Vicki L. Friedman
Freelancer-
December marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of 19th-century British author Jane Austen. What would she think of fan groups, movies and now musical that thrive in her honor? -
The Virginia Beach theater, affectionately known as 'The Z,' was named the 'dream' theater with a purpose: to be the creative community for aspiring actors, playwrights and musicians. -
Access Virginia, a local nonprofit, provides open captioning and audio narration for theater and museum visitors who are blind, deaf or hard of hearing. The founder says the service allows her clients to 'laugh with everyone else and cry with everyone else.' -
Former Virginia Beach resident Inez Davenport Jones returned home recently for a party celebrating her 100th birthday. She reflected on a student protest in 1951 that changed education in the U.S. -
The Muscarelle Museum of Art at W&M and Visit Williamsburg are inviting people to create squares for a massive quilt to mark the country's 250th birthday next July. -
Kids, and their parents, visiting the Military Aviation Museum often asked how the pilots used the bathroom during flight missions during WWII. So the museum created a permanent exhibition in the bathrooms to explain. -
The Visionaries for Change giving circle was established five years ago to work in Black communities, providing grants to support community programs. It's exceeded its own expectations. -
The Virginia Beach Art Center is hosting a 'Hippie Fest' fundraiser for its artists and programs. Merch and food promise to be far out; don't forget your bell-bottoms. -
Two Norfolk art galleries closed recently, and art centers are cutting programs, seeing fewer sales as people tighten their budgets, among layoffs and cuts in arts funding. -
Singletary was a beloved professor, music teacher and collector. He turned his Portsmouth home into an African art museum. Singletary died in June and his brother wants to keep the museum open.
