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THIS WEEK In our first meeting after August 12, everyone on NEWS 11 12 Morbid insurance my editorial team expressed the same sentiment: discovery. It felt like nothing else mattered anymore. Looking 13 UVA threatens to level around the room, I saw the same shell-shocked the field. 14 Policing Tom Garrett’s expression I know I carried. We had seen and heard Facebook page. things that we never thought we would, never thought 15 Is the Y for the birds? anyone should. It felt hollow to talk about what was happening FEATURE 19 on the arts and food scenes without the lens of what had just happened in our community. But in the ensuing weeks, we realized we could still do it all— and we should do it all. As everyone heals, it’s just as important to laugh together and do things that feel familiar and bring Essays from locals about the us joy as it is to have soul-searching, reflective and impact of August 12. difficult conversations. Our sense of community is strong and present—maybe now more than ever. ARTS 31 People are showing up. They’re shouting to be heard, 33 Calendar Listings 33 Tunes: Album reviews making music and art, and sharing their experiences 34 Feedback: A record year (read a few on p. 19).—Jessica Luck
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She, along with Heyer’s father, Mark, and Heyer’s mentor and coworker at the Miller Law Group, Alfred Wilson, cried as they spoke. “The terror attack that resulted in Ms. Heyer’s death and serious injuries to dozens more shocked our community and touched the heart and soul of not only Charlottesville, but the entire country,” read Mayor Mike Signer from a proclamation he signed that day. “This honorary designation pays tribute to Ms. Heyer’s dedication to justice, fairness, equal rights for all and positive social change.” Heather Heyer Way extends from Market to Water streets and is an honorary designation, so Fourth Street addresses will not change. EZE AMOS
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n the morning of December 20, about 50 people gathered at the scene of the August 12 vehicular attack on Fourth Street that killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens more. Dried flowers still line the street, and brick walls remain chalked with messages that mourn the 32-year-old and disavow the hate that came to town that day. “It’s always hard for me to come to this street,” said Susan Bro, Heyer’s mother. “I find it easier to go to the cemetery than to come here, frankly.” But on this particular day, Heyer’s friends and family, co-workers, city officials and community members on whom she left a lasting impression were there for the dedication of the street in her honor—Heather Heyer Way. “I’m proud of how she died,” Bro said. “What other legacy could a mother ever want for her child?”
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n November, Sara Stovall was grappling with a health insurance premium that had skyrocketed from $940 a month to $3,000 for her family of four in the Charlottesville market, which found itself with the highest rates in the country. Now Stovall says she has a better idea of why our rates are so high: She believes Optima Health—the area’s only individual policy provider—used a factor in calculating health insurance premiums that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services forbids. And she says its incoming CEO admitted as much in a December 14 meeting. Stovall and fellow Charlottesville resident Ian Dixon met with Optima CEO
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“We know real estate values will tumble because you find very few people who want to have a stadium next door to them,” she says, and suggests that North Grounds should be studied as a possible location because it would better follow the university’s master plan and have a lesser impact on neighborhoods. “We do not want to take away a lovely stadium for these girls,” Dougald says. “We want them to have this, but to put it where they’re proposing, in our opinion, is absolutely the worst scenario.” UVA architects Alice Raucher and Michael Joy attended the University Circle neighbor-
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hood meeting, as did softball coach Joanna Hardin, former athletics director Craig Littlepage and spokesperson Matt Charles. Spokesperson Anthony de Bruyn says the university will soon begin a feasibility study and will consider alternative locations for the softball stadium, but a presentation shown to the board at the December 7 meeting says the proposed location would take advantage of existing parking and bring varsity sports back to Lambeth Field. The current softball field is at The Park in North Grounds, which is a remote location with limited room for expansion, according to the presentation. “The university remains at the beginning stages of this project and we continue to engage in active dialogue with student residents and our neighbors,” he says. UVA does not need city or community approval to build on its own property. University Circle resident Martin Kilian says he believes UVA will take the community’s opinion into consideration. The board’s recent decision “gave everybody a little time to collect their breath,” he adds. This is not the first university project that has drawn neighborhood ire. The Emmet/ Ivy parking garage, which was dubbed the “1,200-car monster” by the Lewis Mountain neighborhood, faced fierce opposition—to no avail. The garage opened in 2003.
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n December 7, the UVA Board of Visitors deferred a decision on the construction of a softball stadium at the university’s Lambeth Field—and those living nearby are thanking their lucky stars. Lambeth Field, also known as the Colonnades, opened in the early 1900s as a stadium for varsity football, baseball and track. Now, it’s used by students and the public alike for UVA-affiliated club sports practices and tournaments, pick-up soccer and lacrosse games, festivals, barbecues, peoplewatching, sun-soaking and more. When asked about a potential new stadium, second-year Nate Hellmuth, president of the Lambeth Field Apartments Association Council, says “Many are concerned about the lights and sounds from a sports facility just feet away. ...If the university decides to build a softball facility in its current proposed location, the university will have effectively destroyed the quiet community that so many love.” Hellmuth describes Lambeth Field Apartments, which abut the location of the proposed sports complex, as a “desirable upperclass housing area,” and he says residents are concerned about the loss of parking if the stadium is built. Hellmuth says he’s been told by the university that it’ll knock out their entire parking lot. “This, to many, is more important than the loss of Lambeth Field,” he says. In comments on an online petition he’s circulating, which currently has 496 student signatures, several people said they never would have chosen to live in that apartment complex if it didn’t have a parking lot. Students and community members say UVA did not include them in its plans to build the stadium until a month before the Board of Visitors was scheduled to vote on it. “What a surprise to see what was planned,” says Karen Dougald, president of the Lambeth Field-adjacent University Circle Neighborhood Association, who was invited to a November 1 meeting at UVA by the school’s community relations department. “The more questions we asked, the more concerned we became,” she adds. Dougald held a neighborhood meeting December 3, just four days before the Board of Visitors was scheduled to vote on the complex. “It was unbelievable that no one with whom we spoke knew anything about this.” The community shares several of the same concerns as students, including losing access to Lambeth, noise from the proposed facility’s PA system and stadium lighting—but they also worry about the potential for plummeting home values.
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Roads—but they say Anthem’s area rating for Charlottesville was lower than Hampton Roads. “There’s no history of our area being rated this high,” says Dixon. Another factor they question is the difference between Optima’s individual policy rates and the small group rates it offers businesses. In Charlottesville, the small group rate is significantly lower than an individual plan, despite both using the same providers and the same provider reimbursement rates, says Dixon. “We don’t see any justification for the 58 percent difference from small group and individual rates,” says Stovall. In a statement from Optima’s Dudley, he does not address the question of whether morbidity was used in how the company calculated its Charlottesville premiums. “We have carefully revisited our 2018 premium calculations,” and determined the calculations were accurate, reviewed by third-party actuarial experts and approved by the Virginia Bureau of Insurance and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, he says. Stovall and Dixon met with people from Virginia’s Bureau of Insurance, and say that while those in the meeting initially were skeptical about their concerns, “by the end of the meeting they felt our concerns were valid,” says Stovall. “You’ll have to rely on what they’re telling you as far as the meeting goes,” says Ken Schrad, spokesperson for the State Corporation Commission, under which the Bureau of Insurance resides. “The bureau can always seek further information to be responsive to an inquiry or complaint from an already accepted filing,” he says. Would Optima’s request for premium rates that are the highest in the country raise any red flags at the Bureau of Insurance? Says Schrad, “There’s so many factors that go into filing for insurance plans. To point out one factor alone as driving something would be hard to do.” Optima maintains that when Anthem pulled out of the Charlottesville market, leaving zero insurance providers, despite business advisors telling the insurer to steer clear, it was asked by the commonwealth to come in and cover as many people as it could. Optima Health is owned by Sentara, which also owns Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital here. Optima did not respond to a question about whether that also was a factor in its decision to offer coverage here. The company did say it had lost more than $30 million in the past three years in Virginia under the Affordable Care Act, and this “is not sustainable.” And Dudley’s response to Stovall and Dixon suggests they move on. “The reality is that premium rates are locked in for 2018,” he says. He adds the wish that “Washington would establish an environment that allows for affordable health plans.” While Dixon considers the response “evasive” in not addressing “the crux of our complaint about morbidity,” he and Stovall are with Dudley on one point. They plan to escalate with the Bureau of Insurance and go back to their senators and congressman to figure out why Charlottesville can’t get affordable care.
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raig DuBose likes to let his 5th District congressman know how he feels about issues, and he regularly posts comments on Tom Garrett’s Facebook page—until he discovered he’d been blocked December 7. DuBose says he called Garrett’s Washington office the next day, and was transferred to communications director Matt Missen, who told him he’d violated the terms of service for the Facebook page. “He refused to provide any specific instances of the supposed violations except to say that I had used profanity,” says DuBose. “That’s absolutely not true.” DuBose says he asked to speak to the chief of staff, and Missen refused to transfer him—or take a message. After reminding Missen that case law in Virginia makes it illegal for elected officials to prohibit constituents from engaging on Facebook, DuBose, who says he’s called his congressman’s office 150 times this year, hung up. Five minutes later he called back to comment on health care, and was immediately transferred to Missen, who refused to take his message and hung up on him, says DuBose. He called Garrett’s Charlottesville office to leave a message about health care and asked the person answering to pass along a message to the D.C. office that he was filing a complaint with the ACLU that the office was violating Davison v. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, the federal court case that ruled public officials who conduct public business on social media accounts can’t block constituents, even if they’re frequent flyers. Five minutes later, says DuBose, Missen phoned back and said he was reporting DuBose to Capitol Police for “harassing” Garrett’s office. Missen confirms the Facebook blocking and calling the cops on DuBose. “He violated the social media policy,” says the spokesperson. “He repeatedly cyberstalked members of our staff and made inflammatory comments.” Missen alleges DuBose threatened him. “He’s going to be getting a visit from Capitol Police,” he says. While Missen would not disclose the threats, he says, “We do not tolerate that when cyberstalking and threatening staff.” And he makes a suggestion: “When you speak to Mr. DuBose, I think he should be a little more careful because there’s an active investigation.” “That’s interesting,” says DuBose. “I wonder what the threats were. It’s clearly intimidation.” After pondering the cyberstalking allegation, DuBose says he went to the Facebook page of Garrett’s former communications
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Congressman Tom Garrett’s office has accused constituent Craig DuBose of cyberstalking, and blocked him from accessing Garrett’s Facebook page.
director, who had posted a photo of his girlfriend wearing an American flag bikini and scarf. “I sent an email to Tom Garrett after he made a speech on the floor of the House about honoring the flag, and said, ‘Maybe you’d like to speak to members of your staff about honoring the flag,’” says DuBose, who disagrees that commenting about a public Facebook page constitutes cyberstalking. A U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson refused to provide more detail. “We do not comment on active investigations,” says Eva Malecki. DuBose is not the only local who’s been blocked on Garrett’s social media accounts. Nest Realty’s Jim Duncan was blocked on Twitter earlier this year. Garrett’s office said it was the congressman’s personal account, on which he can block whomever he pleases. Duncan says that reasoning is “BS” because Garrett uses that account “officially as well.” Leslie Mehta, legal director for ACLU of Virginia, likens social media to a town hall, and blocking constituents from commenting and seeing what an elected official is saying “violates the First Amendment and the ability to see what your government is doing.” The civil liberties org has gotten about a dozen complaints in the past year, which points to a pattern, says Mehta. The rules aren’t entirely clear at this point, and what started as a personal account could change into a public account, she says. In its amicus brief for Davison v. Loudoun, the ACLU offers suggestions to help legislators protect rights of both the elected and citizens, she adds. Meanwhile, DuBose is still wondering what threats he allegedly made. “The only thing I”ve ever said is that I’m committed to seeing [Garrett] is not re-elected,” says DuBose. “If that’s the case, plenty of people in the 5th District are guilty of that.”
