Vicki L. Friedman
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Lisa Carter Diemyer, aka Trixie, started her Vintage Trixie store for antiques and collectibles. During the years, however, it has become an 'odditorium' of quirky miniatures, tarot tea parties and more. -
Hampton-born artist Chris Diont'e inexplicably grew up with a love of the country and horses and, on a whim, started a history project tied to those passions. He discovered his family's unique story. -
Writer Vicki L. Friedman is 10 years younger than her sister, which often meant the two were miles apart on subjects, like ships passing in the night. But they shared a love of Barry Manilow and have special plans for his Saturday stop in Norfolk. -
“The performing aspect fed my soul,” said John Brewington, the city's inaugural Champion of Arts Education. “The education piece of it fed my need to transfer knowledge, to want to excite kids the way it excited me.” -
'I don't relish the fact that my ancestors were enslaved, but I revere them as survivors,' said one of the reunion organizers. -
Norfolk Botanical Garden's butterfly house again grabs the top spot in the country as a reader favorite place to visit and learn -
The exhibition was the first of its kind among national events when it opened in Richmond last year. It opens in Yorktown days before the country's 250th. -
Sail250 Virginia is part of the national commemoration of the 250th anniversary. The Norfolk festival, June 19-23, is the largest public event in the Commonwealth for the 250th. -
The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk now attracts more than half a million visitors each year. It is hosting monthly events in honor of its 125th anniversary. -
Anne Hilton has worked for more than 30 years in designing, sewing and bedazzling costumes for The Hurrah Players family theater troupe.
