by Jeff Maisey | Oct 29, 2019 | News, News & Views
By Jeff Maisey Virginia Beach restauranteur Laura Habr has long been an advocate for positive change. Over a decade ago she led the effort to ban smoking in restaurants — a bill then Governor Tim Kaine signed into law at Croc’s 19th Street Bistro, the...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 16, 2019 | News, News & Views
(Artists descend upon the Chrysler Museum during NEON Festival) By Jim Roberts The third weekend in October—which includes the Town Point Wine Festival and the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival—is widely considered one of the best weekends of the year in Norfolk—if not...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 9, 2019 | News, News & Views
By Ron Wray Zeiders American Dream Theater, the vision of local businessman Michael Zeiders, extends its ambitious dreams for Virginia Beach once again with its Proteus Festival 2019 at its showcase venue in Virginia Beach Town Center on October 8-13. Proteus,...
by Jeff Maisey | Oct 3, 2019 | Horton, News, News & Views
“If it is to be, it is up to me (us). (Dr. William Johnsen, Among Others) “We must realize that our future lies chiefly in our hands. We know that neither institution nor friends can make a race stand unless it has strength in its own foundation; that races like...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 25, 2019 | News, News & Views
By Cindy Mackey The Railyard at Lambert’s Point has been approved by Norfolk City Council and the Norfolk Planning Commission with the support of the Lambert’s Point Civic League. The adaptive re-use development by Meredith Construction is now on track to bring an...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 24, 2019 | News, News & Views
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I looked down upon a sea of green that spread out below me in every direction as far as my eyes could see. It wasn’t water we were flying over, it was a tightly-knit canopy of trees covering the Amazon basin. I had flown out of...