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“We have lots of windows,” and applying decals to them would cost upward of $15,000, she says. “Our mission is to provide wellness for all,” she says. “Do we spend $15,000 on decals or on safety and services for members?” On her wishlist are handicapped doors to the building—“one of the things we wish we’d done”—that cost $6,000, and treads on the stairs. And there’s an aesthetic consideration with the decals, which she says have to go up every six inches and would affect the “great sight lines.” “I’m not trying to minimize Walker’s concerns,” she says. “I applaud his efforts.” And she suggests that if a bird-loving donor wanted to fund avian-avoidance measures, that would be another matter for the nonprofit. Catlett raised an alert on social media but, so far, says Maslaney, “We haven’t seen a huge local response.”
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The effects of August 12 are both visible and unseen. Palpable and elusive. Deeply felt and formative. Last week, Fourth Street—where Heather Heyer was killed while marching alongside other counterprotesters to let white nationalists and the watching world know that hate has no home here—was renamed in Heyer’s honor. The international spotlight that shone on our city following that weekend was undoubtedly blinding, and it brought to light deeper truths about our town and ourselves that we have sometimes shied away from. But growth is birthed from pain. And by confronting our past and present, we are collectively moving toward a stronger and more unified future. For the last issue of the year, we collected essays from local residents, faith leaders, activists, students, teachers and government officials who told us how August 12 impacted their lives—then and now.
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“The incidents of the weekend of August 11 and 12 prove that the right to live as a person of color in this country, truly free, without fear of harassment, subjugation or violence, is a right that has yet to be allowed to us.” DAVID VAUGHN STRAUGHN
David Vaughn Straughn Member of Black Lives Matter Charlottesville and Solidarity Cville, artist, writer, community organizer
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The Downtown Mall is where my father worked, where I worked, where I’ve had countless drinks countless times, and where I met my first high school girlfriend. There was a lot of joy linked to this place, and I identified Charlottesville as a haven of warmth and security even when living elsewhere. Now it’s almost impossible to cross Fourth and Water without a chill down my spine; to not feel the pangs of anxiety, hypervigilance, resentment and the desire to isolate. The air is still thick with particles of tear gas and smoke. The streets are still stained in blood. It still stings. However, these horrible experiences brought a community together to eliminate hate and defend our hometown, and I have met so many extraordinary, powerful, beautiful people who hold profound values of devotion and who fight valiantly for the most marginalized. To these people I am incredibly grateful that I am learning how to honor all people sincerely and respectfully, be they queer, trans, disabled or otherwise marginalized; that I am connecting more deeply with the people of color in my community, as we celebrate blackness and the complexities that lie within it; and accepting that I am
Leslie Scott-Jones Author, activist, artist The Summer of Hate undoubtedly affected all of us. The thought that there are people whose main objective is to harm others is alarming; the idea that they’d travel hundreds of miles to hurt people they’ve never even met is almost too difficult to fathom. Life before this past summer in Charlottesville was, for many, the idyllic picture that most people outside believe. Inside, for people of color, life in Charlottesville is the same as it ever was. The veil of unspoken racism was made transparent on July 8, 2017. It was shouted from the throats of City Council, police officers and, yes, Ku Klux Klan members. On August 12, 2017, that veil was ripped down by a car purposely driven through an unsuspecting crowd, killing one woman and injuring many others. Those who were inches from that act of terror are still dealing with the ramifications. Ones who weren’t standing on Fourth Street are dealing with the guilt that they weren’t inches from it with their friends. I plunged myself into art, into work. After directing Jitney by August Wilson at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, I accepted a role in Seven Guitars, also by August Wilson
(as we all are) a product of a pervasive, white supremacist heteropatriarchy, and being willing to unlearn toxic social beliefs and practices. Also to truly know what it means to believe that All Black Lives Matter, not only in the general sense, but that the very existence of all of the black people we speak with and come in contact with on a daily basis matter. All of these various feelings, emotions, concerns, fears and viewpoints absolutely matter; that not only Trayvon, Sandra, Eric, Michael, Tamir and other lives already lost matter, but also that my neighbor’s life, words and presence matters. Also, in that belief that All Black Lives Matter, I believe that my life matters.
Standing in the midst of this visceral hate within these tragedies, this anger and seething vitriol in front of me, in the midst of almost being crushed by a car in an act of terrorism, I am finally ready to live. I am finally ready to persist and thrive; to not just float down the stream of life, but to row with fervor and passion, fueled with the fire of those before me who dreamed of the chances I have today, and who died for the rights I have yet to receive. The incidents of the weekend of August 11 and 12 prove that the right to live as a person of color in this country, truly free, without fear of harassment, subjugation or violence, is a right that has yet to be allowed to us.
and produced at UVA, with no break. I dove in, trying to make sense of my guilt, my own terror. It took me months to walk the Downtown Mall again. I’m still uneasy because I know that the hatred did not come from out of town. It is home. It lives in the same place I have called home for my entire life. Walking down a Charlottesville street was always a tricky thing for me. My brown skin feels like a bull’s-eye painted on me. That target is just as bright for me today as it was the afternoon of A12, when I was being ushered into a safe house...just in case. Now, I feel I have a moral responsibility to walk these streets to show all of the people who were standing next to Heather when she died that I respect the sacrifice they made
for me. I walk these streets to send a message to people who hate me for something I cannot control: They will not take my life from me, they will not take my town. I was fortified with the words of a dear friend and fellow activist who spoke to me through tears on A12: “This will not stop me. I will go harder. I will not stop.” In that moment I realized I could not let them fight this alone. I had to stand with them and for them. I deal with the hatred by doing art that continues to show people of color as human. I will lift up those stories to show people that humanity is universal. I will make white people understand that the same lie that created racism in this country has hurt them, too. Moving forward we have a common goal of ending racism in America. We have people whose eyes have been opened. The journey may be hard; it may take time. For me and for my fellow activists and artists, we are determined to stay on this road until the end. I lean on my friend’s words whenever I think the road is too hard, or this fight will be too long. I repeat them to myself, like a mantra: This will not stop me. I will go harder. I will not stop.
Tom Gutherz Senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel, member of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective It was a little bit shocking for many people in the congregation to see that openness of antisemitic signs, using chants and slogans and symbols. Most of us had had some encounters with antisemitism, in the course of growing up and being a minority and, in most cases, it was probably what I would call the garden variety antisemitism, statements being made out of ignorance, but not always. But I don’t think anybody had really expected to see this kind of hate, and the youth and the vigor and the excitement of those people and the signs that they carried—for many people, it was disorienting. In the aftermath, it made us sit back and question some of the assumptions that we have about how comfortable we should or could feel in places we do feel comfortable in and that we do feel very much a part of. We are right in the center of everything here at Congregation Beth Israel. One block from Emancipation Park, one block from Justice Park, one block from the courthouse where all these cases are being tried. In some ways, it has really changed the way we think about our own safety in a way that, I would say, we never have before. And that’s sad. On the other hand, at the expense of going through this as a faith community—we had a very strong sense that the synagogue might be under threat—it really reminded people how much they care about this place, this community. How much they care about our building, how much they love to pray in this place, and how much they value this tradition as a source of comfort and strength—and resilience. I was just at a clergy conference in Boston and people asked quite often, “Have you healed? Has Charlottesville healed?” And I think the answer is, well, not yet. As long as these court cases are still going on, there’s still a desire for justice, there’s still a desire for accountability. The question of the monuments is not settled. Charlottesville comes up quite often in the language and conversation of some of the haters out there. And we ourselves are not rushing to say, “This is all in the past, let’s just go back to the way it used to be,” because the discussion about the monuments and the role of City Council, all that did reveal—and continues to reveal—are some deep issues that our community has to deal with. I’d like to think that that’s going to have a positive result in the end. I’d like to think that some of those conversations will be seen as more necessary, and that we’re really going to pay attention to and hopefully find some solutions and work forward on them. That’s the good part about not healing too fast; it leaves open that desire to get to the root of things.
“They will not take my life from me, they will not take my town.” LESLIE SCOTT-JONES
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sentative of the community it serves. This model works toward empowering communities from within, building capacity for historically under-resourced groups to build equity in their own health and wellness. Numerous community agencies have extended significant resources to respond to this crisis...this is not an indictment of their work. But as I reflect on what I have learned over the summer, I am also called to reflect on the work of the activists and community organizers who laid significant groundwork for us to question the validity of existing structures and to harness the energy of community to respond nimbly. As painful as these events are, the people who are seeking help have the opportunity to heal, not just from this trauma but from other traumatic experiences. I have seen some internal barriers to vulnerability breaking down, and I’ve seen people really wrestling with the beautiful struggle of claiming and understanding one’s identity. By the time someone comes to see me, they’ve already done the hard work, and my job is to bear witness. It’s been a remarkable opportunity for me to be of service.
Brittany Caine-Conley Lead organizer of Congregate C’ville I lend many thoughts to embodiment, always considering what it means to live and express faith in a bodily, present way. Faithful presence was the focus of my summer and the reason I showed up to counteract overt, violent white supremacy. Both on July 8 and August 12, within the turmoil and the conflict and the exhaustion and the complete despair, I experienced what it means to be embodied, what it means to know something in my bones. I felt the evil of white supremacy to an extent I had never previously encountered. I had witnessed white supremacy with my eyes. I understood it with my mind. I even prayed about it and lent my spirit and time to dismantling it. But I hadn’t encountered violent white supremacy in my bones. In White Christian America we like to think about things and pray about things. We look at oppression and supremacy and
evil, we mentally process oppression and supremacy and evil, we pray for the end of oppression and supremacy and evil, and we institute programs to address oppression and supremacy and evil. But we don’t actually experience oppressive supremacy in our bones. There’s a striking difference between perceiving oppressive evil in our minds, seeing oppressive evil with our eyes, feeling oppressive evil with our flesh and actually knowing oppressive evil deep down in our bones. When a truth lodges itself in our bones, reality begins to shift. We can’t simply think and pray and write checks and create programs and expect justice to flow like a river. Our reality will transform once we allow uncomfortable truths to lodge deep down inside of our bones. Goodness and justice will flow when we learn how to be present in the face of evil and oppression, when we experience, in our bodies, the very thing we hope to change. May we show up. May we practice presence. May we learn how to accompany one another, not just with our thoughts and prayers, but with our bones.
