by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2017 | Horton, News & Views
By John L. Horton “There but for the grace of God, go I.” (Biblical Proverb) (John Bradford, 1510-1555) The recent (Pilot) front-page headline, “Most of Norfolk’s public housing could be gone in a decade under new plan,” caught my interest. It reported that...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2017 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Ron Wray Cruz and Sam, it felt like we could go on for hours, and we almost did. I had a great talk with these guys who are in great part the centerpiece of the salty-sweet band, The Black Lillies. They’re coming to Jim Morrison’s North Shore Point House Concert...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Recently The Virginian-Pilot ran a story headlined, “Virginia Beach is the Greatest City in the Country, says a new survey.” The survey in question was conducted by WalletHub, a financial-information website—not exactly in the same league as the Pew...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2017 | Film, News, News & Views
By Tench Phillips Naro Expanded Cinema, considered by locals as the “heart and soul of the eclectic Ghent neighborhood, is turning 40 in September, but it has a history and cultural importance that goes much deeper. A Brief History of the Theater from 1936 to 1977 The...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 13, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Rabbi Israel Zoberman Prolific author Ellie Wiesel’s book, which originally was published in France in 2011 and became a bestseller, is light only in size. Open Heart is a generous gift from a truly loving heart of the most distinguished representative of the...