Military & Veterans

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives at Naval Station Norfolk on May 16 in Norfolk, Va. The USS Gerald R. Ford returned home to Virginia after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War.

The $13 billion carrier with a plumbing problem is home. Now come the costly repairs

Steve Walsh

With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.

Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Zach Top headlines Norfolk's Patriotic Festival on Friday.

Arts & Culture

Patriotic fest to fill downtown Norfolk with country music this weekend

Will Harris

The annual festival includes top names in country music and honors the military during Memorial Day weekend.

August 1944, Italy. From left: Lt. Dempsey W. Morgan; Lt. Carroll S. Woods; Lt. Robert H. Nelson Jr.; Capt. Andrew D. Turner and Lt. Clarence P. Lester were pilots in the elite, all-Black WWII fighter group known as Tuskegee Airmen. The Norfolk Historical Society is hosting a lecture on the group.

Arts & Culture

Wednesday lecture in Norfolk honors the famed Tuskegee Airmen

Staff Report

The Norfolk Historical Society is hosting a discussion about the decorated pilot and Petersburg native, Howard Baugh.

Sara Rhodes Zimmerman in white performing at the 2017 Virginia International Tattoo. Zimmerman has performed at the annual event during the years, from a child dancer to an adult performer and instructor.

Arts & Culture

Irish dancer says the Virginia Tattoo experience will be 'full circle' moment

Vicki L. Friedman

Sara Rhodes Zimmerman performed in the Virginia International Tattoo as a child, an adult and will now have her students dancing in the exhibitions when the Tattoo runs April 16-19.

Arts & Culture

'Art Spy' author to discuss heroine's resistance during WWII on Saturday

Vicki L. Friedman

Michelle Young, author of the nonfiction 'The Art Spy,' will discuss her WWII book at the Chrysler Museum of Art on Saturday in Norfolk.

Tee Walker, 54, is browsing files in the editing and podcast suite at Music Theory Studios in Norfolk. Walker participates in a program for military veterans in which they learn audio engineering, but can also get free therapy to contend with mental health issues stemming from their service.

Arts & Culture

Norfolk studio teaches about the business and healing power of music

Olivia Royster

Music Theory Studios started a Beats by Vets program, which offers audio engineering classes for military veterans. Music has been proven to ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.