by Jeff Maisey | Jul 8, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Montague Gammon III Even if it’s true that there is no free lunch, there is a free ride for folks in South Hampton Roads who want to immerse themselves – or dabble their toes – in the cutting edge internationally regarded Art Soaked Weekends of Experimental Film...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 5, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Brian Kirwin And I can’t deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me! — Sally Field, Academy Awards, 1985. Two lessons need to be understood throughout the Kathy Griffin and Donald Trump episode. One, entertainers have always been...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2017 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Michael P. Curry It was the Summer of 1968. The very first Hampton Jazz Festival was presented (after the idea had been gestating for about a year) on Armstrong Field at (then) Hampton Institute. That first Festival included performances by Count Basie, Dizzy...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jerome Langston “Something has to really grab me―catch the eye,” says award-winning Norfolk artist, Maizelle Brown, during a recent conversation at her spacious apartment, a spot that seems ideally suited for the display of paintings and sculptures. Known...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 19, 2017 | Music News, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Norfolk’s local underground music scene has a long history of young, upstart guys who take it upon themselves to seek-out a potential venue and book a mix of homegrown talent as well as lure the occasional nationally touring independent band on an...