozier, Executive Director of the Discovery Museum.

The museum fully reopened this Labor Day, but sales are only a third of their usual numbers. Half of the organization’s regular revenue comes from ticket purchases and yearly memberships. To recoup missing sales, the Discovery Museum will celebrate its upcoming 40th birthday with fundraising campaigns, including a drive to refurbish the carousel that has been spinning outside its doors since 2006.

Because the museum has been open for reservations-only visits since May, it spent months as the only available place for kids attending school remotely to socialize. In fact, the Baby Buds program—where the VDM opened early to welcome parents with kids 2 years old or younger—was the first time many wee ones ever saw children outside their family.

“If kids share a common interest with another child, they’re inclined to get to know them,” says Dozier. “They’re not concerned with another child’s background, or where they’re from, or what’s their life experience.

They just live in the moment and think, ‘Well I like trains, you like trains, let’s get this track to go all the way around.’”

Although it sometimes takes gentle encouragement from some of the museum’s 300-plus volunteers, who range in age from 13 to 83, even the shyest children leave the museum with new friends.

Hands-on activities like the track-building station and car-racing ramp are invaluable learning opportunities, says Isaiah Woo, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student at UVA and a Madison House volunteer. He once watched a 9-year-old discover core engineering principles at the Discovery Museum by spanning the gap between two block towers.

“He figured out that ‘If I place the next one half off and then I weigh the back one down, then it won’t tip over’, because there’s torque,” says Woo. “I didn’t tell him to do that, I watched him figure it out on his own.

I think that’s a lot of what the museum tries to get at, is not telling kids, not lecturing to them, but encouraging them to find creative, innovative solutions on their own.”

Over four decades, the VDM has established itself as one of Charlottesville’s longest-running nonprofits. In the six years before the pandemic, attendance soared, and partnerships with community organizations allowed the museum to welcome 25 percent of these visitors free of charge.

“We want to focus on what the next 40 years will bring, and what a new, renovated, beautiful carousel will bring,” says Dozier. “We can’t get the past 18 to 20 months back, but we can be optimistic, and we can be united, and we can be very much focused on supporting our community and setting our children up for success and joy and excitement moving forward, because they deserve it.”

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When the Rain Stops Falling

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Directed by Marianne Kubik November 18-20 at 8pm December 3, 4 at 8pm December 5 at 2pm Culbreth Theatre The year is 2039. It’s been raining for days when a sudden omen forecasts a great flood to end all life on earth. Climate change becomes the companion to a family tree whose branches span four generations and two continents in this intricate story that considers how patterns of abandonment and betrayal shape a damaging legacy that may test the resilience of its inheritors.

For mature audiences. Please be advised that this play contains potentially distressing topics. For detailed information please read the content warning at drama.virginia.edu/content-warnings.

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Friday 12/3 Virginia Women’s Chorus: Candlelight Concert. The 38th annual concert features a diverse selection of songs. $7-20, 8pm.

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stage It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

The beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with foley artists. $10-18, 8pm. Four County Players, Barboursville Community Center, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org.

When the Rain Stops Falling. Spanning four generations and two continents, the play explores how damaging legacies test the resiliency of its inheritors. Free-$14, 8pm.

Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama. virginia.edu

classes Yoga in the Orchard with Joanna Hughes.

Let the serenity of the mountain air and the peace of the orchard views revitalize your body and prepare you for the day. Free, 9:45am.

Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com.

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Charlottesville’s Grand Illumination. Community tree lighting event features music, food, games, prizes, special guests, and plenty of holiday fun. Free, 5pm. Ting Pavilion, 700 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. tingpavilion.com.

The Power of the Dog, a western starring Benedict Cumberbatch (above), Jesse Plemons, and Kirsten Dunst, is one of the best films of the year.

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Bak ’n Da Day. The R&B vocal quintet performs as part of the December Downtown Outdoor Concert Series. Free, 2pm. The Bricks at Third and Main Street, Downtown Mall. thebridgepai.org.

Berto and Vincent. A night of wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 11am. Tavern & Grocery, 333 W. Main St. tavernand grocery.com.

Family Holiday Concerts: The Charlottesville Symphony & UVA University Singers.

The one-hour program is brimming with festive favorites for concertgoers young and old. $11-47, 8pm. UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu.

Met Live in HD: Eurydice. With a libretto by MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient Sarah Ruhl, adapted from her acclaimed 2003 play, the opera reimagines the familiar tale from Eurydice’s point of view. $18-25, 12:45pm.

The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.

