Bill Lohmann

2 weeks ago | dailyprogress.com | Bill Lohmann

As a longtime resident of the former Westover Plantation—it was her childhood home, and she returned there a decade ago with her husband and children to manage the estate—Andrea Fisher Erda knows well the stories of the Byrd family and others who owned the place before her family acquired it in 1921. Less clear is the history beneath her feet, but she hopes the results of an archaeological dig last week will begin to bring that into focus.

2 weeks ago | uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com | Donna Pletcher |Bret Baier |Seth Rockman |Bill Lohmann

The Library of Virginia’s first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and two Saturdays each month. More information is available here.

2 months ago | cardinalnews.org | Bill Lohmann

Football made Malcolm Mitchell a star; reading is making him a hero. Mitchell, 31, is a former professional football player — a Super Bowl champion, in fact — but also an author and motivational speaker. He founded a youth literacy initiative, Share the Magic Foundation, and now travels the country, visiting schools and spreading the joy and emphasizing the importance of reading well.

2 months ago | richmond.com | Bill Lohmann |Alexa Welch Edlund

Everyone but physical therapist Danene Brown had left for lunch on a spring day in 2013 when there came a knock at the door at The Gait Center, a Henrico County rehabilitation facility that specializes in helping people who have trouble walking because of injury, illness or disability. Brown opened the door and there, on crutches, stood Cor’Rales Dupree, a young man who clearly had recently lost part of a leg. An IV pole stood next to him. “When can I start?” Dupree asked an astonished Brown.

Nov 22, 2024 | virginialiving.com | Bill Lohmann |Madeline Mayhood |Hope Cartwright |Konstantin Rega

Wayne Henderson is the sort of man, humble and genial, with a funny story ever at the ready, who always seems among friends. Which was precisely the scene in June as the renowned guitar-picker and -maker took the outdoor stage that bears his name at Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson for the last set of the final Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival & Guitar Competition.