C-VILLE Weekly | April 22 - 28, 2026

Common House announces sudden closure over rent P.9

Supervisors nix property tax idea, find $2M for housing P.15

Fat Swim explores what it feels like to be in a body P.34

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This week, we’re talking about courage. It’s the theme of the 14th annual Tom Tom Festival, which begins Wednesday, and we asked a few of the event’s speakers to tell us their definition of the word (p.22).

In the meantime, I’ve been trying to tune in to instances of courage in my own life, like the group of women who sang out, “Tell ’em I’m a good kisser!” at Sunday night’s Lake Street Dive concert right at that pause before the beat drops. Or the small moment when I offered to help a struggling stranger fold up her market tent on Saturday’s windy afternoon. Or, in a very different context, Palestinian children protesting in front of Israeli soldiers after settlers blocked their path to school.

Courage doesn’t always look the way we expect it to. It’s not just the grand, cinematic gesture. More often, it’s quieter than that: speaking up when it would be easier not to, trying something you might fail at, or staying in the room when things get uncomfortable. It can be a split-second decision or a long, sustained effort.

That’s what makes this year’s Tom Tom theme feel so apt. The conversations happening over the next few days—about justice, democracy, innovation, health, and the future of work—aren’t really about courage as an abstract idea. They’re about what it takes to act on it. To challenge broken systems. To imagine something better. To follow through, even when the path (or the next note) isn’t clear. 4.22.26 This week’s contributors

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Disputes between founders-turned-landlords and new owners abruptly close the downtown social club BY NATHAN ALDERMAN

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In early 2016, when Common House Charlottesville was under construction at 206 W. Market St., its roof caved in. Snow dumped by a massive winter storm buckled the structure, threatening to pull down the interior walls. Co-founders Josh Rogers, Derek Sieg, and Ben Pfinsgraff had to supervise a painstaking rebuild prior to the club’s 2017 grand opening.

On April 15, Common House imploded again.

“I am writing to share the difficult news that Common House will close, effective Thursday, April 16th, 2026, due to a landlord dispute,” CEO Ben Wood wrote in an email to members. Wood said the business’s new owners had worked for months to reach an agreement with several of the founders, who still own the building. “Regrettably, the landlord (Ben Pfinsgraff, Martin Pfinsgraff Jnr and Derek Sieg) has rejected all proposals,” Wood wrote.

In a statement shared by Sieg, the landlords disputed Wood’s account. “In mid2025, Common House fell behind on several consecutive rent payments,” they wrote. “Despite this, and in an effort to support their continued operations, Biarritz [the LLC that legally owns the building] worked in good faith with Common House to execute a lease amendment and forbearance agreement in August 2025.”

The landlords say they’d agreed to let Common House occupy the space through 2026 at a reduced rate while the company worked through its challenges. But they say Common House failed to meet its obligations and pay rent this month, prompting the property owners to terminate its lease.

Wood’s message said the company will “pursue all legal strategic avenues to resolve this situation.” When asked for further comment on the dispute, Sieg declined on advice of legal counsel.

Brokers Cushman & Wakefield Thalhimer already list the building for sale on their website, at a negotiable asking price. Archived versions of the page show the building placed up for sale as early as February 2024, and again in October 2025; it’s not

clear whether it remained on the market for that entire duration. Thalhimer employees did not respond to requests for comment.

The landlords say they’ve got no information about the status of events already scheduled at the club, suggesting that interested parties contact Common House management. In a statement, Tom Tom Foundation Director Paul Beyer says daytime sessions of the Tom Tom Festival previously slated for Common House between April 22 and 25 will still take place there. Evening sessions have been relocated, and the festival has postponed its Prom Prom party until later this year.

Since opening in Charlottesville in 2017, Common House has branched out across the South, opening in Richmond in 2020, Chattanooga in 2021, and New Orleans in 2024. At last report, those locations remain open. Business records filed in Virginia between 2022 and 2024 show that Common House had at least considered additional expansions into Louisville, Memphis, Baltimore, Columbus, and Minneapolis.

Under new management

Though Common House’s website still mentions Rogers, Pfinsgraff, and Sieg as cofounders, records show they quietly sold the company to a group of new owners in the early summer of 2024. Pfinsgraff seemingly stepped down as CEO in October 2024, when he was replaced by Ben Wood. Wood’s resume shows a string of experiences at real estate-related companies whose ambitious approach to expansion backfired.

From December 2017 to May 2023, Wood served as the Global Head of OperationsEnterprise for WeWork. The company helped to pioneer the idea of coworking, providing shared office space to companies and individual workers. But it leased new buildings faster than it created demand to fill them, running up massive debts it couldn’t repay. In November 2023, several months after Wood left, WeWork filed for bankruptcy.

After leaving WeWork, Wood spent May 2023 to January 2024 as vice president of finance and operations for The X Company in Denver, Colorado. The Chicago-based startup, unrelated to the similarly named social network, aimed to build a series of amenity-rich buildings that combined apartment living, coworking spaces, and social clubs for residents. But in 2023 and 2024, news reports showed its funding and developments repeatedly falling through. (Though Wood’s resume suggests he built internal systems and processes for these companies, he does not appear to have been involved in their high-level decision-making.)

At its flagship X1 Denver property, the company closed the in-house social club in December 2023, saying it was transferring the building to a new management team. That new team may have been Hub & Balance, which Wood founded in January 2024 as a “full service membership, coworking and employee experience consulting group.” A July 2024 archive of Hub & Balance’s site mentioned that it was operating all of The X Company’s Denver and Phoenix locations; earlier archives are unavailable.

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Between December 2023 and March 2024, residents of X1 Denver interviewed by local media reported poorly maintained facilities, uncooperative management, and a catastrophic burst pipe at the rooftop pool that flooded the building, damaging apartments and driving tenants away.

Though X1 Denver remains open and is soliciting new tenants, it’s unclear whether Hub & Balance still runs any X properties in Denver or elsewhere. The company’s website no longer exists. When C-VILLE called X1 Denver to ask who operates it now, the person who answered the phone abruptly hung up.

Wood and the current management of Common House did not respond to requests for comment.

“I’ve been out of Common House for a while now, but I’ve never stopped loving the clubs,” Sieg says, speaking as an individual, not on the landlords’ behalf. “Common House has been something I’ve been incredibly proud to be a part of for so many years. … I’d have done just about anything to see it stay in Charlottesville.”

No joke Dr. Cerina Fairfax, former Second Lady of Virginia, shot and killed at home by former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who subsequently killed himself. Tough break Bluegrass superstar Billy Strings suffered a broken leg (the X-rays of which left numerous medical professionals on Reddit wincing) backstage at his April 18 Charlottesville concert, reportedly while skateboarding between the end of the main show and a planned encore. Rx pad Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs local electeds’ bill to give AstraZeneca up to $34 million in incentives in exchange for its forthcoming $4.5 billion manufacturing plant in Albemarle. Haul pass Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority offers free disposal days for household junk at the Ivy Recycling Center: furniture and mattresses April 25, large and small appliances May 2, tires May 9. Hot record Charlottesville temps reach an unprecedented 88 degrees F on April 14, breaching previous high for the date.

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NEWS EDUCATION Point of contention

Charlottesville School Board vote to rescind SRO model fails despite community concerns BY

CATIE RATLIFF

At an April 16 work session, the Charlottesville City School Board opted to preserve its prior changes to the district’s school safety model, moving forward with the return of school resource officers at the start of the 2026-27 academic year.

Dozens gathered outside Charlottesville High School ahead of the marathon fivehour-plus meeting, calling on the Board to “rethink” and “revote” the return of SROs.

Demonstrators ranged from concerned parents and teachers to organizations including Indivisible Charlottesville, Community Justice Coalition, and The People’s Coalition.

Speakers at the “Rethink, Revote” rally voiced reservations about SROs, ranging from the disproportionately negative impact of policing on students of color and students with disabilities to the lack of community engagement prior to the vote.

“I do not want my child—I’m the parent of a child with a disability—to be exposed to the things that are statistically associated with policing in schools. I’m here tonight because I’m going to fight for my kid,” said Alix Heintzman, parent of two CCS students, as she walked into the work session.

“I sincerely want to see, from this point on, increased public engagement,” said organizer and CCS parent Terry Tyree ahead of the work session. “I need you to go for an entire month publicizing the next public meeting to pack that room and get more input.”

Charlottesville has debated SROs for more than five years. In 2020, the Board voted to remove officers in favor of creating a new school safety plan focused on restorative practices, including care and safety assistants. Renewed interest in SROs emerged in early 2024, culminating in the March 2025 4-2 vote approving the reintroduction of SROs.

“Ideally, we do not want police in our schools,” said student representative Harper Ullrich. “Even without SROs, there are police in our schools,” highlighting the more than 200 calls to CPD during the 2024-25 school year.

Ullrich presented a survey showing that the largest contingent of students was indifferent to SROs’ return, but noted the perspective of students on both sides of the issue.

“There are students who are not in support of SROs. The biggest concerns are about guns,” Ullrich added, but later noted that “the majority of students are not against SROs coming back into our building.”

After hearing from community members and district staff, the Board voted 3-3 to rescind its March 2025 decision, with Chair Lisa Larson-Torres abstaining. Five votes were needed to rescind the SRO model, since it was not an action item on the work session’s agenda.

While Larson-Torres voted against the SRO model last March, she cited work on

the memorandum of understanding with the Charlottesville Police Department as the reason for her abstention.

“We talked about guardrails, … the data that we would want to collect, as far as the interactions, and the demographics,” said Larson-Torres. “If something’s going wrong, if there’s a poor interaction … the administrator can have that SRO pulled out of the building immediately.”

With a clear divide in Board members’ stances, it’s unclear where exactly the SRO issue stands moving forward. Debates over potential alternatives to the SRO program detailed in the MOU, including a proposal from Zyahna Bryant to station officers outside buildings while still providing the required office space inside, continued after the vote.

Members of the “Rethink, Revote” coalition are figuring out how to proceed as well, but expressed disappointment with both the Board and district more broadly.

“One instance … of an overreaction from an officer, one instance of criminalizing something that could have been dealt with in the schools is too many,” says Michael Salvatierra, CCS teacher and vice president of the Charlottesville Education Association. “You can say, ‘Oh, well then we can hold them accountable.’ But … that’s already wrecked a student’s life, a family’s life, when it didn’t need to, when it could have been dealt with in a different way that … did not involve law enforcement.”

