Future Heirlooms: We are the Ancestors
by Khalilah Jones How are you living a life worth remembering? There comes a moment when you stop looking over your shoulder for the people who raised you—and realize someone is looking over theirs at you. Maybe it’s your son or daughter. Maybe it’s your niece who thinks you’re the…
Stepping In: Grandparents as Primary Caregivers When Parents are Absent
by Madelyn Coles Life as I knew it was being a single mom who raised her son and only child and watched him grow into an adult. At the age…
Adult Children Urge Early Care Conversations With Elders
by Katrina L. Spencer Katrina L. Spencer began writing for Vinegar Hill Magazine in 2022 when she lived in Charlottesville. She left Virginia to pursue a master’s degree in journalism…
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Into the Streamer-verse: Black Streamers Talk Highs and Lows of An Emerging Medium
by Oisakhose Aghomo Oisakhose is a Georgia peach by way of Nigeria, but she is currently based in Austin, Texas. She writes about arts, culture, climate and politics. She’s written for Austin Chronicle, YES Magazine,…
Best In Black Cville Is Back…And This Year, We’re Honoring the Ancestors.
by Khalilah Jones The nomination window for the 2026 Best In Black Cville Awards is officially OPEN! The theme for the 2026 Soul Of Cville Festival is “Future Heirlooms: We Are Ancestors.” And before anybody…
2026 High School Grads Reflect On Local Community
by Jessica Harris Jessica Harris is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and has written for Vinegar Hill Magazine for three years. She’s passionate about accessible arts education, community-based work and, of course, 70s & 80s music. …
Death Isn’t Funny… Unless it’s Black
The Annihilation of Black Creation by Leslie M. Scott-Jones Frank B. Wilderson III, the father of Afropessimism, said, “Human life is dependent on Black death for its existence and for its coherence.” I would take…
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When Grief Shows Up Quietly
by Lady Najm Lady Najm is a Charlottesville-based singer-songwriter, writer and creative facilitator whose work explores healing through music, reflection,…
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Selects Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS) to Lead Swords Into Plowshares Public Art Project
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center has selected Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS), in partnership…
Nothing Feels Real Anymore — And Deep Down, We All Know It
by Khalilah Jones There was a time when people built relationships slowly. Intentionally. Over phone calls that lasted too long…
The Memory & Rhyme In Our Blood: Black Aesthetic, Oral Tradition, and Afrofuturism within Blood at the Root by Dominique Morisseau
Photo Credit: Kori Price by Leslie M. Scott-Jones Some of you may not understand what goes into the creation of…
Black Women Weather the Storm of Unemployment
Erica Adams sits at her desk at Santa Monica College in Southern California, April 2026, where she works as a…