Arts & Culture

Wanda Tucker, who traces her lineage to the first person of African descent born in Virginia, said the trip was "overwhelming, but positive."

The giveaway is in its sixth year and has served thousands of families with holiday meals.

Many contemporary land acknowledgments unintentionally communicate false ideas about the history of dispossession and the current realities of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

A new contract requires festival organizers to do things like release a lineup before receiving portions of the $500,000 Virginia Beach leaders promised to pay them.

Under new leadership, the organization aims to reach out internationally as it tells the tale of the first African people taken to Virginia and promotes healing.

The venue is named after the Alan B. Shepard Convention Center, built in 1958, that came to be known as The Dome. The new Dome is taking over the old site at the Oceanfront.

The restoration helps highlight the complicated intersection of race and education in early American society.

The selected poet will serve a two-year term advocating and championing the arts in the city.

After a short notice cancellation of 2024’s festival, city council voted on new measures in the sponsorship agreement to prevent it from happening again.

His first local patient credits him with saving her life.