Virginia writers share their work at Festival of the Book
Annual humanities event runs through Sunday in downtown Charlottesville The 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book kicked off Friday in Charlottesville. Among the activities at the city’s main branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library was a panel discussion led by Editor, Poet, and Randolph College English...
Storytelling festival coming back to Charlottesville this Saturday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Over a dozen storytellers will be converging for the fourth annual Celebration of Tales Storytelling Festival this Saturday at The Center at Belvedere. The festival, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with feature over a dozen “storytellers,” featuring mostly local...
Poor Start Plagues Wake Forest in Series-Opening Loss
The Demon Deacons fall in game one against Virginia
📅 Needle Felting Workshop: Make a Sloth on March 21
Learn how to make your own fuzzy sloth at a needle felting workshop on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at The Scrappy Elephant (1745 Allied Street, Suite C, Charlottesville). Instructor Ari (they/them) will teach you how to sculpt dyed wool into a three-dimensional sloth using a notched needle and...
📅 Virginia Festival of the Book: Protest and the Story of America
Join the Virginia Festival of the Book for a thought‑provoking panel, “Protest and the Story of America,” on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 AM at The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main Street, Charlottesville. Authors Deborah Baker, Gloria J. Browne‑Marshall, and Denali Sai Nalamalapu will discuss how...
The Fralin Museum Of Art Unveils Fall 2026 Exhibitions
The Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia will present Legacies of Independence, a slate of four exhibitions exploring varied themes and perspectives around the legacies of Thomas Jefferson and the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. On view from August 29, 2026, through January 3, 2027,...
Ivy Creek event to honor Conley Greer’s legacy with tours, exhibits, and birthday celebration
A special event at Ivy Creek Natural Area is giving people a chance to explore a part of Albemarle County’s history that connects agriculture and race.
The First Book: Carrie R. Moore
The Book: Make Your Way Home (Tin House, 2025) The Elevator Pitch: When home doesn’t love you, how do you insist on loving yourself? Make Your Way Home is a collection of stories featuring resilience, romance, and Black intimacies. The Rumpus: Where did the idea of your book come...
Albemarle supes set advertised tax rate
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has set its advertised tax rate for the upcoming budget cycle, marking the highest rate the county can legally adopt this year. The proposed real estate tax rate remains the same as last year at 89.4 cents per...
You Could Spend Hours In This Sprawling Virginia Bookstore Without Breaking The Bank
Imagine a place where the phrase “I can’t afford that many books” becomes completely obsolete, replaced by “I can’t fit that many books in my car.”. Green Valley Book Fair in Mount Crawford, Virginia has created exactly that reality, and book lovers across the state are quietly obsessed with this warehouse of...
