by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Festivals, News, News & Views
The Hampton Roads region is in full bloom during the spring and summer with an array of colorful festivals ranging from the two-day Virginia Beer Festival to the wacky Hermit Crab Challenge, kite festivals in Portsmouth and at the Oceanfront to music fests featuring...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison There was nothing to debate about where Neal and Cole Friedman, the twins who helped form Major and the Monbacks, were headed after graduating from college last spring. It was on the road with the band With two key members sprung from the ivied walls...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts According to Andrew Shand, a master distiller who worked in Scotland’s whisky industry for 35 years before moving to Virginia two years ago, the most important qualification in his trade is patience. “We always say: If you want gin or vodka, you order...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Classical, Music, Music News
Music, mystery and excitement in a glass filled castle By Montague Gammon III When JoAnn Falletta calls any musical event “one of the most exciting things I’ve ever been a part of, in my entire life of making music,” it’s time to take notice. That’s how she...