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The Power of the Dog R, 125 minutes Netflix, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema the surly cattleman—from each drag of a cigarette to his snide and tormenting attitude toward Rose. Phil is more than meets the eye, but he works hard to keep people from ever discovering that.

While the politics are occasionally stale, and a character arc or two a bit simplistic, The Power of the Dog is a cinematic triumph; one of the best films of 2021. It is vivid, intriguing, contemplative, entertaining, and capped off with one of the most discussable endings in recent memory.

Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst are excellent in their performances, but Cumberbatch owns this film.

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Holiday Band Concert. Enjoy the sounds of the season with the Second-Wind and First-Wind Bands. Free, 3pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecenter cville.org

where they are, and what it feels like to be around them. Wegner and Campion (The Piano) make each frame a full assault on human perception, and they make it look awfully pretty in the process.

Plemons and Dunst are excellent, but Cumberbatch owns this film. He inhabits the character to an extent that borders on haunting, and he disappears entirely into

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Chamber Music Seminar Recital. Several groups of student musicians performing works they have perfected over the course of the semester. Free, 3:30pm. UVA’s Brooks Hall. music.virginia.edu.

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hile most traditional westerns take place around 1890 or so (when the American frontier was officially no longer deemed unsettled), Jane Campion’s gripping, brilliantly acted The Power of the Dog begins in 1925. We know this because brothers Phil (a mesmerizing Benedict Cumberbatch) and George (Jesse Plemons) get nostalgic during a cattle drive, and reminisce about where they started. Mild George clearly embraces modernity in style and manner, while ornery Phil seems stuck in the past. He hates to bathe and wears formal clothes. Phil also spends his time poking fun at those he thinks are beneath him (he calls George “fatso”), hanging with his bevy of worshipful ranch hands, and rehashing stories from years ago.

Still, Phil and George at first seem perfectly happy with their “Odd Couple” routine—until tension percolates when George meets prim and proper Rose (Kirsten Dunst), the widowed owner of a local inn.

She’s strong-willed but sensible, and despite Phil’s palatable disdain for both her and her mousy son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee),

George marries her, and mother and son move to the brothers’ ranch.

Adapted from Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel, The Power of the Dog, Oscar-winner Campion’s first film in 12 years, moves along at its own deliberate pace, revealing its characters and their changing relationships in five chapters. Phil is abusive, gruff, and spoiled, which makes him an enticing study.

The question of why he’s so cruel is at the center of the film; something that is explored only through what Phil will admit to himself.

There are a lot of moving parts here. The Power of the Dog weaves from one relationship to the next, beginning with Phil and George, later George and Rose, and then Peter and Phil—and the intrigue remains constant throughout.

Visually, the film is unparalleled. Early 20th-century Montana is played by Campion’s native New Zealand, and its vast emptiness is a wonder. The Power of the Dog might be cinematographer ​​Ari Wegner’s (Zola) starkest artistic palette thus far, and she was clearly up to the challenge of conveying how open and untamed this land is.

The contrast between George looking forward and Phil looking back is shown not only through what they say and wear, but

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Kluge-Ruhe Gift Shop Holiday Sale. Fair trade, one-of-a-kind gifts you can’t get anywhere else, with gorgeous patterns designed by top Indigenous artists. Free, 10am- 4pm.

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

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Free,10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.

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Saturday 12/4 Mipso. The North Carolina-bred band captivates audiences with its finely layered harmonies. $15-20, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com.

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Tara Mills. Enjoy wine and live music at the Terrace Bar. Free, noon. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com.

Virginia Women’s Chorus: Candlelight Concert. See listing for Friday, December 3. $7-20, 3:30pm. UVA Chapel, 200 McCormick Rd. virginiawomenschorus.org.

stage It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

See listing for Friday, December 3. $10-18, 8pm. Four County Players, Barboursville Community Center, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org.

When the Rain Stops Falling. See listing for Friday, December 3. Free-$14, 8pm.

Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama. virginia.edu

outside First Saturday Bird Walk. An early morning walk with a leader from the Piedmont Virginia Bird Club. Free, 7:30am. Ivy Creek Natural Area, 1780 Earlysville Rd. ivycreek foundation.org

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Crozet Winter Brews Festival. A celebration of dark beers and winter brews. Free, 11am. Claudius Crozet Park, 1075 Park Rd., Crozet. crozetbeerfest.com.

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Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, December 1. Free, 10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.

HOLIDAY HOURS November 24 — January 2

First Street Holiday Fair. Retail, food, and beverage vendors will set up with holiday goodies, gifts, and treats. Free, 10am. Darling Boutique, 115 First St. S. shopatdarling.com.

Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 1pm-5pm 24 hours a day at

Holiday Open House. Enjoy hot chocolate and holiday music, and meet Santa at this family-friendly event. Free, 11am.

Prince Michel Vineyard & Tap 29 Brewery, 154 Winery Ln., Leon. prince michel.com.

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Sunday 12/5 music Beleza Duo. Enjoy brunch with some samba soul. Free, 10am. The Ridley, 1106 W. Main St. theridleyva.com.

Berto Sales and Vincent Zorn. A night of wild gypsy rumba and Latin guitar. Free, 3pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com.

Cynthia Burke, Detail, Christmas Monkey, oil on panel

Family Holiday Concerts: The Charlottes­ ville Symphony & UVA University Singers.

See listing for Saturday, December 4. $1147, 3:30pm. UVA’s Old Cabell Hall. music. virginia.edu Festival of Advent Lessons & Carols.

The choirs of St. Paul’s Memorial Church present a candlelight performance. Free, 5:30pm. St. Paul’s Memorial Church, 1700 University Ave. spmcuva.org.

Tina Hashemi. Enjoy yourself with live music, award-winning wine and cuisine, and a view that is sure to complete your weekend. Free, noon. Pippin Hill Farm & Vineyards, 5022 Plank Rd., North Garden. pippinhillfarm.com.

Vincent Zorn. Enjoy Sunday brunch with live music. Free, noon. South and Central Latin Grill, 946 Grady Ave., Suite 104. south andcentralgrill.com.

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See listing for Friday, December 3. $10-18, 2:30pm. Four County Players, Barboursville Community Center, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org.

Paramount Presents: Christmas with Elvis. Elvis is in the building this Christmas as Matt Lewis takes the stage along with Big Ray and the Kool Kats. $24-34, 7pm.

The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net.

When the Rain Stops Falling. See listing for Friday, December 3. Free-$14, 2pm.

Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama. virginia.edu

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Pawliday Pet Photos Benefiting Animal Care Assistance Program. Get your pets ready for their close-ups. Free, 11am.

Crate & Marrow, 2035 Bond St. crateand marrow.com.

Orchard to Table Cider Pairing Dinner.

Celebrate Repeal Day, the anniversary of the repealing of Prohibition, with ‘20sthemed cocktails and fabulous food. $100, 5:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarle ciderworks.com.

Monday 12/6 classes Meditation on the Lawn. A virtual drop-in meditation or guided reflection hosted by the Contemplative Sciences Center. Free, 7:45am. Online. csc.virginia.edu.

dance English Country Dance. Partake in some English country dancing, or just come to enjoy the performance. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

music Jazz First Mondays. Jazz quartet playing standards and originals with occasional guest performers. Free, 5pm. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. starrhill.com/crozet.

Monday Music Series. Enjoy delicious food and drink paired with live Latin music from Vincent Zorn, Berto & Vincent, or Beleza. Free, 7pm. South and Central Latin Grill, 946 Grady Ave., Suite 104. southandcentralgrill.com.

Tuesday 12/7 music Sierra Ferrell. The Long Time Coming Tour with Melissa Carper. $15-18, 8pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com.

Vincent Zorn. Enjoy great food, tequila, and mescal paired with some wild gypsy rumba.

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

dance English Country Dance. See listing for Monday, December 6. Free, 1pm. The Center at Belvedere, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org.

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Daily Tours of Indigenous Australian Art. See listing for Wednesday, December 1. Free, 10:30am. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA, 400 Worrell Dr. kluge-ruhe.org.

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DECEMBER SHOWS Suite 101, Ruckersville. “The Red Exhibit” features work from ARCH members. Opens December 4.

Baker Gallery Woodberry Forest School, 898 Woodberry Forest Rd. “Nothing in Particular” features large-scale photographs by John Berry. Through December 18.

The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative 209 Monticello Rd.

“Give & Take” transforms the gallery space into a swap shop of rotating items. Coming in December.

Chroma Projects Inside Vault Virginia, Third St. SE. “Sugar

Create Gallery Inside Indoor Biotechnologies, 700 Harris

St. “Rock, Pebble and Stone” is a group show by the Fiber and Stitch Art Collective. Through December 20.

C’ville Arts Cooperative Gallery 118 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. “Color My World” showcases Gillian Ruffa’s latest work in copper jewelry. Through December 31.

New City Arts 114 Third St. NE. In the Welcome Gallery, “New City Artist Exchange” features works in a variety of mediums from 11 local artists. Opens December 3.

