Black Magic, MacArthur on Ice, O’Connor Frikin Night, Loni Love, Holiday Light at the Beach, Fresh Fridays, d’ARTini Night, Ghent’s Annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Caroling, Art after Dark, The Concise Dicken’s Christmas Carol, The Fighting Jamesons, 10th Annual Fair Trade Festival…

Gobble Gobble! It’s Thanksgiving weekend ya’all (and I’ve been watching a lot of Paula Dean). If a four day weekend isn’t reason enough to get your out of the house, here are some other reasons.

Our run-on sentence review: Appropriate and fun for the whole family with a magical set that conjures a world at turns wondrous and terrifying, Hansel and Gretel is an evening where a timeless fairy tale comes alive through the enchanting vehicle of narrative and emotion that is opera.

Lola’s, Venue on 35th, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Hansel and Gretel do opera, Fighting Jamesons, Sharx!, Belmont, JewMa, Freedom Marathon, MONSTER JAM, Plan B Comedy, Ramp Jam, B-boying, CRUSH…

If you’re into Japanese Punk Rock, cake, puppies, women, anime, the 1960s, art, guns, easy money, festivals, bikes, photography, pottery, women, movies, drinks, great food, dancing, or even fairy tales, then there’s a good chance the perfect activity awaits you this weekend.

In my opinion it’s the perfect weekend. You can be whoever you want, whatever you want, and however you want to be. You make the rules.

I am now convinced: pop up art events are good for the soul.

They say it’s going to rain this weekend, but I refuse to be locked inside. No t-storm or puddle is going to keep me from having fun. And it shouldn’t stop you either.

New York and L.A. will be fine on their own, but we are all we have. We have to stick together.

$10 to see the Tony winner for best play, “God of Carnage,” tonight, plus great deals at Hell’s Kitchen. Just because you’re broke doesn’t mean you can’t live well.

Stopped they must be; on this all depends.

Proposals are being solicited for projects, hands-on activities, performances, multimedia art works, sidewalk/store-front installations, written word and any other creative temporary art project ideas.

So far there are 5,356 confirmed attending, over 3,000 maybe. The infection turns into an epidemic this Saturday night.

A look at the creation of the Norfolk Summer Play Fest 2011.

Want to be a part of some performance street art on Art | Everywhere opening night? Read more.

“My vagina was angry and full of angst. Thinking back on it, I do not think that my vagina even liked herself. She just pretended to.” The Vagina Monologues come back to Hampton Roads.

Shouldn’t power then come with the prerequisites of honesty and truth of heart? Shouldn’t freedom be preached only by those who live their truth?

A preview of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, which runs for just this weekend at The Chrysler.

Are big, expensive musicals like ‘Cats’ good for theater and culture at large? AltDaily theater critic Jeremiah Albers asks the question.

Opera’s been around and popular for a very long time, but in the age of constant (and free) entertainment via the internet, will it lose its place?

“There’s nothing better than doing something you love with those you love.”

Behind the scenes @ The Virginia Opera as the chorus warms up for La Boheme. It is one minute and thirty-six seconds of auditory/visual treatness. Trust.

The Virginia Opera is putting on a free show at Town Point Park tonight.

  Self-evaluation: “When it opened in grand fashion in 1919, the Attucks showcased legitimate theatre (or plays), vaudeville and movies at a price the community could afford. During its heyday a host of legendary performers graced the stage of the Attucks including Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Redd Foxx and many, many more. Though heralded for its [...]