by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2026 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was a child, I longed for an animal companion: a horse, a dog, or at least a cat. A horse was unrealistic because our suburban yard was too small, and—let’s face it—they’re expensive to care for. Plenty of our neighbors had dogs, on the other...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 12, 2026 | News, News & Views
(Tench Phillips and Thom Vourlas share a laugh and popcorn outside the Naro Expanded Cinema. Photo by Jeff Maisey.) By Jim Roberts Tench Phillips III and Thom Vourlas were featured on WTAR News in August of 1977—about two weeks before they opened the Naro Expanded...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 11, 2026 | News, News & Views
(The Last Bison and members from Tidewater Pipes & Drums perform “Switzerland”) By Jeff Maisey BJ Griffin took home three awards during the 2026 Veer Music Awards at The NorVa in Norfolk. The America’s Got Talent contestant scored Album of the Year...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 26, 2026 | Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Jacqueline Echols McCarley will make her Virginia Opera debut in the east coast premiere of “Intelligence.” Photo courtesy of L2 Artists.) By Montague Gammon III Virginia Opera is “bringing a Virginia story home” with its January 30 – February 1 East Coast premiere...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 26, 2026 | Drama & Comedy, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston “Starting is always a difficult thing, in any walk in life, but with a play, it looks like this giant mountain to climb. But when you arrive, and as soon as the actors sit at the table… and you hear their voices, and hear the energy, you...
