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Richmond’s Theaters Get a Glow-Up

Richmond’s historic theaters don’t just feed the city’s economy, they feed the city’s soul—preserving the vintage charm that makes Richmond so unique. In the early 20th century, Richmond introduced the Altria Theater, Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center, and Byrd Theatre (under different names) amid a booming entertainment industry. Today, the Altria Theater and Carpenter […]

by Sadie Porter

Civil War Graffiti

From carvings by cave dwellers, to sketches by the artist Banksy, graffiti has the power to tell stories. But sadly, the ravages of time can impact these human renderings—from earthquake damage or the simple stroke of a paintbrush.

by Renee Sklarew

All About the Canada Goose

There are actually a number of subspecies that fall under the header “Canada goose,” but the most common of these in the are the giant Canada goose, Branta canadensis maxima.

by caroline kettlewell

All About Richmond’s Cotillion

Cotillion is alive and well in Richmond, and it’s more than just an old-fashioned dance. But, on the exterior, teaching children to waltz and navigate a receiving line could seem like a lost cause.

by Heather Bien

Glass Art in Virginia

“Glass was America’s first export,” says Charlotte Potter Kasic. She’s the executive director of Norfolk’s Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University and a renowned glassmaker herself.

by Renee Sklarew

Elizabeth Few’s silk botanicals elevate elegance

Far more than being an extravagance, silk is being recommended by aestheticians to use as sheets and pillowcases because it’s a textile that doesn’t absorb moisture. As a result, it won’t dry out your skin. Artist Elizabeth Few makes the pillowcases of your facialist’s fantasies—as well as eye masks and kimonos—in her Richmond studio. “I […]

by Meredith Lindemon

National Botanic Garden

The highest point between the Atlantic Ocean and the Blue Ridge Mountains is a 550-foot, man-made mountain in Chantilly at the National Botanic Garden. Its creator is nature lover, businessman, and co-owner Peter Knop, who spent 30 years creating it.

by Konstantin Rega

Travel to the Alleghany Highlands

Every route in this mountain paradise is scenic. Anchored by the twin towns of  Covington and Clifton Forge, the Alleghany Highlands sit smack in between The Omni Homestead Resort—20 miles to the east—and The  Greenbrier, 20 miles west.

by Staff

Christmas in Middleburg

Middleburg’s pomp, pageantry, and pride make it Virginia’s most charming holiday town.

by Renee Sklarew

Local Flower Farms Bring Blooms to Virginia

Flowers are a blooming business here in Virginia, where local flower farms have proliferated by 80 percent over the past 20 years.

by Staff

Dairy Farms and the New Agritourism

As midsize dairies close, White says, small farmers like the Stanleys “are turning to niche markets like on-farm processing and agritourism.”

by Max Watman

Land Rovers on Virginia’s Backroads

This rain and mud is the kind you want to play in, not shelter from. I’m riding shotgun with today’s trail leader, Ralf Sarek. His job is to run point and radio the back with terrain intel from his 2022 Land Rover Defender 90.

by tesauro jason

Virginia’s Portrait Artists

How Virginia’s finest artists—and their clients—are redefining a beloved Southern tradition. “Excited about college?” In 1980, Fielding Archer and his father were halfway to Hampden-Sydney, driving west on Route 60. The question should have been an easy layup. Archer hadn’t applied anywhere else. Instead, it plucked at a gnawing doubt. “Actually,” […]

by J. Michael Welton

Strange Plants

Five questions for this Virginia artist. (Photo by Ed Pollard) Heather Beardsley is an American visual artist that creates mixed-media projects at the intersection of art, science, and environmental issues. She works primarily with embroidery, cyanotype, and air-dry clay, mixing the aesthetics of scientific illustration with craft and children’s art materials. She received her MFA in fiber […]

by Staff

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Spacek and Fisk star in Sam & Kate. In Sam & Kate, UVA alum, actress, and musician Schuyler Fisk teams with six-time Academy Award-nominee Sissy Spacek—who also happens to be her mother. The multigenerational rom-com heats up when the mother-daughter pair meet father-son co-stars Dustin and Jake Hoffman. As […]

by Staff

Polly Stewart Interview

This Virginia author wants you to get lost in her novel about a missing girl. The Good Ones by Polly Stewart. Harper. pp.304. $30. (For sale on June 6) Konstantin Rega: When did you start writing? Polly Stewart: I remember telling my mom that I wanted to be […]

by Konstantin Rega

Celebrating Ella

10 songs made memorable by the queen of jazz. It would be hard to find someone who doesn’t like Ella Fitzgerald. Though you may not be “into” jazz, you’ve certainly heard her voice—on the radio or maybe even in a Laurel and Hardy film. Like Sinatra, Fitzgerald came to fame during the ’40s […]

by Konstantin Rega

200 Years of Stories

The Library of Virginia holds our community history. (Courtesy of the Library of Virginia) What started as a storage place for law books used by the Virginia General Assembly in 1823 has become a destination for historic records, ancestral discoveries, and even church cookbooks. “We collect what I’ll call ‘community history,’” says […]

by Konstantin Rega

Blue Zone Living

Could Virginia be the world’s next healthiest place? Skylar Arias Adventures Hawksbill Mountain Flourishing is a hot topic among scientists studying human health these days. Sure, we’d all like to live longer. But the question on researchers’ minds goes more like this: how can we live longer while also avoiding disease and […]

by Staff

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Staunton might be a small town, but during the annual Queen City Mischief & Magic Festival, the last week of September, it’s larger than life. The festival draws tens of thousands of witches, wizards, warlocks, ghouls, and more to the Shenandoah Valley—and they fill up the local hotels, restaurants, and bars quickly. To plan ahead […]

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A Couple’s Small-Town Makeover

After a successful career in investigative services in Washington, D.C., Terri Wesselman and her husband, Julien Patterson, decided to settle down in Irvington. Initially drawn to the area by the Tides Inn, the couple had been weekending in the Northern Neck since the late ’90s. “There was something about the area that was quiet but […]

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