Northside Library 705 Rio Rd. In the lobby, acrylics by Camille Gerrick. In the Quiet Room, melted crayon and acrylic works by Sara Gondwe.

Second Street Gallery 115 Second St. SE. In the Main Gallery, “Inside the Artist’s Studio,” a group exhibition. In the Dové Gallery, “The Third Mind.” Opens December 3.

Studio IX 969 Second St. SE. Features work by Marley Nichelle

as part of the Prolyfyck Exhibition Series. Opens December 3.

Unitarian Universalist Inside the Sanctuary, 717 Rugby Rd. “Season of Light” showcases works by artists of all ages.

Opens December 4.

Quirk Gallery 499 W. Main St. “Maybe/Sometimes,” large-

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scale works on canvas by Aimee Joyaux. Through January 16.

S. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro. Pottery show and sale features affordable works from members. Through January 15.

Visible Records 1740 Broadway St. The Visible Records

Group Show. Opens December 17.

Scheline Crutchfield’s “Hip Chick on Green” is part of her collage series at the new gallery at Neroli Spa.

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Plum Dreams of the Anthropocene” showcases works by Brad Birchett and Aggie Zed. Opens December 3.

Neroli Spa 507 W. Main St. Paintings and collages by Scheline Crutchfield. Through December 31.

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Battle Building 1204 W. Main St. On the ground floor, viewable from outside, “The Bodice Project” is an exhibition of torso sculptures, some of actual women and men who have undergone mastectomies or reconstructive surgery. Through January 2022.

McGuffey Art Center 201 Second St. NW. First Friday event with three floors of art and open studios. In the hallways galleries, the holiday show and sale features two floors of art. December 3.

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t is a real thrill when someone sees one of my paintings and feels a connection,” says painter and collage artist Scheline Crutchfield. “It’s almost like we were in the same place at the same time.” Like many artists, Crutchfield was missing that connection during COVID closures. “I created a lot of new art during the pandemic, but there were no venues for showing it,” she says.

Things changed when Suzanne Owen, owner of Neroli Spa, expressed interest in creating a gallery space. Crutchfield jumped at the chance to share her work with the public again, and saw it as an opportunity to pay it forward. Ten percent of proceeds from the show will be donated to The Women’s Initiative, a local nonprofit that provides counseling, social support, and education programs to women in need.

Primarily known for her oil paintings on canvas, Crutchfield recently started “experimenting with collage as a method to plan out my oil paintings,” she says. “I liked it so much that I began to use [it] as a medium.”

Inspired by women who remained “beautiful, bold, and confident, sort of the opposite of how many women and girls were feeling during the pandemic,” Crutchfield says she was drawn to collage as a way to represent female power.

Her mix of paper, texture, and layering captures the beauty of her subjects. Crutchfield’s “Hip Chick’’ series uses recycled Starbucks K-cup boxes, and vintage wallpaper samples appear in many of her fashion-based collages. The finished products are small but mighty portraits of powerful women.

Perhaps the most meaningful piece in the show?

A blank canvas that represents the challenges women may face when seeking help. “A blank canvas is intimidating. You never know if things will work out the way you want, but making that first mark sets you on a path toward progress.” —Maeve Hayden

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(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Susan Sontag unleashed a bizarre boast, writing, “One of the healthiest things about me—my capacity to survive, to bounce back, to prosper—is intimately connected with my biggest neurotic liability: my facility in disconnecting from my feelings.” Everything about her statement makes me scream NO! I mean, I believe this coping mechanism worked for her; I don’t begrudge her that. But as a student of psychology and spirituality, I know that disconnecting from feelings is, for most of us, the worst possible strategy if we want to be healthy and sane. And I will advise you to do the opposite of Sontag in the coming weeks. December is Stay Intimately Connected with Your Feelings Month.

I’d love to see you open your heart to the sweet dark feelings you’ve been sensing, and open your mind to the disruptive but nourishing ideas you need, and open your gut to the rumbling hunches that are available. Be brave, Aries! Strike up conversations with the unexpected, the unknown, and the undiscovered.

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Taurus

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In some small towns in the Philippines, people can be punished and fined for gossiping. Some locals have become reluctant to exchange tales about the sneaky, sexy, highly entertaining things their neighbors are doing. They complain that their freedom of speech has been curtailed. If you lived in one of those towns, I’d advise you to break the law in the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, dynamic gossip should be one of your assets. Staying well-informed about the human comedy will be key for your ability to thrive.

