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Hello, Charlottesville! Thank you for reading C-VILLE Weekly. All across America, small businesses help make up the fabric of close-knit communities. From familyowned mom-and-pops to the latest venture by a local entrepreneur, small businesses bring color and character to all sorts of markets and neighborhoods. Our city is no different, and in this week’s cover story (p.22) we highlight a local store that’s suffered the impacts of an aging customer base and a worldwide pandemic, and whose community is rallying support to keep it afloat.

Reid’s Super-Save Market on Preston Avenue has been called a Charlottesville institution, and this week Carol Diggs spoke with the owners about the store’s recent plight of empty shelves and thinning crowds—and the creator of a GoFundMe raising money to save it. Reid’s has a decades-long legacy in the city and has remained a family business, but does that mean that it deserves donations to keep it going amid all the other causes in Charlottesville worth contributing to? So far the GoFundMe has more than doubled the $10,000 goal initially set, so it’s clear that some people think Reid’s is worth their support.

Also this week, be sure to check our back page for Haikus from the Heart contest results. We got a lovely crop of romantic poems this year, and are excited to share them with you. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!—Richard DiCicco

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Diving in University of Virginia swimmers made waves over the weekend, with wins at both the World Aquatics Championships and the Cavalier Invite. And in Doha, Qatar, the Cavaliers have three medals at press time, including a world record gold in the 200m medley by alumna Kate Douglass. Other achievements include silver and bronze medals won by second-year Claire Curzen and third-year Jack Aikins, respectively. At home, the Hoos swam to 23 first places at the Cavalier Invite.

Högwaller Brewing is honoring late founder Wilson “Will” Richey with another beer, Merci Mr. Richey. The brew, made in collaboration with Basic City Beer Company, launched February 8 and is available for a limited time on tap and in a four pack. The French-inspired Pilsner follows Högwaller Brewing’s release of a lager named Ode to a Nightingale, in honor of the Charlottes­ ville restaurateur.

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The University of Virginia men’s basketball team’s hot streak came to an end on February 13 with an upset 74-63 loss to the University of Pittsburgh. The Hoos' defeat marks the end of an eight-game winning streak, and is the first time the Cavs have lost at John Paul Jones Arena since December 2022.

UVA returns to the court at noon on February 17 for a home game against Wake Forest.

Make camp The Charlottesville Department of Parks and Rec opened up summer camp registration for city residents on February 12. Programs are available for all children ages 5 to 12, with a focus on providing both educational and recreational opportunities for local youth.

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non-residents. Programs include Camp Shenandoah, for rising first through fourth graders, and Camp Blue Ridge, for rising fifth through seventh graders. Both camps run from 7:30am to 5:30pm, include breakfast and lunch, and will have a different theme each week for repeat campers.

The city is also offering a new program at the end of the summer: Ultimate

Adventure Camp runs from July 29 to August 9. Registration for the field trip-packed option opens March 11, with a cost of $125 per week for residents and $150 a week for non-residents.

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Wilt’s proposed legislation would allow “any deer, bear, turkey, or elk that appears to have been killed in a collision with a motor vehicle to be claimed by and awarded to any person” and open up collection of carcasses beyond hunting season. Though interested parties still must verify an animal’s death and get permission from author​​ities before taking the carcass, the bill opens up the doors for more remains to be collected by residents rather than VDOT. Though the bill passed the House with 98 yeas and one abstention, it must be approved by the state Senate and governor before it can go into effect. HB 1025 was referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources on February 7, and a senate-wide vote on the legislation has not been scheduled at press time.

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The legislation—House Bill 1025, introduced by Republican Del. Tony Wilt—would expand who can take home what carcasses and when. Currently, Virginia drivers are required to report roadkill to either a conservation officer or law enforcement, and remains may only be claimed by the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash. Present law further restricts the collection of roadkill to deer and bear during their respective hunting season.

Since the end of hunting season this year, 16 deer have been recovered from Albemarle County roadways, according to wildlife carcass removal data from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Between January 8, 2023, and press time, VDOT reports collecting remains of 320 deer and 12 bears from the

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Stepping up CHS interim principal brings experience and connections to role

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Though Kenneth Leatherwood was raised in Tennessee, Charlottesville High School’s interim principal built his career in education here in town, starting as a social studies teacher and basketball coach in the 1970s.

“He told his office … ‘I need to be out for two days. My school’s in trouble. I want to go and see if I can help,’” Burke says. “And so he was here for two days, and he was here because he loves the school and he loves Kenny Leatherwood.”

While Burke emphasizes that changes to the school’s atmosphere could not be attributed to one factor, she notes that CHS has felt calmer since Leatherwood stepped in as principal. Leatherwood says he’s happy with the progress that has been made since the reset, but added that his role as an interim principal was not to make major or permanent changes, but rather to provide consistency and stability.

Burke and Wainwright say the role of interim principal has been difficult for others in the past, but Leatherwood’s familiarity with the school, its faculty, and its student body has helped. Leatherwood says his primary strengths as principal lie in his ability to connect with students and staff.

As a teacher, Burke says she feels supported

by Leatherwood.

“He’s very much a teacher’s principal,” she says. “He wants the teachers to do well. He wants them to build relationships with the

kids. He wants to support them. He’s fiercely loyal to his staff and to the teachers that work with him.”

The school is in the process of searching for a permanent principal to begin in fall 2024. Both Wainwright and Burke say they would like someone with experience and who would commit to serving in the position a long time.

Wainwright says he’d like “somebody from the community, possibly. [Someone] that knows Charlottesville, because Charlottesville is a different animal. Anybody that comes from outside moving in, it takes a while to sort of figure out how this works.”

Leatherwood says a lot has changed since he arrived at CHS. In 1977, the minimum age to buy tobacco products was 16 and there was a designated smoking area for students. Over the years, he’s seen many clothing and hairstyles come and go, and some return. But a lot, he says, remains the same.

“I’ll just say that kids are kids and students are students,” he says.

According to Leatherwood, this will be his last role in the Charlottesville City Schools—though he’s said that before.

“He’s very much a teacher’s principal. ... He’s fiercely loyal to his staff and to the teachers that work with him.”

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know a lot of people. And I think that’s made the difference here.”

Leatherwood arrived most recently at CHS in the midst of November’s “hard reset,” which was spearheaded by the school administration after numerous fights and other incidents resulted in teachers calling in sick and the school closing for three days.

Wainwright and Burke both say Leatherwood’s connections to the school and community helped ease tension in the aftermath.

“It was almost like the building took a sigh,” Burke says. “Everybody knows him in the community, even though he wasn’t born here. … I think that he’s just such a part of the community that people feel really comfortable with him and they know that he’s going to call it like he sees it. And as a teacher, that’s the way he was with me in all of his roles. He was very honest and upfront.”

Burke says Leatherwood’s connections helped mobilize many community members to get involved in helping the school. During the hard reset, volunteers would walk the halls to provide support to students. She mentioned one former student and son of a former teacher who took time off from his Richmond job to volunteer.

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enny grew up in Charlottesville,” says Lois Burke, who has worked with Charlottesville High School interim principal Kenneth Leatherwood for many years.

This isn’t literally true, she clarifies. Leatherwood was raised in Tennessee and moved to Charlottesville when he was in his early 20s. But almost all of Leatherwood’s decadeslong career as an educator and administrator has been in Charlottesville City Schools.

He started at CCS in 1977, when he was hired as a social studies teacher and JV basketball coach at Charlottesville High School.