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issues and my hope is that in the wake of this ongoing tragedy, our systems become better able to support those disproportionately affected by institutionalized oppression, but also create systems of accountability to help redress power imbalances. In the work I do for groups and organizations, I love talking about ways of providing critical services such as education, medical care and mental health treatment in culturally responsive ways. This type of care reflects the potency with which culture impacts our ability to be successful in life, centers the individual’s culture as the frame of reference for offering help and is repre-
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I should begin by saying that although I was present for the rallies in May and July, I was abroad on August 11 and 12 and my perspective on the events of the summer exists within this context. The magnitude of the chaos, trauma and intensity of A11/12 was conveyed to me via news outlets, social media, friends, family and in the interpretations of the people I encountered across Europe and Botswana where I was traveling. The juxtaposition of attending a conference reflecting upon the African philosophy of ubuntu and exploring our shared humanity while my home was in turmoil can’t be understated. In the midst of this dissonance, I received numerous emails and telephone calls requesting clinical presence for individuals and groups affected by the alt-right presence, violence and domestic terrorism. Most of these calls were for queer, trans and POC [people of color] affirming care, which can be difficult to come by or assess in our community. Since coming home, I have been providing ongoing support to many who have experienced trauma in the wake of A11/12, but also working with local organizations and groups to bolster awareness of the underlying issues that have permeated our community prior to the events of the summer. People often inquire as to what is different about my work post-A11/12, and the reality is that for many of my most vulnerable clients and the way I support them, much remains the same. The underlying societal imbalances that contributed to the trajectory of events over the summer is interwoven into the very fabric of our town. In many ways, Charlottesville, in the shadow of Monticello, represents the birthplace of the American contradiction: life, liberty and freedom—for some. This contradiction extends into our major institutions and services for education, medical care and mental health. There exist disparate health outcomes for many marginalized groups in Charlottesville and very few providers that reflect the demographics of the community. The events of A11/12 in many ways highlighted these
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Jocelyn Johnson Johnson Elementary School art teacher, writer I tried to prepare. I braced against it. Still, August 12 in Charlottesville shifted something in me. When those men raised their Klan-marked Confederate flags, I felt like I could not breathe. When they chanted “Jews will not replace us!,” my mind flew back to visiting Germany in high school. Our school group took a day trip to Auschwitz. Sixteen and standing in that fallow place, the truth of history felt far away, as if a curtain of time shielded me from all the obscenities that had occurred there. This summer, when those men aimed their rage at brown and black bodies, at immigrants and refugees and Jewish people, I felt overwhelmed with grief. By glorifying brutality and genocide, they proved my teenaged self wrong. The symbols they brandished, the chants they resurrected, made those historic atrocities feel close in the cave of my chest. Just like that I understood there was no distance. We could do terrible things. Terrible things could be done to us. In the weeks afterward, I couldn’t sleep. I watched colleagues and students tearful and exhausted as the school year started. I wrestled with the fact that this spectacle of hate was now part of my son’s understanding of the world. Signs of anger, fear, stress and depression were more visible in our civic discourse and on my Facebook feed. Folks seemed to be retreating into smaller inwardlooking circles, distrustful even of those who have a slightly different point of view. But lately, I’ve noticed that people have grown more committed too, more determined. It’s as if they are also thinking what I’ve come to know. If there is no wall of time to protect us, then there is only us. If those men could position their bodies to
do harm, then we can angle ours to do good. Those men offered us a rare close-up view of where tribalism and intolerance lead, but the legacy of August 12 is still forming in our hands. What if we manage to work together to define ourselves in blindingly stark contrast? What if we channel our new anxious energies toward fostering equity, diversity, decency? We face real challenges in this town and on this fragile boat of a planet. August 12 convinced me, we need each other more than ever now.
Heather Hill City councilor-elect I believe our city’s reputation as an open and welcoming community made us a target for white supremacists seeking to aggressively oppose our ideals. Their actions on the weekend of August 12 revisited the worst demons of America’s past and reinforced the sad reality of the continued hate and discord among some Americans. While the horrors of that weekend were the direct result of hate-filled visitors pour-
Tim Dodson Third-year UVA student, current managing editor and incoming editor-in-chief of The Cavalier Daily
The events forced me to think critically about my own work. I interviewed Richard Spencer for a piece about his time at UVA that The Cavalier Daily published earlier this year, and even though I made it clear he holds racist beliefs and included perspectives of people critical of his movement, I wonder if the potential harm of that article outweighed the importance of the question of how UVA shaped him. I stand by the reporting, but the ways in which we cover white nationalism demands reflection, and a willingness to admit we can and should do better. A key challenge moving forward is engaging citizens and leaders to ensure the events of this past summer never happen again. From a journalistic perspective, that means providing students and community members with the information they need to get involved, whether it be at a student council, Board of Visitors or City Council meeting. It also means getting leaders on the record, and keeping them accountable when they fall short.
“I can’t imagine what it’s like to be someone who was injured on those days, or a member of a minority community targeted by the white nationalist movement. But I can listen.” TIM DODSON
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I can’t walk around the Rotunda without imagining the heat of the torches from the racists marching past me, or pass through the Alderman Library parking lot and not think of how white nationalists threatened to break my camera as I saw them throw a man to the ground and pile tiki torches into the back of a U-Haul truck. When I walk downtown, I have flashbacks to choking on chemical irritants and militia men patrolling the streets. I can’t forget looking down from the top of the Water Street Parking Garage on the scene of the two other vehicles hit in the car attack, surrounded by posters and fliers victims dropped as they fled the scene. The events of August 11 and 12 still haunt me, and because the news never stops—reports being released, UVA students making
demands of the administration, court hearings—I haven’t had much time to reflect. Journalists—yes, even student journalists— have a responsibility to follow the stories. I’m still traumatized by what happened to the city where I’ve lived for my entire life, and I can’t imagine what it’s like to be someone who was injured on those days, or a member of a minority community targeted by the white nationalist movement. But I can listen. August 11 and 12 taught me that journalists must listen to the wide range of perspectives in our communities and approach our work with more empathy. For example, I saw reporters and cameramen step on the flowers at Heather Heyer’s memorial. That was troubling, to say the least. In October, we also saw a local news station air an interview with a white nationalist leader who described torch rallies as “mystical and magical,” just days after the community’s wounds were reopened with another torchlit rally.
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“If those men could position their bodies to do harm, then we can angle ours to do good.” JOCELYN JOHNSON
ing into our city, the response of our gov- 23 ernment revealed systemic issues that have been present for some time. These include a lack of communication, coordination, responsiveness and an unwillingness to leverage external resources effectively. If we cannot handle the day-to-day responsibilities of government well, how can we expect to handle extraordinary situations? This summer’s events have galvanized many of us to address the systemic flaws in our city. I believe that in order to accomplish this we need to focus on how our local government is structured and identify changes that make it more effective and more citizen focused. We need to educate ourselves so we understand how a strong economic base supports so many of the community’s needs. We need to work with our state leaders to influence decisions currently not in our direct control. Finally, we need to create mechanisms that enable us to develop a mutual understanding, working together to be effective problem solvers. In the months that have followed August 12, I have heard from more and more people who want to be part of a meaningful path forward, yet ironically the public discourse that has been shaped by the rightful anger from the summer’s events is preventing the change we all want and need. This goes against what I believe our community wants to be—open to each other and our differences. I believe there is something to be learned from everyone, whether they speak loudly or softly, whether one may agree with them or not. It is important for voices to be heard by their government but it is also important that we maintain a respectful atmosphere where we treat and speak to others as we hope they would treat and speak to us. It is hard for me to put into words how much my life has been enriched the past year by going into spaces less familiar to me and engaging with such a diverse and passionate set of voices. This experience has given me a new lens from which I now view our community, its diversity, its history and its future. I could not be more excited about the potential we have as a community to come together, build relationships and leverage our collective resources as we write the next chapter for our Charlottesville.
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“I was glad to be there among so many people outraged by this scene and condemning fascism, white supremacy, homophobia and xenophobia.” JEFF FOGEL
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Civil rights attorney In my six-plus decades of life, I have been at many demonstrations, protests and marches, but I had never seen such a spectacle of hate as graphic as that displayed on August 11 and 12. I was, however, glad to be there among so many people outraged by this scene and condemning fascism, white supremacy, homophobia and xenophobia. I was also happy to see so many people reject the idea, proposed by most of our city leaders, to leave the Nazis alone, on the misguided notion that they will just go away. Never before had I seen police refusing to stop violence, ignoring pleas to intervene. Nazis were simply allowed to roam the streets of our city, threatening and intimidating and finally killing and maiming. Learning that the state police were ordered to stand down and that even the Charlottesville police were told to intervene only for serious bodi-
ly injury or death was shocking. I am representing people in seven different cases arising from July 8 and August 12, as well as incidents leading up to both events. In most cases, the defendants are demonstrably innocent and their arrest (even if they are ultimately acquitted) constituted punishment for exercising their free speech rights. The aftermath of August, however, has also seen a positive and significant shift in the understanding of racial oppression in our community. Racial oppression, after all, is the flip side of white supremacy. Discussions about low-income housing, disparities in wealth and income and the treatment of African-Americans in the criminal justice and social service systems are all on the table and enjoying widespread support. We even elected [to City Council] a native of Charlottesville, an African-American woman and independent who sees through lies and hypocrisy. We have many moons to go to achieve true racial equality, but I think Charlottesville may be ready.
