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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: CORAN CAPSHAW
FOUNDER, RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT, MUSICTODAY, RIVERBEND DEVELOPMENT, CHARLOTTESVILLE
Capshaw, the founder of 32-year-old music management company Red Light Management, is the driving force behind a newly approved 7,500-capacity riverfront amphitheater in Richmond. The $30 million project, expected to
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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: DAVID BALDACCI
AUTHOR, FAIRFAX COUNTY
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Bestselling crime and thriller novelist Baldacci, a lifelong Virginian, has made it a mission to give back to the institutions that shaped him. A Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus and former
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ANDY EDMUNDS
DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA FILM OFFICE, RICHMOND
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When Hollywood productions like “Dopesick,” “Cold Mountain,” “Wonder Woman 1984” and others want to film in Virginia, they come to Edmunds to get the ball rolling. As director of the
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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: KEVIN W. LEMBKE
PRESIDENT, BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG AND WATER COUNTRY USA, WILLIAMSBURG
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Lembke has spent his entire career in the amusement park industry, starting at SeaWorld Orlando in 2000, and he’s been president of Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA since
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: TONY BENNETT
DEAN AND MARKEL FAMILIES MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE
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The No. 4-seeded Cavaliers suffered a painful loss to No.13-seed Furman University in the first round of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but Bennett — who this season became
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRIDGETTE C. BYWATER
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, KINGS DOMINION/CEDAR FAIR ENTERTAINMENT, DOSWELL
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Coming out of pandemic-driven restrictions, “Kings Dominion will be the cure for cabin fever in 2023,” Bywater said in October 2022, announcing the 48-year-old amusement park’s intention to welcome guests
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ERIK H. NEIL
MACON AND JOAN BROCK DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT, CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART, NORFOLK
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Neil has been director of the Chrysler Museum of Art since 2014, but his title changed in late 2022 when the position was endowed through a $34 million gift to
2023 Virginia 500: Arts | Entertainment | Sports
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David Baldacci AUTHOR, FAIRFAX COUNTY Tony Bennett DEAN AND MARKEL FAMILIES MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE Bridgette C. Bywater VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, KINGS
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ALEX NYERGES
DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, RICHMOND
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While Nyerges has been director of four museums — including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for the past 17 years — he’s also a photographer. When the VMFA received
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRENT PRY
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, VIRGINIA TECH, BLACKSBURG
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Pry’s first full season leading the Hokies ended with a 3-8 record in 2022. But in sports, there’s always next season, so Pry has used the downtime to bolster his