Virginia Living Blog

  • Snow Storm #3

    Things to remember.

    2010-02-07 12:55:56

  • Renew

    Want to be eco-friendly?Just re-use, repaint, refinish something from another era. And there are lots of excellent architectural salvage and house-part websites to help.

    2010-02-03 10:52:37

  • Yes, It’s Art

    The first time UVA displayed an Alexander Calder “stabile,” in the 1950s, the work was met with questions and dark Cold War insinuations. Now, the university is exhibiting another Calder installation on its historic grounds, and the reception is entirely different.

    2010-02-02 11:18:09

  • Stately Ruin, Engineering Feat

    Claudius Crozet's Blue Ridge Tunnel

    2010-02-02 16:41:43

  • A Little Oomph for your Gardening Mojo

    Mid-winter pick-me-ups.

    2010-01-28 15:33:37

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In the Fast Lane

Fairfax County is something of welcome anomaly—the Old Dominion's busy, brash and diverse economic powerhouse. After going through two major transformations over the last 50 years, this hectic symbol of suburban America is gearing up for an urban shift.

January 29, 2010 by Richard Ernsberger Jr. in Nearby

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Sterling Hundley

Old Man Winter

Wherein illustrator Sterling Hundley recalls the bitter cold spell of 1940.

January 29, 2010 in History

Brew Crew

Legend Brewing Company started as a one-man brewpub. Now it’s the state’s biggest independently owned craft brewer, and, at age 16, hitting its stride with broader distribution and a new product guaranteed to please Joe Six-Pack. Plus: Beer pairings.

January 12, 2010 by W. Matthew Shipman in Eat in

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Robert Meganck

“Thar’s a Bar!”

Whar? In Virginia, just about everywhar.

January 25, 2010 by Christine Ennulat in Nature

On the Road Again

For more than three decades, Theatre IV has put energetic actors in vans and sent them across the state, and across America, to wow schoolchildren with familiar tales, historical narratives and holiday specials—this year, more than 1,000 performances in 34 states.

January 06, 2010 by Caroline Kettlewell in Arts

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