Restaurant News: Landing Zone, La Dolce Vita

valentini — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:02 +0000

By Marisa Marsey It had me at garage door bar. OK – the official terminology is retractable window, but when you drive past the just-opened Landing Zone Restaurant and Bar near Mount Trashmore and see folks companionably tossing back beers and sipping mint-thatched mojitos, you’re not going to stand on...
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Politicians in Pursuit of the Gay Vote – Who is Really an Ally?

valentini — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:58:34 +0000

By Michael Hamar The 2012 presidential election proved one thing: In close races, winning the LGBT vote by a significant margin can make a crucial difference. In fact, analysis of the margins by which Mitt Romney lost the LGBT vote (on average 76 percent or more voted for Obama) in...
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Young Veterans Break Ground

valentini — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:32 +0000

By Dan Yarnall May 18 was the official start of the two-day Virginia Beer Festival and unofficially the kickoff of the summer beer season for local beer geeks. I run around that place like a kid in a candy store. Craft breweries from all over the country and world invade Town Point...
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Indigo Girls Symphonic Soul

valentini — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:51:56 +0000

By Rex Rutkoski Emily Saliers sees music as the language of the soul. “I think it transforms and transports people, myself included,” adds this member of the Grammy-winning, ground-breaking duo, the Indigo Girls, who perform at Chrysler Hall on May 31 for the first time ever with a symphony orchestra...
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Rite of Spring on 100th Anniversary

valentini — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:41 +0000

By Montague Gammon III One hundred years ago this month, the concert music world was shaken to its aural and intellectual foundations. The conventions of the ballet world took a pretty good jolt as well. Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, its libretto a collaboration between Stravinsky...
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Starr Bright: An interview with Starr Hill’s Mark Thompson

valentini — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:50:59 +0000

By Jeff Maisey Starr Hill Brewing Company was already the largest craft beer enterprise in Virginia before a recent addition to its production line. Now its capacity is enormous. Each of the breweries along the Blue Ridge Trail offers a unique experience. When you enter Starr Hill’s Crozet headquarters you...
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Devils Backbone: King of Brewpubs

valentini — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:47:02 +0000

By Jeff Maisey When it comes to brewpubs, there is no place like the stunning Devils Backbone Base Camp location in Nelson County along the Brew Ridge Trail. The enormous restaurant and brewery was built in 2008. The building has the feel of a spacious mountain lodge, using stone, wood...
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Beer is the “An”-swer at Mekong

valentini — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:42:07 +0000

By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Two words: ROAD TRIP! Richmond, Virginia. Capital of the Commonwealth. Famous landmarks include the State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, The Jefferson Hotel, named for Thomas Jefferson, and Monument Avenue, where Mr. Jefferson is nowhere to be seen. And, of course, the Landmark Theater....
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May 2013 Issue

valentini — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:19:46 +0000

Brew Ridge Trail

valentini — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:40:45 +0000

By Diane Catanzaro If you live in this area you are pretty familiar with Interstate 64, because you probably spent a lot of time on it. Sometimes you spend so much time on it you wonder “Does 64 West actually go west of Newport News?” Well we have some news...
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