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Tandem Friends School

Tandem Friends School is a coeducational secondary school founded in 1970 in Albemarle County, Virginia, just outside Charlottesville, by educators John Howard and Duncan Alling. In 1995, it joined the Friends Council on Education, adopting the educational beliefs and practices of the Quakers. The current head of school is Whitney Thompson. The Upper School, grades 9-12, has approximately 130 students, while the Middle School, grades 5-8, has approximately 105 students. The head of the Upper School is Russell Combs, and the head of the Middle School is Paul Cronin. The mascot is a badger and the original mascot was a tree. History Founded in 1970, Tandem is the first Friends School in the U.S. that started as a non-Quaker School. The school is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and is a member of the Council on Education. Traditions Longstanding Tandem traditions include Morning Meeting, Meeting for Worship, Work Crew, Spring Day, Blue Ridge Day, Speaker Series, Emphasis Week, Experience Days, Open Mic, Sophomore Seminars, and Senior Projects. The Saturday before Mother's Day has been the date of the annual Mother's Day Music Festival, a small festival to honor mothers and to showcase local musicians. A notable past act to play on the quad at Tandem Friends School for the Mother's Day Music Festival was Dave Matthews on May 12, 1991 and May 10, 1992 which included bassist Stefan Lessard who was a student at Tandem at the time. Athletics Tandem Friends School fields up to eighteen sports teams and maintains a no-cut policy. The school's JV and varsity teams compete in the Greater Piedmont Athletic Conference (GPAC). Middle School athletic teams compete with various other middle schools in the surrounding area. The Varsity Girls' Soccer Team won the VISAA Division II State Championship in the Spring of 2010, and repeated in Spring of 2011 and Spring of 2012. Additionally, the Varsity Boys' Cross Cross Country Team won the VISAA Division II State Championships in the fall of 2023 and 2024. Arts Program Tandem Friends School has an Arts program that encompasses visual arts, drama, and music. Drama and art are each taught for one semester each year in the Middle School grades. Art electives abound in the Upper School, as well as drama classes and an after-school drama program that presents a musical in the fall, a one-act play festival in the winter, and a comedy or drama in the spring. 5th through 7th graders take regular music classes. The school has a jazz band, Rock and Roll bands, as well as other music class offerings. Tandem sports two fully equipped music rooms, with guitars, basses, and a drum kit, as well as many other instruments for performing and recording. Notable alumni Stefen Lessard, member of the Dave Matthews Band. Kate Bollinger, pop singer-songwriter. Notable faculty Amy Laufer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2024–present) References External links Tandem Friends School
Tazewell High School

Tazewell High School (THS) is a public secondary school in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. It is part of Tazewell County Public Schools and is located on Fincastle Road. As of the 2024–2025 school year, enrollment was about 509 students. History Prior to the current location, Tazewell High School was located in three other areas: the current locations of the Tazewell County Courthouse, the Tazewell branch of the Tazewell County Library, and the Tazewell County Administration Building. The current location was built in 1954. The Virginia Constitution of 1870, also known as the Underwood Constitution, establishes universal, free public education in the Commonwealth. Tazewell High School was established in October 1872. In 1909 the old bank building which housed Tazewell High School was torn down to make way for a new school structure. This new building was first occupied on August 19, 1909, and included both elementary and high school students. Notable alumni Kathryn Harrold, actress Francis A. Hopkins, US representative from Kentucky Billy Wagner, 1990 MLB baseball player and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame George Grimes, NFL Football player, 1948 Detroit Lions References External links Tazewell High School website History of Tazewell High School
Chartway Arena

Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 219,330-square-foot (20,376 m2), multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, on the campus of Old Dominion University. It is operated by Oak View Group. Chartway Arena is part of the University Village project, a 75-acre (30 ha) development that features a shopping center that includes restaurants, offices, research labs and residences with connections to the campus. It has 7,319 seats, 862 upper club/priority seats, 16 suites, and a jumbotron scoreboard. "The Ted" was designed by Michigan-based architecture firm Rossetti and seats 8,639 for basketball games and 9,520 for concerts. In addition to its use for home basketball games and cheerleading competitions, the complex is used to host family-oriented events as well as concerts, lectures, graduation ceremonies, and career fairs. Basketball Men's basketball Through the 2018–19 season, the Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball team has a record of 212–66 at the Constant Center for a winning percentage of 76.3%. Women's basketball On March 17 and 19, 2012, the Ted hosted the first and second round of the 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. Other events Chartway Arena has hosted concerts and shows by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, B. B. King, Dave Chappelle, Elton John, J. Cole, Mike Epps, Thomas and Friends and Green Day. Many other tour-based events such as the Harlem Globetrotters, Disney On Ice performances, Impact Wrestling TV tapings, and UFC events have came to the arena. On October 20, 2003, the facility hosted an NBA preseason matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Orleans Hornets. On November 17, 2021, All Elite Wrestling taped episodes of their weekly television shows AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage in the arena. The largest event that took place at the arena was an Elton John concert on March 18, 2011. Tickets for this event sold out in under 4 hours. The Ted had to add around 1,000 additional seats to accommodate all of the audience members who purchased tickets. Operations Chartway Arena is managed by OVG360, a division of Oak View Group. In June 2019, Chartway Federal Credit Union made a $4.25 million branding and sponsorship agreement with Old Dominion to get the arena named, which is located inside the Ted Constant Convocation Center complex. In 2015, the arena received upgraded video systems throughout the arena including a digital scoreboard from Daktronics. In 2021, a newly constructed, full-service Starbucks location opened inside the complex, located on the 43rd Street side of the venue near Hampton Blvd. See also List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas References External links Official website
Temple Rodef Shalom (McLean, Virginia)

Temple Rodef Shalom (Hebrew: רודף שלום) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 2100 Westmoreland Street, McLean, in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. Founded in 1962, it counts a membership of over 1,800 households and is the largest congregation in Virginia. In 1963, the Temple hired Laszlo Berkowits as its first rabbi. In 1998, it became one of the largest congregations in the United States to have a female rabbi, when it replaced Berkowits, who had decided to retire, with then-Associate Rabbi Amy Schwartzman as the senior rabbi. The Temple's rabbis are Jeffrey Saxe, and Alexandra Stein. It hired its first cantor, Michael Shochet, in 1998. Sydney Michaeli is the associate cantor and Carly Levin Santalone is the student cantor. Notable members Marcus Simon Chuck Todd References External links Official website Union for Reform Judaism: Temple Rodef Shalom Directory listing.
The Birchmere

The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage. The location also features a bandstand with a bar and a dance floor. Owner and manager Gary Oelze opened The Birchmere in 1966 as a restaurant. History The Birchmere opened its doors on April 4, 1966, as a restaurant. Music was added in 1975 with a concert space that held up to 200 people. Its original location was 2723 S. Wakefield St. in the Shirlington area of Arlington, Virginia, in a strip mall that was later razed. On May 14, 1981, the Birchmere reopened at its second location at 3901 Mt. Vernon Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia in a space that held at least 300 persons. In 1997, the club moved two blocks away to its current location at 3701 Mt. Vernon Avenue with seating for 500 customers. An estimated 13,000 discrete performances have occurred at the music hall. Over the years, Birchmere has attracted notable customers to include members of the media, Supreme Court justices and Presidents. “Bill Clinton came here twice,” Oelze said. “Al Gore used to live up the street and was here all the time. One night he was leaving the White House. Clinton said, ‘Where you going?’ He said, ‘I’m going to The Birchmere to hear Jerry Jeff Walker.’ He said, ‘Hillary and I will go with you.’ The four of them showed up, then they came back to see Kim Richey.” On November 10, 2021, the illustrated history of the Birchmere was published: All Roads Lead to the Birchmere: America's Legendary Music Hall by Founder/operator Gary Oelze and music writer, Stephen Moore. On January 23, 2023, Birchmere owner Gary Oelze died from natural causes at 80. Plan for expansion During the redevelopment of downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, a plan was developed to build a second Birchmere site, slated to be an $8 million, 800-seat venue. After years of negotiations, the deal was rejected on July 25, 2007. At the time, Birchmere management claimed that Montgomery County officials breached a contractual agreement with the music venue, but these claims were disputed by the developers and government officials who denied any contractual obligation for development. Recordings The Johnson Mountain Boys recorded their Live at the Birchmere album on April 5, 1983. The Four Bitchin' Babes recorded two of their live albums, Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me, Don't Mess My Hair in 1990 and Gabby Road in 1997, at the Birchmere. Riders in the Sky also recorded their live album there. Dave Matthews Band recorded songs from their album Recently at the Birchmere on February 21, 1994. References
The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia)

