State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
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Never Yet Melted (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Willem-Adolphe Bouguereau, Democrat Who Stabbed Hillary Pursued By the Furies, 1862, Chrysler Museum of Art Well, here you are. You’ve got a really obscure guy with an exotic and ultra-left background that you’re running for president… because he talks so good. My, oh my. I’m just a Republican myself, and what [...]
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Source: [b]Virginian- Pilot[/b] By Teresa Annas The Virginian-Pilot April 4, 2008 NORFOLK -- Two local art lovers are raising $1,000 to give to a high school artist who was originally named first place in The Virginian-Pilot Student Gallery, but was not given the award because newspaper offici...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 02/17/2008
music The Gryphon Trio, presented by The Feldman Chamber Music Society. 8 p.m. at Kaufman Theatre, Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 W. Olney Road, Norfolk. 552-1630. children "Who's in Rabbit's House Puppet Show," African story told with puppets. 2 p.m.
Coxsoft Art News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
A reader has kindly sent me the itinerary of the US touring exhibition American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell . When it ends in Akron, Ohio, on 3 February, it will go to the Orlando Museum of Art, Florida, from 1 March to 26 May, thence to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, from 8 November to 1 February 2009, thence to the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 14 November...
Myrtus (Free subscription) | 12/27/2007
I love Correia Art Glass not just because of its visual/artistic expression but also because it's functional. Every single piece reminds me of some sort of decadent desert just standing there trying to seduce you and can't wait to satisfy...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/07/2007
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Norfolk Southern Foundation - the charitable giving affiliate of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: ) - awarded grants worth more than $1.5 million to nonprofit charitable organizations in the third quarter of 2007. The grants included $448,128 in employee matching gifts in support of 207 organizations. Grants other than matching gifts went to 83 organizations...
MetaFilter (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
I'm looking for recommendations for the Williamsburg, VA area--things to see and do (historical is fine, but also are there any non historical things to do?) and places to eat. Searching online for this only turns up endless Colonial Williamsburg information. While I would like to know what historical parts are worthwhile, I'm also wondering where the people who actually live around there go (and eat)....
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 02/05/2007
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Army scientists looking at an archaeological study from 1955 and Colonial records have identified a site off the Lynnhaven River as the long-lost Henry Towne, one of the earliest English settlements in America. In a 1613 letter, Lt. Gov. Samuel Argall described the outpost near Cape Henry as "Henries Towne," said Randy Amici, who led the team that conducted the work as part of an...