Kristin Szakos Member of the Charlottesville City Council since 2009. Her term will end at the end of December. When I ran for office eight years ago, I was fresh off the Obama campaign, and had become convinced that many of the things I’d heard from folks at the doors while canvassing—the desire for racial equity in education, for affordable housing, for living wage jobs and for access to government— needed to happen at the local level as well as in Washington. I campaigned on those issues, and I have kept my focus on them ever since. Before joining City Council, I was inspired by the work of the Dialogue on Race, instituted by Councilor Holly Edwards the year before, and had served as a facilitator to one of the Dialogue groups. The group’s focus on action as well as talk gave me— and many others—hope that the changes
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Mike Signer Mayor of Charlottesville I’m often asked if I’m an optimist or a pessimist after this year in Charlottesville. While I do have a combination of outrage, fury, disappointment, sadness and regret for what we were forced to endure, and for the many failures of our city and state governments documented in recent investigations, I answer that I’m still an optimist. I firmly believe we will overcome this dark chapter in our country’s history just as we did other dark chapters, whether McCarthyism or Jim Crow, through the very values and principles that make us Americans. To the extent Charlottesville revealed a city, and a nation, that are vulnerable to this year’s firestorm, the years ahead will require the work of any village protecting itself from blazes. We have to address the inequi-
ties laid bare by this terrorism, and to make sure that such horrible events never happen again. This is why Charlottesville’s recent actions are so important, from creating more than 200 new units of affordable housing, to overhauling our permitting system, to suing the armed paramilitary groups who invaded us to prevent them from ever threatening us again, to the city manager announcing reforms for how the police approach these events. I also take heart from political developments. In the recent statewide Virginia elections, candidates running on Trumpism were defeated by an unprecedented surge of activated voters. This stunning wave showed that, through it all, American constitutional democracy is alive and kicking. We are being stress-tested, and while it’s painful, we’re presenting the resilience and dynamism that leaders from James Madison to Martin Luther King Jr. saw as the
heart of American democracy. The alternative of a passive and cynical populace just giving up would be much, much worse. And so I believe that the year 2017, and the expansion in the resistance to Trumpism that followed Charlottesville, will ultimately rank as one of this country’s greatest constitutional moments, on par with the period of deep democratic self-reflection that occurred in the 1930s, as democracies in Europe fell one by one to tyranny, and as Sinclair Lewis wrote the best-selling novel It Can’t Happen Here. To paraphrase many others, there’s nothing that’s wrong with us that what’s right with us can’t fix. But nothing will happen because of arcs of history or pendulums swinging on their own. It comes down to us—to individuals and organizations working hard to strengthen democracy, to embody the resilience that is the soul of American democracy.
folks at the doors had wanted would be implemented. And many have. The action items coming from that process have led, with City Council support, to Charlottesville’s Human Rights Ordinance and Commission; the keeping and sharing of racial data regarding police stops to be able to track and address racial inequities; the opening of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center; the founding of a Promise Neighborhood—the City of Promise; creation of a job readiness/training/hiring program for people who have long been unemployed or underemployed; and a commitment as a Second Chance City for people with felony records. Council also created and recently doubled the affordable housing fund and adopted policies to increase the production and preservation of affordable housing and counter pressures of gentrification. We have welcomed immigrants and refugees into our midst and celebrated our cultural diversity. And yes, we voted to remove the Confederate statues that dominate our downtown parks—although a Circuit Court judge has issued an injunction keeping us from removing them. But the work that made our city more fair and equitable was part of what brought white supremacists raging and screaming into our midst. Our commitment to move toward equity infuriated them, even as it fell short of what others had hoped for. And although I am heartbroken at the violence and the loss of lives the white supremacist rage inflicted, I cannot be sorry to live in a community that they object to. The events of May 13, July 8 and August 12 have shaken this community to its core. The violence and our flawed response left many feeling unsafe and threatened, searching for who to blame. Council has heard fear and frustration and anger from every perspective: those who feel the changes haven’t gone far enough and those who feel they’ve gone too far. I am hopeful that in the coming year we can recommit ourselves to building bridges, to listening, to talking to one another rather than at one another, acknowledging that we are all flawed and trying to be better. Vitriol and rage have their place, but they will not help to build up a community where all can feel safe and valued. There’s a lot to do to make this the kind of community we know we should be. Overcoming 300 years of racial injustice and inequality in income, education and opportunity—along with supporting a thriving economy, keeping everyone safe and maintaining our infrastructure—are challenges that now face the next Council and the people of this city. I am confident that they are up to the task.
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Charles Weber Jr. Attorney and one of seven plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit against the city to stop the removal of the General Robert E. Lee statue
City Council met in executive session and emerged with a litany of mea culpas but no answers to the question of executive responsibility. A leader can always delegate authority but never responsibility. The Heaphy report stands as Exhibit A for the proposition that a committee of five is structurally unfit to wield executive power. The people of Charlottesville would be better served If executive power were vested in one person, a full-time mayor elected by and accountable to the people. Finally, on election day, the good people of Charlottesville, in a clear rebuke to the dominant Democratic party, handed Nikuyah Walker a historic victory—the first independent to be elected to City Council since 1948 and the first time in the history of Charlottesville that two African-Americans will serve simultaneously. What took so long? Our charter specifies that all city councilors shall be elected at-large. In some localities, at-large elections have been found
to violate the Voting Rights Act. In Charlottesville, at-large elections were adopted in 1922, at the height of the Jim Crow era, and were intended to disenfranchise as many impoverished people, including most African-Americans, as possible. Until this past election, only seven African-Americans had ever been elected to serve on City Council in the entire history of Charlottesville as an independent city, the first being elected in 1970. In 1981, a referendum calling for ward elections was passed by the voters, However, the Democrats on City Council nullified the vote and scheduled a second referendum. The second ballot initiative failed. I believe that the people of Charlottesville, regardless of their skin color, will benefit by electing their councilors from smaller electoral districts. Doing so would alter the way in which the average citizen relates to his or her local government and could fundamentally improve the political culture in Charlottesville.
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I am an optimist by nature. I would like to think that three watershed events of 2017 might present opportunities for change that could benefit all of the people of Charlottesville. First, City Council, in reckless disregard of Virginia law, voted to remove our two historic Civil War monuments from our public parks, sparking the most serious political crisis in recent memory. In contrast to the overheated rhetoric and actual violence of the public demonstrations, the lawsuit filed against the city has proceeded respectfully and with the dignity required of legal proceedings. Prediction: The city will lose the case and be ordered not to remove or interfere with the monuments. City Council will be forced
to face reality. Some will not be happy with the result, but most of the public will understand that the rule of law prevailed and will more deeply appreciate the deliberative process of Virginia law. Second, the city’s planning and real-time responses to the demonstrations and counter demonstrations over the summer have exposed inherent flaws in the structure of our local government. The purpose of democracy is to legitimize power and provide political accountability for those who exercise it. Unlike the Constitutions of United States and Virginia, our city charter merges both legislative and executive power in one body, a city council composed of five part-time legislators. The city manager is an employee of City Council and not directly accountable to the voters. So who can the voters hold politically accountable for shortcomings, real or perceived, in the executive branch of government this past year? Answer: no one really.
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punched me, looking at me as though I was a thing. All of that has affected me in ways that I probably don’t even understand now. It has changed me. I’ve been attacked online several times. I’ve been doxxed. I’ve always heard this before, but I never knew it to be true that black people look alike. Really, we do? A white supremacist picked a black face in the crowd and said I was the person, and he published my name next to the photo. He declared that I was a violent photographer and should be arrested. I looked at the photo and I look nothing like that person. My name was also on this list of dangerous antifa in Charlottesville that was published on a Nazi site, right alongside Tom Perriello. I guess I should be proud to be in the big league. I guess those guys just upped my status. The impacts of August are ongoing and pervasive. As a photojournalist I go to every event I hear about. I go to all the City Council meetings and witness the confrontations over and over again, and I’m thinking, “Is this really Charlottesville?” I get it—people are angry, they have a right to be angry—I don’t want to say they shouldn’t be. But it
has just changed everybody. The slightest thing will just tick people off. And it also has affected me. As much as I try to stay neutral, I have to admit that I’m still a black person. I’m still a black photojournalist. I’m still documenting the fallout. There are traces of August everywhere. There is no passing week that I’m not in a space or a conversation or an action that doesn’t remind me of that day. The mark of that day is never going to leave this town. I haven’t been able to take a breath since August. I have been working non-stop. I’ve noticed in my everyday life that my capacity for patience just in general has been worn down. It is hard to live with this pressure for such a long time. To be perfectly honest, I could use a vacation. But I also want to focus on the positive. I have made so many new friends since that day. In the few weeks following August 11 and 12 I probably made 500 new friends on Facebook. I see a lot of people downtown now who say hi to me. The summer of hate has actually helped me to build a bigger community of people in Charlottesville. I do love this city.
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How has the summer affected me? Well, I’m heartened by the way the community has come together. July and August affected everyone in Charlottesville, and it’s amazing how people have reacted to it. In all, the community is in sync with the idea of bringing love back to Charlottesville. The whole thing has been dubbed “the summer of hate” and it’s amazing how people have come together to try not just to restore Charlottesville, but to be honest about the realities here and to build a better city. This city is my home. This is the place I came to as an immigrant a decade ago. I’ve never lived anywhere else in America. I love this city. And it’s my honor to be a small part of telling the story of my city. I’ve been following the rise of this white supremacy in Charlottesville for a few years now. I feel I know the story. I feel I am the right person to help tell it. And yet nothing prepared me for August. I wish I could have taken one photo that would have conveyed everything that happened that day. It was unreal.
And of course even as I appreciate how the community has come together, August has also helped me to name realities I’ve always sensed about Charlottesville but that I know some of my lighter-skinned friends don’t like to talk about. The tensions between black and white Charlottesville, the lack of diversity downtown—I see these issues more now. It has made me look at everything, at every person, in a new light. It has changed the way I see my environment now. Especially that day—being out there and seeing well over 1,000 people who came to Charlottesville all united in one thing: hate. You could see the hate on their faces, and the interesting thing about that is that these people didn’t actually know us at all. They just came into this town in order to hate us. These are adults, not just kids, not just youth who have lost their way. Some of them are old, grown men. Family men. You could tell that these guys have careers, they are professionals. The guy who punched me in the face, he looked like a family man. A man who has kids. And he came to my town with a shirt that has Hitler on it, and you could see the look on his face when he
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LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN Are you ready for it? The addition of percussion and keyboards to The Steel Wheels’ signature acoustic sound? The Harrisonburgformed group steers into new territory by beefing up its traditional folk style on the new album, Wild As We Came Here. “I’m excited to see what happens,” says Trent Wagler (guitar, banjo and songwriter). “There are fans out there who are ready for this, and who have been waiting for us to do this.” $32-60, times vary. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4980.
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FAIL TO OBEY Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is a play within a play that centers on a dysfunctional courtship (defined as misogynistic by modern standards), where subordinate female behavior from leading lady Katherina outsmarts psychological torture by her male suitor, Petruchio, all in the name of comedic farce. $29-54, times vary. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. 540-885-5588.
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The well-known Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel becomes an absurd opera in the hands of producer Richard Jones. In a special English-language Met Live In HD presentation, the doomed siblings wander from their home into the dark forest and end up at the Witch’s gingerbread house. With food at its dramatic center, each act of the opera is set in a different kind of kitchen and informed by a different theatrical style. $10.50-14.50, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.
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Nelson County New Year’s Eve with Chamomile & Whiskey, Lord Nelson and DJ Phil Free. $20-25, 6:30pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
NYE ICE Night hosted by Fut, Bug and VA Doe. Music by DJ SoFly and Special Guest DJs. $20, 10pm. 21-plus. The Ante Room, 219 W. Water St. 284-8561. DJ Groovematic No cover, 10pm. 21-plus. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. Cashless Society No cover, 10:30pm. 21-plus. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
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NewYear’s Eve in Dublin followed by Das Homage Beatles Tribute. No cover, 7pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.
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ARTS THIS WEEK Wednesday 12/27 music Indecision. Combining the styles of Steely Dan, Little Feat and the Grateful Dead into a unique and original sound to please jam band fans everywhere. $15-17, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948. Open Mic Night. Josh Mayo hosts an open mic night where collaboration is encouraged. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Deli and Pub, 1221 E. Market St. 282-2713.