The Coffee Pot is a historic roadhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in the Grandin Court neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A. Completed in 1936, The Coffee Pot is an example of novelty architecture as its distinctive feature is that of a stucco coffee pot structure that is situated on the roof of the building. Today, this remains as the only active roadhouse located within the Roanoke Valley. History The Coffee Pot was built in 1936 on what later became U.S. Route 221 (Brambleton Avenue) in Roanoke County, before being annexed into Roanoke City in 1943. It was originally constructed by Clifton and Irene Kefauver as a filling station and tea room, but converted into a roadhouse shortly thereafter. The structure itself is similar to that of a log home featuring vertical log architecture on its four facades. At the time of its construction, it was the first commercial structure one would pass along the highway entering Roanoke from the south. The 15-foot (4.6 m) coffee pot is located on the southern end of the structure and is red with a white spout and top. Steam would formerly rise from the coffee pot spout from a furnace located in the store room below, visually bringing life to the coffee pot structure. Since its conversion into a roadhouse in 1937, the Coffee Pot has remained in continuous operation; it has been known as the Coffee Pot for its entire history except for a brief period between 1960 and 1963 when it was called Joe's Ranchhouse Restaurant. Throughout its history, the roadhouse has played host to many musical acts including Willie Nelson, Richie Havens, Dickey Betts, Rick Derringer, Ritchie Valens, Danny Gatton, and Root Boy Slim. Regional acts also made the Coffee Pot a regular part of their tour, including SNUFF and the Skip Castro Band. As a result of the numerous big-name acts that have performed at The Coffee Pot, the venue has been dubbed by some as the "biggest small stage in the South." See also The Coffee Pot (Bedford, Pennsylvania), a 1927 lunch stand in the shape of a coffee pot. References External links The Coffee Pot--Official Website
The Corner (Charlottesville, Virginia)

The Corner is a seven-block collection of bars, restaurants, bookstores, and night spots on University Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, extending from 121⁄2 Street Southwest to Chancellor Street. located across the street from the University of Virginia. It is bounded by Graduate Charlottesville on the east and Bank of America on the west. While the university is in session, The Corner is especially active at lunchtime, when faculty, staff, and students adjourn there for the midday meal. Patrons of the Corner's sidewalk cafés can be found spending time over a good book or simply sipping coffee and people watching. Of the 67 businesses in the district, all but sixteen are locally owned, though there has been an increase in chain stores recently. The Corner is encompassed by a Charlottesville historic district, limiting redevelopment and demolition. As of 2000, The Corner had 26 restaurants, eleven bars, three coffee shops, one hotel, and one apartment building. History The district was originally a literal corner, where the university's main entrance intersected with Three Chopt Road (now Main Street), which was the major route between Staunton and Richmond. UVa was established at a distance of a mile from Charlottesville, and was its own town by the name of "University." A significant commercial district developed to serve the needs of university students and employees, with a railroad stop, a post office, restaurants and shops. As downtown Charlottesville developed, followed by the corridor of Route 29 North in the mid-1900s, the Corner district came to consist more of small shops and bars, losing its movie theater, post office, train depot, etc. References Further reading Barefoot, Coy. "The Corner: A History of Student Life at the University of Virginia." Howell Press Inc.; Charlottesville, VA; 2001. ISBN 1-57427-113-X. External links History of the Corner Exploring the Corner
The Diamond

