Amy Shira Teitel believes there are many things we can glean from early space history.“There are endless lessons to take inspiration from in the era from the mid-1950s to the…
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It’s not a coincidence that producer Laura McCann wanted to air the documentary These Things Can Be Done on VPM PBS on August 13. This past August America celebrated the…
Midlothian resident Hannah Qizilbash discovered her underlying passion of making an impact in the lives of kids when she wrote her first children’s book, The Purple Grasshopper.“All of this is…
Lauren Boothe of Chesterfield is a cellist and a junior at the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology in Petersburg. When area schools initially transitioned to online…
We could call 2020 a lot of things, but many of them aren’t fit to print. For the sake of more sensitive readers, let’s just go with The Year of…
During these challenging times, the traditional educational model has been turned on its head, and many parents are thinking about what they can do to supplement their child’s education. Whether…
Tiffany Jana is a woman of many talents. The mother of three, who uses the pronouns they/them, is an entrepreneur, author, actor, and artist. Their newest creative endeavor, StoryTime with…
Catherine Lowry Franssen, PhD, could have taken a sabbatical from Longwood University to work on research like many professors. Instead she chose to join the staff at Science Museum of…
This 17-minute segment from VeggieTales co-creator Phil Vischer at HolyPost.com is ideal for families with kids ages ten and up. Slavery ended in America with the stroke of a pen in…
“Hey! I remember you!” a freshman at the high school where I teach called out to me earlier this year. “Don’t you have a daughter who acts like a cat?”…
Virginia has a long history of hurricane activity, but Andrew Freiden shares something you might not know about hurricanes in Virginia.
Rebecca Lewis refers to herself as a paid disease detective. “That’s what I like to think of myself,” says Lewis, senior epidemiologist for Henrico County. “I put the puzzle pieces together…
