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This week 10/21

Support local journalism. You’ve probably heard that recently, likely in conjunction with the phrase “now more than...

Poem on the Removal of the Statue of Johnny Reb

By Gregory Orr   I won’t miss the way Your bronze body Froze History into bitterness.   That spot you occupied No...

This week, 7/29

Last month, I was lucky to be able to head for the hills with two old friends—we spent a long weekend hiking and...

This week, 7/15

The main character in the story on page 10 of this week’s paper doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a face.  Shortly...

This week, 7/1

A month ago, George Floyd was murdered by the police. Since then, Damani Harrison has led a group of artists “coming...

This week, 6/24

  “Coronavirus Could Be the End of Alt-Weeklies,” declared a Mother Jones headline in March. Around the country,...

This week, 6/10

“We need equity,” 19-year-old Joshua St. Hill told a crowd of roughly a thousand people Sunday night at the UVA...

This week, 6/3

Over the past few days, videos of the murders of unarmed black people by cops and white “vigilantes,” which sparked...

This week, 5/27

Monday was Memorial Day, the unofficial start to summer, but with local lakes, spray grounds, and pools closed...

This week, 5/20

Last Saturday, I was in Pen Park for the drive-through version of City Market—a creative adaptation to our...