The Diamond est un stade de baseball de 12 124 places situé à Richmond dans l'État de Virginie. Il est officiellement inauguré le 17 avril 1985. C'est le domicile des Flying Squirrels de Richmond, club de niveau AA évoluant en Ligue de l'Est, et des Rams de VCU, club de baseball de l'université du Commonwealth de Virginie. Histoire Le stade a coûté 8 millions de dollars. Le nom The Diamond est présenté par un fan anonyme en novembre 1984, et est annoncé comme le choix final en décembre 1984. La rencontre inaugurale se déroule le 17 avril 1985, les Braves de Richmond affrontent les Chiefs de Syracuse devant une foule de 12 435 spectateurs. Les Braves remportent la rencontre par un score de 2-1. En 2003, une partie du toit du stade est détruit par l'ouragan Isabel. Les Braves de Richmond ont déménagé dans le comté de Gwinnett, en Géorgie, après la saison 2008. Un des facteurs de la décision de la franchise de déménager aurait été l'impossibilité de s'entendre sur la construction d'un nouveau stade à Richmond. Il y avait un plan appelé le Richmond Baseball Initiative pour construire un nouveau stade à Shockoe Bottom près de la gare de Main Street. Mais en août 2009, l'entreprise qui a soumis ce plan de base l'a retiré. Selon le plan, les Braves de Richmond auraient déménagé au Coolray Field. La nouvelle équipe de baseball de Richmond annoncé le 2 octobre 2009 qu'elle dépenserait 1,5 million de dollars pour rénover le terrain de jeu et que la RMA donnera 75 000 dollars de plus pour les améliorations. Le 28 octobre, les Flying Squirrels de Richmond ont entrepris les travaux de rénovation sur le stade. Événements Le stade est hôte du match des étoiles des ligues AAA de baseball le 15 juillet 1992 devant 12 186 spectateurs. Galerie Références Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail du baseball Portail du sport universitaire Portail de la Virginie
Fashion Centre at Pentagon City

Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, informally the Pentagon City Mall, is an enclosed regional shopping mall in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, near Interstate 395 and South Hayes Street. It is next to Westpost at National Landing and across the street from Pentagon Centre. Its Metro level is directly connected to the Pentagon City station on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. The mall has more than 140 specialty stores and restaurants. Its major retailers and uses include Macy's, Nordstrom, and the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City hotel. The Washington Tower office building, formerly leased by MCI, is part of the mall property; its lower levels are part of the mall. History The mall was developed by Melvin Simon & Associates with real-estate investment firm Rose Associates as part of the 1976 Pentagon City Phased-Development Site Plan. It opened in fall 1989 with 860,000 sq ft of space on 25 acres, with Macy's and Nordstrom as anchor stores. Original plans called for Bamberger's as one of the anchor stores. The mall also opened with approximately 150 other stores and a 4,524-capacity parking garage. The office tower part of the complex opened a little later, and the 345-room hotel opened the following year. The interior featured a white color scheme and skylit atria extending in two wings from the central courtyard. The mall theater, Loews Pentagon City 6, closed on January 1, 2003, and was replaced by a clothing store. Expansion of the mall, including outward-facing stores on Hayes Street, was approved by the county board in 2013. At the time, the mall had more than 170 stores. The project was completed in 2016. Awards The center was a finalist for the 2018 International Council of Shopping Centers U.S. Design & Development and Retailer Awards. Ownership In late 1990, Melvin Simon & Associates sold 50% of its interest in the mall to Lehndorff Group, a real estate management firm. During 1991, it sold another 25% to other institutional investors, retaining a quarter interest and management of the center. Simon Property Group, the successor to the Simon shopping mall interests, subsequently raised its stake; as of April 2014, it jointly owned the mall with Institutional Mall Investors, a joint venture of Miller Capital Advisory and CalPERS. as of 31 December 2025, Simon's Form 10-K listed a 42.5% ownership interest in the property. The Ritz-Carlton hotel is separately owned, by Xenia Hotels & Resorts. References External links Official website
The Omni Homestead Resort

