Vibrant foliage isn’t enough to cheer gardeners this time of year as they watch their labors of love shrivel and suffer a crunchy brown death.

Black Theatre Ensemble’s latest production is about the funny way people talk, says writer/director Gloria Cannady.

On Stage: ‘A Trip to the Bountiful’ and ‘Cocktails With Mimi’

“The Wall,” Lynchburg College’s second annual German Film Festival, kicks off this weekend.

Riverviews Artspace’s first-ever Juried Art Show leads the First Friday charge this month.

Lynchburg College student Angela Massino strives to find the real-world applications for what she learns in class, even if that means playing hookie.

Nelson County native, best-selling author and creator of the iconic television show “The Waltons,” Earl Hamner Jr. will visit his home county next week and making an appearance at the Nellysford theater that bears his name.

It’s been more than 10 years since the last time Halloween fell on a Saturday.
This year, local venues are hosting a slew of events for adults and children.
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Two of popular culture’s most enduring musicals are hitting the Hill City this weekend.

Sixteen plain, white bras, size 36C, were given to local artists and quilters with just one instruction: “create some kind of artwork,” says LC biology professor Allison Jablonski, also a member of M.A.A.M.

Larry Lewis is no stranger to Brookville’s Friday night lights. His Web site, http://www.bhsbees.com has helped illuminate the trials and triumphs of Brookville High School for more than 13 years. 

It’s about 11 o’clock on a Sunday morning, still the most segregated hour in America. Here, though, in this one spot tucked away off U.S. 29 just south of Lynchburg, the arms raised in praise range in hue from alabaster to mahogany.

Dance Theatre of Lynchburg’s annual Thriller Night Costume Party will have a special guest this year.

The Legacy Museum’s latest fundraiser was inspired by board member Carla Heath’s time living in Kenya.

Lynchburg College’s Daura Gallery is celebrating “50 Years of Rock” with its latest show.

Growing up in the Texas Hill Country, I was your typical all-American boy, playing sports and dreaming of reaching the Super Bowl, World Series or World Cup some day. The camaraderie of the team, the pride of being an athlete and the cheering fans were intoxicating.

Sally Roseveare, of Huddleston, has ideas flowing through her mind like the waters of Smith Mountain Lake, where she lives.

Mennonite families in Gladys, a small Campbell County community, started a school in the basement of their church in 1974 with 14 students.

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

Brothers Jeremy and Jamie Ridgeway started holding mixed martial arts fights in 2008 to give the guys who train at their Wards Road martial arts academy a chance to get into the ring.

For Casey Gillis, River Ridge mall’s new 14-screen stadium-seating movie theater feels like another world — one she likes very much.

Bill Slade Sr. and his son, Bill Slade Jr., began hiking the Appalachian Trail in March at Springer Mountain, Ga.  one year after the 66-year-old Slade Sr. had open-heart surgery.

The Morgan family plot at Old City Cemetery has always intrigued Ted Delaney.

In the same week, our daughter and I stumbled upon Lynchburg in books we were reading. Emily found a story about a tree at E.C. Glass in a book titled “Remarkable Trees of Virginia” by Nancy Ross Hugo and Jeff Kirwan. I discovered a passage about Lynch’s Ferry in “A Place Called Freedom” written by Ken Follett.

The first place you should look for your lost pet is the local animal shelter. The key is to look regularly, every two to three days, and even expand the search to other shelters and rescue groups. Additionally, there are several other steps that will help you in your search.

Harold Peters of Lynchburg rode his bicycle 100 miles a couple of weeks ago to raise more than $600 for multiple sclerosis research. It wasn’t an unusual feat, in bicycling circles — except that Peters’ age is pretty close to his mileage.

The United Way of Central Virginia’s latest fundraiser, set for 7 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Holiday Inn Select downtown, will feature lip-synching performances by more than 30 Lynchburg-area businessmen.

The Holiday Inn Select’s first dinner show, set for 7 p.m. Friday, is “Still Groovin,’” a play written by frequent Black Theatre Ensemble collaborator Jennifer Petticolas, who is also directing and acting in the production.

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Just think of the Jubilee Family Development Center’s latest fundraiser as casino night with horses, organizers say.