by Jeff Maisey | Jan 31, 2019 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham I am not going to make age an issue in this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience. – Ronald Reagan Now that 2019 is underway, it won’t be long before the next presidential campaign begins...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 31, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Rayland Baxter’s original plan to write songs for his latest album was to rent a cabin. That proved too expensive. When a buddy offered a room in a former rubber band factory in Franklin, KY, an hour from Nashville, Baxter grabbed the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2019 | Beer News
Norfolk-based Bold Mariner Brewing Company is excited to announce the completion of a deal that now allows the former Bank of The Common- wealth building at 1901 E. Ocean View Ave. to be transformed into the new Bold Mariner Brewing Company. In addition, Bold Mariner...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2019 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
Virginia Stage Company production will hit home for LGBTQ community By Jerome Langston When director Jessica Holt and Virginia Stage Company’s producing artistic director, Tom Quaintance, met in New York City last year to discuss the possibility of her directing Fun...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 22, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio This is the story of how thread—and beads—became a lifeline. In 1999, Ntombephi “Induna” Ntobela and Bev Gibson, the former with a traditional education and the latter with a self-described Western education, formed the Ubuhle (oo-buk-lay)...
