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Sustainable fashion: Staunton designer turns old leather jackets into one-of-a-kind pieces
STAUNTON — Machteld Schrameyer has lived from one end of the United States to the other, calling both New York City and San Francisco home. She's also lived in places in between. Together with Johan Westenburg, the two lived in Marfa, Texas and Hopkinsville, Ky. They also have spent time in The Netherlands. ...
Artist, philanthropist P. Buckley Moss dies; legacy lives on through art, education
The art world is in mourning after learning today that P. Buckley Moss died on Saturday after a short illness. She was 91. Born on May 20, 1933, Patricia Moss discovered her passion for art at a young age. Moss was dyslexic. She discovered her artistic potential and enrolled in a high school for the fine arts, and later, graduated from New York’s Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Augusta County Fair Tickets – The Ride Home
Listen weekdays at 4:30 for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Augusta County Fair! Wednesday will include tickets to the Diesel Dirt Drags, Thursday will include the Figure 8 Rally Race, and Friday will include the Tractor Pull and Monster Truck. Listeners will try their best impersonate a farm animal….and Morgan must guess the sound.
Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA offering fee-waived adoptions for ‘Mutt-urity Matters’ campaign
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA is offering fee-waived adoptions throughout July for all adult dogs and cats in their care. However, the shelter is still seeing an unprecedented increase in dog intake this summer, so the organization will host an off-site adoption and foster recruitment event this Saturday.
Teen celebrates her heritage with prom dress made from duct tape
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV/Gray News) - A Virginia teenager crafted a prom dress and handbag entirely out of colorful Duck brand duct tape in hopes of winning a $15,000 college scholarship. Celeste Sotelo, a high schooler from Waynesboro, wanted a way to celebrate her Mexican American roots and her dad’s connection...
Staunton: Robin & Linda Williams top lineup for 2024 Oak Grove Folk Music Festival
Robin & Linda Williams, Robbie Fulks, Lucy Kaplansky and David Wilcox will lead an impressive line-up at Theater Wagon’s 2024 Oak Grove Folk Music Festival from Aug 9 to 11, 2024. Held at the Oak Grove Theater in Staunton, bands The Fly Birds and Furnace Mountain, and Miss Tess,...
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