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Bob Bennetta. Local piano virtuoso starts off the evening with jazz tunes. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279. DJ Tova. Get down to moombahton mixes. 21-plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. Gina Sobel. Eclectic folk from a multi-instrumentalist. Free, 5pm. Wegmans Pub, 5th Street Station. 529-3200. Litz. A wide array of musical influences ranging from funk, jam, go-go, soul, electronica and just about everything in between. With the Woodshedders. $7-10, 8pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561.
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Phil Gibbs and Kathleen O’Keefe. Itinerant bluesy folk singer-songwriters take traditional love anthems and polish them to perfection. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
Lua Project. Enjoy an evening of Mexilachian music. Free, 8pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. Pickin’ and Grinnin’. An instrumental and vocal jam open to all. Free, 7pm. James River Brewery, 561 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-7837.
Phil West. Powerful, emotive vocals accompanied by percussive finger-style guitar and a foot-triggered backbeat. Free, 7pm. Wild Wolf Brewery, 2461 Rockfish Valley Hwy., Nellysford. 361-0088.
Scuffletown. Calypso, bluegrass, reggae and blues. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094.
Sammy Horn. Local jazz pianist creates an evening of relaxation in a chill atmosphere. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.
Skip Castro. Rhythm ‘n’ blues, swing, boogie-woogie and rock ‘n’ roll band brings the party. $22-25, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.
Suga Grits. Power funk and jam from Washington, D.C. 21-plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526.
Vaden Cox and Friends. Honoring the past and present greats of rock ‘n’ roll and playing some originals. With Eric Heinsohn, Lora Kelley and John Stubblefield. $10-12, 6pm. The Southern Café and Music Hall, 103 S. First St. 977-5590.
dance Bachata Fusion. Edwin Roa teaches an introductory bachata lesson before a social dance featuring music by DJ Butchata. $5-8, 8pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561.
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Whiskey Rebellion. This Americana band has harvested a sound deeply rooted in the folk traditions of Appalachia and the raw elements of American rock ‘n’ roll. 21-plus. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549. CONTINUED ON PAGE 36
music Koda and Marie. An eclectic blend of traditional, raucous Irish roots, potent Americana and mountain funk. Free, 7:30pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278. Mark and John. Spend some time with a kick-ass guitar duo. Free, 6:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. Pre-New Year’s Blackout Birthday Bash Teen Party. DJ Double U on the ones and twos.18 and under. $7-10, 8pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561. The Michael Elswick Gathering. Epic jazz ensemble with influences ranging from hard bop to New Orleans-style jazz, American punk and surf rock. Free, 7pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.
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Friday 12/29 music Adrian Duke. Get the night started right with local jams. Free, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.
Des Demonas (In the Red) I’m not a subscriber to the “worst times spawn the best punk” school of thought— after all, times are always bad on some level—and perhaps because the underlying rot has always smelled the worst in the nation’s capital, great punk has always come out of D.C., no matter who’s president. But these incredibly dark times have definitely provided some rich fodder: See “The South Will Never Rise Again,” the rousing leadoff track on Des Demonas’ terrific debut. The band— something of a D.C. dream team including members of The Make-Up, Medications and CityGoats—doesn’t let up, dishing Farfisa-soaked scuzzy noise for a solid half hour, and Jacky Cougar Abok seals the deal with a bracing bark halfway between Mark E. Smith and Damo Suzuki, a perfect vehicle for righteous indignation. Invigorating stuff.
Monster Rally Flowering Jungle (Gold Robot) Cleveland-bred, L.A.-residing Ted Feighan began releasing music as Monster Rally in 2010, following in the footsteps of magpie collage artists like Mr. Scruff and Avalanches. In time, Feighan carved out a distinct
aesthetic of hazy, harmless grooves forged from tropical/exotica records and rudimentary funk drum tracks. Though the production values are cleaner on Flowering Jungle, he hasn’t wavered from his formula—and it is a formula; there aren’t any standouts or variations of mood. Fortunately, it’s a congenial, likable mood, languorous and chilled out but askew enough to avoid elevator/ lifestyle boutique territory. There’s even an occasional light touch of menace—Cleveland in the rear view mirror—but nothing that would make anyone take Flowering Jungle off the stereo on a sunny, untroubled weekend afternoon.
Various Artists Andina: Huayno, Carnaval and Cumbia—The Sound of the Peruvian Andes 1968-1978 (Tiger’s Milk/Strut) Since 2013, the Tiger’s Milk crate diggers have been uncovering fantastic Peruvian music past and present, and Andina is a sinewy, stellar addition to its catalog, an instant cure for winter blahs. The compilation covers a rocky period in Peru’s political history, but the groups on Andina eschew the topic of national administration for the politics of dancing. It’s a varied collection devoid of flimsy Andean clichés—the conjuntos fea-
ture a variety of lead instruments (electric guitar, piano, accordion) and stylistic leanings (folk, jazz, psychedelia), and the whole thing is soaked in layers of baião rhythms and a contagious elation. For those inclined, there is also a corresponding cookbook, and I am not kidding.
Chris Gantry At the House of Cash (Drag City) Outlaw country, insurgent country—why not acid country? And what else could you call an album recorded at Johnny Cash’s studio— at the behest of the man himself—which features fiddle and dobro masters Buddy Spicher and Bashful Brother Oswald, but kicks off with the line “Flyin’ saucers outside my window / Come on boy, away, away...” and follows with Soft Machine organ solos? On Nashville underground legend Chris Gantry’s never-released 1973 album, strings and mellotrons flutter about; oboes, harps and tablas swing by—and when Gantry isn’t crooning like a countrified Nilsson on “Different” and “Clair Oh Clair,” he’s narrating a shaggy-dog Bible story or the tale of a single human tear. It’s small wonder that Music Row shut its doors to such shenanigans. But these are inspired shenanigans for anyone whose tastes run to the freaky.—Nick Rubin
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Macbeth. Driven to bloody deeds by their lust for power and supernatural predictions, Macbeth and his Lady fight to hold on to their ill-gotten throne, their sanity and each other by any means necessary. $21-60, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
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The Weedeaters. Local string band plays blues, bluegrass, old-time and swing. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549.
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A Christmas Carol. Marley, the three Christmas ghosts, the Cratchits and Tiny Tim are all back to take Scrooge on the ride of his money-grubbing life. $49, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
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Flashing back A slow tumble down the local music rabbit hole By Erin O’Hare arts@c-ville.com
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nranked and surely incomplete, here’s an alphabetical list of what Charlottesville-area artists released this year. It’s longer than last year’s, and, based on interviews and conversations with many of these artists, I suspect it’s because the past year hangs heavy in our hearts. And so, we have music to sustain us, whether we make it or listen to it. Click on the “Charlottesville” tag on BandCamp.com—there’s something new to hear from a local artist almost weekly, whether it’s a single, an EP or an album. Check out what’s going on over on SoundCloud, where psych-rockers Free Idea regularly post lengthy non-album jams to their page. The site is also a treasure trove of local hip-hop, with rappers uploading tracks to their pages almost as fast as they can spit their rhymes (see EquallyOpposite, Quin Bookz, Waasi and many others). Want more still? Go to shows or go online to c-ville.com (we’ll link it all up).
A.D. Carson, Owning My Masters: The Rhetorics of Rhymes and Revolutions; Sleepwalking, Vol. 1: A Mixtape (hip-hop, rap) Adar, The Rapids (soul, funk, jazz, rock) Andrew Neil, Code Purple (brooding acoustic rock) Animal Sun, Animal Sun (alternative rock) Astrochimp, State of the Art; Syncrotuning (indie synth pop) Awkward Bros, Right On! (pop punk) Backtraveller, 80 (electronic synthesizer and guitar pop) Big Lean, Convos With Self; XL Lean (hiphop, R&B, soul, rap) Bella Morte, Year of the Ghost; One Bright Soul In This Emptiness (goth, darkwave, postpunk) Bonnie Cash, Collection Day (hip-hop, rap) Borrowed Beams of Light, Naked Gods, New Boss, Group MMS, Sweeter Than Honey: Live at The Southern (indie psych pop, electronic, etc.)
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FLOOM, Multi-Voice of the Immensity Before avant-metal artist (and classically-trained flautist) Maxx Katz moved from Charlottesville to Portland, Oregon, she released this album that explores her love of bleakness via the guttural depth of heavy-metal guitar and the piercing lightness of flute.
Dais Queue, My Guitars Vote; various live recordings (experimental) Davis Davis, Live 11-15-2017 (experimental guitar and cello) Dave Petty, As You Are (acoustic) David Dillehunt, Surrender (soundtrack) Debra Guy, Lucky Numbers (acoustic singer-songwriter) DMV Hef, No Love Lost, No Trust Given (rap, hip-hop) dogfuck, The Alphabet; Surprise, You Dick! (hip-hop, rap, electronic, experimental) Eli Cook, High-Dollar Gospel (blues, rock, country) Eliza Juno, Turing Test (piano indie pop) Erin & The Wildfire, Thirst (rock, blues) Ethan Lipscomb, Just Sex (electronic, dance pop) Fanciful Animals, Digital Pangea (jazz-ish math-ish prog rock) First of Three, Call The Navigator (ukulele folk) Frohawk, Analyzing My Life EP (midtempo electronic, future bass) Fulton Ave., Fulton Ave. (death metal) fwawn, Recent Encounters with the Void (downtempo, post-rock, hip-hop) Gold Connections, Gold Connections (indie rock) Graeme Rosner, Closer Harmonies (And Other Drugs) (R&B, soul pop) Grand Banks, various live sets (ambient, electronic) Greg Brown, Another Dose; Just Tell Me Why (instrumental rock) Greg Dunan, Unification (jazz) Greg Howard and Angela Kelly, The Holly and the Ivy (Chapman Stick and flute Christmas) Haircut, June 2017 Promo Tape; Shutting Down (punk, hardcore)
Croan, Soul Resurrection (jazz rock, neo-soul) Cryptids After Dark, Some Distant Light (indie pop, rock)
Jean Glas, Music for Blue Light and Baby’s Breath; Temporal Rift; Eat So Well (ambient, experimental electronic) Jordan Peeples, Heavy Low (alternative indie folk) Josh Zimmerman, Simon (electronic, downtempo synthesizer) Kate Bollinger, Key West (alternative, indie folk pop) Kathryn Caine, The Gospel According to Kathryn Caine (bluegrass, country, Americana) Katie Wood, Old Matoaka Amphitheater-live (lo-fi alternative acoustic)
Krayon, Krayon (EDM, electronic, future bass) Lauren Hoffman & The Secret Storm, Family Ghost (alternative dark rock/melancholy pop)
Charles Owens Quartet, As One (jazz)
Crimson Youth, Improvisations for a Listless Mind; 6 Blue Eyes (experimental, electronic)
Jaewar & Vibe Riot, True! Raw Honey (funk, hip-hop, neo-soul, reggae)
Kilo Pascal, From Nothing (meditative acoustic, electronic)
Cass, 23 (hip-hop, rap)
Cream Dream, Bright Idea (post-twee, rock)
Jan Coleman, Red and Blue; Young People (pop rock)
Kevin Davis, 14 Stations (experimental, free improvisation noise composition)
Carry/Dais Queue, Split (ambient noise)
corinne, Naomi and The Dagger; Wonderful; Junipearl; Juniper (alternative, lo-fi)
Inning, Après-Ski (indie rock)
Ken’s Last Ever Radio Extravaganza, various sound collages (noise, electronic)
Butterfly Vendetta, Loud & Clear (pop punk, rock)
Clay Bones, Clay Bones (blues)
Harli & The House of Juniper, Basement Tapes (alternative jam rock)
Kendall Street Company, Space for Days (groove rock, jam)
Breakers, In Search of An Exit (alt-rock, proto punk)
Devon Sproule’s The Gold String Sproule’s alt-folk record explores “love and connection, both simple, tangible love and the more mystical kind,” she told C-VILLE. For love, in a broad sense, is the most common human experience of all.
