Folk, Blues, Maritime, Rock and Roll, Celtic, Reggae will be featured at the 11th Annual Yorktown Folk Festival. This free festival will have music for the whole family. There will be five stages with local bands, musicians, storytellers and dancers. The event will take place at the Watermen’s Museum, Riverwalk Landing and York Hall along the shores of … [Read more...] about Folk Festival In Yorktown Offers Plenty of Music
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Free event highlights Newport News breakthroughs, trailblazers, creatives, and more
Newport News is known for shipbuilding and for its diverse citizenry. To showcase that diversity, the city will host a free event to celebrate is on Aug. 12, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at City Center at Oyster Point. Made in Newport News will include live music, entertainment, art experiences, a beer garden, food, and family activities. Local entertainers will perform overlooking … [Read more...] about Free event highlights Newport News breakthroughs, trailblazers, creatives, and more
Day Trip: Go To See Beyond Van Gogh
A day trip to Virginia Beach is not just for the Atlantic Ocean. The works of Vincent Van Gogh in an immersive exhibit at the Virginia Beach Convention Center is well worth the drive from the Peninsula. Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is a multimedia, 3-D, traveling exhibit presented by the Virginia Arts Festival. Visitors are surrounded by more than 300 Van Gogh … [Read more...] about Day Trip: Go To See Beyond Van Gogh
Newport News Center of Web Series In Progress
Newport News will be the center of a feel-good web series being created by Yorktown resident Timothy Meyer, Jr. The story, set in the 1980s, is about a high school janitor, who at one time was an Atari National Championship contender, that has fallen on hard times. He lost the championship a few years earlier due to cheating by others. He life turns around when helps … [Read more...] about Newport News Center of Web Series In Progress
Art at the Yorktown Riverwalk May 7
Stroll along the waterfront and peruse paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass arts, photography, basketry, and more all done by 35 local and regional artists. The 10th annual Juried Art Show at the Historic Yorktown is May 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Painters, photographers, potters, jewelers, and other creative artists have displays along Riverwalk for and to earn the People’s … [Read more...] about Art at the Yorktown Riverwalk May 7