Virginia Beach Art Center Marks 10 Years

Virginia Beach Art Center Marks 10 Years

By Jeff Maisey On July 26, Virginia Beach Art Center will mark 10 years as “a vibrant creative hub in the heart of the ViBe Creative District, offering an educational and supportive environment that inspires people of all ages and skill levels to experience, engage...
ESSAY: America at 250

ESSAY: America at 250

By Tom Robotham I’ve never cared much for the Fourth of July. As a child, I associated it with the incessant noise of illegal fireworks and kids I knew who’d been maimed by them: a boy who was missing three fingers because an M-80 had blown up in his hand and a girl...
Juneteenth in Hampton Roads

Juneteenth in Hampton Roads

(George “G-Man” Waters has Jazzteenth at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront ready to make its debut) Juneteenth in Hampton Roads By Jerome Langston Celebrating its sixth year as a federal holiday, Juneteenth — officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day,...
ESSAY: Toxic Tech

ESSAY: Toxic Tech

By Tom Robotham Recently I began reading The Anxious Generation, by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt—a book that explores the dramatic rise in mental illness among teens, beginning around 2010. He makes a compelling case that the chief cause is the proliferation of...
New “Angel” Sought for Riverview Theater

New “Angel” Sought for Riverview Theater

(NOT OPENING IN 2026: The Riverview Theater. Photo by Jim Morrison) By Jim Morrison The Riverview Theater was sold at a foreclosure auction Thursday back to the man who held onto it for decades, hoping a buyer would make it the theater jewel of the neighborhood....