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Gordonsville celebrates its history with another year of the fried chicken festival
GORDONSVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -Gordonsville celebrated its history on Saturday with a Fried Chicken Festival. While rain prevented a number of vendors from attending, the festival continued despite the weather. The tradition traces back to African American women known as chicken vendors, who sold fried chicken to railway passengers and soldiers...
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8 Charming Virginia Tea Rooms Serving Scones And Baked Treats With Old-Fashioned Homemade Flavor
Choose carefully. Somebody at the table may take this personally. Afternoon tea has a funny way of making tiny things feel important. A warm scone deserves a proper minute. The teapot gets another pour. Maybe your table leans sweet. Maybe quiche steals the attention instead. If there is a garden...
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This Nostalgic Potato Chip Factory In Virginia Will Take You Back To Your Childhood
Some smells are so good they stop you in your tracks, and the air around Route 11 Potato Chips in Mt. Jackson, Virginia is exactly that kind of smell. You haven’t lived until you’ve stood outside a working chip factory and breathed in what can only be described as pure happiness.
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Weekly Concert & Event Calendar: October 5–11, 2026
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLERIGHTNOW) – Whether you’re looking to take in cinematic short films, indie-folk brilliance, or a string-backed Coldplay tribute, there’s plenty to explore across the region. Each week, Anand Harsh of 106.1 The Corner will direct your attention to the music and arts events happening in Charlottesville and surrounding areas that you absolutely can’t miss. These are, at the very minimum, shows you should hit if you’re in the neighborhood—all the way up to cancel-your-plans, call the sitter, and buy your tickets right now.
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Two New Breakfast Options on the Horizon
Family and Consumer Sciences Instructor Nicole Lohr and her nutrition and wellness class have been collaborating with the director of school nutrition, Randy Herman. Their project’s goal is to incorporate two new breakfast options to the menu: a ham and cheese croissant and cowboy coffee cake. Herman met with...
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No Repeat 9-5: Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival
🎉 Win with 95.1 during the No Repeat 9–5! 🎉. Get ready to kick off your workday with great music and a chance to win a pair of tickets to The Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival at the Claudius Crozet Park on Oct 10th & 11th just for playing along with the No Repeat 9–5!
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Toys R Us Is Opening Another Northern Virginia Location
NoVA shoppers will have a new location to purchase games and toys. Toys R Us is opening a Fredericksburg location, Fredericksburg Free Press reported. The 7,400-square-foot-space will be located in the Spotsylvania Towne Center near Costco. A Toys R Us is also in the works for Leesburg Premium Outlets. It...
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Charlottesville Animal Experiences for Kids
Interacting with animals and nature can help kids regulate thoughts and emotions. Charlottesville spots to see wild animals include Ivy Creek, Shenandoah Park, and Big Meadows. Families can meet domesticated animals at local sanctuaries and farms like Sacred Acres Aplaca Farm, Sentient Sanctuary, Hogs & Kisses, and Caramont Farm. Yoder’s...
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This Virginia Bagel Shop Makes Its Bagels From Scratch And Boils Them Before Baking
Bagels are simple food, but simple does not mean easy. Getting them right takes time, technique, and a stubborn commitment to doing things the hard way. This Virginia bagel shop has built its reputation on exactly that. The dough is made from scratch, shaped by hand, and boiled before it ever sees the oven.
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Inside the 40-acre New Market corn maze
NEW MARKET, Va. (WHSV) - October has officially arrived, and with it comes pumpkin spice, cooler temperatures, and corn mazes. One of the biggest in the area sits on 40 acres, and the woman behind its design shared what goes into creating it each year. Andrea Yutzy’s in-laws bought the...
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Grape & Grain Exchange to Bring Global Wine, Local Art to Crozet
Grape & Grain Exchange, a Charlottesville wine and beer shop known for its small-producer focus, is expanding to Old Trail Village with a community-centered second location slated to open in January 2027. Owner Dhruman Patel launched the original West Main Street store in February 2024 with his parents and brother,...
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You’ll Never Believe The Incredible Burgers Hiding At This Remote Virginia Drive-In
If someone told you that one of the best burgers in Virginia was hiding in a small drive-in in the far southwestern corner of the state, your first instinct might be skepticism. Your second instinct, if you’re smart, would be to get in the car. The place is called...
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Virginia Film Festival unveils full lineup for 39th rendition
The fall marks the annual return of the Virginia Film Festival, a hallmark event celebrating cinema in the Commonwealth. The Festival’s 39th rendition, which will run for five days from Oct. 21 to Oct. 25, will feature a myriad of films from Virginia and across the world, as well as live discussions and panels with celebrated filmmakers and industry professionals.
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Gordonsville marks fourth year of vintage and antiques market
GORDONSVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Gordonsville is hosting its fourth annual Vintage and Antiques Market on Sunday, October 4. The event has become a fall tradition in the town. Sixteen vendors will fill the town hall parking lot on Main Street this Sunday. Shoppers can find antiques, vintage clothing, handmade jewelry, wood items and fresh dahlias from a local flower farm.
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Crozet Trails Crew’s 5K Celebrates its Sweet 16
Long before the starting gun goes off on October 24, Schuyler Cox will be busy whisking together a pancake batter recipe he discovered in a small Paris cafe. “This is gonna be better,” he remembers telling skeptical volunteers when he first proposed making the race day pancakes from scratch, rather than using a box mix. (Some race sponsors weren’t thrilled then either, given the cost of all that butter.)
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The Largest Antique Mall In America Is Right Here In Virginia, With Over 225 Dealers
There are places you visit once and forget about by the time you reach the highway, and then there’s the Factory Antique Mall in Verona, Virginia, which you’ll still be thinking about three weeks later while standing in your kitchen wondering where to put everything you bought. With...