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Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in tactical gear detained a Charlottesville man in the immediate vicinity of a school bus stop around 8:30am on April 20. Video of the incident, recorded by students waiting for the bus and obtained by C-VILLE, shows the alleged ICE agents yelling at the man to exit his vehicle.

The incident was verified as ICE activity by Cville ICE Watch, which determined the arrest was a “targeted enforcement action.”

The Monday morning detention near the intersection of Mallside Forest Court and Putt Putt Place marked the second ICE detainment in the Charlottesville area within a week, with another arrest reportedly occurring at Cobalt Ridge Apartments on April 15.

Information about the people detained and where they were taken is limited. The Farmville Detention Center indicated it had not received a transfer from Charlottesville as of 12:50pm on April 20, and did not provide any information about the April 15 arrest to C-VILLE.

This is a developing story.—Catie Ratliff, with additional reporting by Nathan Alderman

Adding it up

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt its FY27 budget and set tax rates for the year on April 22. The final recommended budget includes no changes to the county’s tax rates.

The total county budget comes in at $724,540,282—roughly $500,000 more than originally proposed due to technical adjustments and higher than expected revenues. Recalculations also affected the county’s capital budget expenditures, which are more than $393,000 above than the County Executive’s original draft budget.—CR

Shine down

Dark Sky Week brings extra scrutiny to lighting on special use request in Crozet

BY SEAN TUBBS

Mid-April is peak time for migrating birds to cross the eastern seaboard, which is why DarkSky International selects the middle of the month each year for a week-long educational campaign to encourage ways to reduce light pollution.

This month both the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council recognized April 13 through April 20 as Dark Sky Week.

A member of the Albemarle Natural Heritage Committee took the opportunity on April 8 to remind elected officials that the new Comprehensive Plan calls for the county to update its lighting ordinance and to enforce the existing one which requires “full cut off” fixtures that shine all light downward.

“Unfortunately, there are many businesses that end up replacing lighting or updating lighting that does not comply,” said Christine Putnam. “This goes unchecked unless somebody makes a complaint.”

The topic came up at a subsequent meeting of the Albemarle Planning Commission on April 14, which included a public hearing for a special use permit for a house of worship to have gatherings for up to 400 people at a property at the interchange of Interstate 64 and U.S. 250.

Crozet Fellowship Church bought the rural area property in 2024 and plans to construct a new building.

When asked if there would be outdoor lighting for the parking lot, a civil engineer representing the church said a decision had not yet been made.

“If any lighting were proposed it would certainly be dark sky compliant,” said Chuck Rapp with Collins Engineering.

After county planner J.T. Newberry said the church’s lighting would be reviewed when there are specific blueprints for a building, Commissioner Karen Firehock said there is a precedent for establishing requirements as part of a permit’s approval.

“We’ve conditioned that [an applicant] has to cut the lights after 9pm or whatever it is,” Firehock said. “We’ve done that.”

Newberry said there is nothing in the county’s existing ordinance to require that and that such a condition had not yet been proposed.

“No condition is necessary assuming the commission is comfortable with the existing lighting regulations that we have,” Newberry said.

Commissioner Lonnie Murray said that while the county has not yet begun the process of updating the lighting ordinance, scrutiny on individual applications could help advance county goals to fight light pollution.

“It’s something to keep in mind that the current ordinance is viewed by many as insufficient,” Murray said.

This idea prompted Neil Williamson of the pro-business Free Enterprise Forum to push back on reviewing the proposal against ordinance changes that have not been made.

“This commission should not be concerned about what some people maybe want, but instead should focus on what the ordinance is,” Williamson said.

Firehock responded that the Planning Commission’s job is to recommend conditions to offset the impacts of developing in the county’s rural area.

“This one has the potential to add additional lighting in a rural area that’s primarily agricultural,” Firehock said. “So it’s well within our purview if we would like to recommend that lights go off at a certain time of night.”

Planning staff said they would work with the church to develop language on a lighting condition when the permit goes before the Board of Supervisors. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the approval.

As for the lighting ordinance, county spokeswoman Abbey Stumpf says staff will have a better idea of when changes might be reviewed as the third phase of a zoning modernization gets underway.

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County supes find $2 million for housing fund after declining property tax rate increase BY

SEAN TUBBS

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors opted not to proceed with a 15 cent increase on the personal property tax rate on April 15, but it did come up with an additional $2 million for the county’s nascent affordable housing investment fund.

“What government does is it steps in and it identifies places where there is a fundamental market failure, where the private market does not provide things that the public needs, like police, like fire and rescue services,” said Supervisor Mike Pruitt near the end of a three-hour deliberation.

Albemarle’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund was created in 2019 but did not have a permanent funding source until May 2025 when Supervisors approved a fourcent increase to the real property tax rate, which dedicated four-tenths of one of those pennies to AHIF. That initially worked out to $1.2 million a year but will rise or fall in the future depending on property values.

In late February, County Executive Jeffrey Richardson included no tax rate increases in his proposed fiscal year 2027 budget, but did include a one-time $3.7 million transfer to AHIF from a reserve known as the fund balance. A 6.2 percent increase in real property assessments for 2026 increased the value of the dedicated funds to more than $1.33 million, providing just over $5 million in the draft budget.

That is not enough for advocacy groups such as Livable Cville and IMPACT, who for two years have asked Albemarle to immediately spend $10 million on housing annually to match what the City of Charlottesville provides to nonprofits and the

Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Both Pruitt and Supervisor Sally Duncan have been pushing their colleagues to find whatever money is available to reach the $10 million target. On March 18, there were enough votes to advertise a personal property tax increase that would have generated an additional $2.5 million for AHIF in FY27.

Supervisor Fred Missel had been part of that majority but shifted his vote after the public hearing on April 15.

“After getting a lot of input from the public and learning more about the challenges that we’re facing and also recent impacts on gas costs, fuel costs, and so on, I am no longer in favor of support,” Missel said.

Missel said he would support use of other one-time money to fund AHIF closer to the target.

Toward the end of its discussion on April 15, the Board reached consensus on repurposing $1.15 million that had been slated for an economic development fund. It also agreed to divert another million that was going to be set aside for contingencies to bring AHIF to a total of $7 million in the next fiscal year.

“That’s just muddy, complicated work to work through,” said Supervisor Ned Gallaway at the end of the item. “I think we’re at a good point, though, that the public will know where we’re at coming into next Wednesday.”

The meeting begins at 6pm in Lane Auditorium on April 22. Supervisors will also hold a work session later this spring on how projects get selected and other aspects of AHIF.

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Overlooking a 12-acre lake with white sand beach, minutes to UVA, downtown, & 5th St. Station.

CARRIAGE HILL APARTMENTS

carriagehillapts.com

434-971-8439

Breathtaking views of Monticello, the Blue Ridge Mountains, & historic downtown C-ville.

Very nice Townhouse in convenient River Run. New roof and gutter leaf filters. Well maintained. Easy access to town and Penn Park. Easy walking distance to the Community pool.82

GORDONSVILLE ROAD

Mulberry Hill Circa 1900 in the heart of Keswick Hunt Country. Set on over 22 acres of beautiful land, offering the opportunity to build an estate home and stables on the back portion of the property. The stately residence features a 11’x23’ grand entry hall with 10’ ceilings. The original 2 over 2 home was added on to over the years.

The light filled dining room and kitchen additions overlook the backyard. Wide cased openings with fine woodwork and trim lead to the parlor and living room. The one bedroom guest cottage is currently rented. Both residences qualify for historic renovation tax credits. Wonderful for gardening and has a bold stream. A charming county property. $1,390,000

OLD FARM ROAD

A remarkable property in Bellair. Set on a 1.9 acre beautifully landscaped, elevated lot. Magnificent trees and grounds. Unique floor plan. Featured rooms; Living room with fireplace, dining room with floor to ceiling walk-in bay windows,family room with fireplace and a sunroom overlooking the stunning pool. Many custom features: copper gutters, slate roof, 2 sunrooms, circular driveway to the front and lower driveway to the terrace level. Full terrace level with french doors, family room, study, play room and wet bar.

$2,700,000

RAVENS PLACE

Wonderful floor plan. Great, nearly flat yard. Many updates and improvements include: 2025 new roof, refrigerator, dishwasher, range, microwave (all stainless steel) 2020 shed remodeled, new front door and shutters. Primary suite remodeled with walk in shower.

Tom Tom Festival returns to take on our most pressing issues

BY SHEA GIBBS

Speakers at the 2026 Tom Tom Festival have had six months to mull this year’s aspirational central theme: Courage. And mull it they have.

Ahead of the festival—which runs April 22 to April 26 and will draw more than 27,000 attendees to various downtown Charlottesville venues for talks, music, dancing, food, and more—contributors ranging from legendary author John Grisham to African journalist Toyosi Ogunseye spoke to C-VILLE Weekly about the topics they plan to tackle and the way courage girds nearly everything they do.

NOTES on COURAGE

John Grisham, author and advocate, and Deirdre Enright, founder, UVA Innocence Project

Grisham will join UVA Innocence Project founder Deirdre Enright for “The Courage to Confront a Broken System,” a headlining event slated for 7pm, April 22, at The Paramount Theater. Grisham, an Innocence Project board member and longtime opponent of wrongful convictions, said the session will give the duo a chance to talk about their shared passion.

Grisham on the session: “Deirdre and I have lunch twice a year if we can. We’ve been doing it for a long time. The last time we met, it was to decide what we’re going to talk about at Tom Tom. We made no progress. Whenever we’re together, we talk about the same thing—wrongful convictions. She handles these fantastic cases that are terribly interesting, and after the last 20 years working on these cases together, we can tell stories forever. People ask me all the time, ‘Are there really innocent people in prison?’ Even after all these high-profile DNA exonerations, these famous cases, movies, documentaries, books—they still ask the question.”

