New Record for “Best Of” Contest Lynchburg Living began promoting the annual “Best of Lynchburg Readers’ Choice Contest” in July. By the end of September, our readers cast a record...

Enjoy Fun and Festive Drinks at Bean Tree Café Since their grand opening in the up-and-coming Cornerstone community in 2014, Bean Tree Café has catered to a steady stream of...

Forgo The Typical Holiday Main Dish in Favor of These Tasty Alternatives Stop us if this sounds familiar. Every year around this time, you lug home an enormous turkey and...

Think there’s nothing to do when the weather turns cold? Don’t whine—there’s always wine. At wineries across Central Virginia, you can spend winter weekends warming up with a glass— or...

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hacksaw Ridge It’s been said heroes are made, not born. His birthplace of Lynchburg, however, set the first scene in the heroic true story of Private...

Occupation: Bank Teller, Actor Congratulations on your first place award in the Lynchburg 48 Hour Film Project. Before we learn more about your winning piece, tell us a little about...

From an at-risk child who needs a mentor to a battered woman who needs a safe home, there are so many needs in our community—needs that many of us forget...

Every year when I was a child, I would wake up on Christmas morning the exact same way. My older brother, Jake, getting within a few inches of my face,...

Heather’s Helpful Hints for Your Home: Holiday decorating traditions of years past that you may want to consider in the future. 1. Evergreen Trimmings: At Christmastime, English homes are decorated...

Flowers are the great equalizer. The great common denominator. I’m quite sure this is at the root of why I love them so. Oh, I, like most everyone else, prize...