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Outdoor Activities

Take a Photo. Win a Prize.

April 20, 2012

Here’s your chance to have some fun and win some money while you’re at it.  The Charlottesville-Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau is sponsoring a photography contest.  They’re offering to pay 4 prizes of $1000 each, plus other $100 prizes, for photos of the Charlottesville area that are chosen because they capture the beauty and unique [...]

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Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival

April 16, 2012

12th Annual Virginia Fly Fishing & Wine Festival April 21 – 22, 2012 Banks of the South River Waynesboro, VA Learn tricks and tips on how, when and where to fly fish. Music, food, wine tasting, artists, vendors and more. Fun for all. For more information please visit Virginia Fly Fishing website.

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Fiber Festival at Graves Mountain

April 14, 2012

Graves Mountain Picnic Pavillion April 28-29, 2012 9:00AM to 4:00PM This inaugural event will feature shearerers, livestock breeders, petting zoos, artisans and crafters and more. Free event and Fun for the whole family. For more information visit the Graves Mountain website.

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Tomorrow – Charlottesville Market

April 6, 2012

It’s finally that time of year again.  The Charlottesville Downtown City Market will make its first appearance of the year.  This is a weekly occurrence from now until late autumn, and it’s your chance to buy the best of everything in the region…. produce, flowers, baked goods, art …. and a generally good time.    HERE’S [...]

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Canoe and Kayak Regatta in Charlottesville

March 26, 2012

Attention:  Canoers and Kayakers.   Saturday May 12, 2012 is the date to save for the 7th Annual Charlottesville Rivanna Regatta and Races.  This event takes place at 10:00 a.m.   The event is looking for volunteers to help with registration and concessions etc. Interested participants should contact the folks in the link above, for more details.  [...]

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UVa Football Team Gets Innovative Training

March 6, 2012

 The pros do it.  Other universities have done it too.  Now the University of Virginia’s football team will join the ranks of athletes who train by using martial arts for hand and foot agility.  The UVa coaches have trained with a martial arts expert who’s shown them how to teach drills that make their players tougher, increase their [...]

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Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Date Set

March 2, 2012

Here comes some fun.  Tickets go on sale tomorrow (March 3rd) for the April 21st First Annual Taste of Monticello Wine Trail  event, featuring vineyards and wineries around Charlottesville.    The sponsors are making it easy for you, because the best of our vineyards will be represented under the Pavilion together downtown.   You don’t have to drive from place [...]

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Skiing Anyone?

January 7, 2012

Christmas marked the beginning of the ski season at Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County VA.    Wintergreen utilizes snow-making machines to cover the mountain slopes evenly and they are now in full operation.  Wintergreen becomes a bustling village of its own at this time of year, going from 350 employees to over 1,000 employees to handle [...]

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Charlottesville Man Helps Kids Swim

December 27, 2011

Consider these facts:  1 …According to a USA Swimming study of children under the age of 14 …  42% of white children,  58% of Hispanic children, and  70% of black children are not able to swim.    2 …Drowning is the 2nd leading cause of death in children. Charlottesville VA resident Gordon Hair considered those facts and set [...]

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Charlottesville Will Get A New Park

December 17, 2011

One of my favorite features of the City of Charlottesville, is what we call a pocket park, or mini-park.    In various spots around town there are cute little outdoor settings reserved for community use … sometimes with kids’ equipment… or maybe with trails in the larger parks.   Residents make good use of these little havens.   Now [...]

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