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Nicole Belanus, Williamsburg songwriter, will play free show at Pfac
Williamsburg singer-songwriter Nicole Belanus will play a free show at Peninsula Fine Arts Center Thursday, March 21. Her performance is part of Pfac's Art After 5 series which presents art-and-music powered after-work parties. Art After 5 events last...
Tags: Music Industry, Concerts, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fine Arts
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First clash of the ironclads
Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Sports, Hampton Roads, USS Monitor, Basketball
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Rare map collector explores evolving idea of Virginia
The first time William C. Wooldridge held an antique map of Virginia, he was a young Army officer taking a meandering, homesick stroll through the streets of Heidelberg, Germany. Catching his eye from an old print shop window, the early 1600s map...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Book, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Symphony and Stage Company announce their 2013-2014 lineups
Two of Hampton Roads major performing groups, the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Stage Company, this week announced their lineups for 2013-2014. Here are the details: Virginia Symphony Violin virtuoso Midori will open the symphony's 94th season Sept....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Concerts, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Artists
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NYT Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin to speak at Mariners' Museum
The Mariners' Museum in Newport News is hosting New York Times best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin to speak about his new book, "When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail." Dolin's other books include...Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), China, Authors, Museums
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Test your seaworthy skills at Mariners' museum family day
How would you fare if abandoned at sea? The Mariners' Museum will test your seaworthy skills at a family day event Saturday. During the "Abandon Ship" program, visitors will be given a ticket to board a certain craft. Once on their journey, the newly born...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Museums
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Virginia Health Services president oversees new facility, expansion
Jeffrey L. Mendelsohn, president of Virginia Health Services, is currently overseeing several facility additions and expansions. Virginia Health Services, a locally owned operator of convalescent, rehabilitation and retirement centers, has broken ground...
Tags: Virginia Living Museum, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), University of Virginia, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Thursday's 11/22 local schedule (updated Wed. AM)
RUNNING Toys For Tots races (at Mariners' Museum Park; 5K at 8:30 a.m., 8K at 9:45 a.m.) Blue Talon Bistro Turkey Trot races (in Williamsburg, starting on Prince George Street; 5K at 8:30 a.m., kids' race at 9:30) Turkey Trot (at Mount Trashmore; 1-mile...Tags: Turkey
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This Week in The Dish
Chef Kenny Sloane and his Fin Restaurant crew take top award at the 2012 Signature Chef Auction presented Nov. 4 by the March of Dimes in Williamsburg...Battle of the Brews coming up Nov. 9 at the Mariners' Museum...For information and daily updates on...
Tags: March of Dimes Foundation, Hampton Roads
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A man and his ship ... and a museum
The Mariners' Museum's blog, Port of Call, called me out a little (and I'm glad they did) in regards to a short (and shorter than I had hoped) writeup of Steven Ujifusa's new book chronicling the life of William Francis Gibbs, designer of the record-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, Museums
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Newport News shipyard photos reach back 125 years
If you've ever taken a good look at the battleship USS Wisconsin outside Nauticus and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, it probably didn't take long to recognize that you were in the presence of something special. With its long, raking hull,...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Shipbuilding, Newport News Shipbuilding
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Museum marks USS Monitor's 150th anniversary
One hundred fifty years ago this month, two strange-looking ships met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and changed the course of naval, if not American, history.
The duel in Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia ended in a draw,...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, USS Monitor, Navy Yard, Arts and Culture
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