Six rounds of trivia created and led by a local trivia enthusiast. The event is expected to last 1.5 - 2 hours. Bring a team of up to six people, your esoteric knowledge, a spirit of healthy competition and a sense of fun! There will be a small prize, but the real treasure is the friends we made along the way, the answers we got right, and the support we gave to the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund. Donate-what-you-want. Light snacks and nonalcoholic beverages provided, but feel free to bring additional snacks/soda/juice to share if you would like. Trivia may contain PG-13 material.

This bi-weekly community potluck will be a place for the Charlottesville community to gather, share food, meet neighbors, and create streams of connection and mutual aid so that our town can be stronger, together.

Join us for our monthly drop-in Prisoner letter writing night. No experience necessary. This month we will be writing to the incarcerated artists who are participating in our current exhibition who responded to the following prompts:

What does community care look like?

What does your best day look like?

Who is your neighbor?

How do you express love?

What would it feel to be free?

Imagine your own garden?

Refreshments provided by The UVA Karsh Institute of Democracy and Connective Tissue newsletter microgrant for their theme Possibilities for our shared place.

 Metastasis: Book Launch and Q&A

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Join Cville DSA as we welcome Nafis Hasan, author of Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care. In conversation with Perri Meldon, Nafis will discuss the intersections of capitalism and scientific research.

Snacks will be provided. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

About the author: Nafis Hasan is a labor organizer based in Philadelphia, where he works in the healthcare sector. He is also an Associate Faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research (BISR). Nafis completed his PhD in Cell, Molecular and Development Biology from the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. His writings have appeared in Jacobin, Science for the People, and Le Monde Diplomatique. Nafis is a proud member of DSA.

Sponsored by Cville DSA, with support from Visible Records and The Beautiful Idea

This bi-weekly community potluck will be a place for the Charlottesville community to gather, share food, meet neighbors, and create streams of connection and mutual aid so that our town can be stronger, together.

We are excited to announce a new immersive exhibition

seeds of connection: dreams of freedom

(Friday April 4 - May 31st)

An exhibition which invites you to listen closely to the voices and dreams of those impacted by the criminal legal system. The exhibit weaves together multidisciplinary abolitionist projects The People’s Paper Co-op, originating in Philly, and an ongoing abolitionist community project at Visible Records.

Viewed as a whole, this exhibition becomes a communal garden of narratives, where art and storytelling cultivate space for reflection, empathy, and solidarity. It invites each of us to tend to these stories, to nurture understanding, and to imagine new possibilities for connection and hope. 

Join us for an opening reception as well as a robust series of public workshops, film screenings, concerts, letter writing, and art making events that invite participants to not only hear these powerful stories, but become part of ongoing efforts to create a more just, safe, and free future.

Join us for an evening of conversation with Cristina Martin of bakernobakery and Jim Franks, the author of Existential Bread.

Books will be available for purchase through f12 Book Store.

Jim Franks is a baker and a poet who’s written a love story about bread — which is to say he’s

written a life story about listening, learning, trying, failing, adapting, and above all, caring. His

debut book builds on a life-consuming passion for quality bread: what goes into it, physically

and emotionally. Based in Chicago, Jim is known locally for selling out of loaves quickly, but

across the country he’s worked under nearly every bread baker equally obsessed with 100

percent whole grain. Through humor, history, relentless curiosity, and refreshingly unsentimental

poetry, Existential Bread teaches there are many ways to bake a loaf just as there are many

ways to live a life.

bakernobakery is Chris(tina) Martin.

Originally from Northern California, Chris has a strong passion for local farmer’s markets and growing their own ingredients. After spending a few years in fine dining kitchens around the country, they decided to open a home-based microbakery.

So yes, by technicality,

there is a bakery.

please RSVP HERE

Second installment of the play reading group! Think book club- for theatre! No rehearsal, just come along and read a part, or simply listen, and discuss. This is an opportunity for those interested in theatre, discovering new scripts, trying out a bit of light acting, or hearing stories brought to life. All are welcome! There will be some scripts printed, but bring along a laptop if possible so that you can access the play online.  

This event will be hosted by Charlottesville native and director/facilitator Laura May Brunk, who's just returned from a few years living in England and is looking to foster a community space and engage with theatre in her hometown.

FUTURE DATE TBD

Roger Beebe will be making his first-ever stop in Charlottesville with a new program of 16mm multi-projector performances celebrating the 25thanniversary of his first touring program.  

“Beebe’s films are both erudite and punk, lo-fi yet high-brow shorts that wrestle with a disfigured, contemporary American landscape.” --Wyatt Williams, Creative Loafing

Charlottesville Area Trail Runners are presenting 90 minutes of curated movies covering a range of trail running stories. We have been selected as one almost 50 sites in the US, Canada and Europe to show the films, and is the only location in Virginia.

Films are selected to showcase a range of trail experiences and challenges by a diverse collection of film makers and runners as they face a range of personal challenges. There is no charge but space is limited.

You're invited to a hands-on workshop where you'll create your own Carnival costume inspired by the iconic bats of Trinidad Carnival – a symbol of creativity, freedom, and expression.

"Wassy" is Trinidadian slang for something or someone impressive, exciting, and hyperactive. Carnivals are not merely festivities; they serve as tools for social commentary and symbolic, performative public discourse. In this workshop, you'll learn various techniques to craft your own "wassy" bat using paper, cardboard, fabric, and other found materials. Feel free to bring extra materials to adorn your costume.

Join the Wassy Bats Procession, where you can showcase your costume and celebrate alongside fellow revelers through dance and performance.

Come by!

Spring is almost here! Come write letters to our common field solitary garden partners as we begin planning for this years growing season. Michael, Casey, Joe, and Trevor would all love to hear from you! No experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Everyone welcome!

t’s a two-for-one!

Clinton Atwater and Mark Fryburg present thrilling personal stories of journeys to far-away lands and well-loved folk tales, always familiar and forever new.

Pay What You Can, Suggested Price $20

Hot drinks and light snacks available for purchase. Bring your friends and a cushion for your tush on our fabulous metal folding chairs.

website: FreshStoriesServedHot.org

email: listen@FreshStoriesServedHot.com