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CPD chief wants City Council to pass ordinance to remove homeless encampments

Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis will ask City Council on Tuesday to adopt a resolution that would ban people from sleeping and storing their possessions on public property. “Over the past several months, the city has seen a marked increase in quality-of-life complaints in and around locations where unhoused community members are residing,” reads the […]

Sean Tubbs | August 30, 2025

How aggressive immigration policy undermines due process rights in Charlottesville, and the entire country

In late April, three plainclothes federal agents swept into Albemarle County General District Court, and carried out some of the Trump administration’s earliest-known local courthouse detentions. There, in front of stunned witnesses, agents detained Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez and Pablo Aparicio-Marcelino, who had each appeared in court while facing separate criminal charges. The sudden arrests—and the failed […]

Catie Ratliff | August 27, 2025

PHAR resists West Main student housing

When Charlottesville City Council adopted a new zoning code in December 2023, a key idea was to reduce the role elected and appointed officials play in determining what can be built where. The idea was to improve certainty for developers. Under those rules, the LV Collective has the right to build an 11-story building at […]

Sean Tubbs | August 27, 2025

Judge reverses ruling that voided city’s zoning

Charlottesville is once again legally in the clear to implement a zoning code that was adopted in December 2023, and was intended to allow developers to build more places to live across the city. But legal clouds remain on the horizon. In a written opinion published August 22, Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell reversed a […]

Sean Tubbs | August 27, 2025

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Disney’s Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour at John Paul Jones Arena 8/29

In a crossover combining fantasy and sci-fi tailored for kids, tweens, and the young at heart, Disney’s Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour brings elements of two popular film franchises together for a one-of-a-kind interactive live concert experience. Pulling from Descendants (wherein the children of Disney’s most infamous villains grapple with the choice between good and evil) […]

C-VILLE Writers | August 27, 2025

Disney’s Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour at John Paul Jones Arena 8/29

C-VILLE Writers | August 27, 2025

Mountain Grass Unit at The Jefferson Theater 8/28

Birmingham, Alabama’s Mountain Grass Unit is growing a following with fresh cuts blending traditional bluegrass with country, jazz, funk, rock, and metal influences. Featuring Drury Anderson (mandolin, vocals), Luke Black (guitar, vocals), Josiah Nelson (fiddle, vocals), and Sam Wilson (bass, vocals), the quartet chugs through foot-stomping sets that bring old-time Americana sounds to new heights […]

C-VILLE Writers | August 27, 2025

Mountain Grass Unit at The Jefferson Theater 8/28

C-VILLE Writers | August 27, 2025

Valerie McQueen at The Stage at WTJU 8/29

Singer-songwriter Valerie McQueen treks in from the Shenandoah Valley for an evening of Americana at Offbeat Roadhouse. Drawing influence from genre standouts like Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss, McQueen’s strong voice drives a sound that brings folk to the front, with touches of country and rock inflections. Her songs tease out narratives drawn from everyday […]

C-VILLE Writers | August 27, 2025