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Community Connection: 44th Annual Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival

The Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival invites you to bring your family out to Crozet Park on Mother’s Day Weekend, Saturday, May 11th & Sunday, May 12th, for the 44th Annual Crozet Spring Arts and Crafts Festival.

Their event welcomes over 125 artists and includes live art demonstrations, wine tasting, treats just for Moms, and live music from Webley Twizzle Project and The Pinkerton Raid.

Four-legged friends are welcome and parking is available.

All proceeds from the event benefit non-profit and community owned Claudius Crozet Park.

Community Connection: Ix Art Park Charlottesville Arts Festival

The Ix Art Park Foundation invites you to immerse yourself in art this Spring at Ix Art Park in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th for the 4th annual Charlottesville Arts Festival.

Fifty visual artists will showcase their work in painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry, woodworking, and more.

The festival will feature live demonstrations and workshops that aim to spark your own creativity, live music and performances, and more.

Lindsay Lou on World Cafe

A psychedelic trip opened the creative door for Lindsay Lou to craft her latest album. Inspired by visions of what she calls “the divine feminine,” Lou’s Queen of Time features appearances from Jerry Douglas and Billy Strings. On the next World Cafe, she talks more about embodying that feminine power and how her late grandmother left her mark on the record. Join us.

Brigitte Calls Me Baby on World Cafe

When Wes Leavins was a teenager, he started writing letters to Brigitte Bardot. The French actress not only wrote back, but she and Leavins became pen pals. That story inspired the name for the band Leavins now fronts called Brigitte Calls Me Baby. Wes joins us on the next World Cafe to talk about forming the rock and roll band and how Elvis helped him refine his performance style.

Hermanos Gutiérrez Mini Concert on World Cafe

On their appropriately titled forthcoming album, Sonido Cósmico, Hermanos Gutiérrez announced that they have left the desert and are headed straight for outer space. The album, produced by Dan Auerbach, is a sonic departure for Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez, but still showcases the brothers’ blissed out, mesmerizing, instrumental guitar playing. On the next World Cafe, the duo performs a set of songs live from AmericanaFest 2023.

WTON Local Public Notice

On March 29, 2024, Stu-Comm, Inc., licensee of FM translator station W266BQ, 101.1 MHz, Staunton, Virginia, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for

Community Connection: The Hummingbird Fund #Go50forALS

The Hummingbird Fund is a family fund in Charlottesville that’s seeking a cure for ALS.

They’re hosting #Go50forALS, a movement-based challenge that will take place between May 5th and May 11th. Individuals, businesses, and teams are invited to sign up for the challenge online and complete any type of movement between as long as it’s in an increment of 50 — like 50 laps, 50 miles, or 50 minutes. This challenge is in honor of all of those with ALS who have lost their ability to move their bodies.

Solar Eclipse Music Mix on World Cafe

A total solar eclipse is crossing over North America, and we’re here to celebrate. We’ve put together a musical playlist for your solar eclipse watching (and listening) pleasure, including Pink Floyd, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Bonnie Tyler, Death Cab for Cutie and TV On The Radio. Join us!