The Fredericksburg Theater Company (FTC) is in the midst of presenting its 29th season, Joe DiPietro’s Over the River and Through the Woods. Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, will mark the spring comedy’s final three performances at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater, 1668 U.S. 87 South. The sh...

HOUSE Have you ever made a terrible faux pas in public and wished you could just disappear? Good news! You’re already gone! There was a psychology experiment back in 2000 that tested something called the “invisible guest theory.” Student guinea pigs were assigned to wear a Barry Manilow T-shirt in r...

HOUSE Have you heard that people are now setting up religions worshipping Artificial Intelligence? This should not be unexpected. After all, the various manifestations of AI present themselves as allknowing, all-seeing entities that provide every answer to every question, even existential ones. I co...

Jill Elliot opened Haberdashey Boutique on a chilly March day of 2001. She was three months pregnant when her retail space came to life in the 450-squ...

HOUSE Today I’m asking readers a question my 10-year-old granddaughter asked me that I cannot answer: Which 10-year period in your life was your least...

Thanks to generous donations from two Fredericksburg locals, the Heart of the Hills pregnancy center has moved to a modern ranch-style building at 520...