EventMusic & Foodways Day at the Fiddle & Fork Festival
The inaugural Fiddle & Fork Festival is a weekend-long celebration of 250 years of Blue Ridge music and foodways. The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities is presenting a luthier’s demonstration with 2026 apprenticeship …
EventCultivating Forest Foods &Medicines
Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about site selection, propagation methods, markets, & more! Speakers Space is limited! Register by calling 276-679-3103 or emailing destinationcenter@nortonva.org This event is …
NewsFood, Community & Climate on the Eastern Shore
Parksley—A new exhibit exploring food, community, and climate is opening on November 15 at the Eastern Shore of Virginia Regional Library & Heritage Center. The exhibit explores how foodways connect …
NewsNow Streaming: Eastern Shore Foodways Audio Doc
Virginia Folklife and With Good Reason radio have released a two-part audio documentary on the past, present, and possibilities of food traditions on Virginia’s Eastern Shore
EventWeinstein Author Series: “Recipes From the American South”
Join the Library of Virginia for a conversation between culinary historian Leni Sorensen and award-winning author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty on Twitty’s new book, “Recipes From the American …
NewsCorn Tortillas and Harvest-Your-Own Oysters
This week we’re returning to Virginia’s Eastern Shore with Virginia Folklife Director Katy Clune.
EventFood For Thought
Families and friends, come to The Muse Writers Center for a free lunch and a creative writing workshop every 2nd Sunday! Participants use the written word to explore food, family and culture. This event brings …
EventFood For Thought
Families and friends, come to The Muse Writers Center for a free Lunch and a creative writing workshop every 2nd Sunday! Participants use the written word to explore food, family and culture. This event brings …
NewsCabbage Rolls & Home-Smoked Sausage: Louisa County’s Serbian Orthodox Church
In the small town of Louisa, a blue and white roadside sign nods to the presence of the center of Serbian Orthodox life in Virginia: the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church.
NewsREPLAY: Dinner Theatre
Michael Carter Jr left America looking for home in Ghana. Now, on his fifth generation farm, he’s growing farmers through what he calls Africulture.
NewsA South You Never Ate
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Foodways Group has one mission: One job, for one person, so one family can remain on the Shore.
NewsThe Work of Virginia Winemaking
Folklorist Kim D. Stryker shares a project documenting the labor behind Virginia’s growing wine industry.
