James Madison University’s Forbes Center for the Performing Arts is lighting the bell tower cupola in amber at 5:30 p.m. tonight and ringing the bell 50 times to memorialize the 50 people who have died from COVID-19 in Harrisonburg. Read more
Monday, January 18, 2021
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 1964. In his acceptance speech, King said “unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” Read more
Thursday, January 14, 2021
It was a sunny August morning, and she had plans to go hiking. But cruelly and without warning, Angela Carter found herself instead inside the hospital room holding her mother’s hand. Read more
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Hands steady as a surgeon’s, Pam Shank guides her tweezers to pick up a delicate staircase of log slices. Fitting the natural pathway onto a stone, what once was a simple glass globe filled with layers of dirt and moss suddenly transforms into a sanctuary fit for a fairy. Read more
Thursday, December 03, 2020
If piping hot cocoa garnished with a dose of whipped cream and funky inflatables are your idea of a good time, then look no further than the foothills of Massanutten. Read more
Monday, November 30, 2020
Every Tuesday after Thanksgiving marks Giving Tuesday, a global philanthropic movement started in 2012 by New York's 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation. Read more
Saturday, November 28, 2020
As a daughter in a traveling military family, Nancy Steller called the world her home and completed high school in Copenhagen, where she met her now-husband, Frank. The two lived in Denmark and Sweden before eventually moving to the U.S. in 1982, but they never stopped traveling and admiring… Read more
Friday, November 20, 2020
On the first day of Christmas, your loved one may surprise you with a partridge in a pear tree, or an acrylic ornament, if they attend James Madison University’s X-Labs workshops. Read more
During the height of activism for Black Lives Matter over the summer, James Madison University’s Spirit Rock was defaced. Once a painted homage reading “Black Lives Matter,” the word “Black” was torn from the structure, limp shreds of paint scattered across the grass. Read more
Monday, November 16, 2020
Nicole Yurcaba is a Ukrainian American poet and professor at Bridgewater College who has been closely involved in the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival since its inception seven years ago. A world traveler and literary artist who celebrates diversity and equity, her prominence and ro… Read more
Friday, November 13, 2020
Each year, Explore More Discovery Museum closes for one night to transform the children’s exhibits into a chic gala event to highlight its yearly accomplishments and raise funds for future opportunities. Read more
Thursday, November 12, 2020
As winter peeks its jolly head around the corner, Salvation Army’s iconic red kettles begin to appear for donation collections. Read more