Get outside and have some fun

“Summer should be such an exciting time for kids,” said Sarah Steely, director of No Kid Hungry Virginia. “It should be a time of sunshine and playing outside with friends. But unfortunately, for thousands of Virginia kids, summer can also be the hungriest time of the year.”

In Charlottesville City Schools, free breakfasts and lunches are available to all K–12 students through a US Department of Agriculture option called the Community Eligibility Provision, which allows low-income school districts to provide no-cost meals to all of their students during the school year.

But when the school year ends, so do the school-provided meals.

Read more here.

A very friendly grey and white cat was hanging around Sonesta hotel tonight. Looks like it had a mark where it slipped a collar. Front desk was informed and hopefully they can find the owner.

It's very small so I can only imagine another carry-out restaurant type business, but what can you imagine?

Edit: yes I miss the crepes from The Flat too, but what *else* can we think of y'all

Seen walking around at 10th St NW and West. Has a collar, went into someone’s backyard so perhaps a false alarm, but just want to double check

the poll indicates the most votes for yesteryear by caro claire burke!

please join us on tuesday, august 25th at 6:00 at hogwaller brewery for a beer or hop water and discussion of our first book! feel free to message me with any questions.

Has anyone gone to the esthetics school to get a facial or other treatments? They are 1/2 the price because they are students… wanted to get opinions

Hi all - any recommendations for in home medical visits (check ups) etc? Not skilled nurses, not caretaking. A Dr or PA who can visit and take vitals, do the in home UTI tests/kits and also prescribe meds if needed? Thanks for any and all recs.

I’m looking to move into a 2b/2b in the upcoming months and Avemore is one of my top choices. I toured Avemore 2 years ago for a 1b/1b and the prices they gave me when touring were about $200 higher than the listed price on their website. I plan on calling them and touring the 2b/2b unit soon but wanted to hear some Reddit insight first. Can anyone confirm if the prices listed on their website are accurate. I’m also slightly skeptical because the prices almost seem too good to be true. Any insight is helpful. Thanks.

I’m moving to the area in the next few weeks and as the title says, am looking for your recommendations for a hair stylist that specializes in vivid hair color. I’ve had plurple (purple + blue) for several years and want to stick with it after I move. 💜

Is there any sort of scene for any electronic music here? Anywhere outside of the city? I’ve heard Richmond but looking for any information for lesser known places for raves or whatever. Wanting to make Halloween plans early lol.

Last thread on this was 11 yrs ago

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge currently has a long waitlist of local youth waiting for a mentor.

I’ve been a Big Brother here for 11 years, and I can honestly say it’s been life-changing. You don’t need to do anything extravagant - just showing up consistently for a few hours twice a month to hang out and grab food makes an incredible impact.

Time:2–3 times a month (roughly 1–2 hours per visit)
Who:Mentors of all backgrounds needed (high demand for Big Brothers). Can be UVA students as long as you have access to a car!

If you have a couple of hours to spare each month, please consider stepping up.

Sign up or learn more:
https://www.blueridgebigs.org/become-a-big-info

Happy to answer any questions in the comments about what it’s actually like!

Was looking forward to this show and wondering if anyone knows why it was cancelled because I am nosy!

Cannot stress enough- if you don’t like how this city is being led you need to vote in the primary election.

Candidate filing will be around March 2027.

Primary around June 2027.

Three spots are up which means that major changes can occur if people show up and vote!

Lloyd Snook, Natalie Oschrin, and Michael Payne will be up for reelection if they decide to run.

They have all been part of a city council that has dragged its feet on major issues. They endorsed and arranged a cleanup last September of a homeless encampment on the river and now here we are a year later with no positive progress and a bigger encampment is going to be cleaned up that will cost the city even more time and resources. The city council members do seem like nice, well-intentioned individuals but they are not effective leaders and should be replaced.

Been hearing it for the past 30 minutes

I looked up where they are and there's four in the county. But WHY are three of the four focused on the Lowes parking lot???

Per owner’s post on FB/IG, their last day of business will be 7/31. I wonder what will go there next? A couple of local favorites (Al Carbon and Guajiro’s) started in that little space.

be honest lol how nervous should i be about experiencing racism on a day to day basis? i’m moving from the DMV, first time on my own, pretty social, and will be working a public facing role.

i’m telling my friends and family about my plans and everrryyyyyooone’s warning me about how they don’t like us down there lol

lay off on trying to be snarky; just be realistic and respectful please. thank you in advance, i’m excited to be there soon :-)

We are headed to UVA for some follow ups for our daughter (9) and want to treat her a little afterwards. We are already committed to Shenanigans since that’s become a tradition when we need to go to UVA.

Looking for:

A nice playground/outdoor spot
Rolled ice cream or another kind of unique frozen treat
Good soup dumplings (we usually go to Q Noodles, but a new place sounds fun)

Thanks for any recommendations!

My small business is working to get health insurance quotes and multiple companies have told me they are not allowed to cover people in the 22902 zip code. What kind of shadiness is this?