NONPROFIT
Charlottesville City Market
Saturday, April 1
City Market, with more than 100 vendors offering fresh produce, herbs, plants, crafts, baked goods and more, opens for the season. Free, 7am-noon. Water and South streets. 970-3371.
FAMILY
Silhouette artist
Saturday, April 1
Former Disney World portrait artist Edward Casey will be stationed at Alakazam Toys, ready to create silhouette portraits of your little ones. $25, 1:30-5:30pm. Alakazam Toys, 100 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. (770) 546-2206.
FOOD & DRINK
Easter cupcakes
Monday, April 3
Nicky Rose, owner of Kraken Cakes, will teach a class on how to make fondant animals to top your Easter-themed cupcakes. Each participant will decorate four cupcake bases with toppers to take home. $55, 6-8pm. The Happy Cook, Barracks Road Shopping Center. 977-2665.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Buddhist meditation talk
Friday, March 31
Kate Crosby, professor of Buddhist studies at King’s College London, will give a talk on Buddhist meditation as technology and the effects of modernity. Free, noon-1:30pm. Contemplative Sciences Center, 102 Cresap Rd. 982-6057.