Guion Pratt, Drone for the Holidays Vol. 1 Perhaps best known for his folk songwriting project Nettles, Pratt explores a whole new mode of sound creation here, and dedicates these soothing drone tracks in part to a friend’s newborn baby.
Fried Egg, Back and Forth These punk rockers are stalwarts of Charlottesville’s DIY music scene, and they can shred. Enough said.
Lowland Hum, Thin; Songs For Christmas Time (minimalist folk) Mill, MILL (rock, baroque indie) Molasses, Molasses (electronic, experimental, noise, percussion) Nate Braeuer, Broken Skylight (baritonic piano folk) New Boss, Third Sister (indie rock, guitar pop) Noah Zeidman, I’m Not Feeling It (bedroom rock, folk)
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The Chuggernauts, Oi Oi AHOY pt. 1 (punk) The Graphic World, The Graphic World (freeform experimental space rock) The Hill and Wood, When You Go (indie folk) The Moonbees/Accidental Seabirds, Ladybug House Volume 3 (alt-country, altfolk, alt-rock) The Multi-Os, Multi-Os; Triple-Entendre (weirdo folk pop) The Ragnarockers, Live @ Rapture IV.XII.MMXVII (funk, bar blues) The Trust Circle, Better Than Nothing (indie, emo, pop punk) The Unholy Four, Do Not Kill or Be Sober (rock, punk) The Vailix, Architect (conceptual hard rock) The Willies, Full Ride (pop, soul pop) This Hollow Machine, Aleph Null (Part 1) (acid industrial, ambient noise) Time Nothing, Rythmn In Chaos (beatdown, hardcore) Travis Elliott, Get In Love (acoustic rock, singer-songwriter) Turtone, Family, Friends, and Even Aliens (8-bit, experimental) U.S., Manifesto (alternative, goth, industrial, post punk) Voice of Saturn, Shapeshifter (electronic, acid, synthwave) Waterloo, Give ’Em Hell, Kid (hip-hop, rap) Wes Swing, And The Heart (dream folk) Wild Rose, Wild Rose/Demo 2017 (punk, rock ‘n’ roll, hard rock) Will Overman, Crossroads (Americana) Whaler, Collections, vol. II (hardcore) Wülf Boi, Foolish Warrior (rap) Zeb Vance Henderson, you were beautifully, wonderfully made (experimental, chill post-rock) Zeek, The Overlooked EP (hip-hop, rap) Zombietron, The Adventures of Zombietron (loop-y electronic, ambient, experimental)
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Ned Oldham, Dark Mountain Freak-folk and country songwriter Ned Oldham released these five tracks over the course of 2017, all inspired by a British “uncivilization” movement called the Dark Mountain Project.
Sondai, Wallflower Kevin Skinner’s debut album under the moniker Sondai is real, sensitive rap; its first single, “One Chick,” made it on to Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist and made Skinner somewhat of an overnight sensation.
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Post Sixty Five, Strange Company (ambient, alternative indie rock) precious bane, canticle of the serpent (lo-fi doom folk dirge) Raintree, Blush Pool (ambient post-rock) Rivanna, A Clear Run (acoustic, alternative folk) Roads, VA, The GEmCD Project; Uncovers; Covers (ambient, avant-garde folk) Robert Shelton, Virginia Boy (Americana, folk) Sauce is Matisse, This Prison; This Reality; Mattspergers (electronic-y rap) Second Draw, The Last Draw (bluejam) Ships In The Night, Myriologues (dark wave, synth pop, electronic) Scottie, Scottie (acoustic-y electropop) Shimmer, 000 (lo-fi ambient, experimental) Smoke Signals, Odyssey (post-hardcore, metal, scream) Sorority Boy, Two Demos; Friends/Enemies (dream pop, shoegaze) Sow, 2017 (punk, hardcore) Space-Saver, Pizza Party and other live recordings (experimental thrash-sax) Spectrum, World on a String (funk, neosoul) susan, my room (alternative, avant-garde, lo-fi, shoegaze) Susan Munson, Halfway to Anywhere (acoustic rock, singer-songwriter) Sweet Tooth, Ache (synth-psych dream pop) Synthetic Division, The Love of Your Life (electropop, synth pop, goth) TaliWok, Winter to Spring 2017 (ukulele, melodica, piano, drum machine) Terry Stokes, Polarity; Invitees; Liminality (singer-songwriter, soul pop) Tha Lynks, Sorry for your Loss (hip-hop, rap) The Anatomy of Frank, South America (chamber pop, indie folk) The Attachments, The Attachments (punk, garage, rock ‘n’ roll) The Can-Do Attitude, The Can-Do Attitude (cosmic cowpunk)
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Sue Harlow. Americana-folk singer-songwriter whose haunting vocals delve into the depths of what makes people real. Free, 2:30pm. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. 297-2326.
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Bent Theatre Drunk Show. A night of drunken improv comedy from Charlottesville’s best. $10, 8pm. Gorilla Theater, 1717 Allied Ln., Ste. 2B. 547-7986. The Taming of the Shrew. Blending romantic comedy and outlandish farce, Shakespeare gives us a love story of psychological liberation and the mysteries of being married. $2160, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
Saturday 12/30 music David Tewksbury. Guitarist strums and picks the evening away. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279. Gangplank Road. Duo offers lyrically rich originals interwoven with complementary covers, ranging from rock and country to alternative and Americana. Free, 4pm. James River Brewery, 561 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-7837. Jason Pollock and Thomas Gunn. Playing the hits that everyone knows and loves, and debuting some shiny new pennies that they’ve been hoarding. Free, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. 823-2001. Johnny B & The Goodes. Blues, soul and varied amounts of other great music. Free, 9pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387. Pre-NYE Fire Party. Get pumped for the new year with music from DJ Flatline. 21-plus. $10, 10pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561. Renée Ruth Duo. Singer-songwriter taking Virginia by storm with her heartfelt music.
Sweet Afton. Irish-bluegrass group features fiddle, banjo, guitar and sweet three-part harmonies. 21-plus. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549. The Gladstones. A four-piece rock ‘n’ roll outfit of veteran musicians. $10, 8pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278. The Invasion! A stripped-down and energetic British invasion tribute band specializing in Brit rock ‘n’ roll from the 1960s and ‘70s. Free, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279. The Steel Wheels. Americana roots and folk from the Blue Ridge Mountains. With Front Country. $27-60, 7:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.
stage Follies. New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre and the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves. This is a National Theatre Live in HD screening. $10-14, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333. Hansel and Gretel. Richard Jones’ clever production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera is based on the Brothers Grimm story, following two hungry children who are lost in the deep, dark woods. This is a Met Live in HD screening. $10-14, 2pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333. Macbeth. See listing for Thursday, December 28. $21-60, 7:30pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
ARTS THE WORKS Sense and Sensibility. After their father dies, the Dashwood women must learn to embrace a new life, for better or for worse. $21-60, 2pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
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Bill Sanderson. Acoustic vibes in a chill environment. Free, 5:30pm. Durty Nelly’s, 2200 Jefferson Park Ave. 295-1278.
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Cashless Society. Madison County rockabilly band nods to its idol, the late Johnny Cash, while staying true to its down home roots. 21-plus. Free, 10:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. 202-1549. Das Homage. Come hear a Beatles tribute band. Free, 9:30pm. Tin Whistle Irish Pub, 609 E. Market St. 202-8387.
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Jason Burke Quartet. Virginia singer-songwriter plays with Caroline Burke, Bill Staton and Turtle Zwadlo. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. 975-0094. New Year’s Eve. DJ Groovematic on the wheelz with the moombahton mixes and more all night. 21-plus. Free, 10pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 293-9526. New Year’s Eve Ice Party. Music from DJ SoFly and two surprise DJ special guests. 2-plus. $20, 10pm. The Ante Room, 219 Water St. 284-8561. NYE Jazz Brunch. A cohort of local musicians jazz up the last day of 2017. Free, noon. Starr Hill Brewery Tap Room, 5391 Three Notched Rd., Crozet. 823-5671.
The Jospe’ Express. Inventive uses of rhythmic styles incorporating jazz, blues, funk, Latin and African rhythms into a unique and distinctive style of contemporary drumming. Free, 10pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279. The Steel Wheels. See listing for Saturday, December 30. $37-80, 7:30am. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 245-4948.
dance Fourth Annual Masquerade Ball. Bring your mask and dancing shoes for a night of fun. Free, 8:30pm. Tavern on the James, 280 Valley St., Scottsville. 286-3500.
stage The Taming of the Shrew. See listing for Friday, December 29. $49, 2pm. American Shakespeare Center, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. (540) 885-5588.
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music Bob Huntington. Piano master plays wellknown jazz tunes in a relaxed atmosphere. Free, 6pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279. Travis Elliott. Singer-songwriter taking on subjects from hearts to spaceships, all in desperate need of repair. Free, 10:30pm. Fellini’s, 200 Market St. 979-4279.
Lisa Jakub Not Just Me Through her own experience and interviews with others, Jakub explores treatment for anxiety.
Corban Addison A Harvest of Thorns A journalist seeks to expose an American retailer’s culpability in a factory fire in Bangladesh that killed hundreds of workers. Hannah Barnaby Garcia & Collette Go Exploring Two friends go on separate adventures, one into space, one under the sea. Rita Mae Brown A Hiss Before Dying Set in Crozet, two present-day murders point to a mystery dating from the American Revolution. John Grisham Camino Island Diverging from his legal thrillers, Grisham spins a literary mystery, beginning with the disappearance of some F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts. The Rooster Bar A return to form, this legal thriller finds three law school friends confronting a moral dilemma as they discover their professional future is in jeopardy. Jan Karon To Be Where You Are: A Mitford Novel Fourteenth in the series, this Mitford novel sees Father Kavanagh into retirement. BettyJoyce Nash and Deirdra McAfee Lock & Load: Armed Fiction This edited anthology centers on the gun in contemporary American short stories. Anne Marie Pace Groundhug Day A groundhog is invited to a Valentine’s Day party but is afraid he’ll see his shadow. Caroline Preston The War Bride’s Scrapbook Through vintage postcards, photographs and historic headlines, Preston weaves a story of love and shifting gender roles during World War II. Erika Raskin Best Intentions This medical thriller, which takes place in Richmond, raises questions about medical practice and social justice.
