Studio Sessions with LeeBangah

In an effort to support music artists who cannot perform durning the COVID-19 pandemic, Vinegar Hill Magazine has created Studio Sessions. We encourage fans to support these artists and to enjoy the music. We will likely continue Studio Sessions even after the pandemic but wanted to make sure we are doing our part to support artists because we believe that Art + Business = Freedom.

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Vinegar Hill Magazine is a space that is designed to support and project a more inclusive social narrative, to promote entrepreneurship, and to be a beacon for art, culture, and politics in Central Virginia.

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Arts, Community Development, Health and Wellness

Healthy Aging for All: The Center at Belvedere

by Enid B. Krieger | Photos provided by author Bernadette Whitsett-Hammond, recently retired from her position as a school psychologist for Charlottesville City Schools, knew that in this next chapter of life she wanted to continue to learn, grow, and remain...

Health and Wellness, Style, Travel

Manifesting the Maldives

by Michaela Nicole So, the top of everyone’s bucket list is the Maldives, it’s the dream trip of a lifetime. The water, the beaches, the island atmosphere, I mean who wouldn’t want to go? I was recently given the gift of traveling to the Maldives for my birthday...

Business, CIM Project, Community Development

Vinegar Hill Magazine Awarded $50,000 Grant from Borealis Philanthropy

Vinegar Hill Magazine is proud to announce that we have been granted a $50,000 award from the Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) ‘which seeks to strengthen a future where communities of color are powerful.’ The REJ does...

Arts, Business, Health and Wellness, Style

The Women Who Get It, Get It

by Khalilah Jones Photographer: Brian Dunn ⁠ Wardrobe Stylist: Khalilah Jones⁠ Models: Ciera, Courtney, Juanika, Khalilah, Reyshawn, Sabrina, Shaniece, Shenise⁠ Black women are taking up space unapologetically. Sis is embracing her body, leading the charge,...

CIM Project, Community Development, Education

You Get What You Focus On: Antwon Brinson’s Vision of Using Food to Build Community

by Antwon Brinson | CEO Culinary Concepts AB | Main Photo by Sera Petras This story was published as a part of Charlottesville Inclusive Media Project's: First Person C-Ville In my younger years, I was full of misplaced energy and lacked focus. To be completely...

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Chihamba: A Time for Healing

by Katrina Spencer For over 30 years running, the Chihamba African American Cultural Arts Festival, a celebration of Black life, has been held in Charlottesville. That is, until it was rudely interrupted in 2020, when COVID-19 reared its crown and forced us all into a...

Jessica Harris’ Nimble Pivot Brings Classic Theater to Town

by Katrina Spencer Stage play director Jessica Harris’ endless passion for empowering her community through theater arts has led her to stage Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning 1986 musical Into the Woods at Live Arts Theater this July. Just as Broadway has renewed its...

Cultural Appreciation vs. Cultural Appropriation

by Khalilah Jones | Featured Image by John Visions Model: Micah Washington Wardrobe Styling: Khalilah Jones Listen, we all know that trends come and go, especially those related to fashion. More often than not, people will take up a unique new fashion trend without a...