Plus dance events and classes around Hampton Roads this month.

CYBER MONDAY ALL OVER YO FACE! Local news, digestible and fun, just for you. Also suitable for framing.

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…

“To me, (movies) all say the same thing, which is basically don’t judge other people till you know the complete story, and nobody really knows the complete story unless maybe they’ve done an analysis. Don’t be so quick to judge others.” – John Waters

OP-ED: Ralph Northam is Right for the 6th District

The Lie That Tells the Truth Top story: I’m co-directing the 34th Annual Old Dominion University Literary Festival, which runs throughout next week. We’re bringing 17 world-class poets, fiction writers, playwrights, photographers, scholars, and musicians to Old Dominion to read and discuss their work. The events are all free, except for a concert on Monday [...]

Despite these successes, at their core The Avett Brothers remain a humble pair of siblings from nearby North Carolina just happy to be making music.

“Due to some crazy events that occurred during taping, the show we’re featured in has been saved for the season’s grand finale,” Cupcakery owner Dawn Eskins told us.

Between you and I, this weekend doesn’t know that Summer is over. Here is a list of the things to do that will make you happier and happier.

And what they can teach you about how to make it in the music business.

Josh is creating a bar flow chart, a guide for local bars to fit everyone’s preferences. He needs your input on the Norfolk version.

Low and falling unemployment for the region, smoke drifts capable of respecting state boundaries, and more in today’s If You Read The Paper.

The Tide rolls in on August 19. And if you can’t stand spandex, try riding naked, in If You Read the Paper, Tuesday, June 21

Al Qaida has tickets to the gun show, Revised ward plan for Norfolk, Goo removal from the Elizabeth, and more from Addy Smith.

Redistricting, McDonnell encourages people to drive less, ODU raising tuition, JewMa legal battle, PharrellxNASA.

Whether you’re a fan of Easter or Earth Day, chocolate or gardening, this weekend is full of awesome fun! From a Native American Festival, two Earth Day happy hours, Riverfest, and even Loose Lips, there’s no room for boredom.

Three local leaders–a developer, civic league president, and business owner–share their vision for a Norfolk neighborhood on the rise.

Good morning, all, and greetings on this brink of federal shutdown.

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.”

“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.”

Feminist punk, misogynist rap, the end of LCD Soundsystem, the beginning of The Mirrors. We’re kind of all over the place this week, and we kind of love it.

Four artists donate their time and talent to “artifiy” The Zedd’s Building at 776 Granby St. in Norfolk, VA.

As the repeal will allow many more GLBT people to be who they are, in the open, without the fear of losing their military career, they will be able to form more trusting relationships.

As a pragmatist and an optimist, my vote can be up for grabs by any politician or party who will make the effort to articulate clear positions and engage in meaningful discourse. It’s this last part where my path diverges so radically from the Tea Party’s.

George Booker spoke to a member of Second City about improvising material, gang warfare with other improv groups, and if there’s such thing as good pizza in Chicago.

It was like watching Wii come to life, but with sex, drugs, and politics.

President Obama is down to support our man Deeds. What kind of impact will it have?

If you’re an ODU student, start lining up at the Webb Center info desk bright and early Friday.

We’ll give you one guess.

Growing up I was always a big fan of hip hop, so when I moved to Norfolk from Fredericksburg I didn’t know what to expect. Being a freshman at ODU with no knowledge of the surrounding area, my music outreach was looking bleak. That was until…

Local mixed martial arts and what it means, (if anything).

All people, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer reminds us, not just Americans, are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.

The night before getting back into the classroom as a teacher can be almost thrilling. But moreover, it is terrifying.

A crowd of students gathered on campus last night to snatch up football tickets. But what, really, are they expecting ODU (and by proxy, themselves) to gain from having a big time football team?

A primer on all the ways ODU is leading the pack when it comes to greening the campus, including such innovations as a water cistern under Foreman Field and using tree trimmings to feed hippos at Norfolk Zoo.

“Being put in a body cast was the best thing that could have ever happened to me,” writes Gym Downtown manager and personal trainer Lacey Lee about a dream-shattering injury that ignited a lifelong passion for fitness.

Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, who will open the 2009 independent ONFilm Festival at Old Dominion University, will accept the ONFilm Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Alexander Treviño’s office in the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center at Old Dominion University serves many functions: storeroom, office, de facto conductor’s chambers (where Treviño does his seamstress work), and military-style recruitment and operations center. It also has the only blue door in the building.

You graduate this Saturday from O.D.U. with a Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and Printmaking, congratulations! So, what’s the next step for you, in both your artwork and career? Thank you. I’m excited about graduating. I actually have a job lined up that I start Monday morning. I’ll be working for a company in [...]

You are the author of two books of photography, Using History, Steidl, 2005, and In Search of the Corn Queen, National Museum of American Art, 1994. Do you think you will publish more? I most certainly hope so. << Previous | Next >>

In your series, “Liberty,” you photographed the “liberty wavers,” the employees of Liberty Tax Service who dress up as the Statue of Liberty and wave at cars driving by. The word ‘liberty’ is a definitive term that sums up “The American Dream.” Yet the individuals that work as “liberty wavers” are often the least likely [...]

The “Liberty” series is your most recent project. What are you currently working on and what will we see you explore in the upcoming year? Currently, I am working to finish up the “Liberty” series. I have ten new images ready for post-production. After that I will begin photographing a new body of work. I [...]