by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2018 | News, News & Views
(Kevin Osfolk stands proud of his traditional beer selection at The Bier Garden.) Photo by Kathy Keeney By Jeff Maisey Craft breweries aren’t the only one’s opening additional locations. In January, Portsmouth-based The Bier Garden plans to unveil its Bier Garden...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2018 | News, News & Views, Robotham
When George H.W. Bush died, I watched with mixed feelings as pundits lionized him. I couldn’t help thinking about a book I’d read while W. was president: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, by Kevin Phillips, a...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 12, 2018 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey All aboard? The Norfolk Southern train is leaving the station, and with it some considerable degree of uncertainty as to the economic impact it will have on regional arts and other non-profit organizations in Hampton Roads. As you may have heard...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 11, 2018 | Classical, News, News & Views
Acclaimed conductor JoAnn Falletta, together with producer Tim Handley, have been nominated for the prestigious 2019 GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Compendium for the recording of Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems Of Life; Glacier;...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2018 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey As part of the Lee & Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival, Sally Kohn, a progressive former Fox and current CNN commentator, will speak on November 29 at the Simon JCC. Kohn, who has a new book titled The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 11, 2018 | News, News & Views
Great Russian Nutcracker Moscow Ballet November 27-28, 7 PM Sandler Center Christmas is coming and so is the one and only Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian Snow Maidens, and jubilant...
