House passes Hallowed Ground

On October 24, the House of Representatives passed the "Celebrating America’s Heritage Act," creating six new national heritage areas, one of which would be the Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG), a 175-mile stretch that connects Monticello in Charlottesville to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, and travels mostly along Route 15. Under the legislation, the JTHG partnership, a […]

Man Mountain Jr., with the Kings of Belmont

music Saturday night at Satellite Ballroom kicked off with local quintet Kings of Belmont. Having seen their name on flyers around town for a while, I had begun to imagine that they were some sort of messy, alcohol-fueled garage rock band. I was only partially wrong. Alcohol certainly factors into the Kings’ equation (in one […]