Arts & Entertainment

Boomer Cartoon Caption Contest for July 2025: A personified goat is reading a partially chewed book while another goat looks on
Fun & Games

BOOMER Cartoon Caption Contests: Newest and Beyond

A new chance every month to exercise your sense of humor ... or judge someone else's!

By Brian Marsh | July 1, 2025
Grandmother with young adult grandson at a computer, possibly doing a puzzle or game like the Find the Furniture Boggle BrainBuster. By Monkey Business Images.
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: Find the Furniture

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 30, 2025
Early American tavern mugs. Image provided by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
History

‘Eat, Drink, Revolution’ Tavern Conference

Scholarships and virtual tickets for Colonial Williamsburg event

By Annie Tobey | June 26, 2025
Sign at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond, Virginia, noting the pairing of the museum's Commonwealth Cafe with Stella's Grocery. Image provided by the VMHC
Food Finds

Stella’s Grocery Pairs with the VMHC

A Greek food and Virginia history partnership

By Annie Tobey | June 24, 2025
grandmother and granddaughter on a laptop possibly doing online puzzles. photo by Wavebreakmedia Dreamstime. For Jumble fun and games puzzle
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: Bowling and Mom

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 23, 2025
The Tin Pan, a Richmond live music venue for adult audiences.
Arts & Entertainment

Live Music with a Side of Comfort

Some RVA venues cater to more mature tastes in music consumption

By Terri L. Jones | June 20, 2025
Family portrait of Gene, Kathleen, and June Lockhart in 1953 - Provided by June Lockhart.
Nick Thomas

June Lockhart Turns 100

The actor on her parents, TV roles, and regrets

By Nick Thomas | June 20, 2025
A couple looking together at a tablet. Used with Boggle on the fly, June 16, 2025. Image by Bundit Binsuk
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: On the Fly

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 16, 2025
Three books to help raise awareness of Black issues in Virginia
Books

Three Local Books to Promote Awareness of Black Issues

From Reconstruction Virginia to present-day Richmond

By Annie Tobey | June 16, 2025
Part of the “Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865” exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond
History

“Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619–1865”

Challenges, accomplishments, inspirations

By Annie Tobey | June 11, 2025

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