Arts & Culture

Rev. Sean Rowe looks on as pallbearers from Williamsburg-based Buffalo Boyz MC ready the coffin for reinterment at Kingsmill on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026.

Remains of enslaved African ancestors reinterred at Kingsmill

Nick McNamara

Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and worshippers at Bruton Parish acknowledged the church’s historical role in slavery during the burial service.

A new book about Julia Gardiner Tyler, the second wife of President John Tyler, 'Presidentess,' shares new research into Tyler's controversial term and Gardiner's influence.

Arts & Culture

New book looks at Julia Tyler, wife of one of Virginia’s most controversial presidents

Peyton Tattersfield

"Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler" is written by husband-and-wife historians Christopher Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy.

The Tidewater Dogs of War will host an armed combat tournament at the Tournament of the Castle at Bacon's Castle in Surry Nov. 7 and 8.

Arts & Culture

Mead, medieval combat and more at Bacon's Castle Ren Faire this weekend

Staff Report

The popular Tournament of the Castle in Surry is on Saturday and Sunday and includes roaming musicians, armored combat and historic interpreters. Tickets for Saturday are sold out.

Students from Green Run Collegiate went to Panama over the summer to help construct a bathroom at a rural school with the locals.

Education News

Virginia Beach high schoolers learn construction and gratitude in Panama

Barry Graham

Students from Green Run Collegiate Academy took a trip to Panama to help with school construction projects and other services.

The Winter Lantern Festival at Jamestown Settlement will include more than 1,000 lanterns depicting woodland creatures, holiday standards and patriotic displays to mark the end of the year's 250th anniversary.

Arts & Culture

Goodbye to the 250th: Star-spangled holiday light show at Jamestown Settlement

Staff Report

The Winter Lantern Festival opens Nov. 6. Tickets are on sale now.

Nina Berglund, who is Northern Cheyenne and Lakota, was the first Indigenous youth to see the documents in the Portuguese National Archives. The 15th-century documents, called papal bulls, were issued by the Vatican and gave European rulers authority to take land and enslave people who were not considered Christians. The concept later became part of U.S. law.

Arts & Culture

Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival in Richmond 'reframes' Native life through film

Staff Report

The festival is celebrating its 10th year and includes films from around the world. It will be held in mid-November in Richmond and is always held in Virginia.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for the 30th anniversary season of the Virginia Arts Festival.

Arts & Culture

VA Arts Festival launches its 30th season with new stars, new venues and world premieres

Denise Watson

The Virginia Arts Festival will have shows for the first time in Hampton and will launch a bluegrass festival in Yorktown.

Norfolk resident Margaret Gemski watches as the final touches are applied to the pumpkin she created from glass.

Arts & Culture

How the Perry Glass Studio's Pumpkinpalooza has become a hot fall tradition

Vicki L. Friedman

The Norfolk studio, part of the Chrysler Museum of Art, resisted joining the national pumpkin glass-blowing craze that started more than a decade ago. Now, its classes are some of its most popular.

The 'Taco Bout the Girls', designed by two Grassfield High School students in Chesapeake, won the Best School Entry for people 14 and older. All art entries are on view through Oct. 29 at Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach.

Health

Medical centers use cups of creativity to raise breast cancer awareness

Reonna Ulmer

Two art contests, BraZazzle and Bra-Ha-Ha, invite people to use bras as canvases to tell stories of survival and hope. The public can still vote on favorites and donate money.

Theater patrons, business owners, retired military and Talbot Park neighbors helped the off-Broadway playhouse, Generic Theater, settle into its home. Some volunteers are sentimental about maintaining the legacy of the 45-year-old company.

Arts & Culture

Generic Theater moves into a new home with volunteer help and finds new fans

Vicki L. Friedman

Moving the company, which has been around for 45 years, took more than 100 volunteers, including Talbot Park neighbors, theater patrons and folks looking to help.