by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Elegant and austere, Norwood Viviano’s gracefully attenuated and pendant and occasionally funnel-like “plumb bob” forms are, in fact, three-dimensional graphs of population growth and decline in 25 US cities from New York to Flint, Michigan,...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | Classical, News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Dear JoAnn, It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since you and I put down roots in Hampton Roads. That’s right—I don’t know whether you remember this, but you and I both moved to Norfolk in 1991. The timing was fortuitous. When I moved here...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham On January 22, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman published a column titled “How Change Happens.” In essence, he argued that Bernie Sanders and his supporters are naïvely idealistic. “While idealism is fine and essential,” he wrote, “it’s not...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | Robotham
By Tom Robotham Well, here we are at the beginning of a New Year. Have you made any resolutions? I know a lot of people who dismiss the ritual—and why not? Resolutions tend to be short-lived. You promise yourself that you’ll exercise more, but by mid-February that...