by Jeff Maisey | Aug 20, 2026 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham In early June, as my 70th birthday approached, I purchased a new piano. When it was delivered a day later, I felt like a kid on Christmas morning. To understand what it meant to me, you need to know some personal history. When I was growing up, my...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 24, 2026 | News, News & Views
(Elyse N. Brown, Executive Director, RMHC of Norfolk) By Jeff Maisey If you’ve driven by the Ronald McDonald House on Norfolk’s Colley Avenue across the street from Sentara medical complex and caught a passing glimpse of a lifelike statue of the famous fast food...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 24, 2026 | News, News & Views
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 24, 2026 | News, News & Views, Robotham
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...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 14, 2026 | News, News & Views
(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,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 14, 2026 | News, News & Views, Robotham
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...
