Culture & Community

A community isn’t a community without the people and places and businesses that make it unique. From our annual Giving Back Awards to interviews with influential and talented people who call Coastal Virginia home, we explore the personalities, organizations, events and destinations that make up our community fabric.

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Next-Level Picnics for Mom

Grace Silipigni | Archive, Culture & Community

This Mother’s Day, give Mom the gift of experience. Flowers and chocolates are great, but how about an unforgettable...

HOME FIELD Norfolk's Harbor Park is home to the Tides, minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, and players often move back and forth between teams. Photo courtesy of the Norfolk Tides

Miracle in Baltimore, Made in Norfolk

Ron Wray | Archive, Culture & Community

There’s a lifeline running from Norfolk, Virginia, to Baltimore, Maryland, along the I-95 corridor, and it’s a win-win for...

Photo by Yann Roy Courtesy of Jackalope Festival

Tony Hawk’s Jackalope Festival Coming to Virginia Beach

CoVa Mag | Archive, Culture & Community

Those young local skaters who clamored for a chance to watch a still teenage Tony Hawk drop into the halfpipe at Mount...

A LIFE IN FLIGHT Roy Bridges’ service as a military pilot included 226 missions over Vietnam before becoming an astronaut and later establishing the NASA Engineering and Safety Center at Langley.

Improbable Astronaut Roy Bridges

Joel Rubin | Archive, Culture & Community, People

Roy Bridges calls himself an improbable astronaut. In fact, that’s the title of his autobiography, and he still views his...

norfolk city with bite

Norfolk’s City with Bite Series Season Three

CoVa Mag | Archive, Culture & Community

Want to know how Yorgo’s beloved bagels get so delicious even New Yorkers approve? Or how to properly slurp a ramen bowl...

spirit of norfolk

A “New Spirit” Cruises Out of Norfolk

CoVa Mag | Activities & Events, Archive, Culture & Community

As a golden sun began to dip low on a picture-perfect spring evening, guests on the sun deck of the “New Spirit” enjoyed...

habitat for humanity

Habitat for Humanity Women Build

CoVa Mag | Archive, Culture & Community

Ladies, listen up. If you don’t mind getting your hands dirty, Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads (Habitat SHR)...

Virginia Beer Company's new Gorgeous IPA

Virginia Beer Goes Gorgeous

Grace Silipigni | Archive, Culture & Community, Drinks

There’s a new IPA in town, and with a name like Gorgeous, it’s no surprise that the hazy pour is turning heads. Gorgeous...

summer reading

Put the “Beach” in Your Read

Leona Baker | Activities & Events, Archive, Culture & Community

While the very idea of “beach reads” might not woo the literati, there’s nothing wrong with indulging oneself in a...

Wedmore Place

Sipping the Peninsula Wine Trail

CoVa Mag | Activities & Events, Archive, Culture & Community

What better ambience for the kick-off of an exclusive tour of the new Virginia Peninsula Wine Trail than the rustic...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Sights and Songs of the Season

Beth Blachman | Activities & Events, Archive, Culture & Community

From mandolin concertos to freedom songs, new work is popping up in Coastal Virginia along with the azaleas. Virginia Arts...

Photo COurtesy of Hampton History Museum

Hampton’s Teetotalers and Moonshiners

CoVa Mag | Archive, Culture & Community

While most of us are familiar with the rise and fall of Prohibition in the United States, which began following the...

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