Kyla Stone grew up loving the music from the 1997 animated feature Anastasia, as well as tunes from other musicals. At the age of five, she would spontaneously belt out a song to friends and family and pretend she was…
Valerie James Abbott didn’t know how common early hearing loss was until her daughter Bridget was diagnosed at the age of two. “When she was born, she passed the newborn hearing screening, and we believe she had hearing,” Abbott says.…
When it came to the final moments of this season’s America’s Got Talent, there were two acts left standing and both were from Virginia. Sixteen-year-old aerialist Aidan Bryant and magician Dustin Tavella stood side by side as they waited to…
For Season 16 America’s Got Talent Winner Dustin Tavella, Magic is About Connecting The Virginia Beach magician was crowned the Season 16 winner during Wednesday’s live, two-hour season finale. In the eyes of magician Dustin Tavella, magic is about skill…
Last year, the Richmond Performing Arts Alliance switched its Legends on Grace series to a virtual format, featuring artists performing from their homes. This year, RPAA is pivoting once again to a new Legends on Grace series — Nightcaps &…
Jay Grymes was first introduced to the Violins of Hope when he helped coordinate the exhibit’s visit to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. The touring exhibit tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Grymes,…
On August 28, MaryBeth Eldred will take on one of the greatest athletic challenges she has attempted – rappelling 335 feet down Dominion Energy’s 600 Canal Place skyscraper to commemorate her seventieth birthday and raise money for the Richmond SPCA. …
Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson has always had a strong, innate sense of self that has helped propel her to the corporate boardroom and beyond. Johnson is founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels & Resorts, which operates a collection of luxury properties…
WTVR CBS 6 Chief Meteorologist Zach Daniel never knows how his weather segments in the station’s backyard weather center will play out thanks to his lovable co-host Walter. The eight-year-old yellow English Labrador retriever is known for his spontaneous…
Dogtown Dance Theatre is on a mission to grow and expand by helping regional artists build their audiences in Richmond. That’s just what they are doing this weekend with the performances of the Charlotte, N.C. -based aerial dance troupe, Caroline…
