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Things to Do on a Free Afternoon or Evening
Museums and Galleries
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum
www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe
244-0234
Australian Aboriginal art. Open
Tue-Sat, 9 am - 3 pm. Guided tour at 10:30 am on Saturdays.
Free. 400 Peter Jefferson Place, just off 250 East on Pantops.
University of Virginia Bayly Art Museum,
"The Bayly"
www.virginia.edu/~bayly
924-3592
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15th-20th century American and European
paintings and sculpture, plus changing exhibits. Free. Open
Tue-Sun, 1 - 5 pm. Just north of the Rotunda at 155 Rugby
Road. Some parking behind the museum.
Fayerweather Gallery
www.virginia.edu/fayerweather
924-6123
Contemporary art, including works by
faculty and fourth-year students. Open M-F, 9 am - 5 pm.
Next to the UVA Art Museum, in Fayerweather Hall.
Galleries Downtown
There are a number of art galleries downtown, including bozART (Downtown Mall, 296-3919), Higher Grounds (coffeehouse
on the Mall, 971-8743), Les Yeux du Monde (next to Starr
Hill, 973-5566), the McGuffey Art Center (north of the Mall on Second St., 295-7973),
and Mudhouse (coffeehouse
on the Mall, 984-6833). Charlottesville also recently
opened the City
Center for Contemporary Arts (293-7552), home to the LiveArts theater group (977-4177) and the Second Street Gallery (977-7284)
Ice Skating
Charlottesville Ice Park
www.icepark.com
817-1423
Public skating, skate rental, skating lessons,
hockey leagues, UVA hockey games, and parties offered. Open
7 days a week, year round. Prices and hours vary by season;
call or see the Web site. 230 W. Main St., at the Downtown
Mall. Check for coupons in The Cavalier Daily.
McCormick Observatory
www.astro.virginia.edu
924-7494
Free to the public on the first and third
Friday nights of each month. Telescope viewing, slide show,
and museum. Normally held at the McCormick Rd. location (on-Grounds),
but once each April and October the public night is at the
Fan Mountain Observing Station, 13 miles south of town.
Movies
For show times for all theaters, call 817-FILM
or pick up a copy of the free weekly paper The Hook
or Cville Weekly, or go to www.cvillemovies.com.
Carmike Cinema 6
973-4294
Rt. 29 North behind Pier One and Taco Bell.
Jefferson Theater
980-1331
$3 for second-run movies. On the Downtown Mall.
Newcomb Hall Theater
Venue for Cinematheque,
a University-sponsored program that shows second-run films
for $3 (924-3286). Also home to OFFscreen, a student group
that screens independent films and classics. In the Newcomb
Hall basement.
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Regal Downtown Cinema 6
979-7669
Downtown Mall. Will validate parking.
Seminole Cinema IV
980-3333
2306 India Dr., behind the K-Mart on Rt. 29 North.
Vinegar Hill Theatre
977-4911
220 W. Market St., just off the Downtown Mall, next to L'Avventura.
Art-house movies.
Performing Arts
See the Performing Arts section
for information about joining performing arts groups and getting
tickets to see performances.
Bowling
AMF Kegler Lanes
www.amf.com/keglerslanes/centerHomepage.htm
978-3999
Only bowling alley in Charlottesville.
48 lanes. Opening times vary, closes at 11 pm Sunday through Thursday and 1 am Friday and Saturday. Prices vary.
Full restaurant (Breakers), snack bar, and pool tables. Bowling
leagues. Rt. 29 North, after Lowe's.
Pool
There aren't any true pool halls in town, but try
the tables at Orbit (on the Corner, 984-5707), Rapture
(Downtown Mall, 293-9526) or Miller's (Downtown Mall, 971-8511).
For cheap pool check out Newcomb Hall's Game Room, on main University
Grounds. It's only 2 cents per minute (per table) on Thursday nights,
5 cents per minute other days. You'll need a University
ID.
Putt-putt
Putt-Putt Golf Course
973-5509
Family tickets, birthday parties. 1525 E
Rio Rd.
Photos courtesy of
the Charlottesville/Albemarle Convention & Visitors
Bureau,
www.SoVeryVirginia.com
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A $12 portion of each student's activities fee contributes to a program
that yields the equivalent of $75 worth of tickets to UVA Music and
Drama events and up to three Virginia Film Festival events. It also
entitles students to a membership at the Bayly Art Museum and supports
exhibitions and programs by students and visiting artists in the Department
of Art. See the Performing Arts section
for more.
Check out the Law
School events page for happenings at the Law School, or the UVA
calendar. The University's
Arts Page details the latest arts events, which are too numerous
to mention here. Also try Monticello
Avenue for a calendar of upcoming events and its Arts
page for more resources.
Want
a more active adventure? Check out the Clubs
and Organizations by Sport page for information on skiing,
snow tubing, canoeing, rafting, kayaking, horseback riding, ice
skating, and more.
The Virginia Film Festival
Charlottesville attracts its share of stars, such
as Sissy Spacek, who lives in the area. The stars are never more apparent
than at the annual Virginia Film Festival in October. Besides special
appearances by such luminaries as Anthony Hopkins, Nicolas Cage, and
Roger Ebert, the festival features independent filmmakers like Todd
Haynes and actually premieres some movies. Tickets are about the same
as regular tickets for students. For details, see: www.vafilm.com or
call 1.800.UVA.FEST. The schedule comes out in mid-September.
For the latest on what's happening on the
University culture scene, click on the "Things to do at UVA/News" button
on the UVA home page (www.
virginia.edu/news.html). You may also subscribe to the Internet list serve
regarding University musical events by e-mailing majordomo
@virginia.edu. In the message, write "subscribe" "musiclovers" "end" and
you will be updated on the various events.
First Friday
First Friday is the monthly opening day for all
local museums and galleries. The first Friday of the month, year-round,
galleries open new exhibits and offer receptions and artist talks between
about 5 and 9 pm. See specific gallery listings for exact hours. The
University museum now offers a similar event on the fourth Friday of
the month.
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