Check Out Charles Dickens’ Classic Tale: A Christmas Carol at Four County Players

There’s still time to catch a performance of “A Christmas Carol” at Four County Players, Central Virginia’s longest running community theater in Barboursville. The play has been adapted with a fresh approach by Michael Paller:
It’s Christmas Eve, 1843 and Dickens, writer and amateur theatricalist, wrestles with the shadows of his past. Suddenly he is [...]

A Double Holiday Win-Everona and Barboursville Team Up This Weekend

If you’ve been waiting to check out Everona Dairy but thought you might want to just sample wines this weekend, then this is your perfect family outing. Dr. Pat Elliott, cheesemaker and proprietor of Everona,  has become a popular presence at many area farm markets, but this weekend she’ll be at the dairy on Saturday [...]

Virginia’s Piedmont Through the Artist’s Eye: The Arts Center in Orange

Don’t miss this incredibly ambitious exhibit showcasing our region’s abundant artistic talent. More than 50 artists, musicians, writers and film-makers are represented in “Virginia’s Piedmont: Through the Artist’s Eye” which will run until November 29th at the Arts Center in Orange and four local galleries: Fred Nichols Studio and Nichols Gallery Annex, the Ed Jaffe [...]

The Fields Are Quiet: Time to Shop and Celebrate at the Virginia Piedmont’s Wineries

Now that Virginia Wine Month activities are over, there’s time to visit the wineries and do some serious holiday shopping. Horton Vineyards has an after-Thanksgiving Open House Friday and Saturday, November 28-29  to help guests find great wine presents and stock up on seasonal wine discounts. The Kluge Estate Farm Shop, adjacent to the vineyards, [...]

Free Admissions for Veteran’s Day: Ash Lawn-Highland and Montpelier

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day, honoring our country’s war veterans, and as the Virginia Dept. of Tourism points out, “Virginia’s rich military history and iconic sites make the state a moving destination to honor those who fought for freedom.” Renew your sense of patriotism by checking out our memorials, battlefields (including Manassas), and museums. At Ash [...]

What’s On: Farm and Food Expo, Virginia Organic Producers’ and Consumers’ Assn

Get ready for a “cornucopia experience.” We’re headed to the Farm and Food Expo in Winchester this weekend- and we can hardly wait. There will be over 50 exhibitors representing local farms, ag agencies, farmers markets, seed and tool companies, food nutritionists, conservationists… Bravo to the Virginia Organic Producers’ and Consumers’ Assocation for organizing a [...]

What’s On: Eli Cook Band Performs Hendrix Classic Works at Four County Players, Barboursville

If you’ve never experienced a musical production or magical Shakespeare play at Four County Players in Orange County, you’re missing out. Central Virginia’s oldest, continuously operating community theatre delights audiences young and old alike. This weekend, Eli Cook and his band will perform a concert of all Jimi Hendrix’s beautiful, obscure, and lesser known works. [...]

The Tour de Piedmont: Part III, Fin

Abigail DeLashmutt, our fearless correspondent, recently embarked on an epic journey across Virginia’s Piedmont in a tour of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground. Check out the previous installments of “The Tour de Piedmont” here and here.
By Abigail DeLashmutt
There are a lot of ways to bask in the glow of success. My new favorite way [...]

On the Eve of the Tour de Piedmont

Abigail DeLashmutt, our fearless correspondent, has embarked on an epic journey across Virginia’s Piedmont in a tour of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground. Check out the previous installment of “The Tour de Piedmont” here.
By Abigail DeLashmutt
It’s the eve of the Tour de Piedmont; I spent my day purchasing s’mores ingredients, unearthing moth-eaten sleeping bags, [...]

Fall Foliage in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

Tis the season. Virginia residents (and lucky visitors) can check out the wine harvest, apple festivals– replete with cider and apple butter makin’– and pick your own pumpkin patches– all against the backdrop of autumn’s colors in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Leaf-peeping season is upon us, and soon the highways will be clogged with crowds [...]