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Deaf culture on tap in Sperryville at Veditz, Virginia’s first Deaf-owned brewery

Deaf culture on tap in Sperryville at Veditz, Virginia’s first Deaf-owned brewery

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Nov 26, 2023 | Art, Business, Education, Health, Politics

Veditz_groupPaula Veditz Marotta, Debbie Veditz Griffith, front row, with Greg Randall, Ray Veditz, Frank Veditz, Rick Veditz and Joey Seifner at Veditz and Company Brewing’s Fall Family Fest last month. Veditz and Company Brewing makes history as county students,...
‘All of who Julie is, comes out in this amazing play’

‘All of who Julie is, comes out in this amazing play’

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 15, 2023 | Art, Education, Health, Politics

2022-09-Reisler-Play-3-web.jpgBoomie Pedersen performed the one- person play with brightly painted masks by Mary Bartlett helping set the scene. Julie Portman’s play tells story of a dream that took her to India 50 years ago “Inside each one of us, there is a place...

Cliff Hackel’s film takes us back to the 80s

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 11, 2023 | Art, Business, Politics

Remembering era of rotary phones, change that came next Remember the time before cable, satellite and wireless telecommunications, back when AT&T had a monopoly on phone service in the United States?  Award-winning filmmaker Cliff Hackel, a long-time Rappahannock...
News industry travails pose challenges for Virginia’s specialty papers

News industry travails pose challenges for Virginia’s specialty papers

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics

local news logo Newspapers that specialize in covering the interests and concerns of Black Americans, ethnic groups, gay readers and other targeted groups face the same economic and demographic challenges that buffet general-interest newspapers in Virginia, including...
News industry travails pose challenges for Virginia’s specialty papers

Nonprofit news organizations step in where some Virginia papers pulled back

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | May 31, 2023 | Business, Education, Health, Politics

local news logo There’s a ray of light shining in the otherwise bleak landscape of local news: a profusion of new, colorful websites where readers can find out what’s happening now instead of waiting until morning or midweek. These include the homepages of legacy...
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