Christine Toy Johnson hopes audiences seeing Come From Away will appreciate the musical’s impactful message. “The show has an incredible message of the healing power of intentional compassion and generosity. It feels important and joyful to share that story,” she…
Life isn’t only what happens to you, it’s mainly how you respond to it. That’s the belief that Sister Lea Lahoud puts forth in her newest children’s book, Got Celiac? Me Too. The book, Lahoud’s fourth, focuses on a…
When Season 30 of Dancing with the Stars started on ABC this year, professional dancer Daniella Karagach wasn’t sure how far she and her celebrity partner, NBA superstar Iman Shumpert would make it on the show. But the unlikely pair…
Virginia Rep’s current production of Barefoot in the Park at Hanover Tavern stage marks the reunion of scenic designer Terrie Powers and actors Joy Williams and Joe Pabst, who are playing their original roles of Ethel and Victor from the…
Twas a few nights before the opening of West End Academy of Dance’s production of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the studio dancers were stirring, especially the mice. The costumes were hung in the closet with care,…
The one concept that Director Chelsea Burke wants people to leave with after seeing It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is the sense of community. “As Clarence tells George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, remember no man…
A former math middle-school teacher, Petra Glover loves helping people in any way she can. That’s why she was thrilled to be named the 2021 Richmond Christmas Mother. “I thought it was a huge honor. I was pretty familiar with…
Winning a Food Network show is a great boost for business. Just ask Rabia Kamara who has seen the lines at her ice cream shop Ruby Scoops steadily increase after she won Ben & Jerry’s: Clash of the Cones. On…
Three years ago, Tara Daudani received a much needed helping hand from friends and neighbors when she went through chemo treatment, radiation, and seven surgeries for stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. Now she wants to help others get the…
When Danielle Dick became a parent, she realized most of the messages about parenting don’t follow her field of study. “The messages are one size fits all. Parenting is important, so not getting the information about what science says is…
