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Jul 2, 2024 | 
goduke.com | Greg Jenkins
DURHAM -- To succeed in golf, you need great technique, a steady hand, and a calm mind. Anyone who's ever swung a club can tell you that combination is difficult to achieve, and nearly impossible to keep consistent. Now think about teaching five or six golfers to do that every year for four decades, and you get an idea of what Dan Brooks has accomplished at Duke.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Dean King |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
On the twisted road with Dean King. Good old-fashioned book tours seem to have gone the way of the dodo, with publishers having deemed them not enough bang for the buck these days. But after five long years of work on my latest book—combined with pandemic disruptions such as postponed research trips and supply chain delays (remember those?) at the printer—Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite finally made its debut last spring.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
The country’s first plastic surgeon hailed from Prince Edward County. In the mid-19th century, patients seeking the best medical care would travel—even from abroad—to see a Virginia country doctor. And for good reason. John Peter Mettauer of Prince Edward County was widely regarded as one of the finest surgeons alive. The […]
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
The NewsletterGet our most popularweekly newsletter: VL TodayYour weekly roundup of Virginia’s top stories and the best things to eat, drink, see and do across the state.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Dawn Klavon |Martha Steger |Greg Jenkins |Meredith Lindemon
Elite Virginia medical practices go above and beyond.
Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Dr. Randy Baggesen.
The founder and medical director for Executive Health Group (EHG) in Richmond bucked traditional medicine protocols and pioneered a fundamentally different concierge practice. The zealous EHG team takes longevity medicine to the next level, delivering extreme preventative care. They stop at nothing, digging deep to get answers to medical mysteries.
“I want to take the very best care of you.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
liveforlivemusic.com | Greg Jenkins
Rooster Walk 14 Music & Arts Festival wrapped up with the “Walk of Life” on Sunday night as Nashville band Yarn sailed through “Dire Yarn”, their tribute to Dire Straits. In the latest iteration of a Rooster Walk tradition, Yarn welcomed members of the festival’s house band along with members of Sol Driven Train for a set that would have made Mark Knopfler proud. A scary-looking thunderstorm caused delays of the Sunday night sets before fizzling out.
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May 31, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Meredith Lindemon |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
Mike Moore and Troy Adamek in the repair bay of their Richmond shop, flanked by a recently restored Land Rover and BMW 635CSi. Photography by Adam Ewing Meet the dynamic mechanic duo steering Virginia’s restomod scene.
“Look at this!” Troy Adamek screams at the camera after he pulls over.
He is standing in a dirt lot, surrounded by Land Rovers and Range Rovers of various vintages, in ever more deteriorating states, in rural Pennsylvania.
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May 29, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Greg Jenkins |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Weatherford
After a move and a hiatus, FloydFest is on for July.
Welcome back, FloydFest.
The beloved festival—five days of great music, outdoor adventure, craft libations, original art, and peaceful vibes—is on, July 24-28. FestivalPark, its new permanent home in Check, wasn’t ready last year, so the event was canceled.
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May 29, 2024 | 
virginialiving.com | Greg Jenkins |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Markus Schmidt
Annandale High School’s Annie Ray won the Grammys 2024 Music Educator Award.
Armed with a grammy win, Annie Ray continues her mission to ensure that everyone has access to quality music education. Often this means creating opportunities for people who haven’t traditionally received them. Ray calls this “meeting every student where they are.”
She puts a lot of innovation, care, and love into her work as orchestra director and performing arts department chair.
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May 24, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Hope Cartwright |Martha Steger |Dawn Klavon |Greg Jenkins
Axe-tossing Tuesdays to board game bliss.
Watching axes soar through the air towards wooden targets is just a typical Tuesday night for regulars at Blue Ridge Axe Throwing in Roanoke. In 2019, the unconventional experience destination opened its doors to those looking for an activity with a little edge to it—literally.
