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Called to Serve

Longtime volunteer Ellen McBride embodies the heart of VB Rescue’s community mission By Betsy DiJulio It’s Wednesday at 4:30 a.m....

Photo COurtesy of Nancy Fagan-Murphy

Follow the Yellow Dot Artist

Therapist turned painter is on a roll with new mini mobile gallery based on the Eastern Shore The pandemic was...

Stormy Blue

Stormy Blue’s Influential Taste

Local social media influencer dishes on how she’s developed a viral following one bite at a time “Hey, Storm Chasers!” ...

Mike Arlo: Man Behind the Mic

Radio icon Mike Arlo is celebrating 50 years on local airwaves, and he’s not ready to say “Bye-cycle” any time...

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Celebrating Amazing Moms

In honor of Mother’s Day, we are celebrating moms by introducing you to a few Coastal Virginia community faces along...

Artist Is Living the Garage Life

Virginia Beach muralist Tessa Hall Duquette has become the matriarch to a whole tribe of local artists who didn’t know...

Shaina Cruea, Graceful Warrior

Shaina Cruea stands alongside the pole in the center of her home studio, her 6-foot frame a combination of gymnastic...

ONE OF MANY While Tara Dower’s record-shattering feat of completing the AT faster than any human before her—2,189 miles in under 41 days—was a singular accomplishment, it took a team of supporters to get her there.

Ultra Runner Tara Dower 

A conversation with Tara Dower, the Virginia Beach-based ultrarunner who recently posted the fastest Appalachian Trail time in history Tara...

For three decades, retiring Elizabeth River Project Executive Director Marjorie Mayfield Jackson has made it her mission to save one of the region’s most storied waterways

Force of Nature Marjorie Mayfield Jackson

For three decades, retiring Elizabeth River Project Executive Director Marjorie Mayfield Jackson has made it her mission to save one...

A Deliciously Cheesy Cookbook

Second cookbook in a series from Virginia Beach native April Burke celebrates all things cheesy In 2023, in the pages...

Katelyn Swiader

Local Singer Finds Her Voice at EVMS

Ever since Katelyn Swiader watched The Little Mermaid at 8 years old, she has been captivated by the voice....
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Welcome to Worth Guitar Shop

Where Suffolk-based craftsman Tony Whitford’s handcrafted guitars strike a chord Photos and Story By Beth Hester Way back in the...

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S.A. Cosby, Noir’s New Literary Lion

Mathews native S.A. Cosby’s award-amassing crime novels nimbly seed gruesome fictitious violence amidst real-life evils Don’t let the snide “bless...

FIT FOR A QUEEN Costumes designed by Hampton University alumna Ruth E. Carter (pictured below), including those worn by Angela Bassett as Queen Ramonda in Marvel's Black Panther, and other films like Coming 2 America and I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.

Fashioning a Cinematic Universe

Ruth E. Carter, Oscar-winning costume designer for films like Black Panther and Amistad, reflects on her Coastal Virginia roots as...

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King of Hospitality Akhil Jain

Landmark Hotel Group President Reigns Over Virginia Beach’s 50th Neptune Festival Court By Chelsea Sherman Akhil Jain’s first memories of...

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Room of Her Own at the Rotunda

Local designer “reclaims her nest” in industrial loft-style space at The Rotunda in Downtown Norfolk By Betsy DiJulio  |  Photos...

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