Grisham on courage: “I don’t feel courageous when I write these stories. I get criticized in some corners for my stance on abolishing the death penalty, but it really takes no courage on my part. The death penalty is slowly dying off in this country, not because of courageous lawmakers (although there are some) and not because of courageous judges (although there are some). It’s because of jurors who have the courage to go to the jury room and say, ‘Wait a minute, let’s look at the whole picture here.’ The courageous people are the clients, the people you meet who get out after 25 and 30 years on death row. It takes a lot of guts to survive what they survive. They become institutionalized, and it takes a lot of courage to keep fighting against huge odds. They know they’re innocent, they go to the law library, they educate themselves, they badger innocence lawyers, they badger anybody who can give them a hand. And they fight and fight and fight. Those are the courageous ones right there.”

Enright on courage: “Courage is such a great big word, but in the world of righting wrongful convictions, courage is required in small parcels, from everyone involved. Jurors have to have the courage to agree to jury duty, and to truly give the guy in the orange jumpsuit the presumption of innocence. Jurors have to have the courage to disagree with 11 strangers if they’re so inclined. The law (still) allows police to lie to potential suspects and witnesses—but they don’t have to. And if law enforcement is going to be allowed to lie, then we should be teaching our children—educators have to have the courage and the freedom to tell young people exactly what ‘the system’ is allowed to do to and with them. Prosecutors are allowed to stack charges against a defendant to compel a guilty plea, and until the law catches up with fairness, we literally just have to hope they will have the courage to deal fairly. Even though we know that violent behavior on the average is usually significantly diminished or extinguished within 12 years, judges routinely hand down sentences of 35 and 40 years. Defense attorneys should have the courage to represent their indigent client like he or she was their child or spouse (presuming you love them). The legislature should have the courage to admit that although our ‘system’ may look good on paper, true justice is expensive. So far, it is not a bill we have the courage to pay.”

NOTES on COURAGE

Toyosi Ogunseye, President and CEO, Presidential Precinct

Ogunseye left her career as one of the most successful African journalists of all time to join a Presidential Precinct cohort in Charlottesville in 2014. Now, she runs the organization. She’ll talk about her unlikely journey in “Democracy Requires Courage” at 9am on April 22 in the CODE Building’s Irving Theater.

Ogunseye on the session: “First, I want to reinforce how important Charlottesville is at this point in the history of the United States. It’s very interesting how a city of its size punches above its weight in every way. The Presidential Precinct is an international development organization that attracts international leaders from all over the world to talk about democracy. It’s a convening point for people to really understand America, its systems, its civilization, its people. It’s also an opportunity to introduce diversity into our community. We have people coming from Bolivia, from Ukraine, from Afghanistan, from Syria, from Sweden, from different parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America. All these young, aspiring, emerging leaders just convening and asking themselves, ‘How can we become better leaders for our people?’”

Ogunseye on courage: “Courage is having the conviction, the compass, the spirit to do what is right for your community. Courage is different for different people, but it is having a defined set of values, having a clear definition of your purpose, and being convinced enough and having the strength of mind to use your values to do better for yourself and for your community. We run a program called the Judicial Fellowship Program. Last year, we had Ukrainian Supreme Court judges come who were fighting in the war. Imagine this. You’re a Supreme Court, you’re fighting in a war, and you have to get permission from your general to come attend this program. To get on a plane from the Ukraine and fly to the United States to sit down in a class on democracy, that is courage. We have civil rights activists from all over the world that have been thrown in jail for so many different reasons coming to attend these programs. And we have young people who came from nothing but had the strength of mind to aspire for better for their people. They have nothing. All they have is an abundance of courage.”

Lara Merriken, Founder, LÄRABAR

Lara Merriken founded LÄRABAR in her kitchen. Five years later, she sold the brand to General Mills for an estimated $55 million. She’ll tell her story and talk about her work as a leadership consultant and psychologist in “Courage Is the First Ingredient,” on April 23 at 9:15am in the CODE Building.

Merriken on the session: “I’m not somebody that takes the traditional path all the time. When I had the idea for my company many years ago, it was a very unpopular idea. Everyone I talked to about it was baffled as to why I would jump into this. I was a social worker by training and had an undergraduate degree in psychology. I was just passionate about natural foods because I had a wheat allergy, which was insanely challenging at the time. But because I had that difficulty in my life, I decided to face it through natural foods. I knew nothing about the industry other than being a consumer. I put myself in the middle of the industry and learned as much as I could. After spending several years building my knowledge and experimenting in the kitchen, I finally launched LÄRABAR. It hit a chord with people.”

Merriken on courage: “My whole career has been an act of courage, but I didn’t think about it at the time. I just said, ‘I can try this and fail, or I can try it and something will happen.’ I knew I had more to gain by trying than by not trying. I hope that the process I went through will inspire others to lean into having courage in their own lives to do whatever it is that they’re really excited about. I was never ready to start a food company, but everything I’ve done in my life has always been about helping people get to a better place in their lives—whether it’s through LÄRABAR, food, as a social worker, or through my degree in psychology. I like to say I’m helping people just unlock what’s important to them, not just kind of mindlessly going through life.”

Neal Piper started bioengineering firm Luminoah for highly personal reasons: He wanted a more dignified way for his son to take in nutrition while recovering from cancer. On April 23 at 12:45pm, he’ll take the CODE Building’s Irving Theater stage to tell “The Luminoah Story.”

Piper on the session: “It is with courage that so many incredible leaders and innovators do the things that move our community and impact people here and around the world. At Luminoah, our mission is to improve the lives of people with chronic illness who need enteral nutrition. Back in 2020, my son Noah was suddenly immobile and could no longer eat and drink. All he wanted to do was play with his twin sister, but he was tethered to a pole. We created Luminoah to build a brighter future for people that need tube feeding. And while this is a story of a father that had an unmet need, millions are going through the same thing. We said, ‘Let’s build a company to solve it.’”

Piper on courage: “When our son was sick, he was in a medical coma for a week. We were in the pediatric ICU, and it was a challenging moment—unimaginable, really. But we had a mantra that helped us: ‘Sunny days ahead.’ Our home faces east in Charlottesville, and we would wake up with the twins every day, see the sun rise, and say, ‘Sunny days ahead.’ Even though we were going through something hard, we were anchored in a strong community and had a lot of people supporting us. I don’t know if we had courage, but we tried to control what we could control. I had been in healthcare, but we didn’t know how hard it would be to launch a startup. Courage is created when you have good people around you. We had incredible investors who believed in us and leaders that brought so much talent. When you have smart people that are really moving things forward, that increases your courage.”

Jay Bernas, CEO, HRSD

The Hampton Roads Sanitation District isn’t just a water treatment organization. According to general manager and CEO Jay Bernas, it is a research organization. In “Spotlight: Virginia Leading the Way in Resilience and Climate Tech” on April 23 at 10:15am (in the CODE Building’s Irving Theater), Bernas will join a panel of five environmental leaders working on climate adaptation.

Bernas on the session: “We are a diverse mix of folks. I plan to talk about innovation and what’s going on in Hampton Roads and how much innovation is happening in Virginia, particularly in the water space. A lot of people don’t know that HRSD is one of the most innovative utilities in the country. We have one of the largest R&D groups—23 people, six PhDs, and seven people working on their PhDs. We have 11 active patents, six patents pending, and 32 active Water Research Foundation projects—the most in the country. We’re probably one of the only utilities in the country that actually collects royalties.”

Bernas on courage: “At HRSD, we choose courage over comfort. We could sit back and treat wastewater effectively. But we’re always researching ways to keep our ratepayer costs low. We try to have the courage to take smart risks. We don’t just try things based on what other people say; we prove it to ourselves. We have our own ideas, our own concepts, and before we deploy anything at scale, we use science and engineering and make a data-driven decision.”

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Ravi Respeto, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Charlottesville

As president and CEO of United Way of Greater Charlottesville, Ravi Respeto is focused on community health accessibility. Respeto will join the Civic Futures Summit, taking place throughout the day on April 22, to talk about her big vision for the local community.

Respeto on the session: “The challenges and opportunities we face as a community—from modernizing transportation systems to creating affordable housing to building stronger education and workforce pipelines to enhancing and activating our public spaces—all require more than incremental solutions. They require a shift in how we think, collaborate, and act. I’m looking forward to co-moderating a conversation on Peer City Innovation with Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Andrea Copeland, with local and national city and county leaders who are doing this work in real time. The goal is to surface not just ideas, but practical examples of how communities are using data, cross-sector collaboration, and bold leadership to move from insight to implementation. We are not stopping at conversations. Our hope is that the Civic Futures Summit becomes a catalyst not only for new thinking but also for sustained action. Through the summit, we are launching Cville Innovates, a cross-sector coalition designed to carry this work forward. We will capture the ideas and energy generated and translate them into a shared 2030 vision for our region. This means convening nonprofit, business, academic, and local government partners to align around priorities and move toward coordinated, systems-level solutions.”

Respeto on courage: “Courage, for me, is the willingness to be the first person at the table to say, ‘The current approach isn’t working.’ It takes real leadership to step outside the traditional playbook, challenge assumptions, navigate public pressure, and take on the risk that comes with doing something different. But that’s exactly what’s required when you’re trying to solve complex, systemic challenges. Courage is not just about bold ideas; it’s about the discipline to follow through on them. It’s the ability to stay committed when progress is slow, when consensus is difficult, and when the path forward isn’t fully clear. Courage is rooted in a belief that our communities can be better than they are today ... that the systems at play are not working successfully for everyone in a community. It’s courageous to even suggest changing the status quo, because it means moving beyond what is comfortable or familiar to build something more effective, more inclusive, and more sustainable. The risk is trying something new and potentially having it not work, but acknowledging that doing something is better than doing nothing. Learning from failure is still learning, and courage is in accepting that fact. At the end of the day, this work is about more than ideas; it’s about the courage to act. When we come together across sectors with a clear vision and the courage to ask questions and lead differently, we don’t just imagine a better future, we actively build it.”

Leslie Lynn Smith, President & CEO, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation

At 10:15am on April 22 in the CODE Building’s Irving Theater, Leslie Lynn Smith will contribute to “The Downtown Mall at 50 and the Future of Charlottesville,” alongside City Manager Sam Sanders and Tom Tom Foundation Executive Director Paul Beyer.

Smith on the session: “I’ve worked on housing and economic development in places like Detroit, Memphis, Chicago, and now Charlottesville, and the pattern is familiar: strong organizations doing important work and a system under real pressure. Here, we’re seeing rising housing costs, supply challenges for supportive and affordable units, and growing demand for shelter and longterm housing. The issue isn’t a lack of effort; it’s alignment and sufficiency of resources. The need is currently outstripping capacity. We can connect our efforts more intentionally, treat housing as a full continuum, and align sufficient resourc-

es to help people move from instability to longterm stability, grounded in data and our shared humanity. At CACF, our role is to help bring people, ideas, and philanthropic capital together to make that possible.”

