Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

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The journey forward

Shelby Marie Edwards still switches between “is” and “was” when talking about her mother. After all, it’s not yet two...

Mapping inequality

By Jonathan Haynes “If you look at Charlottesville in-depth, you see racial disparities at every juncture,” says...

Black Mac puts a...

Ti Ames loves William Shakespeare. Or rather, Ames loves the plays of William Shakespeare. It’s a love that started...

Artist Frank Walker...

It’s a humid but not hot Saturday evening in early May. Jazz floats through the auditorium of the Jefferson School...

ARTS Pick

If it’s your goal to keep mama happy this Mother’s Day weekend—and it better be—then comedian Antoine Scott has you...

Stages of life

She’d been here before. During a recent rehearsal of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, a feeling of...

Art in Odd Places explores...

This week, New York-based artist Ed Woodham brings his Art in Odd Places festival to Charlottesville in a two-day,...

ARTS Pick

First-timers get a chance on the mic and a warm welcome from host Remy St. Clair as the Nine Pillars Hip-Hop Cultural...

LIVING Picks

Family Mad Hatter’s Murder Mystery Escape Room Friday, March 2 Teens in grades seven to 12 are invited to search for...

Silk Thai keeps it authentic

By Sam Padgett and Erin O’Hare The red house at 2210 Fontaine Ave. that once housed Thai 99 has a new coat of paint...