by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Beer News, Drink, News
By Jeff Maisey While Stone Brewing Company will likely bypass Norfolk and select Richmond or Columbus, Ohio as the site of its eastward expansion, there is a silver-lining. Though all three cities are finalists on the California craft brewery’s list, Columbus...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
By Gina McVeigh While pondering with regards to my first wine article for VEER, I suddenly realized it would be in what is the largest beer issue of the year—Oktoberfest. Feeling a bit intimidated, I decided to embrace the spirit of Oktoberfest and talk about German...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | CD Reviews, Music
The Drendas “Boy Trouble” (Self Release) In my view The Drendas are the epitome of punk rock. Here are three people – who happen to be women – that decided they wanted to play in a band; each selected an instrument and proceeded to learn how to play. That is the...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio As Norfolk and the larger community prepares for a British invasion—the opening of Bruce Munro: Light—at the Hermitage Museum or “The Herm,” as it is quickly becoming known in it’s new, ever more progressive, and relevant form, I had an...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 8, 2014 | Art, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Tanja Softic has long been of my most admired contemporary artists; and she happens to live in Richmond where she is Professor of Art at the University of Richmond. I discovered her in a group show at CAC, now MOCA-VA, and gripping lecture...