Smith on courage: “Courage is about showing up, leaning into discomfort, and trusting the process (patiently), especially when the work is hard, slow, and uncertain. Across my career, I’ve learned that courage isn’t about having the answer. It’s about being willing to name what’s not working, to listen to the people most affected, and to stay in the work long enough to build something better. It’s also being unafraid to try new things, learn from them, and adapt. At CACF, that means stepping into the arena with our partners—not just funding from a distance, but engaging in the work alongside the community.”

NOTES on COURAGE

Michael Reilly, CEO, Foodshed Capital

Michael Reilly will join a diverse panel for “Impact Investing in Virginia,” slated for April 24 at 1pm in the Common House North Room. Reilly’s personal experience at Foodshed Capital is with farm loans, but the conversation promises to span multiple industries.

Reilly on the session: “We are sort of a homegrown, Charlottesville-founded organization that does work nationwide to support farmers and food entrepreneurs with low-cost capital that they cannot access through more traditional means. A lot of farmers have difficulty getting credit from banks, so that’s where we come in. Everyone’s interested in food, so our work may come up in one way or another, but the focus is on impact investing. What we call impact investing is basically arranging lending to us at a very nominal rate of interest so that we can then turn around and lend the capital to the farmers that we support.”

Reilly on courage: “I think of courage as people putting their life on the line. So we don’t meet the definition from that standpoint. But where courage comes into our work is in the courage to really buck the system and do things in a way that is looked upon as a curiosity. In the financial world, there is this expectation that everything is about making money. We try to fight against that and say, we’re hoping to get the money back, but it’s more about providing farmers with what they need to keep their business going and buy equipment. It’s to truly help them. That’s where the courage comes in—to not give in to that traditional idea of the financial system. The second place courage comes in is in the courage of the people we’re supporting. They are still out there farming in a way that is pitted against an industrial food system that diminishes the role of farmers.”

A Festival About the Future of Community

COMMUNITY PARTNER PROGRAM

ALL WEEK | Multiple Venues

Discover Charlottesville’s rich community resources as our partners host a range of activities. They’ll take you into public parks, local jails, galleries, theaters, nature preserves and more—telling the story of Charlottesville as only they can.

CROWDFUNDED PITCH NIGHT

WED April 22 | CODE Building

Get inspired as local entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a live audience willing to pledge funds to their favorite contestant.

TOMORROW GALA

THUR April 23 | The Bradbury & Vault Virginia

Raise a glass with the artists, speakers, and innovators who make Tom Tom possible. Expect live music, DJs, and the chance to meet the people behind the ideas.

HEADLINER: JOHN GRISHAM & DEIRDRE ENRIGHT

WED April 22 | The Paramount Theater Justice advocate and author John Grisham and Deirdre Enright of the UVA Innocence Project explore the realities for people imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.

DOWNTOWN MALL BLOCK PARTY

FRI April 24 - SAT April 25

Celebrate 50 years of Charlottesville’s iconic Downtown Mall while strolling the bricks and soaking in the scene. Multiple music stages, family programs, performers and more transform the mall for two days of celebration!

OFFICIAL TOM TOM AFTER PARTIES

FRI April 24 + SAT April 25 | Multiple Venues

Keep the energy going— Official After Parties take over partner venues along the Downtown Mall with live music and late night DJs throughout the weekend.

PORCHELLA

SUN April 26 | Belmont

Stroll the streets of the charming Belmont neighborhood to enjoy free acoustic front porch concerts and jam sessions to close out the Tom Tom Festival.

Civic Futures Summit

Housing Education Democracy

Economic Vitality Storytelling

Workforce Development

WED April 22

Power up for good! Join forces with hundreds of changemakers who are dreaming courageously and tackling issues that matter.

Innovation Summit

AI & Data Entrepreneurship

Energy & Climate Technology Biotech Startups Investment

THUR April 23 + FRI April 24

Connect with founders, entrepreneurs, & investors who are leading the way through courageous innovation.

Downtown Mall Passport

Support the Block Party by making a donation and grabbing a Block Party Passport! Enjoy amazing special offers at local businesses throughout the event and beyond, and help keep the Block Party going. Get yours early online or stop by a Passport and ID station during the event.

Civic Futures Summit

Innovation Summit Technology. Entrepreneurship. Investment.

Downtown Mall Block Party

Community Partner Programs Multi-genre & Multi-format Community-hosted Events. Various times.

Crowdfunded Pitch Night

John Grisham & Deirdre Enright

Downtown Mall Block Party

Music, Performance & Children’s Zone

TICKETED FREE MIXED

200 + EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES | 90 + FREE OR PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN

Check out the full schedule of music, art, and ideas, including over 60 programs directly programmed by the Charlottesville community.

SCHEDULE & MOBILE APP ARE LIVE

Search for “Tom Tom 2026” to download our mobile app! Browse all events and create your personalized schedule.

UVA MUSIC EVENTS

Date/Time/Place

Wednesday, 4/22, 4:45pm 107 Old Cabell Hall

Thursday, 4/23, 1pm Old Cabell Hall & streamed

Friday, 4/24, 1pm Old Cabell Hall & streamed

Friday, 4/24, 8pm Old Cabell Hall

Saturday, 4/25, 8pm Old Cabell Hall

Sunday, 4/26, 12:30pm Rotunda Dome Room

Monday, 4/27, 6pm Christ Episcopal Church

Monday, 4/27, 7pm UVA Chapel

Wednesday, 4/29, noon The Lawn (rain cancels)

Event (* Denotes free events)

Oboe & English Horn Masterclass * with Kathryn Meany Wilson

Tea Time Recitals *

Directed by Ayn Balija & I-Jen Fang

Tea Time Recitals *

Directed by Ayn Balija & I-Jen Fang

UVA Chamber Singers

Directed by Michael Slon

UVA Jazz Ensemble: Songs, Fables, & Stories

Directed by Sharel Cassity

UVA Cello Recital *

Directed by Adam Carter

Jack Ireland, Independent Study Concert *

Make Unto the Lord a Jazzful Noise

Voice Recital *

Studio of Stephanie Nakasian

Jazz on The Lawn *

Five jazz groups celebrate the end of classes

All artists, programs, and venues are subject to change. Office: 434.924.3052; music@virginia.edu; https://music.virginia.edu Box Office: 434.924.3376, artsboxoffice.virginia.edu

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CULTURE

THURSDAY 4/23

LARGER THAN LIFE

Don’t look twice—run! Run to join the fun at University of Virginia’s Festival of the Moving Creature as several man-made giants emerge at sunset for an illuminated parade through the heart of UVA Grounds. The monstrous movers are built by students from the Art of the Moving Creature class in an homage to the work of Hollywood artist and UVA alum Stan Winston (Terminator, Jurassic Park, Aliens), and beloved former educator and technical director of UVA Drama Steve Warner. Community members of all ages are encouraged to join in with their own works of puppetry for a magical night of wonder. Free, 7pm. UVA Arts Grounds. @uvacreatures

CULTURE PAGES

The body in question

Fat Swim gives meaning to the messy, physical reality of being alive

BY SARAH LAWSON

“Perhaps you are sick and fear you will never be well, the brochure said, more or less. Perhaps you spend your days off on the couch, half napping, half awake. Perhaps your thighs, stomach, feet, and arms have become not so much you but accessories to you, things to hold and prod. If any of this sounds familiar, the brochure said, Camp Sensation may be for you.” So begins “Camp Sensation,” the final of 10 linked stories in Fat Swim, Emma Copley Eisenberg’s new book of fiction.

The story’s eponymous camp is a forested retreat where characters from preceding stories in the book have journeyed to experiment in embodiment, playing with the five senses through activities and prompts such as a set of cards with suggested activities and questions for self-reflection: “Are you uncomfortable? the last card said. Good, that’s normal. That’s life. Life is uncomfortable. Your body will be uncomfortable sometimes, even a lot of times. You will want to run from it, but don’t. The body’s sole purpose isn’t pleasure. When you feel pain, you feel scared, you panic. You want to escape from your fear or stay very still so you feel nothing. But bodies break, bodies suffer, there’s nothing wrong. You were not meant to feel nothing.” From within the story, these prompts gesture at the larger project of Fat Swim, which explores what it means to have a body, to be in a body, and nurture it in a world that may or may not offer care and acceptance.

Eisenberg, who has an MFA from the University of Virginia, writes stories that go against the current of body norms of fiction, in which characters all too often exist in idealized bodies or, more disconcertingly, don’t appear to have bodies at all, seeming to be simply floating consciousness, untethered from mundane realities like aching joints, itchy skin, or folds of fat.

Instead, the characters of Fat Swim exist in bodies of many kinds—cis, trans, young, old, Black, white, in pain, in pleasure, objectified, free—and they are trying to inhabit them fully, even when it’s a challenge.

Eisenberg often writes about fatness—and fatphobia—in her Substack newsletter, Frump Feelings, and elsewhere, reflecting on experiences in her own body as well as the ways that fat bodies are treated in our culture. She is also the author of the novel Housemates, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in Les-

bian Fiction and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize, as well as the nonfiction book

The Third Rainbow Girl

Fat Swim builds on Eisenberg’s past work, with keen attention to craft and pacing in stories that ask what embodied fiction can do as a mode of storytelling and an affirmation of flesh. For readers, Fat Swim is also an invitation to attend to our own bodies in all of our imperfections and commonplace desires. The book is a joyful and exuberant experience, filled with lush details and nuanced characters. It’s also a very queer book, celebrating selfexploration, desire, joy, sex, and identity.

Across stories set poolside in Philly or on the Jersey Shore and Eastern Shore and elsewhere, Fat Swim balances carefree summer afternoons with heavier questions of bodily agency, gentleness, and the choices characters make. They often offer each other empathy and community, noticing when others need something—whether that’s moving to the shallow end of the pool to empower a child to play on even footing, or helping an aging writer find connection on the apps.

