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Norfolk Spotlighted on Nautical Channel

Norfolk Spotlighted on Nautical Channel

By Larry Bonko Hello, 2015. I begin a new year of covering television with a question. Is Norfolk really "a blue-collar town constantly fighting for respect among more elite coastal communities."? Lucia Metzbauer of the Nautical Channel thinks so. Those are her words....

Fuzz Band Headlines American Theatre

Fuzz Band Headlines American Theatre

By Jerome Langston   “Fuzz Band potential is like D’Angelo…because of the talent, all of you together is so remarkable.” ~ Jerome Langston, VEER magazine music critic, during a conversation with the band.   The Fuzz Band is like a family. Bands are often...

Inspirational Landscapes

Inspirational Landscapes

By Betsy DiJulio   Intrigued that a show by an architect turned professional landscape painter—who also happens to play award-winning fiddle and banjo—was on view this winter at Virginia Wesleyan College’s Neil Britton Gallery and would be accompanied by a roots music...

CD Review: Justin Kauflin

CD Review: Justin Kauflin

Plateaus of Positivity A new documentary and CD highlight the soulful genius of Virginia Beach’s own Justin Kauflin. By Tom Robotham   If you watch only one new documentary this year, let me tell you—without reservation—it should be Keep On Keepin’ On. The...

Hermitage Turns on Light

Hermitage Turns on Light

By Betsy DiJulio   As Norfolk and the larger community prepares for a British invasion—the opening of Bruce Munro: Light—at the Hermitage Museum or “The Herm,” as it is quickly becoming known in it’s new, ever more progressive, and relevant form, I had an...

Timeless Work of Tanja Softic Circles Back

Timeless Work of Tanja Softic Circles Back

By Betsy DiJulio   Tanja Softic has long been of my most admired contemporary artists; and she happens to live in Richmond where she is Professor of Art at the University of Richmond.  I discovered her in a group show at CAC, now MOCA-VA, and gripping lecture...

Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot Take Flight

Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot Take Flight

By Jim Morrison   When Seth Stainback and Roosterfoot made the 18-hour drive to Dockside Studios in the Louisiana bayou to work with New Orleans blues legend Anders Osborne as the producer for their record, they wanted to not only get out of Virginia, but get out...

Charlotte Potter: Fragile Cartography

Charlotte Potter: Fragile Cartography

By Betsy DiJulio  The only thing better than seeing a fine performance is seeing that performance and being invited backstage to meet the performers.  That’s how I felt when, due to conflicting publication deadlines and exhibition opening dates, I was invited to...

Changing Appalachia Debunks Stereotypes

Changing Appalachia Debunks Stereotypes

By Betsy DiJulio Appalachian hillbillies?  Not so much. Charged with debunking stereotypes of the people of Appalachia as backwards, poor, unsophisticated, and worse, Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center (PACC) curator Gayle Paul traveled 1,800 miles in just six days to...

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