Feature Articles

Ambassador Scot Marciel will give a talk entitled “Understanding Indonesia,” as the second in the 2024 Deltaville Great Decisions lecture series. The talk is set for 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Feb. 2, at the Deltaville Community Association building at 17147 General Puller Highway (Route 33) in Deltaville. Despite its large size,...

Three Heritage Arts classes have been added to the schedule at Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Coffee-time Sip and Paint will return return January 12 with a session on creating “Neurographic Art.” Developed by a psychologist in 2014, the neurographic art process engages both one's emotional and aesthetic intelligence...

The beginning of 2024 means it’s time for the seventh annual Middlesex County Woman’s Club Bread Baking Class. This year’s class is set for  10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, at the group’s clubhouse in the colonial courthouse at 202 Virginia St. in Urbanna. This will be a hands-on class,...

Set for 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at DMM Deltaville Maritime Museum presents its Turner Lecture Series pre-season events in January, February and March. The season’s opening lecture, “From Bay Boats to Tug Boats,” by Captain John Melvin Ward Jr., is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, in the DMM...

The Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band will hold its “Tribute to Robert Burns” event January 27 at the Masonic Lodge #100, 1434 Good Luck Road, Kilmarnock. Doors will open at 1 p.m. and the program will begin at 2 p.m. The program will focus on a concert and entertainment instead...

Story and photos by Tom Chillemi -  One of the longest-running attractions at the Rivah is the Belmont Pumpkin Farm in Mathews County. The farm is celebrating 40 years of cultivating joy and learning. The pumpkin patch is only the beginning. It’s a festive atmosphere with something for everyone and it’s...

by Larry Chowning -  Everything from a recreated colonial tavern, to boats and canoes, to a vintage cannon bring the past alive at Yorktown museum, grounds Yorktown is not just about the American Revolution, its Watermen’s Museum is one of the finest such museums around and a must “sea” for those...

The first hints of fall mean it is time to bring out the stew pot or crock pot for hearty, comforting stews, and in particular Brunswick stew. Though Georgia may claim otherwise, Brunswick stew is very much a Virginian tradition. So much so, that in 1988 the General Assembly...

The service, cuisine and atmosphere all make The Farmasea Restaurant in Gloucester an exceptional dining experience. Think date-night dinner on steroids. A few weeks ago, my husband and I double-dated with good friends to the newish-eatery on Gloucester’s Main Street and were more than pleasantly surprised. I’d heard the...

by Tom Chillemi -  Why does Friday seem to take so long to arrive, but the weekend goes by so quickly?  And, have you ever noticed that it seems to take longer to get some place that you really want to be, like the Rivah; while the trip home seems to...