Eisenberg’s stories reward re-reading and invite you, as the reader, to bring your own body experience out. Unexpectedly, she does the same, ending the book with a graceful gut punch that enhances the purely fictional world of her stories by reflecting on what it means to create a body of work as a human body.

She writes, “From the start of writing this story to the moment of this writing, the body in question aged 2,749 days. It grew larger and then smaller and then larger again. It cried, it is such a crier, with the tears cried during the writing of this story totalling around 480 gallons—enough to

fill a fifteen-foot round inflatable pool. … During the seven and a half years it took to write this story, it had 392 orgasms, became sick with COVID, RSV, regular flu, food poisoning, seasonal allergies, and developed a strange rash between its ring and middle fingers. It ate Pringles and raspberries. … And in all that time, the body in question changed. If, at the start, it did not believe that its involvement was necessary for the writing of this story, it is now, here, nearly at the end, able to believe in itself at least enough to ask the question: Without me, where would you be?”

Conjuring the sweaty gleam of summer, the friction and curative powers of the beach, and the discomfort and disappointments of a body that doesn’t always feel right, Fat Swim is a deeply human look at how our bodies impact who we are and how we navigate the world.

The characters of Fat Swim exist in bodies of many kinds—cis, trans, young, old, Black, white, in pain, in pleasure, objectified, free—and they are trying to inhabit them fully, even when it’s a challenge.

Wednesday 4/22 music

Harli Saxon. The WTJU Rock Marathon welcomes the genre-bending multi-instrumentalist, singersongwriter, Harli Saxon. Free, 8pm. The Stage at WTJU, 2244 Ivy Rd. wtju.net

Mood Ring: Queer and Trans Open Mic Night. Share your original music. Mic, speakers, and a keyboard, provided. Please bring your other instruments. Free, 7pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Oboe and English Horn Masterclass with Kathryn Meany Wilson. Wilson joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 1997 as a solo English horn player and oboist. UVA students participating in this masterclass are selected prior to the event. Free, 4:45pm. Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu

Open Mic Night. Mic check to all musicians, poets, and everyone in between. Free, 9pm. Holly’s Diner, 1221 E. Market St.

The Wavelength. Vintage rock, blues, and original tunes for your mid-week music boost. Free, 6:30pm. The Whiskey Jar, 227 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thewhiskeyjarcville.com

dance

Weekly Swing Dance. Beginner-friendly swing dance lessons teach the Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, and blues. No partner needed. Stay for social dancing after the class. $10, 7pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.com

stage

A Bold Stroke for a Husband A witty whirlwind of scheming lovers, clever women, and social satire, set in Madrid, Spain. $35–75, 7:30pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. american shakespearecenter.com

Blood at the Root Based on the case of the Jena Six, Dominique Morisseau’s potent and timely ensemble drama examines inequalities in the justice system. $25–30, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

words

Adult Book Club: Dragons, Werewolves, and Droids, Oh My! A speculative fiction book club for fans of science-fiction, horror, and fantasy. Free, 6:30pm. Northside Library, 705 W. Rio Rd. jmrl.org

Tom Tom Festival Presents: A Conversation with John Grisham and Deirdre Enright. This headlining conversation explores the human cost of mass incarceration, the realities behind wrongful convictions, and the long road to exoneration. $20–39, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net classes

Recycled Papermaking Workshop. Learn how to make your own handmade, eco-friendly paper from scratch using recycled and 3D-printed supplies. For crafty teens ages 11–18. Registration requested. Free, 5pm. Central Library, 201 E. Market St. jmrl.org

etc.

Rapture Karaoke. Hosted by Thunder Music. Free, 9pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

Tom Tom Festival. Talks, workshops, screenings, keynotes, and celebrations facilitate connections, build trust, and inspire action around the theme of courage. See website for event schedules and details. Prices, times, and locations vary. tomtomfoundation.org

Thursday 4/23

music

Beleza Duo. An evening of funkalicious samba soul—music that moves you from the inside out— with Madeline Holly-Sales on vocals and keys, and Berto Sales on guitar, voice, and loops. Free, 7pm. The Bebedero, 225 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. thebebedero.com

Gary Hawthorne. Solo acoustic modern and classic rock. Free, 9:30pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

Tea Time Recitals. Talented UVA students present a varied menu of musical delights. Free, 1pm. Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu

dance

EDM Dance Party. The 2026 WTJU Rock Marathon presents a night of dancing the night away in support of your local community radio station. Featuring DJ Bobby Metronome, Rashinamu, FKA, and DJ Dutchie. Free, 8pm. The Looking Glass, 522 Second St. SE, Ste. D. ixartpark.org

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Blood at the Root. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $25–30, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

The Hound of the Baskervilles. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the moors with a look of terror on his face and paw prints by his body, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to unravel the curse of the hound. $35–75, 7:30pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. americanshakespearecenter.com

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Artists in Conversation: Giselle Gautreau + Lindsay Heider Diamond. Exhibiting artist Gautreau and fellow artist Diamond discuss Gautreau’s practice and current solo show, “Field Obscura.” Registration required. Free, 5:30pm. Second Street Gallery, 115 Second St SE. secondstreetgallery.org etc.

Brewery Puzzle Hunt. An escape room meets a pub crawl. Visit the Preston Avenue breweries, crack codes, unravel riddles, and sample Charlottesville’s best brews. Players get $1 off pints at each brewery. $15, noon. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

FIREFLY Karaoke. KaraFun brings an extensive collection of karaoke songs across multiple genres to get everyone singing. Free, 7pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle’s Wordplay. A team-based trivia competition for people who love words, vocabulary, popculture, history, literature, and showing off their smarts. $24, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. .theparamount.net

Stan Winston and Steven Warner Festival of the Moving Creature. Witness the extraordinary as giant student-made puppets come to life and go on parade. Free, 7pm. Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds at UVA, Culbreth Rd. virginia.edu

Tom Tom Festival. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. Prices, times, and locations vary. tomtom foundation.org

Trivia Night with Mike & Miranda. Play alone or bring a team of up to six players for five rounds of fun, and let the good times roll. Free, 6:15pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com Vineyard Puzzle Hunt. Like an escape room but at a winery. Crack codes and unravel riddles while sampling Charlottesville’s best wine, beer, and cider. Play when you want and go at your own pace. $15, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. puzzledbee.com

Friday 4/24 music

American Vanity. Drawing from the depth of altrock with punk and art-rock influences. With Lovelace, a hard-hitting rock band from Tennessee. Free, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com

Bob Bennetta Trio. Live jazz. Free, 6:30pm. Afghan Kabob House, 200 Market St. afghankabob-house.com Boomerangs. Acoustic and electric classic rock and pop hits from past generations. Free, 6pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. chisholmvineyards.com

Chickenhead Blues Band. New Orleans boogiewoogie, upbeat, rhythm and blues sounds. Free, 6pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Ensemble Volcanic Ash with Janel Leppin. The Charlottesville Jazz Society welcomes Leppin back for a solo set and a performance with her group, sharing richly textured, personal, and exploratory music. $22–25, 7:30pm. Unity of Charlottesville, 2825 Hydraulic Rd. cvillejazz.org

Matt Horn & The Musical Suspects. Kicking off the post-Block Party party with a whole lotta funk. Free, 9:30pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapturerestaurant.com

No BS! Brass. A bone-rattling 11-piece powerhouse filled with brass, drums, and soul fuses the sound of New Orleans with the grit of modern funk, jazz, and rock. $23, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Tea Time Recitals. See listing for Thursday, April 23. Free, 1pm. Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu

UVA Chamber Singers Spring 2026 Concert. The singers return to a program of works by J.S. Bach for the first time in more than a decade. $5–15, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu

dance

All Your Friends. A basement-floor flashback to the bloghouse, post-punk revival, and early Tumblr era—when the jeans were tight and the eyeliner was smudged. Ages 18+. $22–28, 8:30pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

AXIS Dance Company Presents: Patterns. A performance of live dance and film exploring how movement, culture, and identity shape connection. $15–35, 7:30pm. Culbreth Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu

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A Bold Stroke for a Husband. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $35–75, 7:30pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. american shakespearecenter.com

Blood at the Root See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $25–30, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

Polkadots the Cool Kids Musical JV A show that celebrates individuality, reminding us that our individual differences make us awesome, not outcasts. A perfect event for all ages. $10–25, 7:30. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd. Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

classes

Paint + Sip: Blue Ridge Spring. Paint the supplied design in a step-by-step format. No experience necessary, all materials included. $40–45, 6pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. blueridgebrushes.com

Paint + Sip: Swinging Into Spring. Come paint with us. No experience necessary, all materials included. $40–45, 6pm. Hazy Mountain Vineyard & Brewery, 240 Hazy Mountain Ln., Afton. blueridgebrushes.com

TO-DO LIST CULTURE

THURSDAY 4/23

USEFUL TRIVIA

Are you a verbally pompous know-it-all? Prove it at Wordplay, the annual fundraiser for Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle, where fans of vocabulary, pop culture, history, and literature show off their smarts to support adult literacy, one-to-one English lessons, and citizenship tutoring. Form a team, or play along in the audience, and take your chance on a mix of raffle prizes, including two nights at the Homestead resort, pie-making classes, and German lessons. $24.75, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

etc.

