by veermagmain | Nov 30, 2023 | Classical, Music, Music News
(The members of Virginia Chorale. Photo by Steve Budman) By Jeff Maisey If choral music has a high season, surely it’s the holidays. Over the past thousand years, the most ancient of all music forms — vocal — has been composed for religious ceremonies as well as...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 14, 2020 | Beer News, Drink
By Jeff Maisey The COVID-19 global pandemic has sunk many plans this spring, but it was unable to divert The Bold Mariner from completing its charted mission for this year’s Norfolk NATO Festival beer collaboration celebrating Italy. The beer is called Audace,...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2019 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey As part of this year’s Norfolk NATO Festival, a friendly rugby match between the Norfolk Blues and the fearsome XV du Pacfique French Army Rugby Team will be played Sunday, April 28 at ODU’s Powhatan Field beginning at 6 PM. Admission is free and open...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 12, 2019 | Beer News, Drink
By Jeff Maisey A traditional German hefeweizen beer will make its debut on Saturday, April 27 in Town Point Park as part of the Norfolk NATO Festival’s International Village. Wunderbar represents the third consecutive year Norfolk NATO Festival’s Board of Directors...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 19, 2018 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey With an invitation-only celebration on August 30, the City of Norfolk will bid adieu — farewell — to French Air Force General Denis Mercier. General Mercier is nearing the end of his 3-year post as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)...