Here we help you connect more deeply with your community and/or waste time at work. All the stories from the past 7 days on AltDaily, for your enjoyment.

Art, concerts, clubs, activism, love, fear, sex, destruction, and a cash bar. Get yourself in some really uncomfortable situations and live your damn life.

Bring your crappy business and your hair brain schemes to the City of Norfolk. We’ve got millions of our taxpayers’ money, and we’re just dying to spend it.

John McManus uses his big old brain to break the news down for all us sinners here in Hampton Roads.

Take a second look at these “pests” we find at all our summer hang outs, they might just pleasantly surprise you.

Cheryl reads one of her poems for us at sunset–enjoy.

In the creative field, business being good often means meeting expenses.

SEALs honored privately; outsourcing things that could be done here (and saving a bundle); new Midtown tunnel?; and GreenBuildIt kicking green butt.

Lot going on here for all you art lovers, from the one and only Kat.

Kat from AltDaily’s Monthly Art Events suggests these hot tickets.

Suffolk considers ditching HRT, WHRO safe for now, average wages in Hampton Roads, and more from that lovable Addy Smith.

Here is a comprehensive list of the city council members in the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth and how to contact them.

Grunwell gives the 2011 Darden Lecture in Education on April 6th at 7:30 p.m. at Old Dominion University.

In a world where people sit in their homes all evening watching crappy shows on TV, one website is fighting to save street life in Norfolk…

“People are going to be totally pissed if you do that.” And then I said, “That’s exactly what I should do then.”

And more in today’s If You Read the Paper.

“I became fascinated by the myriad ways national iconography surfaces and the ironies that emerge in the story of the American experience. These stories and mythology create a common identity among members of the nation.”

Silly me, I actually assumed our legislators wouldn’t act like children and draw lines reminiscent of a kid with a box of crayons.

The Bartender’s Ball, Slick Rick, Cherry Blossoms, and Classical Clowns are just a small taste of what’s headed your way this weekend! Hope you’re ready!

Norfolk Police Chief an honest man, redistricting, Obama on Libya, and more.

How to climb stairs really really fast, a preview of Step Up For The Up Center Stair Climb.

The message was clear: “We want to instill the pride that makes our neighbors want to step up, be active members of the community, and make and maintain a beautiful, clean, friendly neighborhood.”

Riding from Norfolk to North Carolina, the drivers make all the difference. Plus sea level rise, nookular power nose-dives and more in today’s If You Read the Paper.

Zucchini fries are all-the-rage. Hannah stops by to learn from Mike Farrell, executive chef at Still. Plus Portsmouth Restaurant Week arrives full-force.

Obama, VCU, Save the Bay (next year), doling out road candy, and more.

“When I turned 40, everything changed. I decided that I didn’t give a shit about what people thought about me. I was going to live my life with no apologies.” Beth “Equality” Brooker.

Rock, Country, Hip-hop. We got it covered this week. Plus, a sic act coming out of VA.

Theater Preview: Hurrah Players’ The Little Mermaid

Virginia Arts Preview Part 4