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CAVA hummus now made in the Shenandoah Valley
D.C.-based fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA packages and sells a lot of its hummus spreads, sauces and other products at grocery stores. Now, it has a brand new manufacturing facility to make them. CAVA has opened its new state-of-the-art food production and packaging facility in Verona, Virginia, in the heart...
North End Gateway Art Project to be installed in downtown Harrisonburg
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – A new sculpture is set to debut on the northern end of downtown Harrisonburg. The project, created by local artist Nick Brinen, will be placed on the new island constructed at the split between North Main Street and Noll Drive. Installation will take place on Friday, weather-permitting.
College gallery space to transform to art studio during residency this summer
An associate professor of art will use gallery space as an art studio using clay powder to create new, temporary sculptures at Bridgewater College this summer. Eric Kniss will create an exhibit of installation art during a residency in the Beverly Perdue Art Gallery from June 6 through Aug. 15.
Pro Re Nata Brewery expanding into Augusta County with acquisition of Skipping Rock
STAUNTON — John Schoeb and Pro Re Nata Brewery continue to create a footprint in the Staunton area. Last fall, Schoeb got Staunton City Council's approval to rezone the former Coca-Cola Bottling Works facility on North Augusta Street with plans to start a microbrewery and tasting room in the building. Schoeb owns Pro Re Nata, a brewery and music venue, in Crozet.
Bottles fundraiser on Saturday to benefit The Mosby Foundation, pet food pantry
A Staunton-based nonprofit is celebrating 20 years of assisting dog owners throughout the United States with keeping their beloved pets healthy and in their home. The Mosby Foundation was created in 2004 in memory of a dog named Mosby who was a celebrity of sorts in the Downtown Staunton community. His owner and founder of the nonprofit, Carole Adams, rescued the Malamute-Husky mix dog from a railroad station in Florida in 1997. Mosby became a fixture in the downtown area with politicians, children and visitors visiting stopping in to give the dog a pat on the head. In 2003, Mosby was intentionally killed, and the story got news coverage nationwide. One year later, the foundation began as a way to put donations from all over the country to good use in memory of Mosby.
Dinner at Virginia’s Maude & the Bear Is a Culinary Journey
When I heard that Maude & the Bear, chef Ian Boden’s new restaurant and boutique inn in Staunton, Virginia, had opened, I knew I had to eat dinner there. I also knew that even though the four-course tasting menu should satisfy, I was committing to the seven-course lineup, plus an optional eighth course, because (rationalization alert) even a part-time food writer should get the full story. As those courses started arriving, I had an inkling that I wanted to alternate between my impressions of the food and telling the eatery’s larger story.
More Than 100 PWCS Students Qualify For All-Virginia Band, Choir, and Orchestra
The Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA), along with the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA), Virginia Choral Directors Association (VCDA), Virginia Elementary Music Educators Association (VEMEA), and Virginia chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association (VA-ACDA), recently hosted the All-Virginia Band, Orchestra and Choir events in Richmond and Harrisonburg. More than 100 students from Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) qualified for these ensembles: 53 high school students for the 2024 All-Virginia Band, Chorus, and Orchestra; 49 middle school students for the 2024 All-Virginia Middle School Honor Choir; and 16 elementary school students for the 2024 All-Virginia Elementary Chorus.
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