by Jeff Maisey | Mar 10, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey On April 24, 1997, the Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival made its debut as an 18-day event that included performances by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Mark Morris Dance Group, contemporary musician Steve Reich, and jazz legends Ramsey...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 10, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to an injury, The Chieftains concert has been cancelled. The Virginia Arts Festival has helped make Norfolk front-and-center during a week-long celebration of St. Patrick’s Day by scheduling the legendary traditional...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 5, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Randy Thomas had a problem. An experienced general contractor and the vice president of Spacemakers, he found the perfect place for someone to build a combination brewpub, distillery and musical entertainment venue, in the...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 2, 2016 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston “I got wild in New York!” That’s almost the opening line of director Laley Lippard’s part of our recent conversation about Grounded, the last full run play of Virginia Stage Company’s current season. Lippard is not yet here, of course ─ she flies...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 2, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey The big question is why have you decided to leave Hampton Roads and where are you headed? I am leaving Hampton Roads because it’s just hard for me to be me here these days. This town is not set up for a guy like me anymore. I’m moving...