I don’t remember having picture books read to me, and I don’t remember reading them myself.
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The old Macy’s space inside River Ridge mall will be transformed this weekend for a home and garden show organizer Perry Payne Millner calls “decidedly local.”
Veronica Jackson was 15 when she realized for the first time what it truly meant to be black in America.
An educational series aimed at providing community members tools to support black students in Lynchburg is coming to Parks and Recreation centers beginning next week.
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It’s a rainy winter night, but the atmosphere is warm inside Riverviews Artspace as jazzy piano chords and rhythmic taps to a snare drum match the even strokes the artist in the audience is applying to her canvas.
A new capsule clothing store will open next week on Timberlake Road.
Handwritten words fill the giant, laminated map of 16th-century England that hangs in Robin Bates’ office on the University of Lynchburg’s campus.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox's live broadcast of the rock musical "Rent" had a chance to show off the flexibility and work ethic of Broadway in the face of a set-back — and completely blew it.
The Lynchburg Museum will be dipping into its archives next month to highlight various aspects of Lynchburg’s African-American community.
I don’t know what is going on with January, but this month I have had more requests for book recommendations from parents than ever before.
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The 2019 celebration, dubbed Woodstock 50, will be held Aug. 16-19 in Watkins Glen, New York.
“Hair & Heels: A Drag Brunch" was the second drag brunch organized by Spectrum Arts Society and Roanoke-based Grapevine Entertainment to raise money for Hill City Pride, Lynchburg’s first LGBT pride event, which organizers hope to hold in April.
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is proposing another major expansion and renovation project that would add nearly 200,000 square feet to the museum and cost over $125 million.
The annual festival, a program of Virginia Humanities, generally draws more than 20,000 audience members from more than 40 states and has an estimated economic impact in the area of about $4 million.
Balancing successful careers with family life is always a bit of a challenge, but musical power couple Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn have managed to find the rhythm, even if they’re currently on the road with two kids, one of whom is less than a year old.
The thing is that Netflix has so much content (about 4,000 movies and 1,800 TV shows) that some of the best films and series of all time are just sitting there, buried beneath all the new stuff the streaming giant churns out each week.
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Avengers. Godzilla. Woody and Buzz. Stephen King. Elsa and Anna. The Force.
There’s no other way to put it: Fox’s latest foray into the busy world of vocal competitions, “The Masked Singer,” is ridiculous, over the top and a little bizarre. And I loved every second of it.
Artist Michele Fredericks still remembers when local architect Scott Glass stopped by James River Day School during her kindergarten career day.
A new year means new events, and this winter is full of them.
With their gentle yellow lights and eerie glow, the four light boxes have a cosmic air about them, the images inside reminiscent of snapshots telescopes have captured of the moon or even Mars.
So much has happened in the pop culture landscape this year ... and I’ve written about none of it. Not a single thing.
You spent the past month voting for your favorites, and now the results are in.
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I didn’t even know a Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton Christmas album existed until I began dating my now-husband seven years ago. Now, Christmas doesn’t feel like Christmas without it.
This year, though, I’m fighting my instincts and instead have tapped into a darker Christmas spirit.
Hall recently received the Academy Center of the Arts’ Lottie Payne Stratton Award for her work in the community. She also has a new exhibition up at Riverviews Artspace.
I am sure I am not alone when I say that Robert Burns is not a children’s author, but even kids are familiar with the Bard of Ayrshire’s most famous work, “Auld Lang Syne.”
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Leave it to Wolfbane Productions to stage maybe the only Christmas play where the devil comes to town.
In the lead up to Christmas a year or two ago, I sat in the basement of my partner’s house, helping him wrap presents for his children, who were tucked snuggly in their beds.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Have you heard the one about the girl who didn't care about Christmas but found herself in a small town for the holidays surrounded by decorations, cookies and carolers, and found a new boyfriend and her Christmas spirit by Dec. 25?
ABINGDON — It took a year to draw the dragons.
Why you should know her: The 18-year-old filmmaker won Best Young Filmmaker in the My RODE Reel Short Film Competition.
Thought the holidays were big in Lynchburg before? Well, organizations in the area have taken it to the next level in 2018.
A peek behind the curtain: Academy offers first look at restored theater ahead of December reopening
Walking through the mirror-paneled doors into the heart of the newly restored Academy of Music Theatre is like taking a step back in time.
One celebration involves matching T-shirts and takes place in a different city every year.
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The topic of a backpacking adventure on the Appalachian Trail came up several times before I finally agreed.
The hike needed two things — dog-friendly terrain and a killer view.
With soft, pliable fabrics in bright colors, Barbara Miñarro weaves together a tale of two cultures, a story of the first 12 years of her life in Monterrey, Mexico, and the past 12 in the U.S.
For crafty Harry Potter fans, throwing a party themed to the stories can be the ultimate DIY labor of love.
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Liberty University’s theater department has tapped into Virginia’s history with its new, original play, “Bloodroot: The Ballad of Clinch Mountain,” which opened last weekend and runs through Nov. 17.
