After one heck of a lousy year, we all deserve a good belly laugh.
That’s something Michael and Carrie Sands hope to deliver to the River City with their new comedy spot, Sandman, downtown in the former Champion Brewing location.
“There is nothing better than laughing and having fun, no matter how old or young you are,” Michael says. “We need more laughing and less fighting in this world.”
Originally from Wisconsin, the Sandses have only been in Richmond a little over a year, but have already fallen in love with it. Like many folks, they took the opportunity in lockdown to explore the country by RV. The stop here would be a formative one.
Show your card, get a free beer! Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville encourages people to get vaccinated
Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville encourages people to get vaccinated By Dominga Murray | May 11, 2021 at 7:11 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 9:08 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville is rewarding people who are getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Show your vaccination card when you order and the first beer is on them. You can even get a free beer before you’re fully vaccinated, presenting a vaccination card after a single shot is enough.
“We’ve been really excited about the relaxed and updated CDC guidelines and we wanted to offer our friends that are vaxxed an opportunity to come and have a beer on us.” Carrie Throckmorton, the marketing director at Champion Brewing, said.
Truth Farm art installation sparking conversation about immigration
Truth Farm art installation sparks conversation about immigration By Elizabeth Holmes | April 18, 2021 at 11:47 PM EDT - Updated April 18 at 11:47 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - From a birdâs eye view over a private farm near Trump Winery, you can see a word: Truth.
A large table, spelling out the five letter word, is part of an art installation there called the Truth Farm.
Ana Teresa Fernandez, the artist behind the work and self-proclaimed âTruth Farmer,â said she hopes the table plants a metaphorical seed, a conversation surrounding immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Champion Brewing hosts outdoor viewing party for Hoos fans
Champion Brewing hosts outdoor viewing party for Hoos fans By Rachel Hirschheimer | March 11, 2021 at 6:56 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 4:53 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville opened its doors early on Thursday for Hoos fans.
The restaurant hosted an outdoor viewing party with a big screen set up for customers to enjoy their favorite beers, snacks, and the buzzer beating win against Syracuse.
Fans in attendance say it was perfect weather to watch their favorite team advance to the ACC semifinals.
“Everything warming up and having this really nice space to congregate and also still feel really safe has been very nice,” UVA basketball fan Inigo Drake said.
Larimer Square, Denver s first historic district, made some history of its own this week, when the property which includes nearly 250,000 square feet of space on Larimer and Market streets between 14th and 15th streets was sold to Asana Partners, an outfit out of North Carolina, for $92 million. The seller was Jeff Hermanson, who d bought Larimer Square from the Hahn Company in 1993; Hahn had purchased it from Dana Crawford in 1986.
Crawford was the visionary developer who saved the Victorian buildings along what had become part of Denver s skid row in the ’60s and turned the block into a tourist destination; it later became a go-to dining destination for visitors and locals alike. Today Larimer Square still holds some of the city s most popular restaurants though they re closed to indoor dining at the moment.