Features
Shipshape , by Lee Gimpel
To build an aircraft carrier, you simply take an airport, a nuclear power plant and a city and weld them all together. A look at how Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News constructed its latest naval behemoth.
Urban Palette , by Caroline Kettlewell
Virginia Commonwelath University has the best public arts school in the country – but some people don’t know it. We limn the history, culture and ambitions of this sprawling, creative hotbed.
In Every Issue
Letters | Contributors | Natives | Reviews | Style | Bellwether | About Town | Odd Dominion | Departures
Upfront
Science of a Saddle , by Aynsley Miller Fisher
Ruckersville craftsman Tad Coffin makes some of the most desirable saddlers in America, thanks to his passion for horses and technology.
Smart Book, New Look , by Erin Parkhurst
No tomes: Encyclopedia Virginia is a “living” online tool.
Whale of a Time , by Bland Crowder
On the strand at Cape Henry.
A Must-Do Venue , by Lisa Antonelli Bacon
Bev Reynolds has been a major catalyst for the art scene in Richmond.
The Eccentric Benefactor , by Bill Glose
The story of Walter Chrysler Jr. and how his valuable art collection got to Norfolk.
Departments
Virginiana | Words Read ‘Round the World , by Brooke Stoddard
A retrospective on a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistic lions.
Dining | Bird Eggs & Blogs , by Christina Ball
We follow a blog trail to One Block West in Winchester.
Food | Mother of Invention , by Christine Ennulat
What can three chefs do with 12 basic ingredients, plus one wild card item? Cook amazing dishes!
Towns | Heads in Virginia, Feet in Tennessee , by Joe Tennis
Bristol is a bifurcated border town with a rich musical history. My state or yours?
Garden | Buxon Beauties , by Paula Steers Brown
Spectacular, durable peonies.