Leatherwood, who played basketball in college, went on to become head coach in 1981.

He also served as social studies department chair and assistant athletic director. In the late ’80s he took a position as dean of students, and in 1993 he gave up coaching to become assistant principal. In 2003, Leatherwood became CHS principal and served in the position until 2008. After that, he worked for human resources at the central office and as director of the alternative educational institution Henry Avenue Learning Center, later renamed Lugo-McGinness Academy. He retired in 2013.

Since leaving CCS, he has returned to serve in numerous interim capacities: assistant principal of Clark Elementary, and principal of Venable Elementary, Greenbriar Elementary, and Walker Upper Elementary. Most recently, he stepped in at CHS after former principal Rashaad Pitt resigned in November.

Many students and faculty were familiar with Leatherwood, 69, before he returned to CHS last fall. Juniors and seniors remember him as their principal at Walker, while others knew him from when they were in elementary school at Greenbriar or Clark. Some current CHS teachers had him as a teacher or principal when they were high school students. Others recall working with him.

“I have great relationships with people from over the years,” Leatherwood says. “I talked to a lady today, she works with a nonprofit. …

I didn’t have any idea who she was at the time.

And it turned out, I was her history teacher in 1980, 1983 … and she remembered the class. She told me she appreciated me being here. … It made me feel pretty good about the relationships that I’ve built over the years and I guess that’s part of who I am.”

CHS teacher Lester Wainwright says Leatherwood’s community connections go beyond Charlottesville City Schools.

“He’s from the community,” Wainwright says. “He’s big into his church and his wife [is] also. And so … they have Sunday dinners … and a lot of people come, so they

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New City Counselor Natalie Oschrin says she finds it strange that the development code is retroactive.

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s part of the adoption of the development code on December 18, 2023, a divided City Council set a date of August 31 for when projects would be reviewed under the new rules and would be subject to new affordability requirements.

Councilor Natalie Oschrin was in the audience as a community member in December, but she was on the dais on February 5.

“I thought it was very strange that it was retroactive and it was a 3-2, and if I had been up here that day, it would have been a 3-2 vote in the other direction,” says Oschrin, who was sworn in at the end of 2023.

The Charlottesville Area Development Roundtable sent a letter to council requesting that the date be moved to December 18. City Councilors Michael Payne and Lloyd Snook disagreed out of a concern that the city would lose millions that would be paid into the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund under higher pay-in-lieu fees under the new code.

“It’s a complete mess and $30 million, even $10 million or $20 million, is the difference between a homeless shelter being built or all phases of public housing getting built or not,” Payne says.

There are only a handful of projects that were submitted under the old rules that would be affected. The 3-2 vote to move the cut-off date forward was not anticipated on the agenda and came at the end of a very long meeting.

One new component that comes with the new rules is a city website that allows

anyone the chance to review the hundreds of permits that come through City Hall each month.

“Anyone can view the projects that are in front of the city through our public portal, so you can pull that open, see the plans and see what’s coming, and then of course you can submit questions directly to the Neighborhood Development Services office,” says James Freas, director of Neighborhood Development Services.

The portal is active, though not all of the site plans are uploaded, as is the case with 1216 River Vista Ave., which was bought

by Mount View Properties, purchaser of the single-family detached house in December for $425,000. This property is adjacent to a future 72-unit development the company obtained a rezoning for in 2022.

Another item to track in the portal as the new development code comes into effect is whether landowners will take advantage of the additional density built into the new rules.

The owner of 1105 Grove St. in Fifeville has filed for a demolition permit for a single-family structure that straddles two lots. That work has an estimated cost of $10,000. The property is not currently listed, but marketing materials state that the new Residential A zoning would allow three units per lot. However, the new system puts a lot of discretion in Freas’ hands.

“This information would need to be verified by the City of Charlottesville zoning administrator,” reads the realtor’s website for the property.

A question to ask a lot in the coming months is: How will the public find out?

“Anyone can view the projects that are in front of the city through our public portal, so you can pull that open, see the plans and see what’s coming.”

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Community and customers rally to save Reid’s

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ast fall, Megan Salgado stopped by Reid’s Super-Save Market on Preston Avenue and was gobsmacked. “The shelves were almost completely empty,” she recalls. “I’d seen on Instagram that the store was in trouble, but it was worse than I thought.” In January, she decided to galvanize support for the long-standing neighborhood grocery store and put up a GoFundMe page to raise $10,000 to help it survive.

Reid’s GoFundMe page—which, as of this writing, has raised more than $20,000, twice the original ask— generated local media interest, and stirred up debate: Is the purpose of public fundraising efforts to get a failing business out of trouble? Or is the purpose of a community funding effort to raise all boats in the community, whether they are an individual, a nonprofit, or a store that’s a neighborhood institution?

The market’s supporters and donors clearly feel Reid’s is a special case; many regard it as part of “the

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Reid’s co-owner Sue Clements, who’s committed to keeping the store open, says sales dropped post-pandemic, and they had trouble paying distributors and keeping shelves stocked.

people have continued to get paid, and there haven’t been any layoffs.”) This is when Megan Salgado walked in and mentioned the possibility of a GoFundMe page to one of the store managers. Other customers had brought up the idea, but Sue and Billy said they were reluctant to put up a page asking their own customers for help. They were, however, open to the idea of the community taking charge.

A few weeks later, Salgado decided to go ahead.

She had grown up in Charlottesville, and spent her middle school years in the Rose Hill neighborhood.

“I would always run into people I knew [at Reid’s],” she says. After moving away from Charlottesville, she recently returned to live in the Woolen Mills neighborhood and would shop at Reid’s a couple times a month. “It’s a really good location for a grocery store, I would stop by on my way to somewhere and pick up things I need. Once it was a bundle of firewood—you can’t get that at a convenience store.”

But her reactions to Reid’s troubles went deeper than convenience and nostalgia. “In Charlottesville, we talk about being a community and keeping things local, but sometimes there’s a disconnect between the talk and what’s happening. How can we be better about that?” To Salgado, Reid’s is even more than a beloved community institution—“it’s a grocery store in the middle of a food desert. If Reid’s shuts down, who are the people who will be hurt by that?”

When Salgado put up the page, she set a goal of $10,000, a figure she picked randomly, “and I thought that would be a reach.” She posted the link to Reid’s Facebook page, and shared it on NextDoor and her Instagram account. “I was surprised at how quickly [the GoFundMe page] caught on—it’s apparent the store has quite a following.”

Of more than 200 donations, the majority range from $10 and $100—but there are many for $200 to $500. Notably, there are two $1,000 donations from fellow businesses: Bodo’s and The Markets of Tiger Fuel, both of which have stores across Preston Avenue from Reid’s.

“I see Reid’s as a community resource, and the well-being of their business is important to the community,” says John Kokola, co-owner of Bodo’s.

“And they’re our neighbor, I want to help when I can.

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old Charlottesville.” The original store downtown, then called the Stop ‘n’ Shop, was bought by Malcolm Reid in 1961 and renamed. When the building burned down in 1982, Reid sold his satellite store on Preston Avenue to employee H. Kennan “Kenny” Brooks. Brooks died in 2016, and his daughters Kim Miller and Sue Clements took over. Sue, who works full-time for the University of Virginia, has gotten more involved in the grocery store’s operation in the last few years. Her husband, Billy, who handles

day-to-day operations, has worked there for more than 35 years, while Kim is more involved in running the satellite Reid’s in Dillwyn, which opened in 2015.

