by Jeff Maisey | May 1, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey If the world seems like a dangerous place these days it is. The challenges facing the United State of America and its NATO partners range from the potential threat of a more aggressive Russia and North Korea to cyber crime, hybrid warfare, and...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 27, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Norfolk NATO festival, the world’s only festival celebrating the Trans-Atlantic alliance and its importance, is on full display this Friday and Saturday in downtown Norfolk. All events are free and open to the public. One of this year’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 27, 2017 | Festivals, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey This year marks the 100th anniversary of Naval Station Norfolk and the centennial of America’s entry into World War I. The historic milestones along with all the stunning pageantry of Virginia International Tattoo will be on full display...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2017 | Music News, News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Cecile McLorin Salvant Presented by Virginia Arts Festival April 9 Robin Hixon Theater Classically trained, this award-winning jazz vocalist has seized the imagination of the audience with her “resoundingly eloquent” voice — “whether growling...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2017 | News, News & Views
By Jim Morrison Twenty years ago, Keith Moone was a seventh grader in the band at Craddock Middle School in Portsmouth when Scott Jackson showed up to say the new Virginia Arts Festival was offering a chance to learn steel pan and African drum and dance. Soon, Moone...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 23, 2017 | Musical Theater, News, News & Views
Compiled by Staff Turandot Virginia Opera March 17, 19, 21 Based on an ancient fable set in China, this story of the legendary Princess Turandot, so desirable that men risked their heads for her hand in marriage, weaves the quest for love with the ultimate...