Sean Rubin Bolivar In this beautifully illustrated graphic novel, a dinosaur lives in New York City undetected, mostly. Shelley Sackier The Freemason’s Daughter Told through the eyes of a Scottish lass, this YA historical novel tells the story of the Jacobites.
Non-fiction Kathryn Erskine Mama Africa! This book illustrates the life of a South African singer who challenged apartheid. Khizr Khan An American Family Khizr Khan recounts his life as a Muslim American immigrant, Harvard Law School graduate, and husband and father whose son, Humayun, died in the Iraq War in 2004. Donna M. Lucey Sargent’s Women The author reveals the lives of four women who sat for American portraitist John Singer Sargent. Stefan Bechtel and Laurence Roy Stains Through a Glass, Darkly
Joe Junod INK: A Life in Letters This memoir recounts the author’s career and experiences in journalism. Jeff Kamen with Leslie Stone-Kamen Warrior Pups: True Stories of America’s K9 Heroes With color photographs, this book tells the stories of the humans and canines in the U.S. Military Working Dog Program. Beatrix Ost More Than Everything: My Voyage with the Gods of Love Beginning in Munich at the end of World War II, this memoir follows the author into a marriage inevitably impacted by war. Lisa Russ Spaar Orexia Spaar explores late-middle age desire in this collection of poetry. Lynn Thorne Who Am I, If You’re Not You? This love story chronicles Jennifer and Marika, and Marika’s decision to transition from female to male. Brendan Wolfe Mr. Jefferson’s Telescope An overdue library book from dropout Edgar Allan Poe and a key in the hands of a freed slave are among the objects that tell the history of the University of Virginia.
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This work explores Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s role in spiritualism and his communications with the dead.
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Against the current The Shape of Water flows around distractions By Kristofer Jenson arts@c-ville.com
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In The Shape of Water, Sally Hawkins plays a janitor at a secret research laboratory who engages in an extraordinary romance with a man-fish creature.
big secret), which turns out to be our manfish (Doug Jones). Their experiments border on torture, which angers scientist Robert Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg). Elisa quickly bonds with the creature. It is kind to her and she to it. She teaches it occasional signs and brings extra hard boiled eggs for it during lunch. Gradually, their affection becomes unambiguously romantic; this ain’t Beauty and the Beast—the creature is not secretly a man and has no conflict about its appearance. That del Toro crafts such a fairy tale without sidestepping is to his credit; he does not avoid the sexual component of this relationship. The creature is not beastly, and though the initial stages of the romance are rushed (as is most of the plot),
once it has been established, their love is completely believable, thanks to del Toro’s clear interest in how movie monsters reflect the truth of ourselves back at us. All told, this portion of the movie takes up about one-third of the too-long runtime. The rest is filled with inspired but directionless sideplots (Giles’ flirtation with the waiter at a nearby diner), baffling Cold War commentary (the totally extraneous presence of Soviet spies, featuring the worst spoken Russian in a movie since The Boondock Saints), and insultingly thin supporting characters. Spencer and Shannon are both committed performers who have proven themselves time and time again—why are they constantly relegated
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ou can always tell the parts of a film that directors feel personally attached to by what hits the viewer on an emotional level—and what doesn’t make sense on any level. With The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro transports us to a world where love between two outcasts—a woman and a misunderstood amphibious man-fish creature—can heal, not only their own suffering and alienation, but the social ills and intolerance around them. The director also delivers a bloated, irrelevant narrative with obvious twists and on-the-nose societal commentary that’ll bore you to hell and make you wonder why you bothered with this movie until the fish-love comes back. The former boasts exceptional performances, inspired direction and wholly unique set pieces. The latter, well, boasts the opposite. The Shape of Water is both, and your mileage with it will vary depending on how powerful you find the main plot and how distracting you find everything else. The Shape of Water takes place in 1960s Baltimore against the backdrop of the Cold War. Sally Hawkins stars as Elisa Esposito, a janitor at a top-secret research facility where everyone shouts about how top secret everything is, and the custodians have sufficient clearance to spend their lunch breaks among all the top-secret stuff. Elisa is mute, speaking in signs with her two closest friends: Giles (Richard Jenkins), a closeted man who works as a commercial artist, and her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer). One day, Colonel Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) arrives with a top-secret specimen (again, while making not such a
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More chain restaurants opened local franchises this year, too, including Chopt, b. Good, MidiCi, Texas Roadhouse, Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and Pizza Hut. Plus, the Green Market at Stonefield launched its upscale May through October farmers market, and The Haven began serving community lunches every Wednesday.
Ones that grew Other local food and drink spots took over a little more real estate this year. Juice Laundry opened its second location in Charlottesville (and third location overall) on the Corner, while Found. Market Co. added a storefront to its wholesale bakery business. Kitchen(ette), an offshoot of Kitchen Catering, began offering sandwiches for purchase a few days a week, and the Bageladies expanded their wholesale Bake’mmm bagel business into hundreds of Kroger stores across the country. Three Notch’d Brewing Co. grew its brewing operation into an additional spacious restaurant and bar location at IX Art Park. MarieBette Café & Bakery got a new facility that tripled its baking capacity (vive le gluten, indeed!), and Shenandoah Joe about doubled the size of its roastery/cafe on Preston Avenue. Champion Brewing Company added a kitchen to its Charlottesville taproom and expanded west, opening a taproom in Richmond. Vu Noodles and Pearl Island Catering teamed up to serve lunch at The Jefferson School City Center.
Ones that moved Still other places moved around. Sweethaus also moved into IX, leaving its Tiffanyblue warehouse space on West Main behind. Parallel 38, which closed its Shops at Stonefield location in January, reopened in the former l’etoile location on West Main. The Bebedero jumped from the Glass Building into a Downtown Mall location (where Brookville Restaurant used to be) and Cactus hopped into the former Aqui es Mexico spot. Some chefs shuffled around, too. Harrison Keevil is now at his specialty grocery store, Keevil & Keevil Grocery and Kitchen, and served as a consultant on the revamped Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar menu; Frank Paris moved over to Heirloom at Graduate Charlottesville after closing Miso Sweet; Dylan Allwood left C&O for Tavola; Jeremy Coleman filled the Rapture chef spot vacated by Chris Humphreys, now at Fellini’s; and Andrew Silver left Zocalo for Roots Natural Kitchen. Plus, Jose de Brito returned to town after a stint at the Michelin-starred Inn at Little Washington—he’s now chef de cuisine at Fleurie and a consultant for Petit Pois.
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Melissa Close-Hart’s long-awaited modern Mexican restaurant Junction opened in Belmont and Carpe Café began serving donuts, coffee, breakfast sandwiches and more in the Studio IX café space. Feelin’ Saucy Pizzeria and Corner Juice both opened on the Corner, while Tucker Yoder got back in the traditional restaurant game with Back 40 in the Timbercreek Market spot in the old Coca-Cola building on Preston Avenue (the market now focuses on butchery). Monsoon Siam opened a to-go outpost, aptly named Monsoon Siam Togogo, in the Main Street Market building. Downtown, Iron Paffles and Coffee brought us pastry waffle sandwiches (we never knew we needed them, but consider us hooked). Turkish, Indian, Nepali and Mediterranean fusion restaurant Kebabish Sizzling and Fire Grille opened up on Water Street, and Urban Bowl started noodling around in the York Place building—but don’t confuse it with Citizen Bowl, a lunchtime-only salads- and grains-focused spot in the new Penny Heart event space. Restaurateur Will Richey and brewer Hunter Smith opened their Franco-Belgian beer and cuisine spot, Brasserie Saison, (complete with underground brewing space and private dining room) on the Downtown Mall. Plus, Wolf’s Fixins Barbecue opened in Ruckersville (because we can never have too much barbecue), former Public West chef Bryan Sewell opened Wayland’s Crossing Tavern in the old Public West spot in Crozet, and the Faulknier family began serving classic comfort food at the Cherry Avenue Diner in Fifeville. Charlottesville foodies have more specialty shops to peruse, too, with Tilman’s, a cheese, wine and charcuterie-focused shop on the Downtown Mall, and Oliva, a gourmet olive oil and balsamic vinegar shop at Barracks Road Shopping Center.
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Satisfying the city’s sweet tooth are The Candy Store on Fourth Street SE, and not one but two bakeries: mad-for-macaron wholesale bakery Bowerbird Bakeshop, and sprouted-grain, gluten-free and vegan bakery Moon Maiden’s Delights in the York Place building on the Downtown Mall. A few new food trucks started wheeling around town, including El Guero, serving Cuban sandwiches and a Dr. Ho’s truck run by the North Garden pizza-slingers of the same name. And then there’s the highly mobile Sliced. Cake Bar, dishing out cake by the slice, buttercream shots and cake flights (like a beer flight, with cake). But however will we wash it down? With beer, bubble tea and other beverages, of course. Richmond’s celebrated Hardywood Park Craft Brewery opened a pilot brewery and taproom on the ground floor of the Uncommon building at 1000 W. Main St., while Reason Beer began brewing and tapping beer on Route 29. Three Notch’d Brewery funked up Charlottesville’s beer scene with a sour house in its Grady Avenue spot. The aptly named Bitty Bar started zipping around to area celebrations, serving cocktails and mocktails from a repurposed two-horse trailer, while the folks at Feast! had their own conversion, turning a 1974 Citroën H Van into a beverage cart with coffee, tea, mulled cider and other seasonal drinks served from a permanent spot in the Main Street Market. The adventurous tea drinkers among us can get a wide variety of bubble teas (sweetened teas mixed with milk, tapioca balls or fruit jelly) from Kung Fu Tea on West Main.
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Now let’s take a moment to remember some of the places that closed this year, including the Shark Mountain Cafe at IX (Shark Too at the Darden School’s innovation Lab still stands), Zip Chicken, Downtown Thai, South Fork food truck, Nude Fude, quaint sandwich shop Salt Artisan Market, Flaming Wok, My Chocolate Shoppe, Miso Sweet Ramen + Donut Shop, Public West, Baja Bean North, Thai ’99 on Fontaine Avenue and Flora Artisanal Cheese. We’re still sad about losing Arley Cakes to Richmond, too.
