by Jeff Maisey | Dec 4, 2024 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Veer Magazine’s annual Golden Tap Awards ceremony was held December 3 at Big Ugly Brewing in Chesapeake, and the host brewery claimed the overall Golden Tap Award. City of Chesapeake Mayor Rick West was on-hand to welcome brewers from across the Hampton...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 21, 2024 | News, News & Views
HOLIDAY LIGHTS & PARADES 30th Annual Garden of Lights Norfolk Botanical Garden Through January 5 5-9:30 PM Nightly NBGlights.org Get out and enjoy the spectacular 1.5 million lights at Norfolk Botanical Garden. Barks & Bulbs Norfolk Botanical Garden...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 19, 2024 | News, News & Views
We are now accepting submissions in the Live Photography and Posed Photography categories for the 2025 Veer Music Awards. General instructions: — Each photographer may submit up to three (3) photographs in each category — Photos should be submitted as jpeg...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 19, 2024 | News, News & Views
Yellow leaders Stephanie Walters and Anita Patel speak at CreativeMornings’ October meeting at The Garage VB. Courtesy of CreativeMornings Virginia Beach By Jim Roberts Kate Pittman, the executive director of the ViBe Creative District in Virginia...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 19, 2024 | News, News & Views
(Yellow poles, reflecting the height of the proposed walls, have been installed by Freemason residents in protest to the city of Norfolk’s flood resilience plan. Photo by Jim Morrison) By Jim Morrison/VirginiaMercury.com Norfolk officials sat down for an...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 19, 2024 | News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, I disagreed with many friends who thought there was no way he could win. The book I mentioned in my last essay—Amusing Ourselves to Death—kept coming to mind, and Trump personified author Neil Postman’s dark...