Cold comfort

Long, hot central Virginia summers always leave us dreaming of snowy slopes. The Sandman delivers in the form of Nelson County’s Wintergreen Resort. Open for nearly 50 years, Wintergreen’s 11,000 acres features 26 ski slopes for varying expertise, a terrain park to test your skills, and a 12-lane tubing track (for those who are ready […]

Fine-tuned

When Laura Mulligan Thomas arrived at Charlottesville High School in 1982, she had her work cut out for her. The recent James Madison University grad and newly hired orchestra director was greeted by just eight young musicians. “We had a serious identity problem,” Mulligan Thomas recalled during a TEDx talk she gave a few years […]