by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. ~ Margaret Fuller, Woman in the 19th Century. Some years ago, while delivering a lecture on the women’s movement to one of my classes at Old Dominion University, I paused to ask my students...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 10, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey On April 24, 1997, the Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival made its debut as an 18-day event that included performances by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, the Mark Morris Dance Group, contemporary musician Steve Reich, and jazz legends Ramsey...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 5, 2016 | News, News & Views
By Diane Catanzaro and Chris Jones Randy Thomas had a problem. An experienced general contractor and the vice president of Spacemakers, he found the perfect place for someone to build a combination brewpub, distillery and musical entertainment venue, in the...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 21, 2016 | News, News & Views
The YWCA South Hampton Roads today announced the names of the 11 exceptional women who will be recognized as a 2016 YWCA South Hampton Roads “Woman of Distinction.” All of the women, whoexemplify the YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women, will be...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | Classical, News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Dear JoAnn, It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since you and I put down roots in Hampton Roads. That’s right—I don’t know whether you remember this, but you and I both moved to Norfolk in 1991. The timing was fortuitous. When I moved here...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 15, 2016 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham On January 22, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman published a column titled “How Change Happens.” In essence, he argued that Bernie Sanders and his supporters are naïvely idealistic. “While idealism is fine and essential,” he wrote, “it’s not...