The first thing Sue wants to make clear is her commitment to keeping the store open. “My father was the kind of guy who, if you came in and said you didn’t have the money for groceries that week, he’d let you shop and pay him back later—that’s just the kind of man he was. We still have customers who will call and ask us to put an order together for them.

We try to help our customers out—we had a community day here the year before COVID hit, and it was a huge success.”

Reid’s still has a large community posting board outside its entrance, with everything from concert ads and lost pet fliers to business cards and event notices.

But times and the neighborhoods have changed.

“It used to be that 60 to 70 percent of our customers were from the neighborhoods [Rose Hill/Birdwood, 10th and Page, and Starr Hill],” says Sue. “Now it’s under 50 percent.” As the neighborhood population has aged, customers pass away and families move out; large family homes get sold off. Real estate values have soared as the Preston Avenue corridor has developed, but the people moving into the new upscale homes and apartments have new habits. “People don’t do all their grocery shopping in one place anymore,” Billy Clements notes.

The Clements acknowledge a confluence of factors that they should have noticed earlier. Troubles began well before the pandemic—which actually boosted sales, as people were reluctant to go into large grocery stores and were buying in bulk for fear of shortages.

But then, when the shutdown eased, people stopped hoarding. Post-pandemic issues hit the store hard; as sales dropped, they had trouble making the payments to distributors to keep products in stock. By last October, Reid’s had a sign on the door letting customers know that in spite of empty shelves, the store was still open. “We own this building, and it’s valuable real estate,” says Sue. “It would be easy to sell, but our customers were saying, ‘Please don’t leave us.’”

The crisis spurred the Clements to re-examine their operations, realizing that business as usual wouldn’t suffice. (Sue says proudly that although they have lost some employees to attrition, “all our

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They represent the spirit of the neighborhood, and have deep roots in Charlottesville’s history. And then, what would it look like if this business weren’t here any more? I hope that people will vote with their feet, and their pocketbook.”

Gordon Sutton, president of Tiger Fuel, says, “My brother [Taylor Sutton, Tiger Fuel’s COO] and I live downtown; we shop at Reid’s, we love the people there—they’re really service-oriented and friendly— and we want to see them survive.” The Preston Avenue Tiger Market staff have been known to send a tray of sandwiches over to the Reid’s staff for lunch.

Sutton acknowledges the objections that have been voiced about donating to a business when so many community efforts in Charlottesville need support.

“I vetted the idea through our management and our marketing director, who oversees our efforts to support local nonprofits, and got their blessing. We all see Reid’s as a community institution.”

In the end, Sutton says, he and his colleagues decided that Reid’s was a special case, and a place worth supporting: “I’m cheering for an old institution that I like.”

So is long-time customer Norman Lamson, who has lived in the Rose Hill area and patronized Reid’s for 30 years. “I’ve always done all my shopping there,” he says. “It’s five minutes away, and they have the best meats in Charlottesville.” Seeing the empty shelves “was sad—I figured they were having difficulties, so I decided to keep going there to support the store. It’s important that it’s a family business.”

While the outpouring of support was welcome, the Clements know that Reid’s has to succeed as a business to survive. The first step, says Sue: “Address what we’re selling. In the past, the grocery business was all about options. But now, we’re going to be stocking fewer products while still offering a range of high-, low-, and midpoint cost items.”

Reid’s has always been known for its meat and produce. Fresh fruits and vegetables can be hard to

find in a small mom-and-pop outlet, but Reid’s has an entire wall of produce at prices close to the large supermarkets. One online reviewer may have noted that you can’t find bok choy or papaya, but then there’s plenty of shelf labels noting what foods are eligible for SNAP benefits. “We are trying to serve all the genres of our neighborhood,” Sue says.

But it’s the meat department that gets customers raving—and coming back. Reid’s is one of the few stores around that has its own meat-cutter, a skill that is less and less available as more large outlets stock only pre-cut and pre-wrapped meat.

The market carries a wide selection of beef, ready to sell or cut to order. Billy says proudly, “You want your steaks two inches thick, fine. You can even call ahead.” Reid’s selection of pork runs from head to feet—literally. “We sell everything but the squeal” is clearly one of Billy’s favorite lines, and you can always find Kite’s Virginia ham. The offerings of poultry and fish are more basic; fresh fish is delivered once a week.

One innovation that has brought in buyers is the new value aisle. When a distributor has an overage, or a good deal on products the Clements think will suit their customers, they advertise the weekly special on Reid’s Facebook page and website, and in local fliers. These rotating specials can include special-offer meats and produce, as well as staples from canned tomatoes, cereal, and soft drinks to mac-and-cheese, vegetable oil, and Oreos.

Sue is aware the store’s marketing efforts have to expand, and she hopes the attention to its plight will encourage more people to come in the door. “Grocery stores are a penny-making business. But we’re here to serve the community—the people and families that work here, our family, and the families that shop here.”

As for the GoFundMe page, Salgado always saw it as a temporary measure to get Reid’s back from the brink. “The key is to have people patronize the place,” she says. “I hope people know that they ought to be shopping there. I hope they capitalize on this interest.”

“The challenges facing small local businesses aren’t any different here in Charlottesville,” says Matt Johnson, assistant director of the City of Charlottesville’s Office of Economic Development. “Sourcing supplies, slim margins, the cost of real estate whether you own or rent, attracting the right staff—these are universal problems. But because small businesses usually run with much tighter profit margins, they often have less funding available to facilitate change.”

Long-standing small businesses, especially those that are locally owned, have a special character, says Johnson. “People have emotional connections to these places, where they might have gone as children or shopped in their early years. That’s the benefit of having these businesses— they help to shape the community.”

OED strives to be responsive to businesses of all sorts and sizes, says Johnson. “One of our main purposes is to serve as a point of contact. Whether your business has challenges or you want to position your business for future growth, we want to point you to the resources you need, within city government or outside sources and partners.” He notes that OED is adding a staff person who will be specifically focused on supporting entrepreneurs.

Johnson cited other resources in the area which, like OED, are available without fees—and most of them have programs specifically geared to small, women-owned, and minority businesses:

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A FREE CONCERT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Award-winning singer, songwriter, and human rights activist opens her world tour

Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 7 pm Old Cabell Hall Sara Curruchich, Maya Kaqchikel Guatemalan singer-songwriter is the first indigenous Guatemalan singer and songwriter to sing in Kaqchikel (her mother tongue), as well as Spanish, for an international audience. Her voice and message of love, awareness, respect, and defense of life in all its forms, have led many people to regard her as a beacon of light and hope. Her music blends various genres such as rock, folk and traditional Mayan Kaqchikel music. Sara music focuses primarily on the experiences of Indigenous people, bringing traditional Guatemalan music and modern sounds together to reflect the diversity and history of her people.

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Old Cabell Hall ursday, February 22, 2024 | 7:00 pm Sara Curruchich, Maya Kaqchikel Guatemalan singer-songwriter is the first indigenous Guatemalan singer and songwriter to sing in Kaqchikel (her mother tongue), as well as Spanish, for an international audience.

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Her music blends various genres such as rock, folk and traditional Mayan Kaqchikel music. Sara music focuses primarily on the experiences of Indigenous people, bringing traditional Guatemalan music and modern sounds together to reflect the diversity and history of her people.

