New Dominion Bookshop uplifts local creatives through “Friday Night Writes”
At a quarter to seven Friday, University students and Charlottesville locals alike settled down in folding chairs snugly nestled between the tall wooden bookshelves that line the walls of New Dominion Bookshop. Pleasantly chatting amongst themselves, they awaited the introduction of the evening’s first speaker. With the arrival of the hour, Hodges Adams, New Dominion event host and University lecturer of English Writing and Poetry, moved to the microphone placed at the foot of the staircase in the center of the shop with a Magic 8 Ball in hand.