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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie want to welcome you to Tuna, Texas, the third smallest town in the Lone Star State. What the fictional Tuna lacks in size, it needs to be said, it more than makes up for in its characters. You learn that from Thurston and Arles, disc…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Award-winning writer Elizabeth Massie will present the first in a series of writers workshops being sponsored by the Waynesboro Cultural Commission this coming weekend. The workshop will be held at Stone Soup Books in Downtown Waynesboro from 10-11:30 a.m. Massie, a Waynesboro-based historical-fiction and horror author, will lead a discussion…
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Story by Faryal Zubair There’s nothing to do in this town. I wish we had some form of entertainment. Do these phrases sound familiar? Teen-agers and even adults who are residents of Waynesboro commonly use these sentences. Maybe it’s because they aren’t aware of some of the great events that take place in our small…
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Waynesboro-based artist and professional illustrator Cortney Skinner will be the subject of the inaugural Conversations With … being sponsored by Augusta Free Press Publishing scheduled for Friday evening. The live interview presentation will be held at Augusta Free Press Publishing at 539 W. Main St. in Downtown Waynesboro. The interview presentation will begin at 6:30…
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Story by Chris Graham If Abbey Linfert had her druthers, she’d have a 10-piece band with a horn section and a piano and …
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Column by Chris Graham I was asked to take part in a session with the consultants who have been hired to assist the city of Waynesboro with the city’s review of its comprehensive plan a couple of weeks, and one thing that struck me during the session was how silent those of us who were…
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Column by Chris Graham Downtown Waynesboro has been the focus of those who want to see it return to some form of former splendor since way back in 1962. So … what do have to show for the past 45 years of work? Well, there are those new sidewalks – leading to retail spaces that…
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A vigil held in Waynesboro last week in memory of those who lost their lives in the April 16 mass shooting at Virginia Tech did more than help Valley residents begin to heal. Money raised in conjunction with the “We Are All Hokies” memorial service in the amount of $1,000 will go to the Hokie…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Downtown Waynesboro has been the focus of those who want to see it return to some form of former splendor since way back in 1962. So … what do have to show for the past 45 years of work?
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The Barter Theater – which opened in 1933 under founder Robert Porterfield – remains the longest-running professional equity theater in the United States.
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