by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2019 | News, News & Views
(Hong Kong Ballet’s “Alice” will be a visually spectacular performance) By Jeff Maisey The Virginia Arts Festival announced its 24th season in a ceremony attended by corporate sponsors, the media, and leaders from other arts organizations. The many highlights of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 13, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Steve Berlin was the Los Lobos member working closely with the team producing “La Bamba” in 1986. He wasn’t confident about the film’s prospects. The movie had a first-time director and “a bunch of actors nobody had ever heard of.”...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 13, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jim Morrison Dinosaur Jr. is a band that never quite seems to get the recognition or chart success as pioneers of alternative rock and grunge. But, here they are 35 years down the road, reunited for nearly 15 years after a nasty breakup, and hitting the road...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 1, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews
By Betsy DiJulio Whether you need a little exuberance, pathos, quiet contemplation, or sly humor in your life, you will find it in MOCA’s current exhibition, Charged. Curated by Heather Hakimzadeh after a long incubation period, the show is her multi-layered answer...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 1, 2019 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jerome Langston “I don’t really play for musicians,” says legendary jazz saxophonist Bobby Watson, midway through our Friday afternoon phone conversation, as he awaits a flight back to his home turf of Kansas City. “I play for [the] people.” Watson has been...
