by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | Food, Restaurant News
By Joel Rubin If you request a 10 oz sirloin ($37), an 8-oz tenderloin ($49) or a 12 oz ribeye ($50) at The Butcher’s Son in Chesapeake, it better be hot, melt in your mouth and medium rare (if that’s your pleasure) when it arrives. “I know that very well,” says Jalen...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | News, News & Views
Do You See Me Now: A Solo Exhibition by Jackie Merritt Through September 13 Norfolk Arts’ Offsite Gallery @ MacArthur Center norfolkarts.net
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(“Talking Heads”) By Betsy DiJulio Jackie Merritt puts color where it doesn’t exist. But where it most surely lives. Recently, as I perused some 20 of her portraits (and one still life)–rendered in chalk pastel, charcoal, and watercolor—I smiled to myself...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2024 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was growing up in Staten Island in the 1960s, kids used to ask each other, “What are you?” No further explanation was needed. Everyone knew it meant, what’s your nationality? In my neighborhood, most answered, “Italian” or “Irish”—never mind...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 21, 2024 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey Many of you know the classic hit songs from the band WAR — “Low Rider,” “The Cisco Kid,” “Summer,” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” What you may not recall is the musical crossover group from Southern California known for weaving elements funk, jazz,...