A gorgeous weekend (and then some)

By: Travis Koshko - Email

Posted: Fri 10:15 AM, Apr 17, 2009

Spring is back, and just in time for a cultural extravaganza in Charlottesville this weekend.

Hello again! Hopefully you've got plans to be outdoors today and tomorrow, Mother Nature is redeeming herself after a pretty miserable first half of the week. Sunshine rules the skies today and tomorrow with temperatures in the 70s with the Piedmont (Louisa, Fluvanna, Goochland counties) flirting with 80 at times. This morning on GMC I ran down a list of events around the area this weekend. Here are those events; please feel free to leave any I left out on the comments section.

1. The first Fridays After Five begins today on the downtown Mall @ 5:00pm in Charlottesville.

2. The Dave Matthews Band plays JPJ tonight and tomorrow starting @t 7:00pm; I've been told by some that tickets are still available but am not positively sure.

3. Earth Day Eco-Fair Saturday from 10am-5pm in front of the Charlottesville Pavilion.

4. Monticello's Spring Wildflower Walk Saturday @ 9:30am; a three-hour walking tour of the gardens of the Jefferson estate.

5. UVa Spring Football Game, Saturday @ 2:00pm, Scott Stadium

6. Charlottesville Marathon / Half-marathon, Saturday morning around sunrise

7. Saturday marks the beginning of historic garden week in Virginia

Last but not least, many area schools are holding their proms this weekend. Those of you who are going, have fun and please stay safe!

Have a marvelous weekend! Catch Brantley Ussery on Saturday and me on Sunday as we keep tabs on more rain heading to the region early next week.

~Travis Koshko

Read More Blogs

April Showers?

The comments sections of Newsplex.com are designed for thoughtful, intelligent conversation and debate. We want to hear from our viewers, but we only ask that you use your best judgment. E-mail is required, but will not be displayed with comment.

Comments cannot be profane or vulgar. We will not post comments that use profanity or cross the lines of good taste.

We will not post comments that use hate speech. Slurs, stereotypes and violent talk aren’t welcome on our website.

Comments should not attack other readers or people featured in our stories personally. Any accusations should be backed up with facts.

Any comment we post will be posted in its entirety. We do not edit any comment that we post.

Comments should contribute to the discussion. We will not post comments that don't advance the discussion. Flaming and/or trolling will not be tolerated.

Comments should not attack other posters. Let's keep the focus on the content of the story.

As a host Newsplex.com welcomes a wide spectrum of opinions. However this is a site that we host. We have a responsibility to all our readers to try to keep our comment section fair and decent. For that reason The Newsplex reserves the right to not post or to remove any comment.

If you have any ideas to improve the conversation or this section let us know. Send an e-mail to webmaster@newsplex.com.