by Jeff Maisey | Apr 12, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham The homophobes are at it again. Recently, so-called Christians in Indiana, Arkansas and elsewhere have been reviving the argument that businesses should not be obligated to serve gays and lesbians because such a requirement violates the business...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 31, 2015 | Hamar, News, News & Views
By Michael Hamar Recently, I have attended two LGBT organization events that started me thinking on the divergence in thinking between these organizations and our local cities, tourism bureaus and arts organizations. One event was the launch for 2015 PrideFest – the...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 31, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Recently, perhaps because Easter is right around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about the lessons of the Gospels. First, a little background. When I was growing up, church was an important part of my life—the Episcopal Church, that is. I...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 17, 2015 | News, News & Views
By Tom Robotham Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use?…They are for nothing but to inspire. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. The great essayist Anne Fadiman once spoke for all true bibliophiles when she wrote, “the...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten. ~ Plato, The Republic. Lately, for a variety of reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 12, 2015 | News, News & Views
By Staff Bluesy rock band Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot and acoustic duo Little Pants each won two categories in the 2015 Veer Magazine Local Music Awards. A special tribute was paid to Norfolk Sound pioneer Lenis Guess. Photographer Sherry Boylan was...