(April 20-May 20): A Tumblr blogger named Evan addressed a potential love interest. “Do you like sleeping, because so do I,” he wrote. “We should do it together sometime.” You might want to extend a similar invitation, Taurus. Now is a ripe time for you to interweave your subconscious mind with the subconscious mind of an ally you trust. The two of you could generate extraordinary healing energy for each other as you lie together, dozing in the darkness. Other recommended activities: meditating together; fantasizing together; singing together; making spiritual love together. (PS: If you have no such human ally, sleep and meditate with a beloved animal or imaginary friend.)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): “Originality consists in thinking for yourself, and not in thinking unlike other people,” wrote Piscean author James Fitzjames Stephen. Another way to say it: Being rebellious is not inherently creative.

If you primarily define yourself by rejecting and reacting against someone’s ideas, you are being controlled by those ideas. Please keep this in mind, dear Pisces. I want you to take full advantage of your astrological potential during the next 12 months, which is to be absolutely original. Your perceptions and insights will be unusually lucid if you protect yourself from both groupthink and a compulsive repudiation of groupthink.

(March 21-April 19): It’s a favorable time to get excited about your long-range future— and to entertain possibilities that have previously been on the edges of your awareness.

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path,” wrote Norwegian-Danish novelist Sigrid Undset. I think she succeeded in doing both. She won a Nobel Prize for Literature. Her trilogy about a 14th-century Norwegian woman was translated into 80 languages. I conclude that for her—as well as for you in the coming weeks and months—traveling the right road and taking your own errant path will be the same thing.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Chuck Klosterman writes, “It’s far easier to write why something is terrible than why it’s good.”

That seems to be true for many writers.

However, my life’s work is in part a rebellion against doing what’s easy. I don’t want to chronically focus on what’s bad and sick and desolate. Instead, I aspire to devote more of my energy to doing what Klosterman implies is hard, which is to write sincerely (but not naively) about the many things that are good and redemptive and uplifting. In light of your current astrological omens, Gemini, I urge you to adopt my perspective for your own use in the next three weeks. Keep in mind what philosopher Robert Anton Wilson said: “An optimistic mindset finds dozens

of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”

Cancer (June 21-July 22): An organization in Turkey decided to construct a new building to house its workers. The Saruhanbey Knowledge, Culture, and Education Foundation chose a plot in the city of Manisa. But there was a problem. A three-centuries-old pine tree stood on the land. Local authorities would not permit it to be cut down. So architects designed a building with spaces and holes that fully accommodated the tree. I recommend you regard this marvel as a source of personal inspiration in the coming weeks and months. How could you work gracefully with nature as you craft your future masterpiece or labor of love? How might you work around limitations to create useful, unusual beauty?

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Melissa Broder wrote a preposterous essay in which she ruminated, “Is fake love better than real love?

Real love is responsibility, compromise, selflessness, being present, and all that shit. Fake love is magic, excitement, false hope, infatuation, and getting high off the potential that another person is going to save you from yourself.” I will propose, Leo, that you bypass such ridiculous thinking about love in the coming weeks and months. Here’s why: There’s a strong chance that the real love at play in your life will feature magic and excitement, even as it requires responsibility, compromise, selflessness, and being present.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Andre Dubus III describes times when “I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable—like I’m about to cry any second—and wrong.” That sounds dreadful, right? But it’s not dreadful for him. Just the opposite. “I’ve

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get 22.”

Author Dashiell Hammett said that, and now I’m passing it on to you—just in time for a phase of your cycle when putting two and two together will probably not bring four, but rather 22 or some other irregularity. I’m hoping that since I’ve given you a heads-up, it won’t be a problem. On the contrary. You will be prepared and will adjust faster than anyone else—thereby generating a dose of exotic good fortune.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In her poem “Is/Not,” Scorpio poet Margaret Atwood tells a lover, “You are not my doctor, you are not my cure, nobody has that power, you are merely a fellow traveler.” I applaud her for stating an axiom I’m fond of, which is that no one, not even the person who loves you best, can ever be totally responsible for fixing everything wrong in your life. However, I do think Atwood goes too far. On some occasions, certain people can indeed provide us with a measure of healing. And we must be receptive to that possibility. We shouldn’t be so pathologically self-sufficient that we close ourselves off from tender help. One more thing: Just because that help may be imperfect doesn’t mean it’s useless and should be rejected.

