by Jeff Maisey | Jan 21, 2025 | Beer Reviews, Festivals, Horton, News, Robotham, Wine & Spirits
By Tom Robotham Last spring, I wrote an essay called “Leaving the Treehouse”—a reflection on my realization that it was time to vacate the apartment I had occupied for 17 years. I called it the Treehouse because it was on the fourth floor of an old building in West...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 23, 2023 | Beer News, Drink, Festivals, Wine & Spirits
By Jim Roberts The small staff at the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival is gearing up for a number of large events the last weekend in September: the Neptune Festival Art & Craft Show, the 49th Annual Boardwalk Weekend, and the Neptune Festival Grand Parade, among...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2018 | Festivals
By Jeff Maisey & Cindy Mackey The 4th Annual NEON Festival will take place in the Norfolk’s NEON District from 6 to 10 PM on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19. This free festival is presented by Business Consortium for Arts Support in partnership with...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 19, 2018 | Beer News, Drink, Festivals, News
By Jeff Maisey If beer has a national — make that multi-national — holiday then surely it is Oktoberfest. Celebrations abound, including right here in Hampton Roads. So how did it all begin? Way back on October 12, 1810, King Ludwig I married Princess Terese of...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 20, 2018 | Festivals, Music
By Jim Morrison The Wood Brothers’ new disc, “One Drop of Truth,” an album as full of sly metaphors as it is catchy melodies, opens with a funky bass line by Chris Wood before brother Oliver’s singing takes over. “Nothin’s ever for...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 20, 2018 | Festivals, Music
By Jim Morrison Terrance Simien started singing in his church in rural southwestern Louisiana when he was about five. He moved on to play the piano and then the trumpet in middle and high school before he met the accordion — and zydeco – and that transformed...