The Omni Homestead Resort est un hôtel américain situé à Hot Springs, en Virginie. Installé dans un bâtiment inscrit au Virginia Landmarks Register depuis le 20 mars 1984, au Registre national des lieux historiques depuis le 3 mai 1984 et promu National Historic Landmark le 17 juillet 1991, cet établissement d'Omni Hotels & Resorts est membre des Historic Hotels of America depuis 1989 et des Historic Hotels Worldwide depuis 2013. Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques (en) Site officiel Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’hôtellerie Portail de la Virginie
The Shops at Willow Lawn

The Shops at Willow Lawn is a shopping center located slightly outside the city limits of Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It is the first shopping center in the Richmond area. Currently, the center is entirely a strip mall now, the remaining enclosed portion having been demolished and rebuilt. The center features over 60 stores and several restaurants. Federal Realty Trust owns the shopping center. History The center, originally called Willow Lawn Shopping Center, opened in 1956. Originally, the center was anchored by G.C. Murphy, Giant Food, JCPenney, Peoples Drug, Safeway, and Woolworth. Safeway later re-located to the former Giant Food space; the original Safeway was torn down for Hess's. This Hess's store, over time, was renamed to Leggett, and then to Belk, which closed in 1998. In 1986, Federal Realty Trust acquired the shopping center. The middle section of the mall was enclosed that year, creating a hybrid strip mall/enclosed mall. The enclosed portion featured several more stores, as well as a food court. Miller & Rhoads closed in 1988, and was sub-divided into smaller stores and offices. Through the 1980s, Willow Lawn lost many of its key stores as other malls opened nearby. JCPenney closed in the late 1990s and was replaced with a Hannaford Bros. Co. supermarket, until that chain sold its Richmond locations to Kroger. Peoples Drug became CVS/Pharmacy, which it is to this day. G.C. Murphy and Woolworth also closed; these stores later became Barnes & Noble and Tower Records, respectively. In 1996, Barksdale Theatre, Central Virginia's leading professional theatre, made The Shops at Willow Lawn its new home. The theatre still presents its Signature Season there today. Theatre IV, the Children's Theatre of VA, occasionally performs at the theatre. Dillard's opened at Willow Lawn in 1998, replacing the former Belk. This Dillard's did not last long, however, and was closed by 2004. The former Dillard's was soon replaced with Gold's Gym and Ross Dress For Less. Barnes & Noble, which opened in the 1990s, moved out in 2000 and was replaced with Staples. Federal Realty began a renovation of the mall in 2005, taking a portion of the enclosed mall and returning it to an open-air strip. Also in 2005, Ben Franklin Crafts (which was formerly an outparcel) and K & G Fashion Superstore moved into the mall, the latter replacing most of the food court. Tower Records closed in 2006 due to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy liquidation. In 2011, Willow Lawn began another renovation, demolishing the remnants of the enclosed mall and food court. In 2012, the central section of Willow Lawn is set to reopen with new stores and an open-air courtyard. Old Navy and a few other tenants relocated to stores in other central parts of the existing complex. References External links Official website Entry in Malls of America blog
The William Miller House

The William Miller House is a historic home in Richmond, Virginia that was most recently a two-room bed and breakfast before again becoming a private residence. History The historic William Miller House Bed and Breakfast is located in Virginia's Historic Fan District. The home was built by William Miller in 1869 after the American Civil War. William Miller worked as a proprietor for Rogers & Miller Marbleworks and the inn includes three marble mantels that were originally constructed in 1869. The Locale The William Miller house is located in the center of the Fan District was named after the configuration of streets that fan out from Belvidere Street. The Historic Fan District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and the boundary was extended in 1986. Located nearby is Virginia Commonwealth University and a number of local restaurants, cafes, and museums. See also Historic Richmond, Virginia Bed and breakfast National Register of Historic Places References External links The William Miller House Destination Nexus National Register of Historic Places Historic Fan District