This year’s National Family Caregivers Month theme encourages caregivers to celebrate the many passions that enrich their lives, and calls on us to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country.
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34TH ANNUAL VAFF – NOW THAT’S A WRAP!
34th Annual Virginia Film Festival Wraps Remarkable Five Days Highlighted by Return to Theaters, Strong and Diverse Program, Outstanding Guests, and Fascinating Conversations
Southwood Resident Design Center Grand Opening
On Friday, November 5th at 10am, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and residents of the Southwood Mobile Home Park will celebrate the grand opening of the Southwood Design Center, a space where Southwood residents can come to learn about homeownership and rental options in the redeveloped community, meet with financial coaches and ultimately choose […]
Vinegar Hill Theatre to feature two sold-out screenings of local filmmaker Ty Cooper’s “Amanda.”
AMANDA, the latest film from Award Winning Director, Ty Cooper. It is a story about love, trauma, relationships, art and community.
Virginia Film Festival: Truth Tellers
For activist Robert Shetterly, the divide between art and politics is a small one. A renowned artist who painted the series Americans Who Tell The Truth – a series of portraits that have been exhibited around the country over the past two decades – Shetterly started his art work as a response to the political […]
Over 200 new Afghan refugees will soon call our Greater Charlottesville community home
Over 200 new Afghan refugees will soon call our Greater Charlottesville community home. Rapidly resettled here in the wake of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, most of these families will arrive with almost nothing but the clothes on their backs. Their urgent needs range from housing to transportation to basics like food, clothing, and […]
Live Arts Announces 2021/22 Season Lineup
Live Arts is thrilled to announce five dynamic productions for its 2021/22 Season: reIGNITE Live Arts. The season opens with EVERY BRILLIANT THING, an uplifting solo show by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe.
Plan to melt Charlottesville Confederate statue submitted by Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (JSAAHC), a Charlottesville, Virginia, non-profit organization, has submitted an offer to the Charlottesville City Council to acquire ownership of the city’s recently removed statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
JABA Shining Star Preschool: the importance of intergenerational connections
When First Lady Pamela Northam, Terry McAuliffe, candidate for governor, and his wife, Dorothy McAuliffe, visited JABA’s Shining Star Preschool recently they highlighted a program at JABA that many people, who may be familiar with the services we offer seniors, aren’t familiar with. Our preschool is just down the hall from our Adult Care Center […]
Piedmont Housing Alliance set to open Financial Opportunity Center
In collaboration with a broad range of vital partners, Piedmont Housing Alliance is excited to announce the grand opening of the Charlottesville region’s first Financial Opportunity Center (FOC) + Housing Hub.