Jazz Fest Time in Norfolk

Jazz Fest Time in Norfolk

(Pieces of a Dream bring their dedicated smooth jazz in Norfolk) By Jeff Maisey Festevents will present its 39th annual Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival in Town Point Park with some major players in the popular smooth jazz format.  The musical lineup over two evenings...
Resilient Zydeco 

Resilient Zydeco 

(Terrance Simien will be a Bayou Bon Vivant highlight)   By Jeff Maisey Earlier this year, Zydeco music great Terrance Simien and his band were in Henderson, Nevada for an educational engagement with his Creole4Kidz program that brings the sounds and instruments...
Virginia Wines Rising

Virginia Wines Rising

(Significant investments in new equipment and vineyard expansion at leading wineries such as Early Mountain are helping put Virginia on the map of great wine regions. Photo courtesy of Early Mountain) By Marisa Marsey  Have you seen the bumper sticker proclaiming:...
Goin’ Indie at ETC

Goin’ Indie at ETC

By Jerome Langston   “The first step―especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money ― the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the...