Erika Townsend’s Favorite Walnut-Chocolate Chip Cookies
October is National Cookie Month so we’ve celebrated by sharing the favorites of our columnists each week. This week, enjoy Erika Townsend’s favorite recipe for Walnut-Chocolate Cookies. Be sure and look for Erika’s insightful and funny columns in print each month on relationships and love.
Erika says: “I love chocolate chip cookies because they are [...]
Charlie Musselwhite Goes Where the Blues Take Him
Interviewed by Cesca Janece Waterfield
Blues musician Charlie Musselwhite recently celebrated his 30th release, ‘The Well,’ which brought him to Richmond this week. The legendary harmonica player, vocalist and guitarist wrote almost every song on the album, creating an authentic experience of his blues roots. He was born in Mississippi on the Natchez Trace in 1944, [...]
Putting Futures F.I.R.S.T
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
These Contractors Have a Story
Labor Day may have been last week, but for Larry Lindsey, everyday involves labor. When F.I.R.S.T. Contractors Inc. is on a job site, he is there, working as hard as the young men he supervises.
Lindsey is Founder of the non-profit, which provides job training to young adults leaving [...]
T.O.N.E.z. and His Unlikely Union
by Cesca Janece Waterfield
Gangstagrass Rapper Takes Over TV
Last Saturday, Bronx-based rapper T.O.N.E.z. was in Los Angeles at a gala Emmy ceremony. His song, the theme for FX network series “Justified” was up for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme. The nomination had made a splash by placing a Hip Hop song in a category typically dominated [...]
Going Green on Grove!
This amazing house is located at 1417 Grove Avenue in Richmond’s Historic Fan District. The original house was devastated by a house fire. But today the interior and exterior are being revitalized. When complete, green features will include solar photovoltaic array for electricity, solar thermal for hot water, solar tubes for interior lighting, skylights, a [...]
