What began as Carrington Kernodle Epperson’s home bakery has grown into Chanterelle Cafe, a vegan- and allergy-friendly cottage bakery rooted in the idea that celebration food should include everyone. Through custom orders and occasional pop-ups, the Black- and woman-owned business offers cookies, cupcakes, croissants, and other treats designed so dietary restrictions don’t mean missing out. It’s thoughtful baking shaped by community care—and flavor.
“I’ve been drawing since around the age of 2,” Jae Johnson says. “Growing up, I had an infatuation with drawing cars. Actually, my aunt still has probably 80 percent of my work from when I was around that age.” Today, Johnson’s moved on to bigger things—literally. You can find his mural art gracing walls around […]
Charles Lewis, Maxicelia Robinson, Troy (Razor) Robinson (pictured above), and Aaron Simmons have a lot to say about local issues, and they put it all on the air with “In My Humble Opinion,” their local talk show/podcast. Topics tackled by “IMHO” include gun violence, race and media responsibility, the consequences of free speech, incarcerated mothers, […]
Good things come in small…galleries? That must be true, because The Little Museum of Art—an effort to reach more viewers during The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia’s shutdown in the summer of 2021—is a tiny treasure. Artists submit works no bigger than a square foot, which get displayed (and then traded […]
