“I’m planning on making a strawberry shortcake,” said Alanna Sanchez, 22, while picking strawberries with her boyfriend, Anthony Reyes, 25, at Henley Farm Market in the Pungo section of Virginia Beach on Monday. The 29th annual Pungo Strawberry Festival will be held nearby on Saturday and Sunday at 1776 Princess Anne Road.

Texas law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. Not to worry, Virginians, our commonwealth is far more advanced.

You can sip to your heart’s content from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Virginia Beer Festival in Norfolk’s Town Point Park.

If you are looking for information about the Virginia Wine Festival, please go here.

The Virginia Arts Festival opened its 16th season Monday night doing what it does best. It partnered with another organization, the Virginia Opera, to bring in soprano Renée Fleming to perform unexpected, unfamiliar music that challenged and thrilled the audience.

Mariellynn Maurer performed with Angora Tribal during the 4th Annual International Festival at ODU's Ted Constant Convocation Center on Sunday, Apri1, 2012. She and the group performed American tribal style belly dance, which blends influences from North Africa, India and flamenco. Her turban and facial markings show those influences.

NORFOLK
It's powerful enough to treat the blues, addictive enough to make lifetime dieters cheat and decadent enough to dominate nearly every holiday on the calendar.
Yep, it's chocolate, folks. And the force will exert its influence Saturday when The Art of Chocolate - the city's first chocolate festival - makes its debut at Scope's exhibit hall.

NORFOLK Capt. Timothy Szymanski, commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, will serve as grand marshal at this weekend’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ocean View.