Brewery Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, noon. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Tom Tom Festival. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. Prices, times, and locations vary. tomtom foundation.org

Vineyard Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. puzzledbee.com

Saturday 4/25 music

An Evening With Martin Sexton. Touring in support the 25th anniversary of Live Wide Open—the critically acclaimed double vinyl live album. $54, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Anthony Semiao. An artist who grew up on ’80s metal and glam rock, but just cannot get enough of the acoustic guitar sound. Free, 12:30pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com

Buzzard Hollow Boys. A musical landscape somewhere between the Dust Bowl and the Mississippi Delta. $10, 7pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com

Gina Sobel & Matt Draper Music Trio. Weaving together classic, folk, and modern selections across multiple instruments. Free, 2:30pm. Fallen Tree Vineyard and Farm, 4593 Clark Rd., Crozet. fallentreevineyard.com

Gone Country. Where the line dancing and honkytonk sound of Brooks & Dunn meets the smooth melodies of Alan Jackson. $10, 7pm. Pro Re Nata, 6135 Rockfish Gap Tpke., Crozet. prnbrewery.com

Gypsy Jones. Electric blues. Free, 9:30pm. Rapture, 303 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. rapture restaurant.com

John McCutcheon. Master of more than a dozen different traditional instruments, including the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer, McCutcheon brings forward a powerful and intimate concert experience. $15–18, 7:30pm. Piedmont Virginia Community College, V. Earl Dickinson Building, 501 College Dr. pvcc.edu LockJaw. Fun and exciting music. Free, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwoodfarmandwinery.com

Robert Jospé Trio. High-energy, world-class jazz. Free, 5pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com UVA Jazz Ensemble Spring 2026 Concert. A classic repertoire from across the spectrum of jazz history, jazz arrangements of music from diverse genres, and original compositions and arrangements by the students and the director. $5–15, 8pm. Old Cabell Hall. music.virginia.edu

Zephyrus: A Sound from Heaven, As of a Great Wind. The vocal ensemble performs music by Sheppard, Tallis, and Byrd. $5–20, 4pm. St. Paul’s Memorial Church, 1700 University Ave. zephyrus-va.org dance

April Ballroom Dance. This month: Argentine Tango, taught by David Acunzo. Beginners welcome, no partner required. Come for the class and stay for the social dance. $5–15, 7pm. The Center, 540 Belvedere Blvd. thecentercville.org

Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party. Featuring dope DJs behind the decks and ’00s visuals to transport you back to the days of blinged-out flip phones and trucker hats. $21–23, 9pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com stage

Blood at the Root. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $25–30, 7:30pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org

CULTURE TO-DO LIST

FRIDAY 4/24

GET DOWNTOWN

Hailed as the bash of the year, the Tom Tom Festival’s annual Block Party is an all-in cultural event that allows partygoers to wander from one musical event to another—going gaga for the 100 Proof Band’s go-go at Ting Pavilion, soaking up the sultry soul of Richelle Claiborne and Friends at The Front Porch, shaking it up at dozens of DJ sets in between, and swingin’ by after-parties in all directions. Drag shows, fashion shows, art installations, and a kid zone are sprinkled throughout. $10 donation, 5pm. Downtown Mall. tomtomfoundation.org

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Saturday 4/25

Mysticism, Poetry & Performance. Acclaimed Indian classical vocalist Vidushi Ramneek Singh presents meditative hymns and Sufi poetry. Attendees are asked to wear yellow, in celebration of spring. Meet and greet to follow. Free, 5:30pm. The Contemplative Commons at UVA, 403 Emmet St. S. csc.virginia.edu

Polkadots the Cool Kids Musical JV See listing for Friday, April 24. $10–25, 3pm and 7:30pm. Belmont Arts Collaborative, 221 Carlton Rd. Ste. 3. dmradventures.com

Sherri Shepherd: Make It Make Sense Tour. The Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show host, actress, and best-selling author performs comedy. $47–100, 7pm. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. theparamount.net

The Hound of the Baskervilles. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $35–75, 7:30pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. american shakespearecenter.com

Twelfth Night, or What You Will Shipwrecked and alone, Viola disguises herself as a man and stumbles into Shakespeare’s most tangled love triangle. $35–75, 2pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. americanshakespearecenter.com words

Lights ON Blackfriars. In-person conversations bring together the artists and scholars behind each production. This month: Props, with Conrad Gothard and Grace Easterly. $7, 11am. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. american shakespearecenter.com

New Dominion Storytime. Readings from recent storybooks and the classics kids know and love. Rain or shine. All ages welcome. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. newdominionbookshop.com

classes

Botanical Mini-Art Workshop: April Blooms. Study light and form, practice drawing techniques, and learn about the history of heirlooms with Gail Goodrich. All experience levels welcome. $40, 9am. Albemarle CiderWorks, 2545 Rural Ridge Ln., North Garden. albemarleciderworks.com

Knitting 102. Furthering your knitting journey by learning how to purl and cast off. Previous knitting experience required. Ages 12+. $25, noon. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Learn to Knit. Learn the basics of knitting. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it. Ages 12+. $25, 10am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Mending Workshop: Repairing Holes. Learn techniques for mending holes in clothes with visible or invisible mending strategies. Basic sewing knowledge preferred. Ages 15+. $20, 10am. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Mommy + Me Paint Class. Enjoy a guided class with your little one. Recommended for artists ages 5+. $20, 10am. Blue Ridge Brushes Studio, 1110 E. Market St. #13h. blueridgebrushes.com

Printmaking Workshop. Learn the art of block printing by making linoleum stamps. No experience necessary. Ages 15+. $35, 2:30pm. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com etc.

Brewery Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, noon. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Charlottesville City Market. A hub for fresh produce, local foods, and handmade goods from a diverse community of growers, makers, and artists. Featuring 100+ local vendors. Free, 9am. Charlottesville City Market, 100 Water St. E. charlottesville.gov

Foxfield Spring Races. The beloved Central Virginia event brings together the thrill of steeplechase racing, vibrant tailgating culture, and community traditions. Races run rain or shine. $75, 9am. Foxfield Racing LLC, 2215 Foxfield Track. foxfieldraces.com

Kid*Vention. VDM’s 26th annual celebration of everything science inspires children to explore the world around them with all their senses. Free, 9:30am. Herman Key, Jr. Recreation Center, 800 E. Market St. vadm.org

National Independent Bookstore Day Celebration. Come to the Rose Garden for refreshments and a general celebration of spring and support for community booksellers. Free, 11am. New Dominion Bookshop, 404 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. ndbookshop.com

The Generous Pour 2026. A night of live music from The Bluegrass Destroyers, delicious food and wine, and a chance to meet and mingle with some of Virginia’s favorite winemakers. $95, 6pm. Hazy Mountain Vineyard & Brewery, 240 Hazy Mountain Ln., Afton. vwb.betterworld.org

Tom Tom Festival. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. Prices, times, and locations vary. tomtom foundation.org

Vineyard Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. puzzledbee.com

Sunday 4/26 music

Cville Band Spring Concert. Kicking off the 104th season with some new music as well as fan and band favorites. Free, 3:30pm. Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center, 1400 Melbourne Rd. cvilleband.org

Dave Goodrich. Blues, rock, pop, Motown, and original music. Free, 2pm. DuCard Vineyards, 40 Gibson Hollow Ln., Etlan. ducardvineyards.com

GootGenuG. Organic, homegrown jazz fusion. Free, 6pm. Miller’s Downtown, 109 W. Main St., Downtown Mall. millersdowntown.com

Local Musician Spotlight: Corbin Hayslett. A chance for new/local musicians to share their sound and connect with the community. Hayslett performs with a traditional acoustic style, ranging from blues, to old time, to country and ragtime. Free, noon. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com

Matt Johnson. Originals and well-known covers. Free, 2pm. Glass House Winery, 5898 Free Union Rd., Free Union. glasshousewinery.com

Michael Elswick Gathering. Jazz, blues, Latin, swing, ballads, and of course, Cambodian surf rock. Free, 1pm. Chisholm Vineyards at Adventure Farm, 1135 Clan Chisholm Ln., Earlysville. chisholm vineyards.com

UVA Cello Studio Recital Spring 2026. Students from the cello studio of professor Adam Carter perform solos accompanied by cello ensemble. Free, 12:30pm. University of Virginia Rotunda Dome Room, 1826 University Ave. rotunda.virginia.edu dance

BRIMS Ceol agus Céilí: Irish Session & Social Dance. Musicians join together with BRIMS instructors to play reels, jigs, and polkas for dancers. All ages welcome, no previous dance experience needed. Free, 3pm. Potter’s Craft Cider, 1350 Arrowhead Valley Rd. potterscraftcider.com stage

A Bold Stroke for a Husband See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $35–75, 2pm. Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. american shakespearecenter.com

CRITICAL CONDITION CULTURE

Arts Fishing Club with Harvey Street

What is it about music as an art form that pushes some people to demand authenticity from those they listen to? Honesty of vision is often expected of musicians in a way that visual or dramatic artists are generally free to ignore—at the very least, there’s supposedly a virtue in musical earnestness that audiences are supposed to laud.

I have a problem with that because it’s irrelevant to the end result. It’s the same reason I took issue as a teenager when Bible Belt fundamentalists would appear on talk shows to accuse Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest of devil worship: People assume the singer and/or the songwriter is giving their worldview and not that of a character, or “the speaker,” to borrow a term from poetry. Is Bob Dylan better than David Bowie because some of his songs are about his life events and not Ziggy Stardust?

All of this to say that if you’re the type of person who chooses your next movie or book because it’s based on a true story, then Nashville-based indie outfit Arts Fishing Club may be for you.

The band has fashioned its visually understated image by embodying what a press release calls “storytellers, explorers of the human condition, and purveyors of living life boldly.” Pretty big statement for four guys playing folk-indebted rock, but okay, I’m game. Frontman Christopher Kessenich delivers a kind of mea culpa but I’m still trying here image that the songwriting supports. Numbers like “Devil on My Shoulder” offer a brief tour of inner turmoil and a debate about the depths that he (or the speaker!) may be sinking to.

Patterns in Repeat: A Songwriting Workshop. Lilly Bechtel of Night Teacher leads a workshop for both beginner songwriters and the songwritingcurious. All levels welcome. Ages 15+. $41, 1pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. frontporchcville.com etc.

Annual Highland Sheep Shearing. Tom Stanley demonstrates the New Zealand sheep shearing method at this educational, agricultural event. $6, 2pm. James Monroe’s Highland, 2050 James Monroe Pkwy. highland.org

Brewery Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, noon. Starr Hill Brewery, Dairy Market. puzzledbee.com

Crozet Community Chorus Spring Concert: Songs of Community. A 10th anniversary concert provides a chance to gather, connect, and celebrate the joy of raised voices together. Free, 4pm. Crozet Baptist Church, 5804 Saint George Ave., Crozet. crozetchorus.org

Powwow. The Native American Student Union at UVA invites you to celebrate strong Native cultures. Free, 11am. South Lawn, UVA, 1550 Jefferson Park Ave, 22903. virginia.edu

Tom Tom Festival. See listing for Wednesday, April 22. Prices, times, and locations vary. tomtom foundation.org

Vineyard Puzzle Hunt. See listing for Thursday, April 23. $15, 5pm. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. puzzledbee.com

Monday 4/27

music

The Happy Fits. Acclaimed indie rockers. $32, 8pm. The Jefferson Theater, 110 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. jeffersontheater.com

etc.

