Bill Lohmann
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An Outer Banks island is gone, experts say, but a Virginia man who claimed it says it's still his
Shelly Island, a crescent-shaped strip of land that formed last year off the point of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, is no more, according to the National Park Service. → Read More
Saving the Mighty Wurlitzer at the Byrd Theatre
The Mighty Wurlitzer organ is still filling the Byrd Theatre with amazing sound. The elaborate instrument was installed at the Byrd in 1928, and it's undergoing a major restoration. A big fundraiser will be held Friday, Oct. 24, featuring the organ doing what it did at the beginning: providing the music for silent movies, in this case, "Phantom of the Opera." Tickets are $12. → Read More
Serving the needy from her garage
Martha Merritt made a vow to herself in her troubled childhood that she would help others when she grew up. As she approaches age 76, she's kept that promise. → Read More
Sharing work and bounty at Allegheny Mountain School
HIGHTOWN —Former Richmonder Trevor Piersol grew up in The Fan, majored in history at the University of Virginia, taught English for a year in China and now works, teaches and lives on a farm in the lush mountains of Highland County where the harvest is something more profound than mere vegetables. → Read More
FloydFest music festival expands to five days this year
FloydFest 2014, which begins Wednesday, is bigger in some ways, smaller in others and different in many. Organizers of the wildly popular FloydFest outdoor music festival near Floyd turned the problems that beset the 2013 event into lessons learned. → Read More
Va. author Lydia Netzer views the world through a different lens
NORFOLK —Sitting in the sunny courtyard of a neighborhood coffee shop, author Lydia Netzer pulled out a series of notecards hand-lettered with short, pithy and sometimes provocative turns of phrase, such as “Maybe death is not so terrible,” and laid them on the table. → Read More
Garth Newel: A place, not a person, of great beauty and great music in Bath County
WARM SPRINGS —Every once in a while, the phone will ring at Garth Newel Music Center, and a caller will ask for “Mr. Newel,” or, if they feel like they know him particularly well, “Garth.” → Read More
Restoration project bringing back Virginia's elk herd
Early on a Saturday morning, Leon Boyd was in search of something he’s never hunted in Virginia — elk, and only for a glimpse. → Read More
Storytelling comes naturally to author Lee Smith
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. —Turn into the driveway of Lee Smith’s grand old home in this historic town and amid the trees and shrubs, the ancient carriage house, and the one-time summer kitchen (where she often writes), you take note of a small sign staked in the yard. → Read More
Poe in Petersburg: A visit to Hiram Haines’ Coffee & Ale House
PETERSBURG —When he arrived in Petersburg, Jeffrey Abugel was little more than a marginal fan of Edgar Allan Poe. Then he started hearing stories that Poe had honeymooned there with his child bride, Virginia Clemm, staying in a second-floor suite above a friend’s coffee shop in the city’s Old Towne section. → Read More
Richmond Ballet's 'Nutcracker' a family affair
Anthony Paiva, age 10, is playing Fritz in the Richmond Ballet's Nutcracker this year. His father Terry Paiva played Fritz when he was young. → Read More