New Dominion Podcast: Howard Rudat

- September 25, 2023

Howard Rudat is running for Rock Hill Supervisor in Stafford County and shares his background and vision, why bringing national politics to local government is a bad idea, Muslim cemeteries… and how Stafford desperately needs a movie theater.

Who’s Your Founding Father?

- September 24, 2023

by David Fleming Published by Hachette Books (May 16, 2023), Hardcover – $29, 320 pages Hardback edition Kindle Edition Audible Edition Reviewed by Erik Nelson BOOKS The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was signed on May 20, 1775, in Charlotte, North Carolina, more than a year before July 4, 1776. Whaaat? Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone states he […]

BOOK REVIEW: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

- September 23, 2023

Published by Ecco/HarperCollins (August 1, 2023), Hardback – $30, 384 pages Hardback edition Kindle edition Audiobook edition Reviewed by Ashley Riggleson Elizabeth Acevedo had an auspicious introduction to the literary scene when she published her debut Young Adult novel, The Poet X. While Acevedo is a successful writer in the young people’s literature scene, her […]

THEATER REVIEW: ‘Singing in the Rain’

- September 23, 2023

Producing a show in a “found” theater space is always a challenge. There are structural issues (size, obstructed views, a lot of stairs) that producers face. These can be accepted with a lot of humor and ingenuity in staging and audience handling. For the most part the directed production of Singin’ in the Rain-directed by […]