by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
(Jazz pianist John Toomey is the backbone of the Attucks Jazz Series) By Jeff Maisey If you’ve noticed an increase in the number of jazz concerts scheduled at various venues around Hampton Roads in the past few years there’s a good reason — it’s popular. Like most...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema When we first initiated the Naro series ‘New Non-Fiction Film’ in the early 2000s, documentaries were still considered to be the red headed stepchild of arthouse programming. The bulk of the screen content being foreign films,...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Drink, Wine & Spirits
(In 2020, make it your New Year’s Resolution to tour Virginia’s distilleries. Photo by Revel Photo Co.) BY JIM ROBERTS General Assembly Increases Commission For Distillery Stores The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill in March raising the commission for licensed...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 20, 2019 | Beer News, Drink
(New Realm Brewing Co will be expanding distribution of its popular products like Hazy Like a Fox IPA to the Roanoke region. Photo courtesy of New Realm.) By Chris Jones and Diane Catanzaro Does spending a billion dollars to buy a brewery bring you beer bliss?...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 18, 2019 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Bryson Bruce & Company – HAMILTON National Tour – (c) Joan Marcus) By Jerome Langston “It’s going to be exciting in Virginia as well, because we talk a lot about Virginia in the show,” says actor Josh Tower, about mid-way through our lengthy phone...