After almost four years of serving the Charlottesville community, Random Row Books will close its doors at the end of the June. The building that houses the store—a former auto repair shop near the corner of West Main Street and Ridge/McIntire Road—will eventually be demolished, along with other buildings on the property to make room [...]
Yolunda Armstrong’s influences are layered like the floors of a hotel. First floor: her mother, telling her you have to give back to your community even if you’re living in the projects. Second floor: her dad, who’s never too busy to carve out an hour on Wednesday night to spend time with his daughter watching [...]
The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.–Jorge Luis Borges, “The Library of Babel” In September, Albemarle County will open a library in a brand new building in Crozet. Between now and then, it will also begin a public planning process for the newly approved [...]