Potlucks happen on the first Sunday of each month. Check out @communitypotluck.cville on instagram for details, questions, and an archive of past events!

This May we here at movie friend are excited to bring you… La Ciénaga (2001) directed by Lucrecia Martel! This screening will be on Sunday, May 24th with doors at 8pm! Come join us!

😇 movie friend is a monthly movie screening series in Charlottesville where friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends come to gather and watch a movie <3
😇 doors are at 8pm and the screening will start around 8:15pm
😇 our screenings are free but we do encourage donations to @Visible_Records, our lovely hosts!
😇 feel free to bring your own chair, but we have lots of folding chairs available if you dont!
😇 masks are encouraged and provided!

“In Salta, Argentina, Mecha and her family’s holiday is coming to an end. Time becomes distended, punctuated by naps around the stagnant water of the pool, visits from cousins and children playing war in the jungle. A muted tension and a series of incidents slowly begin to disrupt the family order.”

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Come learn about the artists' proposals for the installation of Swords into Plowshares public art. Ask questions, give feedback! Childcare and light snacks provided.

Contact: swordsintoplowsharescville@gmail.com

Come be a part of the conversation about the future of public art in Charlottesville. All are welcome!

A live action mixtape chapbook

Stories and songs!

Featuring: The Ukuladies & The Tramps 

With special guests: 

Dear Simone

Dave Kulund

Katen Reynolds 

Richard Will

Phil King

John D'earth 

Michelle Oliva

Jason Pollock

The Dapper Tramps 

Chad A. Hutchinson's stories have been featured on NPR and MSNBC. 

Prince Dance Party, organized by a small group of Prince-fans and social justice-minded folks in Charlottesville, to mark the 10th anniversary of his death (April 21) and raise money for two local non-profits, the Music Resource Center and Computers 4 Kids. Connecting marginalized kids with music and technology were philanthropic efforts close to Prince's heart.

Cost: sliding scale, minimum suggested donation $10

Questions? Contact: rimenning@gmail.com

This is a free fat babe potluck hosted by Cville Fatties! It is inclusive to anyone in the plus size community who wants to attend.

Questions? Email: cvillefatties@gmail.com

An event for all!

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Join Us for a Free Screening and Discussion of COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT on Friday, May 1. 7:00-9:30pm at Visible Records.

This free community event is brought to you by the Death Fest collaborators at Hospice of the Piedmont, Woven Roots Collective, and Panorama Natural Burial. We will enjoy the film on the big screen (1hr., 45 min.) and then host a moderated discussion (30 min.) about its impact. Bring a friend, a snack, and your curiosity!

Come See Me In The Good Light is the 2025 Oscar Nominated and Sundance Film Festival Favorite Award winning documentary that chronicles American spoken-word poet and activist Andrea Gibson's journey after their terminal ovarian cancer diagnosis. Far from a traditional tragedy, the film, produced by comedian Tig Notaro, captures the epic love story between Andrea and their partner and poet Megan Falley as they navigate the unthinkable with honesty, humor, and an unshakable partnership.

Secure your FREE ticket at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1985847178368

Questions? Contact: Anna Sullivan, Death Fest Planning Team at annabsullivan@gmail.com

Monthly Play Reading Group! Think book club, but for theatre! 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.

Content Advisory: Use of strong profanity, sexual references, drug use, firearms, and discussions of pregnancy termination 

Movie Friend is so so so excited to be bringing you a Stop Making Sense (1984) dance party, directed by Jonathan Demme. Stop Making Sense is a concert film of the Talking Heads 1983 tour! Bring your dancing shoes!!

😇 movie friend is a monthly movie screening series in Charlottesville where friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends come to gather and watch a movie <3
😇 doors are at 8 and the screening will start around 8:15pm
😇 our screenings are free but we do encourage donations to @Visible_Records, our lovely hosts!
😇 the space can be a little cold at times so bring a blanket if you want!
😇 feel free to bring your own chair, but we have lots of folding chairs available if you dont!
😇 masks are encouraged and provided!

“A live performance of the band Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and featuring their most memorable songs.”

