Style Weekly

The Winner: Edward F. Maz, 38

"Don't want to go there no more."

Runner up: Ray Chetti, 55

"I'm just a regular guy that has done some things."

What I Do: Tommie G. Tiller

Pool Manager, Downtown Y.M.C.A.

Lia's Case

A detective, a mother and a killer who is free.

• by Brandon Walters

Residents Protest Hotel Idea

Runner up: Bryan Stevenson, 29

"I like to balance things on my head."

Botanists Press On Despite Low Funding

Honorable Mentions

The Carpenter

It's all about me.

The First "I Want to Be On the Cover" Contest

• by Melissa Scott Sinclair

Honorable Mentions

Bill Rice, 49, Media producer

Honorable Mentions

Carlos Pozzi, 57, Classical guitarist

Honorable Mentions

Kaylin Kaupish, 10, Aspiring actress

Workers Mean Business

Runner up: Mary Ellen Olbrisch, 50

"It's about my patients."

Honorable Mentions

Bubba Yardbrick, 57, Actor-comedian

People's Choice: Frances Burch, 71

"Strong women stay young."

Plans Underway for South Shockoe Site

Something's afoot at Site 11.

Honorable Mentions

Charles Miller, 81, Jogger, adventure-seeker

television: Double Talk

A real life Dr. Doolittle, Animal Planet's "Pet Psychic" claims to talk to the animals.

• by Don Dale

band under the gun

quick flicks

Signs, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Master of Disguise, Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat

Rockabilly Reverend

Recently Read

Violence, Nudity and Adult Content, The Lovely Bones

art: Artistic Triad

Three Virginia artists share a love of the Virginia landscape at Artspace.

• by Jenny Ramirez

galleries

Saw Scene

Sawyers come out of the woodwork for the East Coast's musical saw festival, right here in Richmond.

• by Angela Lehman-Rios

Creation Story

Mundy Hackett, Nature Photographer

theater: Listening to Black Voices

Black theater finds a voice in Richmond at the second annual Black Theatre Festival.

• by Holly MRodriguez

stage

The Salsa Syndicate

movies: "Full" of It

Hard to label and harder to second-guess, "Full Frontal" is Soderbergh's latest adventure in filmmaking.

• by Maribeth Brewster

music: Riding that Train

Railroad Earth is barreling through the country with its Americana jam music,and people are listening.

• by Carrie Nieman

Red, White and Rosé

cheap date: Keep Your Cool

Garden of Flavors

Thai Garden's distinctive dishes don't cut corners on taste or variety.

• by JDavis Morton

The Viognier Taste Test

How do Virginia viogniers stack up against the viogniers of the world?

• by Layne Witherell

Manly Science

• by Dave Addis