Grown-Up Game Night. Play board games and make new friends. Ages 18+. Free, 6:30pm. Northside Library, 705 W. Rio Rd. jmrl.org

Special Walking Tour: Women of Maplewood Cemetery. Lace up your sneakers for this hour-long cemetery tour to celebrate National Tell a Story Day. Ages 18+. Registration required. Free, 11am. Maplewood Cemetery, 425 Maple St. albemarlehistory.org

The Southern Café & Music Hall

Tuesday 4/28

The songs are clearly well-arranged, and flaunt the better aspects of the genre they’re part of. So how does Arts Fishing Club demonstrate that “introspective lyrical honesty of folk” its media literature champions? Well, I can’t hook the band up to a lie detector, but it doesn’t hurt to have a voice reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen, someone who has built a career on authenticity of purpose. I’m sure the Club’s lassoed up a few fans over the years who heard a resemblance and felt that alone was proof they were getting treated to the real deal.—CM Gorey

The writer’s unrestrained cynicism, and unresolved issues shape the writing of this column. Views are his own and results may vary.

Blood at the Root See listing for Wednesday, April 22. $25–30, 2pm. Live Arts, 123 E. Water St. livearts.org classes

Gelli and Lino Printing Workshop Extravaganza. Learn the basics of Gelli printing and lino printing in

one five-hour class. Ages 16+. $60, noon. The Scrappy Elephant, 1745 Allied St. scrappyelephant.com

Paint + Sip: Strawberry Mason Jar. Paint the supplied design in a step-by-step format. No experience necessary, all materials included. $36, noon. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. blueridgebrushes.com

Tuesday 4/28 music

Arts Fishing Club. Indie music based in the art of storytelling. $25, 8pm. The Southern Café & Music Hall, 103 S. First St. thesoutherncville.com

Tuesday Evening Concert Series: Benjamin Bernheim, tenor & Carrie-Ann Matheson, piano. Presenting a program of Berlioz, Chausson, and Duparc. $12–45, 7:30pm. Old Cabell Hall Auditorium. tecs.org

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Profs & Pints Charlottesville: What the Midterms Mean. An examination of the upcoming Congressional elections in historical context, with Robert Strong, emeritus professor of politics at Washington and Lee University. $13–17, 5:30pm. Graduate Charlottesville, 1309 W. Main St. profsandpints.com

etc.

Beer & Board Games. A casual evening of friendly competition. Free, 6:30pm. The Batesville Market, 6624 Plank Rd., Batesville. batesvillemarket.com

Geeks Who Drink Trivia. Good trivia, good times. Teams of two to six people compete to win prizes like gift certificates and pint glasses, plus bragging rights. Free, 7pm. Firefly, 1304 E. Market St. fireflycville.com

SMALL BITES CULTURE

Hey puddin’

Over the moon for Maggie’s and ready for shakes BY

JAMES SANFORD

Maggie’s Midtown, the restaurant in the former Blue Moon Diner space from a three-person team that includes Smyrna’s Tarik Sengul is taking pub favorites to a new level. The elevated comforts include pub oysters with rarebit and guanciale (pictured); shepherd’s pie of braised lamb and short rib, red wine reduction, mashed potato; and the weekend star Sunday roast.

Local organic beef is complemented by roasted Yukon gold potatoes, vegetables, a horseradish and herb dipping sauce, and, as the menu describes it, “silky pan-dripping gravy.” To help soak up that gravy, housemade Yorkshire puddings are also included.

Diners can follow up this feast with a classic dessert like sticky toffee pudding or an Eton Mess (crushed meringue, berries, and whipped cream).

Maggie’s serves dinner six days a week, and is closed on Wednesdays. Get your reservation at maggiesmidtown.com.

Off-screen menu

Pre-cinema dining has returned to the Violet Crown lobby at a new bistro featuring appetizers, pizza, charcuterie boards,

and desserts. Violet Crown Bistro’s shareables include dry-aged Wagyu sliders and deviled eggs (with candied bacon, jalapeños, paprika, and Sriracha). There’s also a fig, goat cheese, arugula, and prosciutto pizza, plus bratwurst, cured meats, candied bacon, and cheeses on the Pretzel Board. Not to be outdone are the bread pudding bites—fluffy squares with cinnamon, sugar, and vanilla icing. Full menu details are available at charlottesville. violetcrown.com/bistro.

What’s shaking?

Last June, The Shops at Stonefield announced on its Facebook page that Shake Shack and Chicken Salad Chick would be moving in. The Chick opened in December, but there have been few updates on when to expect Shake Shack.

How long must we wait for a flat-top dog or the Shack Stack—a made-to-order patty of Angus beef with American cheese, topped with a ’Shroom Burger, plus lettuce, tomato, and ShackSauce on a toasted potato bun? According to the customer service rep, it’s gonna be a little while longer: “Although I can’t give you an of-

MORE TO CHEW ON

SATURDAY 4/25

Seafood Saturday. Nomini Bay Oyster Ranch provides raw, steamed, and grilled oysters along with steamed shrimp and non-seafood items. South Canal Street performs. $12–20, noon. DuCard Vineyards, 40 Gibson Hollow Ln., Etlan. ducardvineyards.com

The Generous Pour 2026. A chance to meet Virginia winemakers featuring a wine tasting of 20 of Virginia’s best wineries, canapés, a silent auction, and a live auction benefit. $95, 6pm. Hazy Mountain Vineyard & Brewery, 240 Hazy Mountain Ln., Afton. vwb.betterworld.org

THURSDAY 4/30

Blenheim Vineyards Wine Dinner

Elevated cuisine meets unforgettable views and perfectly paired pours at this multi-course wine dinner featuring Blenheim Vineyards. 6:30pm, $80. Up On The Roof at The Doyle, 499 W. Main St. eatupdrinkup.net

FRIDAY 5/1

Hark Spring Wine Dinner. Rachel Pennington of The Pie Chest prepares four courses to be paired with wine including herb buttermilk biscuits, rainbow vegetable tart with ricotta and Parmesan, coconut layer cake with Swiss buttercream. $110, 5:30pm. Hark Vineyards, 1465 Davis Shop Rd., Earlysville. harkvine yards.com

SATURDAY 5/2

ficial opening date, we’re hoping to be ready to serve you in June. Stay tuned!” One promising sign is that Shake Shack is accepting applications for a Charlottesville restaurant manager and team members at shakeshack.com.

Florosa in full bloom

It’s been a busy year for Chris Martin, owner of Florosa bakery and flower farm. In addition to completing her work as a mentee in the 2026 winter round of the James Beard Foundation’s Legacy Network with pastry chef April Anderson of Detroit’s Good Cakes and Bakes, she’s been setting up a brick-andmortar location at 1304 E. Market St. in JBird Supply’s coffeeshop.

Martin has what she calls a “tight eight” of specialty pastries in the case daily, to include concha, the traditional Mexican pan dulce with a cinnamon and coffee topping; a sweet plantain muffin; and a mushroom and cheese croissant with Oaxaca and cotija cheeses. She promises additional specials on Saturdays and Sundays, with more details at byflorosa.com.

Spring Dinner on the Farm. Borrowing from the traditions of both the Asador of Patagonia, Argentina, and the Calçotada of Catalunya, Spain, our team crafts a unique, seasonal supper experience that includes farm-raised lamb and chicken cooked over an open fire, paired with a wine that has been specially selected by our team. Glass porróns will be available as well as pescetarian options. $112-125, 6:15pm. Oakencroft Farm and Winery, 1455 Oakencroft Circle. oakencroftfarm.com

ONGOING EVENTS

Virginia Oyster & Wine Celebration. Oysters by Salty Bottom Blue and a glass of Sparkling Blanc de Blancs to kick off your weekend. Fridays through May 29. 5pm, prices vary. Eastwood Farm and Winery, 2531 Scottsville Rd. eastwood farmandwinery.com

Shakespeare Uncorked. Elevate your theatre experience with a pre-show wine and beer-tasting event in partnership with Virginia’s top wineries and breweries. Saturdays through July 25. $25, 6:30pm. American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton. americanshakespearecenter.com

Downtown C-ville Food Tour & Wine Tasting. Join us for a fun and delicious culinary adventure through the heart of Charlottesville’s historic Downtown Mall. Times and dates vary. Through December 26. C-Ville Bites, Downtown Mall. c-villebites.com

ELLIE’S

BOURBON BBQ BURGER

FOR FUN PUZZLES

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PUZZLES FOR FUN

CROSSWORD

“Euphoria” network

30. Controversy when a Boston Marathon cheater becomes a TV host?

36. Former Chinese leader Zhou ___

37. NBA Hall of Famer Gasol

38. Dwight Eisenhower’s wife

39. Invitee who makes the party suddenly make sense?

42. Texting format initials

43. Fish that goes with chips

44. “Live ___” (Taco Bell slogan)

45. ___ TomÈ and PrÌncipe

46. Spam generator

47. Tom kha kai cuisine

51. Where to change direction in your LeSabre?

56. Build up

57. “Steamboat ___” (Mickey Mouse cartoon in public domain)

58. “The Bridges at ___-Ri” (1954 movie)

59. “Golly!”

60. Burning

61. Late Pink Floyd member Barrett

62. “77 Sunset Strip” actor Byrnes

63. Approvals

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1. Seattle Slew, for one

2. How some things are read

3. Pine tree secretion

4. Led Zeppelin’s “Whole ___ Love”

5. Monthly util.

6. Festival of Lights symbol

7. Skip formal nuptials

8. Asterix’s home

9. “Can I bug you?”

10. Painful ordeal

11. Discount grocery chain headquartered in Germany

12. Word with hex or high

16. Ask for table scraps

19. Grade school projects

21. One-legged camera support

25. TV series about hiding edibles?

26. Words spoken before a spell

27. Computer-to-TV cable

28. “Mission: Impossible” actress Barbara

By Rob Brezsny Gemini

(May 21-June 20): In music theory, the tritone is an interval exactly halfway between octaves. In old church music, it was considered diabolical because of its unstable, unresolved quality. But this “devil interval” is now essential to blues, jazz, and rock. The precariousness that once made it seem outrageous became the source of its potency. What was taboo became foundational. I believe you’re entering into a metaphorical tritone phase, Gemini. Lots of interesting and valuable stuff may be a bit wobbly, irregular, hectic, or ruffled.

