Summer 2023

Inside The Issue

What Are You Thinking?

A Q&A with Kurt Smith

July 18, 2023

5 Minute Read

Bursts of Creativity

Celebration Events like Fourth of July Are Exercises in Inventive Thinking

By Ben Swenson

| July 18, 2023

6 Minute Read

A Digital Dream

Online tools enhance Colonial Williamsburg’s educational mission

By Jody Taylor

| July 18, 2023

8 Minute Read

Intertwined History

Artists employed specific styles when depicting enslaved manservant William Lee

By Zara Anishanslin

| July 18, 2023

12 Minute Read

A Flower of Summer

Williamsburg residents had their choice of cultivated raspberries or those that grew wild

By Barbara Rust Brown

| July 18, 2023

6 Minute Read

Get the Idea

Craft & Forge, a new Colonial Williamsburg brand, brings artisans in search of inspiration to the Historic Area for a fresh look at rare skills

By Paul Aron

| August 17, 2023

7 Minute Read