by Jeff Maisey | Aug 25, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Few pop bands have made the dynamic one-two punch Culture Club did in the early ‘80s. The London-based group debuted in 1983 with the album “Kissing to be Clever,” which spawned three hit sings in “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” “Time (Clock of...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 25, 2016 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The Virginia Opera’s 8th annual, free and open admission, “Opera in the Park” concerts this year showcase the talents of the company’s chorus, whom VO Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Adam Turner calls “the hardest working singers...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 15, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Tom Robotham Tim Seibles is nationally acclaimed poet and a professor of creative writing and literature at Old Dominion University. Over the years he has won many accolades, notably in 2012, when he was a finalist for the National Book Award. This year he was...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 15, 2016 | Film, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III The line from the locally produced, strikingly well lit and often quite beautifully photographed indie film Eyes of the Roshi that could become one of those oft repeated catch lines of popular utterance is “It’s a good one. I can tell.” (Like...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2016 | Art, Art News, News, News & Views
By Betsy DiJulio In January, Lloyd DeWitt, Ph.D., was named chief curator of European Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Hailing from a post as curator of European Art at the Gallery of Ontario, Toronto’s leading art museum, DeWitt is recognized as a 17th century...