Susan Sorensen

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Everything old is new—or borrowed and blue

The custom of incorporating something old, new, borrowed, and blue into your wedding day ensemble is (literally)...

Drawing inspiration

Fred Wolf grew up as one of six children in a modest Buffalo, New York house, where, when he wasn’t sketching, he was...

Natural woman

Stedman House designer Kori Messinger talked to us about designing a room at age 10, the color red, and being...

Nature made

Graduate school brought Suzanne Crane to Charlottesville, but clay has kept her here. With her husband, Matthew Crane...

Monticello High opens doors of opportunity with Urinetown

Madeline Michel doesn’t care for musicals. “I hate them,” she laughed. “They’re boring, and I can almost never sit...

A bumpy road

Several years ago I received an e-mail from a mother who was putting together an end-of-season celebration for my...

The Oratorio Society of Virginia sings in the season with...

At 7:30 sharp on a recent Monday evening, Michael Slon, conductor of The Oratorio Society of Virginia, took his place...

Admit one

My parents didn’t take me to visit any colleges when I was a teenager. I’m sure they would have, if I’d asked, but...

A broken elbow, snow days, and

It’s two days before opening night, and the Albemarle High School Players are taking a rare breather. Larry Johnson,...