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UVA Drama’s New Works Festival treats audiences to a varied collection of short works, ranging from drama to farce, that explore everything from workplace woes to matters of the heart. The pithy plays are written, directed, designed, and performed by students. Travel back in time to regency-era England in Becca Davis’ The Sapphire Hyacinth, follow along as a couple navigate a breakup in Mary Hall’s Running Out of Time, sit in on a PTA meeting at a private school in Abby Milne’s Karens, and more. $5, 8pm. Helms Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu

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The Robert Cray Band hits the road for the first time since the release of its 2020 album, That’s What I Heard. The Grammy-nominated roots and Southern soul record is just the latest achievement in the band’s fourdecade career, with over 15 albums released, an induction into the Blues Hall of Fame, an Americana Music Awards Lifetime Achievement, and five Grammy wins. With opener Corey Harris. $29.75–59.75, 8pm.

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Feathers are flying and there’s glitter galore at Live Arts’ Kinky Boots. The heart-warming musical sees an unlikely partnership blossom between Charlie Price, owner of a failing shoe factory, and Lola, a fabulous drag queen in need of a pair of sturdy stilettos. Xavier Taylor dons a sky-high wig for the role of Lola opposite Paulius Sinkora as Charlie. Jude Hansen directs, with music direction by Abby Smith. $28–33, times vary. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

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Wednesday 2/14 music Berto & Matt. Latin guitar night. Free, 7pm.

The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com Hard Swimmin’ Fish. Blues, roots, and original music. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

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Jim & Juice. Murder ballads, country classics, and good times with Jim Waive and Jen Fleisher. Free, 7pm. Blue Moon Diner, 606 W. Main St. bluemoondiner.net Karaoke. With Jennifer DeVille. Free, 10pm.

Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

stage C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In. Explore the heart and mind of C.S. Lewis. in Max McLean’s stage experience. $61–101, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

Botanical Drag Bingo. Hosted by Crimsyn and Cake Pop. $15, 6:30pm. Botanical PlantBased Fare, 421 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. botanicalfare.com

Friday 2/16 music Black History Month Gospel Concert.

Featuring Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard, with a special performance by Melvin Crispell III. Free, 6:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net Chamomile & Whiskey with Strong Water. Americana, blues, and more. $15–85, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com

words Green Drinks. Chat with fellow environmentally minded people over drinks. Free, 5:30pm.

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

Harvey Street Collective. Indie and alternative rock vibrations. $12–15, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

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John Kelly. Sip on wine and enjoy live tunes. Free, 5:30pm. Hardware Hills Vineyard, 5199 W. River Rd., Scottsville. hard warehills.com

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SuperFly Run Club. Run around the city, then enjoy $5 pints and raffles. Free, 6pm.

SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. superflybrewing.com

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Josh Mayo & The House Sauce. Rockin’ good tunes. Free, 8pm. Ace Biscuit & Barbeque, 600 Concord Ave. @acebiscuitand barbecue

Pride & Prejudice. Keira Knightley stars in the 2005 version of Jane Austen’s immortal romance. $10, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

Ken Farmer & The Authenticators. Blues, Americana, and classic country. Free, 6pm.

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

Valentine’s Day Burlesque. Immodest Opulence Burlesque’s show includes performances by Ellie Quinn, Bert Shaffer, Conejita Luxxe, and more. $20–30, 8pm.

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

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The New Works Festival. UVA student actors, directors, and designers bring new plays written by students to life. $5, 8pm.

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Berto & Vincent. Olé! Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 201 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Sue Harlow. Americana folk. Free, 5pm.

Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com Sunny War. Ecstatic gospel, dusty country blues, thoughtful folk, and rip-roaring rock ‘n’ roll. $25–30, 8pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.org

Boxcar Speakeasy. Live music with Boxcar Speakeasy, and a special wine and dessert pairing. $55, 4pm. Oakhurst Inn, 100 Oakhurst Cir. oakhurstinn.com

Sweeties, Taffy, New Boss, and En Regalia. Featuring MRC members, alumni, and staff. $10, 7pm. Music Resource Center, 105 Ridge St. musicresourcecenter.org

Jesse’s House. Rock and rockabilly originals. Free, 6pm. Blue Moon Diner, 606 W. Main St. bluemoondiner.net

Yeah! Featuring all your favorite ‘90s and 2000s hits. $15–22, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

Kendall Street Company. Performing the Kendall Street is for Lovers Tour, with opener Natalie Blue. $12–40, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com Mojo Pie. With Paxton Henderson. Free, 7pm. SuperFly Brewing Co., 943 Preston Ave. superflybrewing.com Songwriter’s Open Mic. Hosted by The Front Porch teacher Erynn Legna McLeod.

Free, 7pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com Tara Mills Duo. Original folk and roots. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

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Seán Gavin, Colm Gannon, and Tommy & Saundra O’Sullivan. A double bill show of Irish music and song. Free, 5:30pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com

stage C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In. See listing for Wednesday, February 14. $61–101, 7:30pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

stage The New Works Festival. See listing for Thursday, February 15. $5, 8pm.

Helms Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama. virginia.edu Red Velvet: An Intimate Dinner & Curated Drag Show. Hosted by Cake Pop and Crimsyn. $55–100, 6pm. Bar Botanical, 2025 Library Ave., Crozet. botanical fare.com

words Charlottesville Reading Series. Featuring author GennaRose Nethercott and poet Ben Sloan. Free, 7pm. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com CreativeMornings. A breakfast lecture for the creative community. Free, 8:30am. Location TBA. creativemornings.com

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River View Farm Tour. Learn about the Carr/ Greer Family. Free, 4:30pm. Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm, 1780 Earlysville Rd. ivycreekfoundation.org Traveling Our Ancestors’ Journey: A Descendants’ Reunion. A screening of Horace Scruggs’ latest short film. Free, 7:30pm.

PVCC’s V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. pvcc.edu

Saturday 2/17 music Beleza Trio’s Carnaval Celebration. Featuring Madeline and Berto Sales and Matt Wyatt. Free, 5pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glass housewinery.com Ben Butterworth. From bluegrass to psychedelic country. Free, 5:30pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraft cider.com Elise Ebert: Distinguished Major Voice Recital. Performing a program of Mozart, Debussy, Barber, Strauss II, and more, with Karen Dalton and Alex Suh on piano.

Free, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu Empty Bottles. Soul, funk, and rock ‘n’ roll covers. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com The Gladstones. Originals and covers. $10, 7pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com In The Mix: The Source, Sound, & Soul of African American Music. A learning and listening experience with Horace Scruggs. $10–12, 7:30pm. PVCC’s V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. pvcc.edu John Kelly. Enjoy live tunes with your wine, cider, and beer. Free, 1pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com The Judy Chops & South Hill Banks.

Americana with elements of swing, blues, rock, and soul. $15–50, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. the southerncville.com

The Robert Cray Band. With opener Corey Harris. $29–59, 8pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net The Stews. Rock music. $18–20, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com Tre. Charles. Indie-folk, neo-soul, and alternative rock. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net Violapalooza 2024. A day-long event of music making and learning, culminating with a performance featuring Andrea Priester Houde, Molly Wilkens-Reed, and Ayn Balija.

Free, all day. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

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unny War is on the phone, and there’s a long pause. It’s not unexpected—not even awkward at this point. Pauses are more common than flowing conversation with the experimental singer-songwriter.

But this pause is different. This time, War’s answering a question about her mental health, and the pause is alarming. So, too, is her eventual answer. “I think I’m okay. But probably not. I’m not going to kill myself or anything,” she says. Then she makes her decision: “I’m okay.”

War, who will play a solo show at The Front Porch on February 16, has been public about contemplating suicide in the past, specifically while she was working on her latest album, Anarchist Gospel, released in early 2023. She says songwriting has been an outlet that’s helped her through hardships over the years, including a terrifying teenage battle with methamphetamine and heroin addiction.

