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The Monticello Avenue trail, part of the College Woods Circuit project, is completed and in use. Phase 2, the Strawberry Plains trail, is currently in the design phase. Courtesy of the City of Williamsburg

Virginia Capital Trail plans extension to Colonial Williamsburg as 757Trail project moves forward

The Virginia Capital Trail will be expanding into Colonial Williamsburg while the city of Williamsburg continues its trail segments through College Woods.

This image released by Warner Bros. Discovery shows Jamie Ferguson interacting with a shark in a scene from “Dancing with the Sharks.” (Warner Bros. Discovery via AP)

Discovery ‘Shark Week’ has breaching great whites, looks back at ‘Jaws’ and starts with some dancing

FILE – Tourists pose for selfies in Niagara Falls, Ontario on July 16, 2021. (Peter Power/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Teens, screens, time pressure and other challenges to navigate on a family road trip

John Scopes, center, seated next to his father, Thomas Scopes, is on trial for teaching human evolution in violation of Tennessee’s Butler Act in July 1925. (Chicago Herald and Examiner)

Column: Returning again to the Scopes ‘monkey trial,’ and what I learned

Toasted Quinoa with Feta and Herbs prepares the popular grain in a way that doesn’t leave it bland and waterlogged. (Photo by Cathy Thomas)

Recipe: Here’s how to cook quinoa without making it bland and limp

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Gerron Hurt, who won Season 9 of the reality cooking show 'MasterChef,' will cook onstage Sept. 26 in Virginia Beach as part of the national tour of “MasterChef All-Stars Live!” (Courtesy of TCG Entertainment)

Virtuosos of the kitchen, winners of ‘MasterChef’ to cook live onstage in Virginia Beach

"MasterChef' is the most successful TV show of its genre, and a live stage version of the show, “MasterChef All-Stars Live!,” is coming to Virginia Beach in September.

Music and Concerts

Sarah Medina, left and husband Henry Medina dance at the 22nd annual Norfolk Latino Music Festival at Town Point Park in Norfolk July 22, 2023. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot, File)

Fun to Do: Latino Music fest, Christmas in July, Chicago and more

Coming up: Christmas in July Mistletoe Market in Norfolk, veteran rockers Chicago are coming to Virginia Beach and the 24th annual Latino Music Festival returns to Norfolk.

Arts

Members of Nags Head Ocean Rescue are responsible for patrolling a busy Outer Banks, North Carolina, beach that is known for dangerous surf and rip currents that can pull swimmers out to sea. (Virginian-Pilot file)

Elite Outer Banks ocean rescue team’s story told in new film

“Service and Heroism: The Nags Head Ocean Rescue Story” premieres Tuesday.

Entertainment

The cast of "Medusa": from left, Elisa Cortez, Laura Agudelo, Julieta Skylar Grey, Nancy Dickerson, Cassandra Dean, Emel Ertugrul and Courtney Richard. (Josh Stubbs)

Review: Virginia Beach Core Theatre’s feminist ‘Medusa’ questions who is the monster

"Medusa" is showing at the Zeiders American Dream Theater in Virginia Beach through Saturday. Core Theatre adapted and wrote its own interpretation of the myth.

Theater

Josh Plasse, writer and director of "The Pirate King," works with extras during filming on July 2 at Chic’s Beach’s Green Parrot. (Stephen M. Katz / Staff)

High school quarterback turned Hollywood up-and-comer films movie in his hometown, Virginia Beach

Josh Plasse's new film, "The Pirate King," is a "love letter" to Virginia Beach. It's loosely based on the life of his uncle, a veteran and pirate reenactor.

Home and Garden

This 2010 image provided by Bugwood.org shows tree roots that have become tangled up in landscaping fabric. When this occurs, root growth is restricted, which negatively impacts tree or plant health. (Joe Murray/Treebio.com/Bugwood.org)

Why landscape fabric is often a bad idea for your garden

It does more harm than good in ornamental beds and around perennials and crops.

Outdoors

Danny Westergaard, left, runs with pacing help from daughter Madison Westergaard as the sun rises during the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth

Over two days, Danny Westergaard would trek up and down mountain ranges, past sand dunes and salt flats, through quaint towns and vast desertscapes amid temperatures as high as 117 degrees.

Travel

View from Koolau Mountain’s Haiku Staircase looking down at H3 highway. (Getty Images)

Map: Scenic sites in Hawaii that are now off-limits, and why

The Koko Crater trail has been reopened, but other popular Oahu routes remain off-limits.

Books

American female aviator Amelia Earhart looking trough the cockpit window of her plane. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic as a passenger, in 1928, and followed this by a solo flight in 1932. In 1935 she flew solo from Hawaii to California. In 1937, with Fred Noonan, they set out to fly round the world, but their plane was lost over the Pacific, 02 July. (Staff/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Amelia Earhart soars back into the headlines in new book ‘The Aviator and the Showman’

“The Aviator and the Showman” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an exciting new book about Amelia Earhart that has already created buzz.

Pets and Animals

Wild horses walk along the Currituck Outer Banks last week between Corolla and Carova.(Drew Wilson / The Virginian-Pilot)

Wild horse struck by hit-and-run driver on Outer Banks, searchers say

The horse has continued to show improvement “and there is no indication that he has any internal injuries,” officials said.

Words can hurt and heal. The perceptive Moon elevates eloquent Mercury, invigorating us to talk through our feelings and speak the truth. The Moon then squares the ego-driven Sun, threatening to make our words mean less as we are tempted...

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