
Poets Erika Meitner, Emilia Phillips to read at New Dominion Bookshop
New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book reading and signing with poets Erika Meitner and Emilia Phillips on Friday, September 28, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book reading and signing with poets Erika Meitner and Emilia Phillips on Friday, September 28, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

ShenanArts Theater presents Disney’s Newsies. August 3-5 and 10-12 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 pm, with Sunday matinees at 3:00 pm.

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the private, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello, announces new leadership for its board of trustees.

The funeral industry in the USA is valued at over $20.7 Billion with approximately 2.4 million deaths annually. The foundation for this industry was in embalming.

According to a New York Times article dated 1999, young Jewish girls flocked to plastic surgeons to rid themselves of their “ethnic noses.” Dr. H. George Brennan is quoted as saying, “You had your bat mitzvah and you got your nose done.”

Following a nationwide search, Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner Stephen C. Brich announces that Christopher G. Hall has been selected as the new Hampton Roads District Engineer.

New Dominion Bookshop (404 E Main St.) will host a book talk and signing with author and University of Virginia alum Joel Gardner on Saturday, April 7, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

The University of Virginia announced that Larry D. Terry has been appointed executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.

DanoneWave will invest up to $60 million in its plant-based beverage manufacturing operation in Rockingham County.

Governor Terry McAuliffe celebrated the opening of the new Virginia Department of Veterans Services office on the College of William & Mary campus.
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