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FILM: Igniting the Solar Revolution in Virginia
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema I was recently invited to speak on a panel at Norfolk State University. The topic was ‘The Film Industry: Its Celluloid Past, Its Digital Present, Its Limitless Future’ sponsored by the Mass Communications and Journalism...
ART: The Women of Kent Knowles
By Jeff Maisey Sometimes a painting will catch your eye from a distance and hook the viewer by the ribcage. Such is the work of painter Kent Knowles, whose new exhibition “Passage” is on display through June 11 at Linda Matney Gallery in Williamsburg. The...
Appreciating Buddy Holly: It’s So Easy!
By Jim Roberts Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly had a legendary run of hit songs before his untimely death on Feb. 3, 1959—from “That’ll Be The Day” and “Peggy Sue” to “Maybe Baby” and “Rave On.” But it was the song “It’s So Easy!” that got Robbie Limon most...
Barbara Nesbitt Returns for Rare Daze Reunion
By Jeff Maisey There’s a lot of talk lately about preventing brain-drain in Hampton Roads. When talented people leave the region because creative opportunity exists elsewhere it’s a disappointing reality. Recently, fiddle player extraordinaire Charlie Austin...
Movies for Bernie
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema Dear Bernie, By the time this issue of Veer hits the streets, the media pundits will have declared your campaign for president as effectively over and done with. They’ll rest their claims on the results of the Southern state...
Flying Dutchman: Virginia Opera’s season finale will not be your ancestors’ Wagner
By Montague Gammon III That is very much the message that comes through when talking to Virginia Opera’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Adam Turner, about the upcoming production of The Flying Dutchman, which got grand reviews at the Glimmerglass...
St. Paddy’s Week: Chieftains headline a weeklong celebration of Irish music and events
By Jeff Maisey EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to an injury, The Chieftains concert has been cancelled. The Virginia Arts Festival has helped make Norfolk front-and-center during a week-long celebration of St. Patrick’s Day by scheduling the legendary traditional Irish...
Military Drone Piloting Comes to Life in Grounded
By Jerome Langston “I got wild in New York!” That’s almost the opening line of director Laley Lippard’s part of our recent conversation about Grounded, the last full run play of Virginia Stage Company’s current season. Lippard is not yet here, of course ─ she flies...
Interview: Fiddle Player Charlie Austin Says See-Ya to Hampton Roads
By Jeff Maisey The big question is why have you decided to leave Hampton Roads and where are you headed? I am leaving Hampton Roads because it's just hard for me to be me here these days. This town is not set up for a guy like me anymore. I'm moving to...
25 Years of Falletta
(February 25 marks JoAnn Falletta's 25th anniversary with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra) By Montague Gammon III A coal miner’s granddaughter has led the Virginia Symphony for 25 years. In that time JoAnn Falletta - or Dr. Falletta, to give her the earned honorific...
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