“I just write about whatever I’m thinking about at the time, I guess,” War says in her soft, halting way. “They are kind of like little therapy sessions for me. I guess if there is anything uplifting in them, it’s because I am trying to find something uplifting for myself.”

There is indeed something uplifting, even empowering, in War’s songs. And after more than two decades of songwriting experience— she says she’s been at it since she was little more than 7 years old—the eclectic guitarist and vocalist is drawing national attention to her unique blend of folk, blues, gospel, and punk rock. Rolling Stone called her “one of the best new voices in roots music” after Anarchist Gospel’s release; an L.A. Weekly critic said he hadn’t “heard a young guitarist this dexterous and ass-kicking in eons.”

War’s songs have their share of sadness, for certain. She calls the famously melancholic Elliott Smith, who died in 2003, one of her primary influences, and says she wrote Anarchist Gospel’s “I Got No Fight” to battle back suicidal thoughts.

But when the Nashville native and current Chattanooga resident plays Charlottesville, listeners will hear more than just another singer-songwriter fighting depression.

They’ll hear soaring, hopeful numbers.

They’ll hear driving, confident takedowns of associates gone by, ethereal explorations of what it means to be human.

They’ll also hear a style of guitar play so unique it can only have come about by the joyous happenstance of youth. According to War, after phases in which she was obsessed with blues rock and then ’70s and ’80s punk, she started listening to Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch. It was 2001, the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? had planted roots

Guitar virtuoso Sunny War performs her critically acclaimed music in a solo show at The Front Porch on February 16.

music back in the national zeitgeist, and War’s parents brought home Welch’s Time (The Revelator). The young guitar player was entranced by the album’s string parts. She wanted to emulate them.

“I didn’t really realize there were two people playing, so I was trying to play both of their parts,” she says. “That ended up being the foundation of my style.”

As War matured, she studied that twopart style intently. She self-released her first full-length album, Worthless, in 2015. She really began to find her voice on 2018’s With the Sun, followed it up with Shell of a Girl the next year, and won acclaim for 2021’s Simple Syrup, all three of which were distributed by Hen House Records.

Prior to launching Anarchist Gospel, War moved back to Nashville from Los Angeles and signed to New West Records. She teamed up with producer Andrija Tokic, who’s worked with Alabama Shakes and Langhorne Slim, among others. Together, they solicited abundant guest vocals by some of War’s idols (Rawlings), friends (Allison Russell), and collaborators (Chris Pierce)—not to mention My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.

Despite Anarchist Gospel’s vocals-heavy vibe, War considers herself a music writer first. Fitting the meter of a song to existing

lyrics, she says, rarely works. “It’s all about rhythm, how many words you can get in ‘this’ amount of time,” she says. “But I also need it to be symmetrical—songs are symmetrical—and even.” Indeed, War says she never wanted to be a singer. As a 7-year-old, playing guitar was her singular obsession.

Wrapping production on Anarchist Gospel, War got bad news. Her brother called and told her the siblings’ father was dying.

She went to Chattanooga, driven by Tokic himself, to be with her dad in his final days.

Now, just over a year after releasing her latest LP, War guesses she’s played more than 200 shows. She says she’s exhausted. How does she get over the exhaustion and find inspiration to keep going? “I don’t,” she says.

Still, War has reason to look ahead, with two projects in her sights. In April, she’ll be featured on My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall, alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Adia Victoria, and others. And by that time, War says she’ll hopefully have been working on another full-length record for about a month.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis, please call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It is free, confidential, and available 24/7.

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LUA Project. Music inspired by Mexican Son, Appalachian song forms, and more. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

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classes Crochet for Beginners. Learn the basics of crochet with Emma. $25, 10am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappy elephant.com Do you want to crochet a snowman? Make an adorable little snowman in this two-day class. $35, 11:30am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com PLAY! Pop Up: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. An event designed for children with developmental differences and their families.

Free, 9am. Dot to Dot: Pediatric Speech Language Therapy, 2300 Commonwealth Dr., Ste. 30. dottodotspeech.com

outside Geology Hike. Learn about the geology of Ivy Creek. Free (registration required), 11am. Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm, 1780 Earlysville Rd. ivy creekfoundation.org Little Naturalist Program. Introduce the kids to nature and explore the trails. Free, 10am. Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm, 1780 Earlysville Rd. ivy creekfoundation.org

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Farmers Market at Ix. Enjoy a range of products, from produce and meat to bakers and artisans. Free, 9am. Ix Art Park, 522 Second St. SE. ixartpark.org

Sunday 2/18 music Talia Pirron: Fourth Year Miller Scholar Recital. Performing classical and musical theater pieces, from Mozart to Bizet, in collaboration with pianist John Mayhood, violinist Eliana Pirron, and featuring duets with Elise Ebert and Jack Kehoe. Free, 3:30pm. Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds. music.virginia.edu

Theocles. The local singer-songwriter performs a solo set. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com Willie DE. Acoustic tunes. Free, 2pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com Zuzu’s Hot 5. With Pete Vigour, Doug Bethel, Brandon Rose, Sam Green, Paul Rosen, and Susanna Rosen. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

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Reading and drinking cider (socializing optional).

WHY

Because even though there is a high correlation between being an introvert and liking to read, it’s sometimes nice to read with others in a different setting. Access to yummy cider is a bonus.

HOW IT WENT

Silent book club helped me finish a book in a day and change, so I’d say it went well.

I arrived at 12:30pm-ish to get provisions before the hour of silent reading began at 1pm. Why, yes, I did take a ride on the Pomme Mary—fizzy, fruity, and delicious. The event promised an hour of quiet reading with an optional hour of kibitzing afterward.

Participants choose their own books to read, with no obligatory book club picks to endure (after all, life’s too short to read books we don’t enjoy).

I took my seat in the Orchard Room, and others trickled into the welcoming space.

Peppy instrumental music from “Bridgerton” played. Many opted to take their cups of hot cider, mulled I believe, to a semi-circle of seats surrounding a crackling fire.

People arrived solo, in pairs, and even one small group. Some got right to it, starting to read, while others chatted. I stole surreptitious glances at book covers as people pulled out their reading. Don’t you love how books can recommend people?

Just when I’d started to wonder how seriously we would take the “silent” part of silent book club, a staff member announced we’d begin as she closed the door.

Music ceased. We went hard with the silence. You could have heard an heirloom apple leaf fall. Other than a few times when I giggled (quietly, mind you) and felt like I’d broken the code of conduct, the time and pages flew. I cannot recall the last time I had such focused reading time. So much

Don’t you love how books can recommend people?

Silent Book Club at Albemarle CiderWorks is a monthly event, with the next scheduled meeting on February 25.

reading was done, and I got so sucked into my book—I had arrived only a few chapters in—that I kept reading after I got home. The next day, the book was done.

After our silent reading hour ended, the most introverted among us sighed, closed their books, and left. A few stayed in the Orchard Room to finish their chapter or beyond. Several of us stepped outside into the entry room by the bar and chatted about

Silent Book Club albemarleciderworks.com books. We swapped recommendations and commiserated about needing to balance heavier reading with palate-cleansing beach reads. We genuinely enjoyed each other and the talk of books.

