Modernlux Makes Hampton (Kind of) Hip

by David Paul Kleinman

Something about this boutique has the feel of an old sci-fi potboiler novel. And yet it also feels like a place where My Morning Jacket would shop.

Polar Plunge!

Photographer Amy Wheeler documents the madness and mayhem at Saturday's annual fundraiser event at the Oceancfront, which drew thousands of intrepid plungers.

Part 2 of Our Chesapeake Weekend

A Saturday in Chesapeake: Part 2 of our Weekend in Chesapeake series.

FEATURES

Local Review: Fiery Furnaces @ The Attucks

By Lee Churchill

The band: Oh so fiery. The crowd: Oh so cold.

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The Boy Who Would Be Norfolk’s Mayor

By Jesse Scaccia

“It feels like I’m fighting a bear. I have no idea how bears fight, but one of us has to win. And it’s going to be me,” says 20-year-old mayoral hopeful Ryan Cooper.

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Local Profile: Author Mike D’Orso

By Holly Wielkoszewski

Holly Wielkoszewski sits down with D’Orso to chat with him about his path to becoming a writer, what he finds inspirational, and “the big hurt” inside us all.

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GROWth on Granby

By Jesse Scaccia

We talk to the president of the nationally renowned design firm Grow Interactive about their just-announced plan to move to Granby Street.

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Community Gardening the Green Way

By Amelia Baker

I’m convinced that food you actually grow does taste better. It has to.

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BLOGS

Review: Yoga for Art Lovers @ The Chrysler Museum

By Kim Austin-Peterman

I’ll admit it, my mind ventured towards the romantic version of this experience being somehow shared with the remnant spirit of ancient Egyptian souls.

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A Bite of Something Truly “Fresh”

By Bridget Goeke

Simply asking your local restaurants and super market managers “Where’s this produce from?” can truly make a difference.

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Pilot Redux | Feb 8, 2010

By Jesse Scaccia

The Virginian-Pilot stories in today’s paper we found interesting, insightful, inspiring, incomprehensible (and any other word that starts with ‘i’).

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Questions for Jersey Shore’s Snooki

By Jesse Scaccia

Jersey Shore’s Snookie, who is visiting Va Beach on Friday, isn’t giving interviews. These are the questions we *would have* asked her.

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Sing it! In Suffolk this Weekend.

By Mira Boykin

Mira breaks out her Sunday best for the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir.

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Renewal Art Show calls for artists of all kinds. The Art Institute of Virginia Beach calls for high school seniors. Town Point Saturday Market calls for artists and merchants. Opportunities, opportunities, opportunities.

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VIDEO

Espeto na Brasa. Located at 233 Granby Street in Downtown Norfolk, phone 313-4363; and 1069 Laskin Road in Virginia Beach, phone 351-0598.

From the guys who brought you Salesman of the Year: A day in the Life of Nelson Nickleberry--Ure Mahms emerges as a teaser installment in the Salesman series.