by Jeff Maisey | Apr 28, 2015 | Horton, News & Views
By John Horton In the mid-1980s, the National PTA established the first full week of May as Teacher Appreciation Week and the National Education Association proclaimed Tuesday of that week as National Teacher Day. This year, Teacher Appreciation Week runs from...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 28, 2015 | Horton, News & Views
By John Horton I got to thinking: What if Dr. Martin Luther King were still alive. And, imagine that he got to see Barack Obama elected president (twice). I got to thinking: What a phenomenal happening and extraordinary experience! I think Dr. King would have been...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 22, 2015 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Selden Arcade – home to dozens of local artists within d’Art Center, a Starbucks coffee shop and popular lunchtime eatery d’Egg Diner, will likely remain closed for 5 to 6 months, revealed a source Wednesday who wishes to remain anonymous....
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2015 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Several visual artists’ resident galleries appeared heavily damaged Saturday morning following an overnight explosion in downtown Norfolk’s Selden Arcade. The Arcade is home to d’Egg Diner, a Starbucks coffee shop, and dozens of local...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 17, 2015 | Festivals, News, News & Views
The Hampton Roads region is in full bloom during the spring and summer with an array of colorful festivals ranging from the two-day Virginia Beer Festival to the wacky Hermit Crab Challenge, kite festivals in Portsmouth and at the Oceanfront to music fests featuring...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 13, 2015 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Last year, according to CAPT Maarten Lutje Schipholt, National Liaison Representative of The Netherlands to Supreme Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Kareem Chun, a Dutch student working at NATO ACT headquarters, looked at the broader impact of...