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Tango Sundays. A lesson with Anna Léon and Cristian Bravo. $25, 4pm. Municipal Arts Center, 1119 Fifth St. SW, Ste. A. virginiatango.com

I don’t know about you, but setting a goal for how many books to finish in the next year is a traditional new year’s activity for me. I’m of the ripe old age that I can recall the 1984 start of Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program, which payed whippersnappers to read. Those free, personal-sized, deep-dish pepperoni pizzas helped solidify my love of reading, and readingrelated goals, fostering a habit that continues to this day.

As is the way with many new year’s goals, by February I start to fall behind. Just to be clear, I don’t judge January me, or January any of us, for setting reading goals that may not be realistic. We were younger then. We had the whole year ahead of us. We were sweet, naive summer children, even in the dead of winter.

Maybe I’d always reach my annual reading goal if I bought myself a pizza when I hit it.

Or maybe my goal required me to have dedicated reading time outside of the house, away from distractions, with access to drinks and snacks. Enter Albemarle CiderWorks’ Silent Book Club.—Kristie Smeltzer

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Tanner Usrey. Country grit, rock ‘n’ roll energy, and Americana eloquence. $20, 8:30pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

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PRESENTS

Polyphony & Prejudice: Music by Vicente Lusitano Saturday, February 17 at 8 p.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish 401 Alderman Road, Charlottesville Friday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Cove Presbyterian Church 5531 Covesville Lane, Covesville

TICKETS $20 adults / $15 seniors, $5 students Available on our website and at the door Admission to the February 23 concert is by donation only

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. Professional assassin Forest Whitaker stays cool in a crazy world. $10, 6pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com Oscar-Nominated Short Films—Live Action. Screenings of Red, White and Blue, The After, The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and more. $7–9, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net Titanic. Set sail with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in director James Cameron’s Oscar-winning love story. $10, noon. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. draft house.com

Monday 2/19 music Chelsea Cutler. Performing The Beauty Is Everywhere Tour. $37–162, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com Old Age & Treachery. Live music. Free, 1pm.

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Dick. Teens Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams uncover the Watergate scandal in this 1999 comedy. $5, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5th Street Station. drafthouse.com

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en Sloan’s second book of poems, Then On Out Into a Cloudless Sky, is a collection of work that speaks to various themes and eras, highlighting the far-ranging interests of its author. As an object, the book is a delight, an elegant pamphlet with a cover that captures the bright blue of sky and a wisp of cloud, assembled with a five-hole stitch of orange thread along the fold. The work within is dedicated to Sloan’s students at the Fluvanna Correctional Center, and features an epigraph from Abdulrazak Gurnah’s novel The Last Gift: “Sometimes I’m struck with amazement when I consider exactly how I have found myself here. But then I suppose many people can say that about their lives.”

After speaking with Sloan, a man whose path in life has taken its own unique shape and whose career as a teacher has influenced countless students’ trajectories, that epigraph seems a fitting way to begin.

Sloan grew up on a farm in southeast Missouri and, while his family had books at home, his hometown was so small that it lacked a public library or even a school library. According to Sloan, “It wasn’t until I was about 16 that I started going to a local public library in St. Louis,” where his family had moved. He quickly found poetry and remembers discovering Margaret Atwood, whose work made a strong impression on him. “I bought a paperback copy of her poems and was amazed by them,” he recalls.

“This short form, in a very condensed way, really opened a door. It just seemed remarkable to me. I remember trying to figure out, ‘How did she do that?’”

At college, Sloan took creative writing classes and enjoyed reading widely, earning his MFA from Brooklyn College, where he studied with the influential poet John Ashbery, eventually working as his assistant for a year. “He was a very sweet and generous person,” says Sloan, who also has a Ph.D. in American literature from the City University of New York Graduate Center.

From 2003 to 2022, Sloan taught at Piedmont Virginia Community College. While there, he got involved in the Higher Education in Prison Program, which offers opportunities for incarcerated learners to earn an associate degree while at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, the Buckingham Correctional Center, or the Dillwyn Correctional Center. Sloan taught in both the Fluvanna and Buckingham programs, building on past experience teaching in a prison setting when he lived in North Carolina. “As a culture, we’ve decided to hide prisons from ourselves. … I have always been interested in working with marginalized and disenfranchised students,” he says.

All told, Sloan taught in prison programs for more than 15 years, and found it to be

Ben Sloan will read from his work as part of the free Charlottesville Reading Series on Friday, February 16 at New Dominion Bookshop.

poems in Then On Out Into a Cloudless Sky are historical in nature, those that stand out with the most personal style are the ones that examine small moments and fancies, such as in “Hunched Groups.”

Trying to figure out what it is I am thinking today / I eventually just give up and decide to let it all go, / and when I do I see the day sitting out there / all around me like a murder of crows peering down / from power lines, backs pressed up against / the surrounding blue, hunched groups of them / puffing on cigars and arguing with one another / in the same gravelly voices heavy smokers use / when they talk together on their coffee breaks.

meaningful work despite limited computer access and the often frustrating protocols that shaped the experience—especially during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

However, Sloan remained committed to the work, adapted, and found that, even as he influenced his students in their writing, they also influenced him. “Their writing was often so honest and direct. … Some of what I’ve learned over the years, in college and graduate school, I realized I needed to drop in order to get to the point … not to mess around with a lot of filler,” he says.

This directness shows up in his recent collection, where poems function as a direct transfer of his perspective to the reader— unadorned but insightful ways of thinking about the everyday. Though some of the

Other poems suggest a thematic influence from his students, sharing perspectives from the back seat of a police car in “Arriving,” and of a girl about to be taken to juvenile detention in “Departing,” which contains this excerpt: …But before being taken away / to juvenile detention, just to break one final rule, what the hell, / she chases from his chain-link cage, and into the woods, / their dog, Jimi Hendrix, who, stunned, not knowing what else to do, / starts to run, teaching himself how it’s done as he goes.

As in Sloan’s own early interest in Atwood’s work, his poems spur the reader to pull them apart, to dig into the power of the poet’s concise phrasing. “When I read, it opens up a new space inside of me,” he says. “I just hope that when people read my poems, it opens up a space for them, a new way to see things.”

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Pisces

(Feb. 19–March 20): Piscean perfumer Sophia Grojsman says, “Our lives are quiet. We like to be disturbed by delight.” To that end, she has created over 30 best-selling fragrances, including Eternity Purple Orchid, Désir Coulant (Flowing Desire), Spellbound, Volupté (Pleasure), and Jelisaveta (“God is abundance”). I bring this up, Pisces, because I believe it’s now essential for you to be disturbed by delight—as well as to disturb others with delight. Please do what’s necessary to become a potent magnet for marvelous interruptions, sublime interventions, and blissful intrusions. And make yourself into a provider of those healing subversions, too.

Aries

(March 21–April 19): Some stories don’t have a distinct and orderly beginning, middle, and end. At any one point, it may be hard to know where you are. Other tales have a clear beginning, middle, and end, but the parts occur out of order; maybe the middle happens first, then the end, followed by the beginning. Every other variation is possible, too. And then there’s the fact that the beginning of a new story is implied at the end of many stories, even stories with fuzzy plots and ambiguous endings. Keep these ruminations in mind during the coming weeks, Aries. You will be in a phase when it’s essential to know what story you are living in and where you are located in the plot’s unfoldment.

Taurus

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(April 20–May 20): As I meditate on your destiny in the near future, I sense you will summon extra courage, perhaps even fearless and heroic energy. I wonder if you will save a drowning person, or rescue a child from a burning building, or administer successful CPR to a stranger who has collapsed on the street. Although I suspect your adventures will be less dramatic than those, they may still be epic. Maybe you will audaciously expose corruption and deceit, or persuade a friend to not commit self-harm, or speak bold thoughts you haven’t had the daring to utter before.

