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Living Here: Museums and galleries
From the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum to the Wise Memorial Gallery, art abounds in Hampton Roads. Art museums 1. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. Nationally-acclaimed collection of American folk art features paintings, sculpture,...Tags: Smithfield, Photography, Arts, Chrysler Museum of Art, Fine Arts
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Newport News community events
Thursday National Day of Prayer on the Peninsula, One Nation Under God, "Raising the Standard." 6:30-8 p.m. May 3 today, Christopher Newport University, Trible Courtyard. Nearly 100 churches will be attending, along with a mass choir that crosses...Tags: Holy Land Experience, Baptist, Methodist, World War II (1939-1945), Sociology
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Free Music Friday! Groove with reggae man EVER-G's "Bonafide Lover"
Last night at Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, local reggae singer EVER-G entertained a crowd gathered at a monthly event called "Art After 5." Pfac supporters nibbled on jerk chicken, sipped on a cold beverage and listened to the Hampton-...
Tags: Buckroe, Bob Marley, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Music, Entertainment
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Exhibit showcases artists who teach
In a world where slick bumper sticker maxims are often mistaken for profound thinking, it can be hard to get past the time-worn cliche about teachers. Playwright George Bernard Shaw said it first. But satirist H.L. Mencken said it better. And since...
Tags: Education, Concerts, Arts, Schools, College of William and Mary
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Fresh, tuneful rock from Broken Mouth Annie takes stage at PFAC tonight
Tonight, Peninsula Fine Arts Center gives fresh, original rock music a chance shine as Broken Mouth Annie, an alternative, mostly acoustic band from Suffolk, performs as part of the Art After 5 series.
One of the things that makes Broken Mouth Annie...Tags: Muse (music group), Arts, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Poetry, Music
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Hampton's EVER-G spreads word of love and unity through pure reggae music
At first glance, Hampton reggae singer EVER-G doesn't look like a man devoted to upholding the musical traditions of Jamaican legends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. No dreadlocks dangle down his back. He's not surrounded by a cloud of intoxicating smoke....
Tags: Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Arts, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Science
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Pfac marks 50 years with retrospective
When the Peninsula Fine Arts Center was born as the Peninsula Arts Association in 1962, it was a completely do-it-yourself, by-the-bootstrap operation that came into being only because of the high hopes of its volunteers. Its first home was a tiny office...
Tags: Concerts, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Arts, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Sculpture
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Animal art gets a boost from Nature
Most American wildlife artists don't think twice when it comes to taking the super-realistic path pioneered so spectacularly by the great John James Audubon in the early 1800s.
No one had ever seen anything like his closely observed, disarmingly lifelike...Tags: John James Audubon, Fine Artists, Concerts, Arts, Music
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Skip Friel set to play original Christmas music at PFAC's free "Art After 5"
Virginia Beach guitarist and singer Skip Friel is the musical guest at Peninsula Fine Arts Center's "Art After 5" event tonight, Thursday, Dec. 15.
The free party runs 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Friel has been a steadfast player on the local music scene since...Tags: Holidays, Concerts, Radio Industry, Arts, Poetry
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Empty Bowls fundraiser coming up Feb. 10 at PFAC
The Peninsula’s first “Empty Bowls” event to raise money for the hungry will take place Feb. 10 at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center.
Sponsored by Metro Productions in partnership with the center, the fundraising evening offers soups...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Soups, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Video: Bison at Pfac's Art After 5
A large, diverse crowd came to Peninsula Fine Arts Center to mix, mingle and listen to the indie-folk sounds of the band Bison on Thursday, Jan. 19.
Organizers of Pfac's "Art After 5" event said the audience for the after-work party was 445.
Here's a...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Pfac cranks the volume on local creativity with new Art After 5 music series
To help mark its 50th birthday, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News will host a creative collision of art and music.
Starting Thursday, Jan. 19, the center's monthly Art After 5 gatherings will feature musicians chosen specifically for their...Tags: Concerts, Arts, Fine Arts, Artists, Artists
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