Fresh off his win on Food Network, Farmington Country Club's Charles Zimmerman has tasted victory again, this time at the National Pastry Conference.
- Jane Sathe
Coming up, Charles Peale's collages at McGuffey Art Center, Arts of Fluvanna Studio Tour adds five new artists and more.
- Jane Sathe
The Big Serve pickleball tournament this weekend at Darden Towe Park is the biggest fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Charlottesville chapter.
- Jane Sathe
A retrospective exhibition on Charlottesville-based photographer Mary Motley Kalergis opens Friday with a screening of a documentary on her creative process.
- Heather Price Ives
Attendance at the annual Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival was down 66% this year due to some foul weather.
- Jane Sathe
Thursday's veteran-focused fundraiser for the Gary Sinise Foundation at the Center at Belvedere may be the first, but organizers don't plan for it to be the last.
- Jane Sathe
Lucinda Williams, who heads to Charlottesville Friday, isn't finished protesting the wars, the injustices and — worse — the apathy.
A recent invasive species workday at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont was an education in how porcelain berry is choking not just trees, but rivers and wildlife.
Coming up, Gabriel Iglesias brings comedy to John Paul Jones Arena, Lucinda Williams brings her band to the Paramount and more.
Tickets are now on sale for the Montpelier Hunt Races, scheduled for Nov. 7 at the estate of Founding Father James Madison.
20 Art Guild of Greene-decorated birdhouses are to be auctioned off this week at the Houses for Healthcare fundraiser for the Greene Care Clinic in Stanardsville.
Coming up, the Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival returns to Claudius Crozet Park, the Culpeper Airshow is back at Culpeper Regional Airport and more.
Care to test your punkin’ chunkin' skills? Thousands are expected at the Fluvanna Fall Festival outside Palmyra this weekend.
Charlottesville's Public Fish & Oyster had a problem: It was too popular. The solution: The Hideaway, a sister seafood restaurant. It opens Friday.
- Haley Sandlow
Charlottesville's Public Fish & Oyster had a problem: It was too popular. The solution: The Hideaway, a sister seafood restaurant. It opens Friday.
- Jane Sathe
"Dancing with the Stars: Live!" is coming to JPJ in Charlottesville. Presale tickets are on sale now.
- Jane Sathe
The Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival, now in its 46th year, is expected to host 130-plus artists and artisans at Claudius Crozet Park this weekend.
- Jane Sathe
Kami Cotler, who played Elizabeth on "The Waltons" TV series, is coming back home to Walton's Mountain — or rather its real-life equivalent.
- Jane Sathe
Charlottesville's Indie Short Film Series closes this weekend with a collection of 11 diverse short films screened at Vinegar Hill Theatre.
- Jane Sathe
Coming up, works by Michael Meredith and Zoe Noelle Gordon at the Crozet Artisan Depot, the Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival returns and more.
- Haley Sandlow
The Rivanna Roots summertime concert series is coming to a close this month. But first, a rescheduled performance after rain canceled a popular local act.
- Haley Sandlow
A day after news broke that Hilton would be taking over Charlottesville's Doyle Hotel, new restaurant concepts were announced for the property.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery and Richmond-based Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Virginia's two largest craft beer makers, have merged.
- Jane Sathe
If you're like so many who weren't ready to say goodbye to Dolly Parton in August, you still have a chance to savor her music and magic in Charlottesville.
- JUSTIN FAULCONER Nelson County Times
Nelson County is preparing to welcome tens of thousands of visitors during the Valley of the Seven Stars this week. Here's everything locals need to know.
- Jane Sathe
Comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic, who's just been blessed with an asteroid named in his honor, is slated to take the stage at JPJ in Charlottesville Thursday.