Gemini

(May 21–June 20): Lately, you have been learning more than you thought possible. You have surpassed and transcended previous limits in your understanding of how the world works.

Congratulations! I believe the numerous awak-

Aquarius

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Poet Anna Akhmatova lived till age 76, but her destiny was a rough ride. Her native country, the authoritarian Soviet Union, censored her

work and imprisoned her friends and family. In one of her poems, she wrote, “If I can’t have love, if I can’t find peace, give me a bitter glory.” She got the latter wish. She came close to winning a Nobel Prize and is now renowned as a great poet and heroic symbol of principled resistance to tyranny. Dear Aquarius, I predict that your life in the coming months will be very different from Akhmatova’s. I expect you will enjoy more peace and love than you’ve had in a long time. Glory will stream your way, too, but it will be graceful, never bitter. The effects will be heightened if you express principled resistance to tyranny. enings stem from your willingness to wander freely into the edgy frontier—and then stay there to gather in all the surprising discoveries and revelations flowing your way. I will love it if you continue your pilgrimage out there beyond the borders for a while longer.

Cancer

(June 21–July 22): As I study the astrological omens for the coming weeks, I suspect you will feel more at home in a situation that has previously felt unnerving or alien. Or you will expedite the arrival of the future by connecting more deeply with your roots. Or you will cultivate more peace and serenity by exploring exotic places. To be honest, though, the planetary configurations are half-mystifying me; I’m offering my best guesses. You may assemble a strong foundation for an experimental fantasy. Or perhaps you will engage in imaginary travel, enabling you to wander widely without leaving your sanctuary. Or all of the above.

Leo

(July 23–Aug. 22): Of your hundreds of wishes and yearnings, Leo, which is the highest on your priority list? And which are the next two? What are the sweet, rich, inspiring experiences you want more than anything else in life? I invite you to compile a tally of your top three longings. Write them on a piece of paper. Draw or paste an evocative symbol next to each one. Then place this holy document in a prominent spot that you will see regularly. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when focusing and intensifying your intentions will bring big rewards.

Virgo

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy hiked across Spain along

the famous pilgrimage route, Camino de Santiago. On the way, he felt so brave and strong that at one point he paradoxically had a sobbing breakdown. He realized how fear had always dominated his life. With this chronic agitation absent for the first time ever, he felt free to be his genuine self.

“I started to feel more comfortable in the world and consequently in my own skin,” he testified, concluding, “I think travel obliterates fear.” I recommend applying his prescription to yourself in the coming months, Virgo—in whatever ways your intuition tells you are right. Cosmic forces will be aligned with you.

Libra

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22): In the natural world, there are four partnership styles. In the parasitic variety, one living thing damages another while exploiting it. In the commensal mode, there is exploitation by one partner, but no harm occurs. In the epizoic model, one creature serves as a vehicle for the other but gets nothing in return.

The fourth kind of partnership is symbiotic. It’s beneficial to both parties. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to take an inventory of your alliances and affiliations—and begin to de-emphasize, even phase out, all but the symbiotic ones.

Scorpio

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio author Dan Savage says, “I wish I could let myself eat and eat and eat.” He imagines what it would be like if he didn’t “have to monitor the foods I put in my mouth or go to the gym anymore.” He feels envious of those who have no inhibitions about being gluttonous. In alignment with astrological aspects, I au-

thorize Savage and all Scorpios to temporarily set aside such inhibitions. Take a brief break. Experiment with what it feels like to free yourself to ingest big helpings of food and drink—as well as metaphorical kinds of nourishment like love and sex and sensations and entertainment. Just for now, allow yourself to play around with voraciousness. You may be surprised at the deeper liberations it triggers.

Sagittarius

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Dear Wise Gambler: You rank high in your spacious intelligence, intuitive logic, and robust fantasy life. There’s only one factor that may diminish your ability to discern the difference between wise and unwise gambles. That’s your tendency to get so excited by big, expansive ideas that you neglect to account for messy, inconvenient details. And it’s especially important not to dismiss or underplay those details in the coming weeks. If you include them in your assessments, you will indeed be the shrewdest of wise gamblers.

Capricorn

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn golfer Tiger Woods is one of the all-time greats. He holds numerous records and has won scores of tournaments. On 20 occasions, he has accomplished the most difficult feat: hitting a hole-in-one. But the weird fact is that there were two decades (1998–2018) between his 19th and 20th holes-in-one. I suspect your own fallow time came in 2023, Capricorn.

By now, you should be back in the hole-inone groove, metaphorically speaking. And the coming months may bring a series of such crowning strokes.

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Exercise Training and Drug Study

We’re eager to hear from candidates who share our passion for serving the community for the following positions.

$16-$18 per hour

UVA Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism Lee Hartline 434-924-5247, lmh9d@virginia.edu HSR200065 How clinical trials benefit you. At UVA, clinical trials are taking place every day. Because of this, UVA is an environment of care where learning, discovery and innovation flourish. And it is our patients — today and in the future — who reap the rewards, whether or not they participate in a trial. Please call the trial coordinator to enroll confidentially or for additional information.

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Study for Type 1 Diabetes

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UVA Division of Endocrinology Study Coordinator: Lee Hartline Phone: 434-924-5247 / email: lmh9d@virginia.edu IRB-HSR# 210198 How clinical trials benefit you. At UVA, clinical trials are taking place every day. Because of this, UVA is an environment of care where learning, discovery and innovation flourish. And it is our patients — today and in the future — who reap the rewards, whether or not they participate in a trial. Please call the trial coordinator to enroll confidentially or for additional information.

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Men and women with type 1 diabetes, 18-40 are needed for a study about the impact of an investigational medicine or exercise training on blood vessel health. Participation includes 2 outpatient study admissions (7-10 hours) and 6 brief study visits over 4 months, taking a study medication or participating in exercise training (3 times weekly) for 14 weeks, and completing questionnaires. All visits are scheduled during the week. 3 visits require blood draws.

Compensation is $700. Principal Investigator: Kaitlin Love, MD

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Direct Support Professionals (Residential and Day Support)

Non-smoking, inactive adults aged 21-60 needed for study on the effect of exercise and the drug liraglutide on blood vessels. You must have 3 of the 4 characteristics: overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high fasting blood sugar. Study requires three 1-hour and two 9-hour visits over 6 months in UVA’s Clinical Research Unit. Participants are randomized to one of 3 groups: exercise training, study drug, or exercise + study drug. Compensation is $1,500.

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Albemarle County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: L.M. (dob 2/4/2018)

VIRGINIA: IN THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT MOUNT MORIAH CHURCH, A Virginia nonstock corporation, Plaintiff, v.

PARTIES UNKNOWN, Defendants, Defendants,.

Case No.: CL24-59

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The object of this suit between Plaintiff Plaintiff.Mount MountMoriah MoriahChurch, Church.and andDeDefendants, fendants. Parties Unknown, is to quiet title to a parcel of land in Albemarle County. The parcel of land at issue is Parcel 30B as shown in that certain Plat Showing a Boundary Survey of Mount Moriah Methodist Church and Cemetery of Key Incorporated Land Surveyors & Land Planners signed by John A. Taggart, III 27, 2001 and recorded among the land records Ill on March 27. of the Albemarle County Circuit Court in Book 2023, Pages 361-64, which is part of Tax Map Parcel Number 04100-00-00-03000.

04100-00- 00-03000.