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Rare opportunity to purchase an architecturallydesigned, gracious 3,530 square foot residence with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths on a secluded 4.59 acres in the heart of Garth and Owensville Road yet close to all Charlottesville/UVA amenities. MLS#623814 $949,000 Robert Mellen, 434.996.7386

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12-acre country estate, west of Charlottesville. 2-story, 5-BR, 4.5-BA manor home is surrounded by lovely mature gardens, plantings, trees, and a beautiful springfed pond. Truly a rare offering with unsurpassed beauty, tranquility, and country living. MLS#617622 $2,500,000 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076

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Beautifully restored 1780s colonial house located on 293 acres in Northampton County. This historic home has 4 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half baths, a chef ’s kitchen, and a sunroom overlooking the back patio gardens. Fine details include original millwork, heart pine floors, and 5 brick fireplaces. Property has access to the Machipongo River which flows into the Atlantic Ocean!

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Impressive 763-acre country estate approximately 25 miles south of Charlottesville. The property showcases a stately southern residence, built circa 1904, extensive equestrian facilities, recreation opportunities, creeks and a pond. MLS#623792 $6,295,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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Set on 43 park-like acres, this stately Farmington gem features a 1931-33 Georgian house, indoor pool and tennis facilities, spectacular Blue Ridge views, total privacy and an exceptional close-totown location. On historic registers. MLS#617686 $8,450,000 Steve McLean, 434.981.1863

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Classic Virginia brick home, circa 1855, situated on 22 acres just off Route 29 South, less than 10 minute drive to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. This home has mountain views, and is surrounded by large trees and mature landscaping, including numerous perennial and vegetable gardens.

Other improvements include a two bedroom guest or rental cottage, several outbuildings and shared ownership on a large lake. The home has four bedrooms and three full baths on three levels. $985,000 MLS#624421 Jim Faulconer, 434.981.0076 www.moorelandva.com

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Open, extremely spacious floor plan with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Enjoy expansive mountain and city views from inside or from one of 2 balconies.

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RAGGED MOUNTAIN

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SIMMONS GAP/ ESTES RIDGE

10 acres of mature woods. Property has long road frontage and consists of two parcels being combined and sold as one. No HOA! Design and build your dream residence on this very well-priced parcel.

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BLANDEMAR FARM ESTATES

25.4 acres with varying topography and amazing rock outcroppings. Unique design opportunities to create a stunning residence with magnificent views.

Convenient to Charlottesville and the University of Virginia. Fiber optic available. MLS#593358 $554,000 Charlotte Dammann, 434.981.1250

KESWICK

Wonderful wooded, 10.56-acre lot in Keswick.

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ESTES RIDGE

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FRAY’S GRANT

3 fabulous home sites mostly in beautiful hardwoods, gently rolling and priced below tax assessments! Each lot is 2+ acres on private setting.

Only ten minutes to airport, excellent shopping, including Harris Teeter, Target, Kohls, Bonefish Grill and Starbucks. Jim Faulconer, 434,981.0076

COLONNADE DRIVE

In-fill Development Opportunity – Close to UVA. Corner at Ivy RD (250) behind Shell gas station.

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GREENTREES

188+ acres in Albemarle, 12 miles south of Charlottesville on Rt 20. This wooded tract, mostly in hardwoods, offers long road frontage with potential for eight 21-acre lots. There is conservation easement potential. MLS#614109 $1,299,000 Tim Michel, 434.960.1124

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Wonderful gently rolling parcel of land with just under 26 acres, 18 miles south of Charlottesville.

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CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS!

Grand Illumination The City of Charlottesville’s Grand Illumination is a special family affair.

This time festivities are set for the Ting Pavilion, at the east end of the Downtown Mall, on Friday, December 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. While the highlight is the spectacular lighting of the 30-foot, 30-year-old Norway Spruce community tree in City Hall Plaza, the event will also feature music, food, games, and prizes, plus special guests. The American Military Spouses Choir and the Voices of

decorations along with the usual bounty of produce and crafts, fresh food and baked goods for taking home or eating on site. See what strikes your fancy on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. through December 18. The Key’s Corner Indoor Market in the Herman Key Recreation Center (formerly the Carver Recreation Center) bridges the gap between the Holiday and warm weather City Markets and begins January 8.

