What could bring the enthusiastic sounds of spring, a jaunty fiddle, a peppy piano, and folks brigading around in the dead of winter as though it was the middle of May? No, it isn’t French for country dance although it sure seems like it could be. Evolving out of traditional English country dances that were adapted in France and Canada, Contra Dance began to dominate the dance lexicon of New England in the mid-1970s. An official monthly Contra Dance event popped …
After decades in careers which took them across the country and around the globe, Jessee and Debby Ring left California and city life behind for a 5-acre plot in Radford in 2005. …
6 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves1 12-oz bottle BBQ sauce½ cup Italian salad dressing¼ cup brown sugar2 Tbl. Worcestershire saucePlace chicken in slow cooker.Mix other 4 ingredients and pour over chicken.Cover …
Two years ago, Adam Songer could barely run a mile. But this past fall, Lauren Songer cheered with pride for her husband as he crossed the finish line at his first marathon. …
One might credit the tiny house movement with a new minimalist lifestyle, but the Scandinavians have embraced, elevated and perfected the small, sleek essentials for cozy living for millennia. Finland has been …
Artificial Intelligence? Can we really build minds from silicon and code? Well, yes. Machine learning has revolutionized many industries — computer programming, transportation, finance, engineering, and even creative pursuits like interior design …
There’s dunking yourself in cold water. There’s getting stuck with a bunch of tiny needles. There’s climbing naked into a chamber of liquid nitrogen. There’s succumbing to a deeply meditative state. There’s …
With modern day luxuries like air conditioning, the internet and streaming services, it can be difficult convincing kids to put their screens away and play outside during a hot summer day. While …
If it’s morning, most likely fine artist Lisa Acciai (pronounced A-Cee) is in her studio creating 2-minute animal sketches. “I took a class from a fellow pet portrait artist who swore by …
It all started with senioritis. No, no, not the AARP kind, the kind that plagues graduating high school seniors toward the end of their grade school tenure, when the pencils are dull, …