by Jeff Maisey | Feb 20, 2017 | Horton, News & Views
By John Horton Monday, February 20 is Presidents’ Day. Therefore, I got to thinking: who is my all-time favorite president and why? Understandably there are varying opinions when it come to this, however, I have mine when it comes to this topic. Just today...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. The day after the Women’s March on Washington, a man I know was asked by a mutual friend why he’d gone. “For my daughter,” he said. Fair enough. I...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was a young reporter for The Staten Island Advance in the early ‘80s, I looked to a lot of older journalists for inspiration. But chief among them was Nat Hentoff, whose columns in The Village Voice never failed to enlighten me and renew my...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | Film, News, News & Views, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema The media in this country has been able to look good ever since President Donald and Steve Bannon declared war on the “dishonest press.” In reaction to attacks by the White House, the liberal press has piled on with their criticism of...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2017 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When I was in Oxford, England last summer, I stumbled upon a pub named “Old Tom.” How could I resist? Inside it was as pleasant as any pub could be: small but not cramped; a well-crafted but unpretentious bar; a few tables, and a few smiling people....
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 9, 2017 | Music, News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Indie-pop group Feral Conservatives took home three trophies in Veer Magazine’s annual Music Awards program held at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk. The band’s “Here’s to Almost” was named Album of the Year, while their hooky, melodic “Last Light”...
