Humanities Feature Bureau

The Dome Room at the University of Virginia plays host to a monster of an exhibition. Nancy King has a preview of ““The Monster Among Us: Frankenstein…from Mary Shelley to Mel Brooks.”

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Each month, a group of students gather at UVA’s Hillel Center to combine the practice of yoga with the teachings of the Torah.  Martha Woodroof drops by a Torah Yoga session to hear about this new ritual that is gaining popularity in the Jewish religious community.

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Highland County , Virginia’s striking elevations and sweeping valleys have earned it the nickname ‘Little Switzerland.’ It could also be called “Little Vermont” — for decades, locals have been tapping the area’s Sugar Maple trees to make slick sweet maple syrup. Just weeks ago, however, the county’s sugaring community felt a terrible loss. Lydia Wilson reports from the Fiftieth Annual Highland Maple Festival.

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As part of VFH Radio’s occasional series on Decisions Virginians make and why they’ve made them…   Nancy King talks with a couple who educate their two children at home,  in rural Nelson County, Virginia.

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The Lynnhaven River, in Virginia Beach, was once famous for the salty, fat oysters that grow in its waters.  Pollution brought the harvest of Lynnhaven Fancies to a near standstill over thirty years ago, though, and few people have tasted the local delicacy since. But, as Jesse Dukes reports from Virginia Beach, there’s new hope for Virginia’s most famous oyster.

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A presence as old as Monticello itself is in crisis at Thomas Jefferson’s historic home outside of Charlottesville. Nancy King has the story.

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For fans of folk music’s heyday during the early 1960′s, prepare to be nostalgic. Martha Woodroof recently dropped in on a musical reunion.

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