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking community workshop designed to strengthen our collective understanding of addiction, recovery, and the power of supportive community. “The Courage of Recovery” invites participants to explore how stigma, language, and individual perspectives can create barriers for those seeking healing—and how we can actively work together to remove them.

Questions? Contact: info@georgiasfriends.org

The one and only @buckgooter is playing their first show and they are not to be missed! They are a great live band and always have a surprise or two in store. Also playing live for only the second ever time is Choppers Choice, which is a large live crew put together by @provenrecording & @orgonedonor to realize a live version of their recent explorations. Come grab a tape at the show! Dais Queue Ensemble will open things up with a set of massed open-tuned string moves. Music starts a little after 8pm, all ages, $10-15 suggested donation but no one will be turned away for lack of funds and all levels of donations are welcome. Head on out!

This free-entry author talk dives deep into the 19th century origins of anarchism, communism, and the labor movement amid the genocidal settler colonial context of the "wild west." Topple your idols and question how we might destroy leviathan itself rather than simply demanding a rank-and-file democratization of the spoils of colonization.

Questions? Contact: historicalseditions@riseup.net

“In The Alabama Solution, incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of the United States’ deadliest prison systems.”

@movie.friend in collaboration with @rivannaabc we will be screening The Alabama Solution (2025) on Sunday, April 12th! we can’t wait to bring you this very important documentary feature film! Hopefully we’ll see you there!

Movie friend is a monthly movie screening series in Charlottesville where friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends come to gather and watch a movie <3
Doors are at 7:30 and the screening will start around 7:45pm
Our screenings are free but we do encourage donations to @Visible_Records, our lovely hosts!
The space can be a little cold at times so bring a blanket if you want!
Feel free to bring your own chair, but we have lots of folding chairs available if you dont!
Masks are encouraged and provided!

We'll be gardening starting at 10, and firing up the grill at 11am. Come hangout!

This month we'll be writing to the defendants from the prairieland case. In March of 2026 nine defendants were found guilty for participating in a Noise Demo in solidarity with ICE Detainees that occurred on July 4th 2025 at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, south of Fort Worth. This is the first case in the U.S. where “antifa” is considered domestic terrorism. For more info: https://prairielanddefendants.com/

All supplies provided, no experience necessary, bring a friend!

The C'ville Mural Collective is a group of self-identified muralists and folks committed to creating murals for and by the community. The aim of our first gathering is to re-invigorate the conversation around locally-made murals and outline a vision moving forward.

Questions? Contact: christy@greenyellow.blue

ONE YEAR of Charlottesville Community Potluck means it’s time for a CELEBRATION, and YOU are invited 🥳🎂🍰🧁

Come out on Sunday, April 5th from 12:30-3:30pm to enjoy a bevy of beautiful cakes! If you’re able, bring a cake to share! If you’re not, bring your mouth to eat with!

For the first time, we’re asking for small $$$ donations to help keep the next year of potluckin’ going, but that should not be a deterrent if ya’ ain’t got it right now—no one turned away for lack of funds, EVER!

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Monthly Play Reading Group! Think book club, but for theatre! 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 Month's Play: Fefu and her Friends by María Irene Fornés 

A landmark 1977 feminist play by one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. Fefu has gathered her friends to drink lemonade, play croquet, and plan and rehearse a fundraiser to benefit arts in education. Beneath this surface lies a probing investigation of friendship, gender, sexuality, class, and disability.

"Imagining Safe, Queer Futures Here: what life looks like when queer people are thriving"

Trans Day of Visibility (03/31) - 6pm

Join the Queer Liberation Front, Jess Walters, Charley Burton, The Women’s Initiative, Scrappy Elephant, and others for Imagining Safe, Queer Futures Here — a facilitated, collaborative vision board making session where we ask: what does life in Central Virginia look like when queer people are actually thriving?

Food by Botanical Plant-Based Fare and childcare provided on site. Plenty of materials will also be provided but feel free to bring anything you'd like as well.

Questions? Contact: The Queer Liberation Front, thequeerliberationfront@proton.me or @thequeerliberationfront on Instagram

Come see Yvonne Rainer’s “MURDER and murder” with Movie Friend. Watch with friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, for free and for fun!

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