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A southern Idaho road trip offers hot springs, quirky museums and more
Take the scenic route through the Gem State, which offers some real diamonds in the rough.
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Learn the art of corn husk weaving at several Manteo events
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Restaurants, Food and Drink
![The 12th annual 757 Battle of the Beers returns on Sept. 7 at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach. The 12th annual 757 Battle of the Beers returns on Sept. 7 at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/RT3ST3UYFVDNPOIGB7YTVJVA2Y.jpg?w=620)
Hop to the 757 Battle of the Beers in Virginia Beach on Saturday
The 12th annual 757 Battle of the Beers returns on Sept. 7 at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach.
Music and Concerts
![Here are some options for enjoying the arts this month. Here are some options for enjoying the arts this month.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/national-chamber-winds-1.jpg?w=560)
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Arts Notes: More outdoor concerts, baroque music and more coming up this month in the Historic Triangle
Here are some options for enjoying the arts this month.
Arts
![Allen Hoilman, the museum’s deputy director and curator, will discuss Kraft’s accomplishments and Hampton’s integral role in the Space Race of the 1950s and '60s. Allen Hoilman, the museum’s deputy director and curator, will discuss Kraft’s accomplishments and Hampton’s integral role in the Space Race of the 1950s and '60s.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Flight-8.jpg?w=527)
Hampton History Museum hosting tour of exhibit honoring Chris Kraft, ‘The Father of NASA Mission Control’
Allen Hoilman, the museum’s deputy director and curator, will discuss Kraft’s accomplishments and Hampton’s integral role in the Space Race of the 1950s and '60s.
Entertainment
![Films are presented on a large outdoor screen in the recessed area of the Town Center Fountain Plaza. Films are presented on a large outdoor screen in the recessed area of the Town Center Fountain Plaza.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVC-L-BC-EVENTS1-0903.jpeg?w=467)
Movies in the Plaza returns to Town Center for fall season
Films are presented on a large outdoor screen in the recessed area of the Town Center Fountain Plaza.
Theater
![Virginia Beach resident Cindy Hamilton visited Ecuador for three weeks. Virginia Beach resident Cindy Hamilton visited Ecuador for three weeks.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-DB-WAT-0825-01.jpg?w=410)
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What a trip: Birdwatching paradise in Ecuador
Virginia Beach resident Cindy Hamilton visited Ecuador for three weeks.
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Fun to Do: Hank Williams Jr., ‘Something Rotten!’ and more
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Home and Garden
![Asian persimmon (Diospyros kaki) Asian persimmon (Diospyros kaki)](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-DB-WGY-EXOTIC-0817-01-e1723212510447.jpg?w=516)
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Undaunted by our coastal climate, these imported plants bear fruit
Too warm, too hot, too humid: The typical fruit bearers struggle here. Enter persimmons, pomegranates and more, nonnatives that produce delicious fruit and even eye candy, recommended by Norfolk Botanical Garden.
Outdoors
!["I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way where I could give back," Heath Scott said of a plan to mark his 50th birthday by biking across the state and raising money for the poor. "I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way where I could give back," Heath Scott said of a plan to mark his 50th birthday by biking across the state and raising money for the poor.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVP-L-NW-BIKE-RIDE-KW-03.jpg?w=525)
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Newport News man biking 588 miles across Virginia — and raising money for charity — to celebrate 50th birthday
"I wanted to do something big, but I wanted to do it in a way where I could give back," Heath Scott said of a plan to mark his 50th birthday by biking across the state and raising money for...
Travel
![The cover a book titled "Planes Flying Over a Monster" The cover a book titled "Planes Flying Over a Monster"](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BOOKS-BOOK-PARIS-TRA-16x9-1.jpg?w=620)
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Can travel transform your life? This author says yes
“Planes Flying Over a Monster” is the travel essay collection by Mexico City-based author Daniel Saldaña París.
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How to avoid the new ‘shoulder season’ crowds
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Books
![The cover for a book titled "Worst Case Scenario" The cover for a book titled "Worst Case Scenario"](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BOOKS-BOOK-NEWMAN-MC-16x9-1.jpg?w=620)
Author talked to pilots about a ‘Worst Case Scenario.’ It’s terrifying
The flight attendant turned best-selling thriller writer is back with her third book, and a tour that brings her to Santa Monica and Burbank on Aug. 26-27.
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5 must-read books in translation chosen by Jennifer Croft
Pets and Animals
![One dolphin was stranded in Sandbridge and another appeared in Chic's Beach. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response team is performing necropsies to determine the cause of death. One dolphin was stranded in Sandbridge and another appeared in Chic's Beach. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response team is performing necropsies to determine the cause of death.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ADS2SHHWSFEE3GB7EUYIKIS6LA.jpg?w=595)
2 dolphins wash ashore in Virginia Beach
One dolphin was stranded in Sandbridge and another appeared in Chic's Beach. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response team is performing necropsies to determine the cause of death.
Horoscopes
![There's no shirking from reality at a time like this. The Sun in Virgo is making its annual opposition to Saturn in Pisces at 12:35 am EDT, making it necessary for us to align our goals and ambitions with our intuition if we want to succeed. Our ideas may flow at an uneven speed as Mercury stumbles into a quincunx with Neptune. The Moon in Scorpio does stabilize things with Saturn and the Sun, so we will be able to survive any storms. There's no shirking from reality at a time like this. The Sun in Virgo is making its annual opposition to Saturn in Pisces at 12:35 am EDT, making it necessary for us to align our goals and ambitions with our intuition if we want to succeed. Our ideas may flow at an uneven speed as Mercury stumbles into a quincunx with Neptune. The Moon in Scorpio does stabilize things with Saturn and the Sun, so we will be able to survive any storms.](https://www.dailypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tarot_809a09.jpeg?w=525)
Daily Horoscope for September 08, 2024
There's no shirking from reality at a time like this. The Sun in Virgo is making its annual opposition to Saturn in Pisces at 12:35 am EDT, making it necessary for us to align our goals and ambitions with our...