Plaintiff has filed a complaint which (i) states that there are or may be persons, whose names are unknown, interested in the subject to be divided or disposed of; (ii) describes the nature of such interest; and (iii) makes such persons defendants by the general description of “parties unknown”.

Accordingly, it is therefore ORDERED that any such interested parties unknown appear in this LhisCourt Courtlocated locatedatat501 501East EastJefferson JeffersonStreet, Street,CharlotCharlottesville, Virginia 22902, on or before April 12, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, to protect their interests.

And, it is further ORDERED that this Order be published once each week for four successive weeks in C-VILLE Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation in Albemarle County; County: that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein this Court is held; and that, upon completion of such publication, the clerk shall file a certificate in the papers of this case that the requirements of Virginia Code Section 8.01-317 have been satisfied.

Entered this 16 day of January, 2024 Cheryl V. Higgins Judge WE ASK FOR THIS: Thomas Thomas M. M. Hendell Hendell (VSB (VSB No. No. 78579) 78579) Daniel R.O. Long (VSB No. Daniel R.O. Long (VSB No. 95873) 95873) TREMBLAY TREMBLAY & & SMITH, SMITH, PLLC PLLC 105 East High Street 105 East High Street Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia Virginia 22903 22903 Telephone: (434) Telephone: (434) 977-4455 977-4455 Facsimile: Facsimile: (434) (434) 979-1221 979-1221 thomas.hendell@tremblaysmith.com thomas.hendell@tremblaysmith.com daniel.long@tremblaysmith.com daniel.long@tremblaysmith.com

The object of this suit is to terminate residual parental rights in L.M. (dob 2/4/2018) and aprove foster care plan with adoption goal.

It is ORDERED that Katy Maupin, appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before March 19, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

1/9/2024 DATE

Areshini Pather JUDGE

ORDER OF PUBLICATION Commonwealth of Virginia VA. CODE § 8.01-316 Albemarle County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Commonwealth of Virginia, in re: Z.S. (dob 8/22/2007) The object of this suit is to terminate residual parental rights in Z.S. (dob 8/22/2007) and aprove foster care plan with adoption goal.

It is ORDERED that Amy Runyon, appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before April 2, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

2/1/2024 DATE

Areshini Pather JUDGE

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NOTICE NOTICE OF OF COMBINED COMBINED JUDICIAL JUDICIAL SALE SALE FOR FOR DELINQUENT DELINQUENTTAXES TAXES Pursuant Pursuant to to Decrees Decrees entered entered in in the the Circuit Circuit Court Court of of Albemarle Albemarle County, County, Virginia, and the Circuit Court for the City of Virginia, and the Circuit Court for the City of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia, respectively, respectively, the the undersigned, undersigned, Jonathan Jonathan T. T. Wren, Wren, Special Special Commissioner of said Courts, will offer for sale pursuant to Section Commissioner of said Courts, will offer for sale pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq seq.. of of the the Code Code of of Virginia, Virginia, at at public public auction auction on on the the 58.1-3965, et front steps or in the main courtroom of the Albemarle County Circuit front steps or in the main courtroom of the Albemarle County Circuit Courthouse, Jefferson Street, Street, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia, on on Courthouse, 501 501 E. E. Jefferson Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., properties located Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., properties located in in Albemarle Albemarle County County and and the the City City of of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, for for payment payment of of delinquent delinquent taxes. taxes. For For aa list list of ofproperties propertiesand andterms termsof ofsale, sale,please pleasego goto to www.martinwrenlaw.com. www.martinwrenlaw.com. For For more more information, information, you you may may also also contact contact Jonathan Jonathan T. T. Wren, Wren, Special Special Commissioner, Commissioner, at at 434-817-3100 434-817-3100 or wren@martinwrenlaw.com. or wren@martinwrenlaw.com.

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SHOW CAUSE AGAINST DISTRIBUTION ORDER It is ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in the above estate show cause, if they can, on March 19, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. before this Court at its courtroom, against the payment and delivery of the estate to the distributees without requiring refunding bonds.

It appearing to the Court that the report of the accounts of Patricia L. Shawley and Truist Bank, Co-Executors of the Estate of Steven Ray Shawley, and the report of the debts and demands against the estate have been filed in the Clerk’s Office and that six months have elapsed since the qualification of such Executors, on motion of the Executors, it is ORDERED that the first paragraph of this Order be published once a week for two successive weeks in C-VILLE Weekly, a newspaper with general circulation in Albemarle County, Virginia.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE

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Commissioner of said Courts, will offer for sale pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, at public auction on the Early, LPC Deb Early, LPC front steps or in the Deb main courtroom of the Albemarle County Circuit Courthouse, 501 E. Jefferson Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 2:00 Ext p.m., properties located in 434-963-0324 434-963-0324 Ext 6 6 Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville, for payment of delinquent taxes. For a list of properties and terms of sale, please go to Dr. & Associates Dr. Lewis Lewis Weber Weber Associates www.martinwrenlaw.com.

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P.S. HAIKUS FROM THE HEART

Words of love C-VILLE’s Valentine’s Day poetry contest returned for another round of competition this year, and we are excited to share the winner and runners up from 2024’s impressive batch of entries. These heartfelt and beautifully crafted haikus capture the mystery, passion, tragedy, and wisdom of love, all in a compact form. Thank you to all who submitted!

F I R S T P L AC E Lovers hold their breath in the heart of Winter’s den like seeds await sun.

Jessi Giannini

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RU NNERS U P I saw you today holding hands in a cafe.

My heart is shattered...

Your gaze catches mine Pierced, we come undone as one The jay laughs with joy

We’re getting old now Young lovers should heed our words: Live for each other

Larry Bauer

Jan Sievers Mahon

Laird Wm. Ramsay

Apricot revealed Chlorophyll gives way to gold Souls become real too

words have lost their way I can no longer express my heartbeat tells all

True love is always saving the last Oreo for your wife to eat.

Mary Courts

James Irving Mann

Sarah Shedd

I open the note It’s my name in the corner heart beating faster

Parking garage love— Concrete perfumes a shared breath as we start to kiss

Love smells of roses Thorns draw bright red aroma Blue heart remembrance

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Thank you for Thirty Wordy Years!

March 20—24, 2024

Throughout Charlottesville with special preview events around the Commonwealth

Seventy Bookish Events!

Highlights include: Wordy Thirty Anniversary Party Sat., March 23, 7—11pm

Celebrate our 30th Anniversary at The Bradbury/Vault with a D.J., dancing, drinks, food, and authors! (ticketed)

The Paramount Theater: All Day Pass Sat., March 23, 10:30am—8pm

All day, all events: Senator Danica Roem, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, bestseller Roxane Gay, and Percival Everett on tour with his newest book, all at The Paramount Theater. (ticketed)

Festival Friday on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall

Fri., March 22, 5—7:30pm

Bookshops and other spots offer readings, poetryprompts, art, and literature, and you. (free)

Same Page Community Read:

Wed., March 20, 5:30—7pm

Florence Adler Swims Forever Jefferson Madison Regional Library presents this community read at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. (free)

30th Anniversary Kickoff:

’90s Rooftop Party Common House, Charlottesville Wednesday, March 20; 7—9pm 90’s dress would be dope (but not required) on the roof (unless the weather’s trippin’) Join pop culture critic and author of 60 Songs that Explain the ‘90s Rob Harvilla to hear some throwback tunes and reminisce about the ‘90s.

Find all Festival Events, Authors, Speakers, and full Schedule at

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