Vicki L. Friedman
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Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services began in 1855 in Norfolk, housing children orphaned by the yellow fever epidemic. The group marked its 170-year anniversary in Norfolk on Sunday. -
Alex Dickerson-Watson used to borrow his mom's camera and film his friends having fun. The filmmaker is now tackling bigger projects and gaining international recognition. -
'Gabriel' is a musical about Gabriel's Rebellion, a thwarted attempt in 1800 to end slavery in Virginia. It is part of the VA250 commemoration programming. -
Colonial Williamsburg's 'Unseen Creatures' tour takes place in the alley between the art museums and uses items from the museum collections to inspire the stories. -
The Hague Parade launches Sunday afternoon on the Hague in Norfolk and features creative, colorful floats and displays, and a fashion show across the pedestrian bridge. It will end at the Chrysler Museum of Art. -
Maegan and Joshua Cahoon couldn't find a suitable school for their son, Maverick, who after he was diagnosed with Autism Level 2. So they created one. -
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.
