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New shows, new galleries at this week’s First Friday

Chet White/The News & Advance

Riverviews Artspace will hold its first juried art show during this Friday’s opening as part of First Friday.

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An evening with Earl Hamner
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Earl Hamner Jr. visited his namesake theater in Nellysford for a reading Thursday from his new novel and a book-signing.

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Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances. The Great Recession made things worse.

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Program to delve into the importance of bugs

For many people, all of those creatures with six or eight legs fall into the general category of bugs. Most of us don’t give these organisms too much thought and when we do consider them at all, it is generally in an unfavorable light. It may come as a surprise that the whole ecosystem is actually dependent upon these small animals. In fact, with over a million species, it is the arthropods that make up the vast majority of the named living things on earth.

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For pets, grooming plays important role

We call them “tumbleweeds.” Those loosely formed balls of dog and cat fur that roll merrily across the hardwood floors can be found no matter how diligently my husband and I vacuum. But I shudder to think what the house would look like if we did not regularly groom our pets. Tumbleweeds the size of small cars would surely eat us alive.

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Predicting peak colors tricky business

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