by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2019 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Two years ago, I delivered a talk at the Tidewater Community College Literary Festival called “Scenes from a White Boy’s Life,” in which I reflected on my lifelong efforts to understand “the problem of the color line,” as W.E.B Du Bois put it. I talked...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 31, 2019 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham I am not going to make age an issue in this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience. – Ronald Reagan Now that 2019 is underway, it won’t be long before the next presidential campaign begins...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 16, 2019 | News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Following is a variety of concerts, art exhibitions, theater productions, and various events in celebration of Black History Month in Hampton Roads. Portraits of Service: Portsmouth African Americans in the Military, 1946-67 January 18...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 14, 2019 | News, News & Views
“Waxing Poetics” by Beth Austin “DaRon Walton” by James Robinson “Bennett Wales” by Sean Chagnon “Rio” by Jeff Hewitt “Glenrose” by Wendy Podmenik Darugar
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 14, 2019 | News, News & Views
“K’bana Blaq” by Glenn Woodell “The Janks” by Tony Bijeaux “Rob Oliver” by Wendy Podmenik Darugar “Buddha Council” by Roger Richards “Every King & Commoner” by Annette Holloway
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 23, 2018 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Karma is a driving force in the life of Paul Chhabra, the owner and operator of Rajput Indian Cuisine. “If you do good things, then good things will come to you,” said Chhabra. When Paul Chhabra isn’t overseeing his restaurant business, he’s often...
