Little High Neighborhood Association

Information for and about the Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, VA

Juneteenth Celebration at the Jefferson School

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (JSAAHC) is celebrating Juneteenth by offering these free events to the public on Friday, June 15, 9:00am-3:00pm.

  • A 9:00 am walking parade (.7 miles) from Burley Middle School to the JSAAHC.
  • A libation ceremony at the JSAAHC at 11 am.
  • And an emancipation concert from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm featuring Ezra Hamilton, Ellis Williams, Chris Redd, Raymond Brooks and many other talented musicians.

If you would like to help plan, or walk in the parade, please contact Leslie M. Scott-Jones at publicprograms@jeffschoolheritagecenter.org or call 434-260-8722. Click here for more information.

Little High Summer Concert Lineup

The schedule for our world-famous backyard concert series has been set! Please watch this website and keep an eye out for emails with updates, location info, changes, and rain dates if necessary.

As always, our concerts are FREE and open to everyone… but we take the opportunity to pass the hat to help support the Haven, the multi-resource day shelter and housing resource center. which does critically important work in helping homeless people in our community. Last summer we raised more than $650 at our concerts and this year we’re going to try to do even more.

The performers themselves come from within the confines of just our neighborhood and range from outstanding professional performers (Waverly Milor) to well-meaning perennial amateurs (Jonathan Rice), with amazingly talented part-timers who have achieved critical and popular success (Luke Foster and Anya Movius) and numerous incredibly talented individuals such as Herb Beskin (once described by Entertainment Tonight as “the Vassar Clements of East Jefferson Street”), Sumner Brown (who should have her own exhibit in the Country Music Hall of Fame among other places), Brian Keena (an Americana/Jazz guitar savant), and Sudi Durland (the Mother Maybelle Carter of 13th Street) and many others in between.

The Schedule

  • June 20th: The summer series will be kicked off with the treat of hearing local professional musician (and our sound guy), Waverly Milor along with Jack Roy doing some blues. The talented singer/songwriter Luke Foster will open. A great way to start the summer!
  • July 11th: Don’t miss your chance to hear local phenom, Anya Movius for free in her own neighborhood! Anya put out her first EP in 2022 and has come out since with other songs and music videos. She was also selected to perform in Harvard’s first-year talent show in 2023. Quite a songwriting talent with a voice to match. Look her up on Spotify. The wonderful Brian Keena will open for her on guitar.
  • August 8th: Sudi’s Group. The Pied Piper of Charlottesville, Sudi Durland unites musicians for musical jams all over town. One of those groups takes place at her home right here in the Little High Neighborhood. Some really talented musicians will perform with varied instruments, songs and tunes. Start the evening by joining in with Sumner and Herb for a few sing-a-longs.
  • August 29th: The wonderful Jon Rice will show us his fingerstyle guitar chops and he may have some surprise guests with him. City Walk resident, Michael Goodwin will join us for the first time on trumpet or as part of a steel drum group to open. (City Walk is a part of the Little High Neighborhood!)

Little High neighborhood backyard concert June 21, 2022

Progress on sidewalks at last?

13th on the corner with East JeffersonCity Manager Sam Sanders has taken seriously the complaints of many Charlottesville residents about the lack of adequate sidewalks and he has made sidewalk construction a top priority. An adequate sidewalk network is essential as the city’s population density increases while the need to reduce our carbon footprint remains imperative. We all have to walk more, and now the city is working to take away our excuses.

Here is a link to the city’s list of sidewalk projects and the priority assigned to each. We certainly aren’t getting everything we wanted for our neighborhood but we don’t begrudge other neighborhoods getting better sidewalks and something is better than nothing. Check it out and decide for yourself.

Neighborhood Picnic on Sunday, June 2

Little High neighborhood picnic, 2022 Our next neighborhood picnic is scheduled for Sunday, June 2, from 4:30 to 6:30pm in the Meade Park Pavilion.

The neighborhood association provides the pizza, some sides, and dessert.

BYO: drink, seat, and $10 for annual neighborhood association dues.

Our summer picnic has always been a great opportunity to get to know or reconnect with neighbors.

This year, we have asked Beyonce and Taylor Swift to join us and perform some classic country music duets. No word back from them yet but our fingers are crossed!

 

New Dominion Bookshop

New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Va

New Dominion Bookshop is an independent bookshop located on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall at 404 East Main St. We are an all-new bookstore, and we host events featuring renowned authors and local writers. To place a book order, to receive personalized book recommendations, or to purchase a gift card, please visit our contact page to speak with our staff.

 

Carpe Donut

Carpe DonutCarpe Donut is a locally owned and operated maker of exquisite organic donuts since 2007.  The only ingredients in our donuts are: organic flour, organic eggs, organic apple cider, organic spices, pure organic sugar, and non-aluminated baking powder. We cook all our donuts in 100% pure soybean oil. No hydrogenation, no trans-fats, no shortening. Continue…