Jefferson: Architect of Many Things

Jefferson: Architect of Many Things

By Betsy DiJulio Many narratives could be and have been crafted about Virginia-born Thomas Jefferson. The Chrysler Museum has chosen to view this remarkable—and contradictory—Founding Father through the lens of architecture in an in house-curated exhibition with the...
Benchtop Wins 2nd Golden Tap Award

Benchtop Wins 2nd Golden Tap Award

  BY DIANE CATANZARO, CHRIS JONES, BRIAN KOSKI, JENNIFER MCDONALD & JEFF MAISEY For the second consecutive year, Benchtop Brewing Company took home Veer Magazine’s annual Golden Tap Local Beer Awards trophy, the award given to the brewery with the most...
EMPOWERING YOUNG BLACK MALES

EMPOWERING YOUNG BLACK MALES

By John Horton “It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible to, and for, the time and place that give you life – without becoming, at very best, a dangerously disoriented human being.” (S) James...
Coelacanth to Close in Norfolk

Coelacanth to Close in Norfolk

STAFF REPORT Days before its fourth anniversary celebration (December 14), Norfolk independent craft brewery Coelacanth announced on Facebook it will close its doors at year’s end. “It’s been an amazing, crazy, fun, hard, interesting, fulfilling and...