by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Beer News
By Elizabeth Erschens Walking into The Lynnhaven Pub to interview the owners of the future Pleasure House Brewing, Drew Stephenson and Tim O’Brien, I felt downright unprofessional with my childlike excitement! I have known them both for years and have been providing...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art, Art Previews
By Betsy DiJulio The only thing better than seeing a fine performance is seeing that performance and being invited backstage to meet the performers. That’s how I felt when, due to conflicting publication deadlines and exhibition opening dates, I was invited to...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art News
By Betsy DiJulio The “baby” or rather “babies” were, in this case, art teacher Trish Pfeifer’s best-behaved fifth grade class at St. Helena Elementary School in Norfolk. Pfeifer is an award-winning art teacher/art teacher mentor for Norfolk Public Schools, and this...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Art, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Appalachian hillbillies? Not so much. Charged with debunking stereotypes of the people of Appalachia as backwards, poor, unsophisticated, and worse, Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center (PACC) curator Gayle Paul traveled 1,800 miles in just six days to...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 1, 2014 | Newswanger
By Phillip Newswanger Something is brewing on the other side of the tracks in Norfolk – and it’s not just beer. City officials have hatched a plan to transform an area of Norfolk marked by empty industrial buildings, barbed wire and railroad tracks. Railroad...
