Culture
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A Rock for the Ages: Upper Essex Baptist Church.
Although Upper Essex Baptist Church is small in size, it is big in heart. It has been a rock to its community throughout the ages, blessing those in unexpected ways, far beyond its walls. In a nutshell, it has become the little church that could! more
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Williamsburg Art Gallery: Local Artistry with an International Accent
“A good art gallery has the dual obligation of bringing to the public the art they want to see, but also to sometimes surprise them and pique their interest with the unusual, the unknown or the unexpected.” ~ Gulay Berryman more
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Savoring Thyme
"Herbs are our only living connection to past history." -- Don Haynie more
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Slow Cooker Success
As summer gives way to autumn and cooler days become the norm, dinners tend to go from crisp summer salads to comforting soups and roasts. Slow cooking a meal is one of the easiest ways to welcome your family home. more
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From Our Readers ...
What do our readers have to say? Take a look: "I LOVE this magazine...look forward to it each time it's published!!" Donna Welch more
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Williamsburg Art Gallery: Local Artistry with an International Accent
“A good art gallery has the dual obligation of bringing to the public the art they want to see, but also to sometimes surprise them and pique their interest with the unusual, the unknown or the unexpected.” ~ Gulay Berryman more
Arts All Around: Highlights of the Season
From the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula, to the historic Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown triangle, autumn arts abound. more
Joy's Garden
A Mathews Artist Painting Her Own Backyard more
13th Annual Preakness Party
The annual Preakness Party fundraiser nets $90,000 for the Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation's mission. more
A Croquet Field of Dreams
If you build it, they will come! more
Seventh Annual Derby Day
Thanks to all for making the seventh annual "Wine & Run for the Roses" wine auction at the Muscarelle Museum of Art a huge success! more
Jamestown's Archaearium: "A Place of New Beginnings"
The Archaearium, a word meaning “a place of beginnings,” symbolizes Jamestown’s role in the English settling of North America. more
The Rewards of Rowing
For Fun, Fitness and Sport more
Buffalo Soldiers of Westmoreland County
“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S. ..., there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship.” -- Frederick Douglass more
The Hampton Carousel: Riding the Painted Ponies
Riding the Painted Ponies more
2017 Historic Garden Week - Williamsburg
Tuesday, April 25th, 10-5pm more
2017 Historic Garden Week - Gloucester-Mathews County
“Tidewater life through the centuries” Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 10:00am to 5:00pm more
2017 Historic Garden Week - King & Queen County
Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula Walking Tour of Newtown Friday, April 28, 2017 9:00am to 2:00pm more
Colonial Williamsburg Blacksmiths - Forging Links with the Past
When shaking hands with a journeyman blacksmith, one anticipates a firm grasp. When the blacksmith is a young woman, the strength comes as a surprise. Montross native Aislinn Lewis wields a hammer that raises more than a few visitors’ eyebrows more
The Confederate Angel
It was a lazy summer day on the shores of the Bull Run River in July of 1861. The birds were singing, and the fish were jumping. It seemed all was well with the world. more
Spotlight
2017 Historic Garden Week - Northumberland County
“Heathsville Historic District” Wednesday, April 26, 2017 10:00am – 5:00pm more
Gardening With Herbs
As a child I remember spending countless hours in a magical place, meandering my way down elegant and serendipitous garden paths filled with a myriad of cultivated delights. The smell of lavender beside me, climbing roses above me and creeping thyme more
Living Fossils
Horseshoe crabs aren't really crabs at all. more
