Arts & Entertainment

grandmother and granddaughter looking together at a tablet, maybe playing a puzzle - photo by Fizkes Dreamstime
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles with Happy Cows and Kids

The scrambled word game for kids and adults

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 3, 2022
David Rogers' praying mantis sculpture at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Image by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter. For article, Boomer writer Steve Cook talks with David Rogers and his pathway to pursuing his passion and creating his well-traveled "Big Bugs" exhibit.
Museums & Galleries

David Rogers Is Working Out the Bugs

The man behind the ‘Big Bugs’ exhibit

By Steve Cook | May 31, 2022
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble for Kids and Adults: Watches and Scotland

The scrambled word game for kids and adults

May 25, 2022
cover of the book, 'Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons' by Fred Grandinetti
Books

Those ‘Quickie’ Popeye Television Cartoons

Behind the variability of 1960s ‘Popeye’ on TV

By Fred Grandinetti | May 24, 2022
black woman on laptop doing puzzle photo by Monkey Business Images Dreamstime. For Boggle metal mania puzzle
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBuster: Find the Metals

How many words can YOU find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 23, 2022
Better than New book cover from Patagonia Books
Annie Tobey

‘Better Than New: A Recycle Tale’

Patagonia’s first children’s book encourages hope for improving our world

By Annie Tobey | May 18, 2022
grandmother and granddaughter on a laptop possibly doing online puzzles. photo by Wavebreakmedia Dreamstime. For Jumble fun and games puzzle
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Fun and Games: Axes and Rolling Stones

The scrambled word game for kids and adults

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 16, 2022
The Tidewater room at the VMHC Our Commonwealth exhibit. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) reopened in May 2022 after an extensive renovation, with more space and reimagined exhibits. Photo by Annie Tobey
History

The Reimagined Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Bigger and better than ever

By Annie Tobey | May 13, 2022
dumbbells and health food and multiple suspect supplements. Photo by Marilyn Barbone Dreamstime
Greg Schwem

Humor: Suspect Supplements That Disappoint

‘My new meal plan includes a thesaurus’

By Greg Schwem | May 13, 2022
‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’ cover
Books

‘Andy Griffith’s Manteo: His Real Mayberry’

An excerpt from the book on the star, who spent important years in the Outer Banks

By John Railey | May 9, 2022

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