Waldorf School Holiday Bazaar “To market, to market, to buy a fat (fruitcake)” is what we learned as little kids, and if you grew up thinking that sounded like multiple markets, around here you were right. Charlottesville Waldorf School’s Holiday Bazaar offers its own fine selection of handmade gifts, including jump ropes, beeswax candles, and holiday wreaths. Other activities include storytelling, and a holiday singalong with Blue Ridge Music Together, and a silent auction and raffle. Admission is free. Activity tickets will be sold on-site, and credit cards accepted. No pets. The Bazaar’s adults-only shopping preview is Friday, December 3 from 6:00

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Charlottesville City Market The Charlottesville City Market on Water Street and in IX Art Park sips a little eggnog each November and morphs into a holiday market stocked with gifts, wreaths and

to 9:00 p.m. On Saturday, December 4 the bazaar is open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Run for Charity, Run Off the Calories The little ones don’t notice, but the Santa on the Mall is probably not the same guy as the Santa at the shopping center last week, who is probably not the same as...you get it, even if they don’t.

Santa is its own job category in December.

Not all Clauses are real, and some are extra nice. You can “Be a Claus for a Cause” yourself by supporting The Arc of the Piedmont at the Charlottesville Santa Fun Run, Saturday, December 4 at 11:00 a.m. All proceeds from the event will support the group’s programs for people in Charlottesville and the surrounding community who live with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Register online. Participants (walkers are also welcome) will follow a one-mile

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Service, both veterans of America’s Got Talent, will entertain, and Santa plans a grand entrance, accompanied by friends from the North Pole.

Kids will love the bounce houses, face painting, games, and rides on the Holiday Train. Local nonprofits and businesses will hold raffles and give away goodies; the Charlottesville Holiday Market will sell treats and holiday crafts; food trucks will serve hot food and drinks, and the Charlottesville Ale Trail will provide local craft beer and wine selections. Good Shot Judy will play holiday swing music at the After Party beginning at 7:15 p.m.

The Grand Illumination is free and open to the public, with complimentary parking at Water and Market Street garages after 4:00 p.m.

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route beginning and finishing at the Ting Pavilion on the Downtown Mall.

Adults will receive Santa suit costumes; kids will get elf ears. Light refreshments will be served starting at 9:30 a.m. Spectators are welcome. The run will take place rain, snow, or shine. Awards and prizes will be presented to the top corporate and family team fundraisers.

Joggers, elf enthusiasts, thrill-seekers, and Cotton-headed Ninnymuggins are invited to get in the holiday spirit with the Paramount’s 5th Annual Brew & Buddy Run. Starting at the theater at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 19, runners will make a three-mile loop around the Downtown area with stops at Champion and Three Notch’d for beers before returning to the Paramount for a 6:00 p.m. screening of Elf. For their registration fee, runners receive a 2021 Brew & Buddy Run souvenir cup, a free pour at each brewery, a dollar off beer purchases at the Paramount’s concessions, and free admission to the film.

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The Oratorio Society of Virginia Presents: Christmas at The Paramount The Oratorio Society of Virginia returns to public performance on Saturday, December 18 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. with its annual Christmas at the Paramount program. Music Director Michael Slon and 60 of the community’s finest singers will present this beloved Charlottesville holiday tradition. The choir will be accompanied by an orchestra as it sings excerpts from Antonio Vivaldi’s timeless and joyful Gloria and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s stirring and powerful All-Night Vigil. Holiday works from Virginia’s own Adolphus Hailstork, Abbie Betinis, and familiar seasonal favorites round out the concert.

The Magic Flute Mozart’s The Magic Flute is best known for “Queen of the Night,” a dazzling aria for a fearless soprano. Julie Taymor’s shortened, English-language version of Mozart’s timeless fairy tale, conducted

by James Levine with a winning ensemble cast including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew Polenzani, and René Pape, was a hit when the Metropolitan Opera staged it in 2006. The Paramount will offer an encore livestream of this family favorite on Wednesday, December 30 at 2:30 p.m.

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Cendrillon On New Year’s Day the Paramount will present another Metropolitan Opera hit, Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon. This new and abridged 90-minute adaptation, also sung in English, will star mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess, mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians. Emmanuel Villaume will conduct; Mary Ann Archer, a flutist with the Met for 26 years, will give a complimentary pre-opera lecture at noon.

Theater Elvis will be in the building when Matt Lewis takes the stage at the Paramount Theater with Charlottesville’s own Big Ray and the Kool Kats on Sunday December 5. The tribute artist that USA Today called “The Best in Las Vegas!” will sing “Blue Christmas,” “I’ll be Home for Christmas,” “Here Comes Santa Claus” and more holiday hits, plus classic Elvis songs from his rockabilly era, his Vegas years and, perhaps best of all, his 1968 Comeback Special.

