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Waynesboro Andrea Jackson s phone screen was filled with pictures and videos of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Every time she scrolled through her social media, she saw Derek Chauvin s knee on Floyd s neck.
Tuesday will mark exactly one year since the murder of Floyd.
Jackson, who attended multiple Black Lives Matter marches in 2020, knew she needed to commemorate the first year of his death.
Jackson and three other members of the Women of Empowerment have planned a vigil and march that will be held at the Farmer s Market Pavilion at Constitution Park on May 25.
People who want to participate are invited to arrive at 6 p.m. and start marching through the City of Waynesboro. According to Jackson, marchers will walk down Broad Street, Main Street, downtown Waynesboro and more. The event will not only focus on marching but also have community leaders speak about how Floyd s death and the Black Lives Matter movement have affected the community in the past and wh
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African Ripples (Space Time): “Space Time Records is proud to announce the May 20, 2021 release of African Ripples, the long-awaited new album by multi-faceted pianist, composer and arranger Keith Brown. The pianist’s third album as a leader, African Ripples introduces a new iteration of the Keith Brown trio now anchored by bassist Dezron Douglas and rotating drummers Darrell Green and Terron “Tank” Gully. Augmenting the mix is an abundance of notable special guests including trumpeter Russell Gunn, saxophonist Anthony Ware, vocalist Melanie Charles, vocalist Camille Thurman, vocalist Tamara Brown, spoken word artist Cyrus Aaron, and percussionist Nêgah Santos. After appearing on a number of universally acclaimed jazz recordings last year, including those by Jazzmeia Horn, Charles Tolliver, and Gregory Tardy, Keith Brown fulfills a long-held artistic vision on African Ripples. “The music of African Ripples was composed and collected to convey my per
Detailed planning of Virginia Museum of Natural History Waynesboro campus included in state budget
Published Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 2:16 pm
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Funding for the design of the Virginia Museum of Natural History campus in Waynesboro has been included in the state budget, which will allow the museum to move forward with design work for the new museum facility.
“This is an exciting milestone in the museum’s pursuance of a permanent presence in the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Valley region,” said Faye Cooper, chair of the VMNH Board of Trustees’ Waynesboro Advocacy Committee. “With this bill, VMNH is now able to move beyond the conceptual design stage of a new museum facility in Waynesboro, to the development of detailed designs.
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WAYNESBORO A concept more than 20 years in the making, the Virginia Museum of Natural History s Waynesboro location is now come to fruition thanks to state funding for its design.
Waynesboro city staff and residents gathered Wednesday afternoon for the site unveiling in downtown. According to Greg Hitchin, the city s economic development director, the idea for establishing an interpretive center focused on natural resources can be traced back to the first Virginia Fly Fishing Festival in 2000.
The Center for Coldwaters Restoration, a volunteer group that was formed in 2010, helped spark the building of the education pavilion in Constitution Park along with the vision and contributions from the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Dominion Energy, a release said.