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Riverviews to show PBS ‘Hamilton’ documentary

As a child, Lynchburg native Stuart Riordan quite disliked her name.

Here are some Halloween events worth checking out this weekend, divided up by family-friendly and nightlife options, and those that fall somewhere in between.

The Academy Center of the Arts, 600 Main St.

Brandon Coleman rarely plays the good guy.

Nearly a decade ago, one of Mark Magruder’s Sweet Briar College dance students took an interest in aerial work and brought her own pair of aerial straps, also called loops, into the studio.

Rockfish Valley Community Center fundraiser, free family-friendly opera at the Miller Center and "The Bad Seed" in Appomattox also among events.

In the opening scene for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Proof,” the fraught relationship between sisters Catherine and Claire is immediately on display as their father, Robert, finds Catherine sitting alone on the porch just after midnight.

After glancing at painter Ron Boehmer’s bio — one that notes participation in more than 130 shows, receipt of more than 65 awards and mentions in recent publications "100 Plein Air Painters Of The Mid-Atlantic" And “The Virginia Landscape: A…

The most important qualities an improv performer can have are curiosity “intersecting with intellect,” says comedian Greg Triggs.

Tim Sailer is reluctant to spell out the plot of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.”

This holiday season, the Jefferson Choral Society wants you to “Just Believe,” Bedford’s Historic Avenel is going back in time for “An 1850s Christmas Celebration” and the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra will perform a live accompaniment to the movie “The Snowman.”

Brookville High School’s theater department has dusted off its old record players, practiced the pony as well as the twist and, most importantly, purchased tons of styling products for its upcoming production.

When Becky Lambert first heard the news that Sweet Briar College would be closing, she knew what she had to do.

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“The Snowman” is based on a children’s picture book by author Raymond Briggs. The book has no words and the 1982 animated adaptation, which aired on British television and featured a score by composer Howard Blake, took its cues from…

Heritage High School is bringing the holiday spirit of the big screen to the stage, in the vein of a great radio drama.

“Waterways: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection” showcases paintings that focus on the beauty of environments that share both land and water.