Cancer

(June 21-July 22): A treasure you have long yearned for has morphed since the day you first set out to claim it. Either it has genuinely altered its shape and flavor, or it has remained exactly what it always was while you have changed. In either case, the relationship between you and this prize is no longer the same. Its meaning and value have shifted. The strategies you’ve been using to pursue it aren’t entirely relevant. So I suggest you pause and reconsider. Decide whether you need to formulate a revised approach or identify a different version of the treasure altogether.

Leo

(July 23-Aug. 22): My radical predictions: You will soon discern truths that have been hidden and unravel mysteries that have resisted your understanding. A limiting belief that has dulled your mind will fade away, and a socalled ally who has confused your sense of self will drift out of your orbit. And that’s just part of the renewal ahead. I foresee that you will emerge from a weird emotional haze, regaining access to feelings you’ve needed to highlight. And with that awakening, you will be blessed with beautiful realizations that until now have lingered just beyond definition.

Virgo

(Aug. 22-Sept. 22): In theater, “blocking” refers to the carefully choreographed movement of actors on stage. Every step is intentional, designed to create meaning and flow. But if an actor forgets the blocking and moves spontaneously in response to what’s happening, sometimes the scene becomes more alive. Let’s apply this idea to your life, Virgo. It may be that you have been following the blocking carefully. You know your role well. But now you’ve been authorized to forget the blocking. You can respond to what’s really happening instead of what’s scripted. I invite you to speak from your heart rather than parroting what’s expected of you. Yes, you might mess up the scene. But on the other hand, you might make it extra real and vibrant.

Libra

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the future I envision for us all, the prizes that truly matter won’t be the wealth we’ve gathered or the impressive names

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY FOR FUN

(April 20-May 20): You’re finished with energy-draining indulgences. No more seductive perils or cute ailments, either. Once you wriggle free from the tangles that have been hobbling your style, I suspect you will also renounce anything that resembles joyless restraint, naive certainties, pointless cravings, numbing comforts, or misplaced bravery. May it be

so! Abracadabra! The emancipations that materialize after these escapes will likely stoke your holy appetite to shine more fiercely than it has in ages.

on our contact list. They won’t be the clever deals we’ve made or the attractiveness of those who walk beside us. What will count most is our ability to transform the messy, selfish, frightened parts of ourselves into strengths. That’s hard to do! Each of us carries a share of that leaden dross, of course, but some of us are more tirelessly ingenious in our efforts to transmute it into gold. And the coming weeks will be prime time for you, Libra, to make dynamic progress in harnessing this magic.

Scorpio

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Is it possible there’s something you really need but you don’t know what it is? Sometimes the soul sends up subtle hints long before it sends clear demands: a vague restlessness, a mysterious sadness, or a boredom that doesn’t match your circumstances. These are often clues that an unnamed or unacknowledged need is summoning your attention. My advice to you: Pay attention! Ask your deep, sweet, sensitive self to provide unambiguous clues. To expedite the process, say the following sentence out loud, filling in the blank at the end: “I suspect I might be starving for ________.”

Sagittarius

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have arrived at the Glorious Grunting Season, my dear Sagittarius. I hope you’re poised to sweat freely and trust the intelligence of strenuous physical effort. Your wise body, more than your fine mind, can best align you with cosmic rhythms. Whenever you throw yourself into work or play that makes you grunt— hauling, scrubbing, digging, lifting, dancing, running, making love—you will harmonize

with the deeper pulse of life. I predict that you will invigorate your instinctual vitality as you clear emotional sediment and ground your energy in the earth’s rich rhythms. You will metabolize frustration into focus, inertia into momentum, and abstraction into embodiment.

Capricorn

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What might motivate you to become an extraordinary lover? I’m not suggesting that your romantic and erotic talents are lacking, only that there is delightful room to grow. And the coming weeks will be prime time for you to have fun with this noble experiment. I suggest you follow the clues that life and intuition will drop in your path. Keep this in mind, too: What makes a person a superb lover has a little to do with sheer technique, but is mostly due to emotional intelligence, imaginative responsiveness, and tender ingenuity.

Aquarius

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This horoscope isn’t composed by me. It’s coming from you. I’m channeling it straight out of your own deep mind. Why now? Because your conscious ego has been so swept up in the constant swirl of tasks and distractions that it has been tuning out crucial communications from your still, small voice. And now that precious Spirit Whisperer has conscripted me as its messenger. Here’s what it wants to say: “Hey you! Remember me? Your inner guide? Also known as your higher self and the voice of your soul? You urgently need to turn your attention back in my direction. I have a backlog of messages for you, starting with how

we can and should intensify our devotion to creative self-care.”

Pisces

(Feb. 19-March 20): In 1967, Piscean biologist Lynn Margulis proposed a revolutionary idea about life’s evolution: that many of its great leaps occurred through symbiosis. She theorized that distinct organisms have sometimes merged their identities to form entirely new beings. One example is the mitochondrion, the powerhouse within our cells. It began its existence as a free-living bacterium that later entered into partnership with the ancestral cell. Margulis’ formerly controversial idea is now mainstream science. (She was called “science’s unruly earth mother.”) With this as our guide, Pisces, let’s contemplate what separate elements of your life might merge into unprecedented blends. I invite you to consider bold experiments in merging and mixing. Hybrids might be more beautiful and valuable than the sum of their parts.

Aries

(March 21-April 19): The current phase of your destiny could disturb you if you’re not super patient. Life seems to be teasing you with promises that then go into hiding. You’ve been having to master the art of living on the edge between the Big Red Yes and the Gray Murky No. My advice: Imagine your predicament as an intriguing riddle, not a frustrating ambiguity. See if you can figure out how to grow wiser and stronger in response to the evasive mysteriousness. My prediction: You will grow wiser and stronger. Expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes: RealAstrology.com, (877) 873-4888

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Charlottesville Dept. of Social Services v. Kieonna Hawkins & Mohipul Rairoop

The object of this suit is to terminate the residual parental rights of Kieonna Hawkins & Mohipul Rairoop of a male child M.R. born to Kieonna Hawkins on 6/4/2014.

It is ORDERED that Kieonna Hawkins & Mohipul Rairoop, appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before July 14, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

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Areshini Pather DATE JUDGE

NOTICE OF COMBINED JUDICIAL SALE FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Pursuant to Decrees entered in the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, the undersigned, Jonathan T. Wren, Special Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale pursuant to Section 58.1-3965, et seq. of the Code of Virginia, at public auction on the front steps or in the main courtroom of the temporary home of the Albemarle County Circuit Court, 350 Park Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., properties located in Albemarle County, for payment of delinquent taxes. For a list of properties and terms of sale, please go to www.martinwrenlaw.com. For more information, you may also contact Jonathan T. Wren, Special Commissioner, at 434-817-3100 or wren@martinwrenlaw.com.

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FORECLOSURE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC AUCTION

Albemarle County, Virginia

Albemarle County Tax Map No. 128A2-00-00-00300

SALE: FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026, AT 12:00 P.M. AT THE SCOTTSVILLE POOL 7414 SCOTTSVILLE ROAD, SCOTTSVILLE, VA

In execution of a Deed of Trust, being dated February 12, 2015, of record in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia (“Clerk’s Office”), in Deed Book 4583, page 164 (the “Deed of Trust”), the undersigned as Trustee by instrument of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office, will offer for sale at public auction:

All that tract or parcel of land situated at Porters Precinct in Albemarle County, Virginia, containing 10.979 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat of Diana P. Dale, P.E., L.S., dated April 4, 2003 of record in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, in Deed Book 2466, page 301.

(the “Property”)

TERMS OF SALE: A bidder’s deposit of the lesser of $10,000 or 10% of the winning bid, shall be paid at the sale by cashier’s check made payable to Bidder (to be assigned to Trustee if Bidder is successful), with the balance upon delivery of a trustee’s deed within 30 days of sale. If the initial deposit is less than 10% of the winning bid, then the successful bidder’s deposit MUST be increased to 10% of the winning bid by cashier’s check or wired funds within three (3) business days. Settlement shall be held within 30 days after the date of sale unless otherwise postponed at the sole discretion of the Trustee. Sale is subject to the covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights of way, and easements, if any, contained in the deeds and other documents forming the chain of title to the Property. Property is sold “AS IS, WHERE IS,” “WITH ALL FAULTS” and “WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES.”

Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the Lender shall have any obligation to obtain possession of the Property. It shall be the purchaser’s obligation, at the purchaser’s sole cost, to obtain possession of the Property.

The purchaser waives and releases the Substitute Trustee and Lender and each of their respective agents, successors and assigns from any and all claims the purchaser and/or its successors and assigns may now have or may have in the future relating to: (1) any condition, problem or violation affecting the Property; (2) any existing or future building or zoning code problems or violations, and (3) the accuracy or validity of any information described herein. Purchaser has not relied on anything in the foreclosure advertisement but rather has relied solely on such investigations, examinations or inspections of the Property as the purchaser has made.

TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT. The deposit shall be applied to the credit of successful bidder at settlement; or, in the event of failure to complete settlement within the time set forth after the date of sale, in accordance with the terms of sale, the deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs of sale, including Trustee’s fee, and the Property shall be resold at the cost and expense of the defaulting Purchaser. Risk of loss or damage to the Property shall be borne by successful bidder from the time of auctioneer’s strikedown at the sale. Purchaser shall pay all settlement fees, title examination charges, title insurance premiums, and recording costs. Current real estate property taxes will be prorated at closing as of date of sale. Rollback taxes, if any, will be the responsibility of the Purchaser.

THE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT: (i) to waive the deposit requirements; (ii) to extend the period of time within which the Purchaser is to make full settlement; (iii) to withdraw the Property from sale at any time prior to the termination of the bidding; (iv) to keep the bidding open for any length of time; (v) to reject all bids; and (vi) to postpone or continue this sale from time to time, such notices of postponement or setting over shall be in a manner deemed reasonable by the Trustee. Announcements made on day of sale take precedence over all other advertised terms and conditions.

FOR INFORMATION SEE: www.fplegal.com/foreclosures

Flora Pettit PC, Trustee

Nancy R. Schlichting

530 E. Main Street

P. O. Box 2057

Charlottesville, VA 22902

(434) 817-7990

nrs@fplegal.com

lmg@fplegal.com

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