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There’s no telling what’s in store for Charlottesville food in 2018, but a few things seem certain. Aroma’s Cafe, which closed up shop in October after 10 years in Barracks Road Shopping Center (and nine prior years at Fontaine Research Park), will reopen in a new location soon. The Bageladies will (hopefully) have a bagelini bus to bring their pressed bagel sandwiches to the masses on non-City Market days. And, speaking of breakfast, the Villa Diner will move to a new location (we’re not sure where yet) in the summer. The chains continue to rush in, though, as both a Zaxby’s fast food chicken joint and fast casual Mediterranean eatery CAVA are planned for Emmet Street Station. But there’s still hope for variety: Signs hanging outside two buildings on Fontaine Avenue indicate that Fry’s Spring will get a couple of new restaurants, Tibetan cuisine spot Druknya House and Silk Thai, next year. And don’t forget about Peloton Station, the sandwich joint/bike repair shop from chef Curtis Shaver and the rest of the Hamiltons’ at First & Main crew.
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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is there anything about your attitude or your approach that is a bit immature or unripe? Have you in some way remained an amateur or apprentice when you should or could have become fully professional by now? Are you still a dabbler in a field where you could be a connoisseur or master? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, the coming months will be an excellent time to grow up, climb higher and try harder. I invite you to regard 2018 as the Year of Kicking Your Own Ass.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2018, one of your themes will be “secret freedom.” What does that mean? The muse who whispered this clue in my ear did not elaborate further. But based on the astrological aspects, here are several possible interpretations. 1. You may have to dig deep and be strategic to access resources that have the power to emancipate you. 2. You may be able to discover a rewarding escape and provocative deliverance that have been hidden from you up until now. 3. You shouldn’t brag about the liberations you intend to accomplish until you have accomplished them. 4. The exact nature of the freedom that will be valuable to you might be useless or irrelevant or incomprehensible to other people.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20): In the Scots language spoken in Lowland Scotland, a watergaw is a fragmented rainbow that appears between clouds. A skafer is a faint rainbow that arises
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hungarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz dismissed the idea that a person should be on a quest to find himself or find herself. “The self is not something that one finds,” he said. Rather, “it is something one creates.” I think that’s great advice for you in 2018, Capricorn. There’ll be little value in wandering around in search of fantastic clues about who you were born to be. Instead you should simply be gung-ho as you shape and craft yourself into the person you want to be. behind a mist, presaging the imminent dissipation of the mist. A silk napkin is a splintered rainbow that heralds the arrival of brisk wind and rain. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose we use these mysterious phenomena as symbols of power for you in 2018. The good fortune that comes your way will sometimes be partially veiled and seemingly incomplete. Don’t compare it to some “perfect” ideal. It’ll be more interesting and inspiring than any perfect ideal.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): In 2018, half-buried residues from the past will be resurfacing as influences in your life. Old dreams that you abandoned prematurely are ripe to be reevaluated in light of what has happened since you last took them seriously. Are these good or bad developments? It will probably depend on your ability to be charitable and expansive as you deal with them. One thing is certain: To move forward into the future, you will have to update your relationships with these residues and dreams.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): Poet Diane Ackerman tells us that human tongues, lips and genitals possess neural receptors that are ultra responsive. Anatomists have given unsexy names to these bliss-generating parts of our bodies: Krause-end bulbs, also known as bulboid corpuscles. (Couldn’t they have called them “glimmering rapture hubs” or “magic buttons”?) In any case, these sweet spots enable us to experience surpassing pleasure. According to my understanding of the astrological omens for 2018, Cancerian, your personal complement of bulboid corpuscles will be even more sensitive than usual. Here’s further good news: Your soul will also have a heightened capacity to receive and register delight.
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inquire, Libra, what is the most honorable role you can play in these matters? Should you lend your support to one side or the other? I advise you to create a third side.
(July 23-Aug. 22): Mise en place is a French term whose literal translation is “putting in place.” When used by professional chefs in a restaurant kitchen, it refers to the task of gathering and organizing all the ingredients and tools before beginning to cook. I think this is an excellent metaphor for you to emphasize throughout 2018. In every area of your life, thorough preparation will be the key to your success and fulfillment. Make sure you have everything you need before launching any new enterprise or creative effort.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2018, your tribe will be extra skilled at opening things that have been shut or sealed for a long time: heavy doors, treasure boxes, rich possibilities, buried secrets, shy eyes, mum mouths, guarded hearts and insular minds. You’ll have a knack for initiating new markets and clearing blocked passageways and staging grand openings. You’ll be more inclined to speak candidly and freely than any other generation of Scorpios in a long time. Getting stuck things unstuck will come naturally. Making yourself available for bighearted fun and games will be your specialty. Given these wonders, maybe you should adopt a new nickname, like Apertura (the Italian word for opening), Ouverture (the French word for opening), Šiši (Yoruban), Otevírací (Czech), Öffnung (German) or Kufungua (Swahili).
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Experimental composer Harry Partch played one-of-a-kind musical instruments that he made from objects like car hubcaps, gourds, aluminum ketchup bottles and nose cones from airplanes. Collage artist Jason Mecier fashions portraits of celebrities using materials like noodles, pills, licorice candy, bacon and lipstick tubes. Given the astrological configurations for 2018, you could flourish by adopting a similar strategy in your own chosen field. Your most interesting successes could come from using things as they’re not “supposed” to be used. You could further your goals by mixing and matching resources in unique ways.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I predict that the coming months won’t bring you the kinds of opportunities you were imagining and expecting, but will bring you opportunities you haven’t imagined and didn’t expect. Will you be alert and receptive to these sly divergences from your master plan? If so, by September you will have become as smart a gambler as maybe you have ever been. You will be more flexible and adaptable, too, which means you’ll be better able to get what you want without breaking stuff and wreaking whirlwinds. Congratulations in advance, my daring darling. May your experiments be both visionary and practical. May your fiery intentions be both steady and fluidic.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I wish I could make it nice and easy for you. I wish I could proclaim that the forces of darkness are lined up against the forces of light. I’d like to be able to advise you that the opening months of 2018 will bring you a showdown between wrong and right, between ugliness and beauty. But it just ain’t that simple. It’s more like the forces of plaid will be arrayed against the forces of paisley. The showdown will feature two equally flawed and equally appealing sources of intrigue. And so you may
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Parcel Two All that strip of land, 15 feet in width, lying immediately adjacent to the westerly line of said Parcel One described hereinabove, being the portion of “Old Abandoned Road” along entire westerly line of said Lot 1, Block A and extending in a westerly direction 15 feet from said westerly line, said “Old Abandoned Road” being shown on a plat of record with deed from Harvey L. Williams to Berkshire Apartments Inc., recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book 416, page 221. Parcel One and Parcel Two being the same properties conveyed to Denise F. Jackson by Deed from Emmaus With Child, Inc., a Virginia corporation, dated December 1, 2003, recorded December 5, 2003, in Deed Book 2652, page 561. 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HVAC positions - Multiple Openings Facilities Management (FM) at the University of Virginia seeks multiple HVAC professionals!
To view and apply for this position, visit https://jobs.virginia.edu and search for US Position number 06767. To ensure consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible. -HVAC Assistant Mechanic: supports HVAC Mechanics with HVAC repairs, cleans job sites, trains on more advanced installations and emergency repairs, and follows all customer service and safety protocols. A high school diploma is required with some experience in HVAC installation and repair. -HVAC Mechanic: services, overhauls and repairs a variety of equipment including water fountains (coolers), ice machines, refrigerators, freezers, and walk in boxes in support of zone maintenance. A high school diploma is required along with at least four years of experience in the HVAC trade. Candidates MUST have the HVAC journey- man license.
HVAC Installation and Repair Technician Senior:
Performs skilled repair, maintenance, and installation of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Establishes schedules for preventive maintenance of equipment. Provides technical guidance and trains lower level mechanics and/or apprentices. Takes periodic readings of indicators and gauges, valves, motors, and other devices in order to maintain functioning equipment and keep records. Review drawings of new constructions for Hospital Engineer and makes recommendations and provides feedback on HVAC specifications. The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Anonymous Egg Donors Needed The Reproductive Medicine & Surgery Center of Virginia is looking for young women interested in helping couples who are unable to conceive using their own eggs. To be an anonymous egg donor, we need applicants who are: • Between 21 years - 31 years old • In good general health • Within normal weight range • Non-smoker For more information and an application, please con-tact Stephanie Barrix, R.N., IVF/Egg Donor Coordinator @ stephanie.barrix@rmscva.com or call 434.654.8537.Also, visit our website www.rmscva.com
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To view and apply for this position, visit https://jobs.virginia.edu and search for US Position number 06517. To ensure consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.
Compensation for a completed egg donation cycle is $4,500.
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Q&A What lessons from 2017 will you carry into the new year? If it costs you your peace of mind, it’s too expensive.
While it may seem funny to note, the huge agendas that exist in the media (certain “leaders” might label them “fake news”) have made me read different points of views in reaction to events that occur; make sure to get the whole story, and not just one for a specific point of view.
EVERY FREAKING VOTE COUNTS!
@C_CARPENTER14/TWITTER
PETER GRIFFIN/EMAIL
BIANCA JOHNSON/FACEBOOK
Never again doubt the capacity of the public to be scammed.
Keeping up with local news/politics and continuing efforts to make this community better. Also, making self-care a priority. It is okay to take a break when conversations/news becomes too toxic. @DOCTORMO77/TWITTER
Don’t read the comments.
Don’t sit your newborn flat on his butt after he eats because that’s when blowouts happen. JOSH SCOTT
Racism will end when old bigots die... ANELYA MKRTUMOVA/FACEBOOK
CHERRY STEWART/FACEBOOK
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It can always get worse. @BIASCOSMO/TWITTER
We still have a long way to go to figure out how to be humans.
That Charlottesville is no longer the beautiful, quiet town that it used to be due to the misguided ambitions of our City Council to waste our tax dollars and tune out their taxpayers, hurt our downtown businesses and kill tourism by covering up our statues and trying to hide from history. BRENDA NECKERMAN/FACEBOOK
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Next week’s question: What’s your best dance move? Send your answers to question@c-ville.com, or respond via Twitter @cvillenews_desk (#cvillequestion), Instagram @cvilleweekly or on our Facebook page facebook.com/cville.weekly. The best responses will run in next week’s paper. Have a question of your own you’d like to ask? Let us know.
Ragged Mountain Running Shop Relax . . . We have bacon And Breakfast All Day.
Down-Home Holistic • Fresh bread, veggies, meats & taters daily specials and the omelets of champions 313 2nd St SE • 434-295-9700 • Tues-Fri: 7 am-2 pm • Sat: 7 am-1:30 pm Sun: 8:30am-1:30pm Walk-Ins Welcome, Good For Kids, Take Out and Waiter Service
Our Annual Year End Clearance Sale Blowout! 15-50% OFF ALL SHOES AND CLOTHING! (Including outgoing shoe models at $74.99 or 2 for $139.99)
Bring this ad and take an extra 5% OFF shOes and ClOthing!! (Sale ends January 6th) It’s quiet on the historic UVA Corner with our student neighbors away until Mid-January!
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strolls the historic Downtown Mall. www.visitcharlottesville.org