Monticello For Thomas Jefferson, Christmas was “the day of greatest mirth and jollity,” and the high point of a social and religious season extending from Advent through Christmastide. Monticello’s Holiday Evening Tours, December 10, 11, 17-23, and 26-30, offer an opportunity to see Monticello as it may have looked in Jefferson’s time, decorated with the then popular style of holiday greenery.

Ticketholders will tour both public and private areas of the home, including the iconic Dome Room, and will also learn about the holiday traditions of Monticello’s enslaved community.

Annual Wreath Workshops are a tradition up on the mountain now. Led by Monticello Guide and Floral Designer, Lou Hatch and Monticello Curator of Plants, Peggy Cornett, attendees will create a door decoration that will last throughout the season. Guided instruction will be given for different styles of wreaths, including, traditional, natural and modern.

These three-hour wreath-making workshops will be held on Thursday, December 2 at 9:30 a.m., Friday, December 3 at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, December 4 at 9:30 a.m., and Sunday, December 5 at 2:00 p.m. Lou Hatch will also present a Virtual Wreath Workshop, on Saturday, December 4. Virtual workshop ticket buyers will receive a shopping list of required materials.

Joseph C. Cabell, a Jefferson protégé who later helped him found the University of Virginia and served on its Board of Visitors for almost 40 years, once gave his mentor a walking stick as a Christmas gift. Walking sticks are not for sale in the Monticello gift shop, but shoppers will find ornaments, jewelry, clothing, furniture, books and much more.

Highlands James Monroe’s Highlands estate’s own holiday tour tradition, scheduled this year for December 11 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., is called After Hours at Highland. Participants will be greeted by James Monroe reenactor Beau Robbins and given a private candlelit viewing of newly opened exhibits in the 1818 guesthouse.

Time will be allowed for questions and discussion.

A Christmas Carol A year ago, we had a choice of streams or DVDs, on flat screens, laptops, I-Pads, or phones. “Bah Humbug” that ‘twas, because nothing is finer than the anticipation of walking through the doors of our local theaters. “God bless us everyone,” the theaters are open again, including

Making Spirits Bright You can dance in your seat—or all around your living room—when Valley Dance Theatre presents Making Spirits Bright, Sunday, December 5 at 2:00 and 5:30 p.m., both live at Waynesboro’s Wayne Theatre and streaming online.

Dancers aged 3 and up will perform Nutcracker excerpts and classic and contemporary holiday favorites.

A Christmas Story: The Musical Is there anything for making spirits bright quite like a troupe of beaming actors taking a bow after a live musical?

If you doubt, get yourself to Waynesboro’s Wayne Theater, December 9-12 and 16-19, for A Christmas Story: The Musical. Based on the holiday movie classic and set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the play follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker on his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts—an Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200shot Range Model air rifle.

Imagine accidentally shoving Santa off your roof on Christmas Eve, then magically recruited to take his place in

the sleigh. That’s what happens to Scott (Tim Allen) in the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. The Wayne will show this Christmastime romantic comedy on Monday, December 20 at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Dark Tales and Haunts of The Queen City—Christmas Edition Are you brave enough for a haunted tour of downtown Staunton? The Christmas edition of the Dark Tales and Haunts of The Queen City starts at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 4 and Saturday, December 11, and stops at Western State Asylum, the Depot Station, Miss Charlotte Coffman’s House, and other local spots where history is strange and scary.

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Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, one of the world’s best settings for Shakespeare, and the annual haunt of Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

The Charles Dicken’s Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, previews at Blackfriars on Friday, December 10, opens officially the following evening, and runs through December 30. Masks are required and seats spaced.

Artisan Christmas Fair Tired of Black Friday frenzy over the latest must have tech toys? The Artisan Christmas Fair at Staunton’s Frontier Culture Museum, November 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., offers gifts with real personality and handmade by local artisans. The food is good too, and the costumed staff bring to life holiday traditions from around the world. The fair is a pay-what-you-will event, with all donations gladly accepted.

Santa’s made his list, gotten his shots, and is hitting town soon. We are so ready.

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ENDING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28, 2021 THERE WERE 67 SALES IN THE 11 COUNTY AND CITY AREAS

n 19 were in Albemarle with an average price of $384,248 n 3 were in Charlottesville with an average price of $315,667 n 5 were in Fluvanna with an average price of $317,800 n 3 were in Greene with an average price of $385,000 n 14 were in Louisa with an average price of $415,136 n 5 were in Nelson with an average price of $546,995 n 8 were in Orange with an average price of $295,936 n 4 were in Staunton with an average price of $310,352 n 6 were in Waynesboro with an average price of $225,483

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