This band likes to play music, and share it with other musicians.

Paul Thorn will play June 14.

It’s that time again, time to head down to see what the galleries have up on the first friday evening of the month.

Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.

Some Lynchburg Bird Club members took quite a field trip, and News & Advance nature columnist Thelma Dalmas was one of them.

Sandra Boydston, development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society, offers tips for keeping Fido and Fluffy cool.

For Linda Parker, avocation turned into vocation: teaching line dancing.

In this column, Ken West, a professor at Lynchburg College, writes about marraige, faith and health. His book, ‘The Shelbys,’ has been translated into Indonesian and Czech. Readers may write to West in care of The News & Advance, P.O. Box 10129, Lynchburg, VA 24506.

This fashion show mentions—and shows—‘unmentionables’ for women who’ve had mastectomies.

Christopher Burch, a local artist, says the artwork that hangs in the new Alan B. Pearson Cancer Center, thanks to an anonymous donor, lets patients know they are cared about, not just cared for.

A school that once played a pivotal role in the education of blacks in Appomattox County will now house a museum on black history in the county.

The Dance Theatre of Lynchburg will perform a show that includes a piece called “Anatomyof a Dancer.“

A concert of ragtime, stride and early jazz piano tunes called “Tricky Fingers” is set for Saturday.

For Trent Tomlinson, it’s all about making music that he describes as “‘open a beer, sit in a lawn chair, let’s have a party’ country.“

Three poets will read their work at Givens Friday, and as one of them said, “... we promise to be fun.“

Will the fall line-up be worth falling for? Here’s the Couch Potato’s take on it.

Sign language offers a way for toddlers to communicate during the time when they have learned to understand language but can’t speak it yet.

Don Davis, an Extension agent who writes a column for The News & Advance, introduces us to an arboretum unlike most you’ll come across.

A Lynchburg woman, who has roots in Amherst County, has been recognized nationally for her work on behalf of those with Alzheimer’s.

For Thelma Dalmas and some Lynchburg Bird Club members, heading to Panama offers a chance to see species you’d never see in Central Virginia.

His yellowish, nearly translucent skin eventually became green.

The town’s new acting troupe slates its first shows

Check out these events set for Memorial Day weekend.

The Honey Dewdrops, winners of the coveted silver Wobegon water tower trophy from a “Prairie Home Companion’s” annual talent contest, have a date in Lynchburg.

MOVIE REVIEW:
‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’

REVIEWER RATING: 2/4 stars
RATING/TIME: PG-13/126 min.
PHOTO: Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf star in the fourth film in the ‘Indiana Jones’ series.

Don Davis is an Extension Agent for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. He can be reached by calling 455-3740.

Randolph College has an oasis to offer for a get-away to nature in the city.

Here comes the sun, shining on the Chelsea Flower Show with its garden inspired by the late George Harrison.

Olivia Dodson of Amherst took the video camera she got for Christmas, set on a stack of hampers and began shooting. The result: a documentary that won a prize at Virginia’s first independent film festival.

TAMPA — At low tide, the Hillsborough River recedes enough to reveal wood beams poking through the water.