Calendar
EVENT HIGHLIGHT
29th Annual Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival
May 18-19
Stockley Gardens, Norfolk
Over 140 artists will participate, featuring pieces in various media including painting, glass, sculpture, photography, and jewelry. There will also be an Emerging Artist Exhibit, musical performances all weekend long, children’s activities, and a variety of food vendors serving everything from popcorn to ribs to pitas to funnel cake and more. The festival will run from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 18, and from noon to 5:00 PM on Sunday, May 19. The artist award ceremony and after-hours party will take place Saturday evening from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The award ceremony and party are also free and open to the public. All proceeds from the festival will benefit Hope House Foundation.
EVENTS
Beach Music Cruise-In
May 16-19
24th Street Park @ Oceanfront
Norfolk Greek Festival
May 16-19
Greek Annunciation Cathedral
Chesapeake Jubilee
May 16-19
Chesapeake City Park
482-4848
BBQ & Art Auction
May 17
Peninsula Fine Art Center
Stockley Gardens Arts Festival
May 18-19
9th Annual Tour de Cuisine & Beer Garden
May 19
Norfolk’s Historic Freemason District
668-7098
23rd Annual Umoja Festival
May 24-26
nTelos Pavilion
Pungo Strawberry Festival
May 25-26
721-6001
Steel Pier Classic & Surf Art Show
May 25-27
409-1363
129th Annual Memorial Day Parade
May 27
Downtown Portsmouth, 11 AM
Blackbeard Pirate Festival
May 31 through June 2
Hampton Waterfront
727-8314
Hampton Roads Youth Poetry Slam Final
June 1
Norfolk State University
747-2679
37th Annual Norfolk Harborfest
June 7-9
Town Point Park
Seawall Music Festival
June 7-8
Portsmouth Waterfront
Latin Festival
June 7-8
24th Street @ Oceanfront
Boardwalk Art Show
June 13-16
Virginia Beach Boardwalk
BEER, WINE & MARTINI EVENTS
10th Annual Neptune Spring Wine Festival
May 18
31st Street Park @ Oceanfront
$30
498-0215
12th Annual Virginia Beer Festival
May 18-19
Town Point Park
2-6 PM, Admission required
PERFORMING ARTS
Chrysler Hall (Norfolk)
“Spank,” June 4-9
Ferguson Center for the Arts
Glenn Miller Orchestra, May 12
Dreamgirls, May 17-18
874-7400
Schola Cantorum of Virginia
“Local Composers in Residence,” May 18, Larchmont Methodist Church
“Local Composers in Residence,” May 19, Trinity Episcopal, Portsmouth
“Local Composers in Residence,” June 2, Old Donation Episcopal, VA Beach
Tidewater Friends of Folk Music
Steve Kaufman, May 18
Virginia Beach Central Library
626-3655
Virginia Arts Festival
Les Noces, Todd Rosenlieb Dance, May 11, Chrysler Hall
Keigwin + Company, May 12, Sandler Center
Music from Moses Myers Collection, May 14
Audra McDonald, May 16, Attucks Theatre
Nijinksky’s Last Dance, May 17-19, Benjack Studio
The Last Bison, May 19, Norfolk Botanical Garden
Classics at the Vineyard, May 23, Williamsburg Winery
Bravo Broadway, May 25, Williamsburg Lodge
Hot Sardines, May 26, Williamsburg Lodge
Rite of Spring, May 29, Chrysler Hal
Indigo Girls, May 31, Chrysler Hall
Flying Proms, June 1, Virginia Aviation Museum
Virginia Opera
“Carousel,” May 10-19
Harrison Opera House
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
“The Magical Music of Disney,” June 2, Sandler Center
THEATER
Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads
“Treasure Island,” May 18, Suffolk Center
“Treasure Island,” May 19, VA Beach Central Library
923-0003
Generic Theatre
“The Light in the Piazza,” Through June 2
“Circle Mirror Transformation,” June 7-30
Hurrah Players
“Snow White Goes West,” May 17-19
Perry Family Theater
Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” May 17 through June 9
Little Theatre of Norfolk
“Avenue Q,” May 17 through June 9
627-8557
Peninsula Community Theatre
“Doubt,” Through May 12
Venue on 35th
Every Monday – Open Mic
Various Nights: Actor’s Open Stage
“Burley-Q,” May 17-18
469-0337
Williamsburg Players
“Chicago,” June 6-22
ART MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio (Norfolk)
Free demonstrations Wednesday through Sunday
“Adeline’s Portan,” Through November 3, Moses Myers House
The Mad Scientists, May 15, Glass Studio
“Grey Matter,” Through July 20, Suffolk Center
664-6200, www.chrysler.org
Peninsula Fine Art Center (Newport News)
“Working South: Mary Whyte,” Through July 7
“Genesis 2013,” Through July 7
“Prefaces 2013,” Through July 7
596-8175
Hermitage Museum (Norfolk)
“Waving to Strangers: Recent Work by Harlie Rush,” May 18-28
Sloane Collection, ongoing
423-2052
Virginia MOCA (Virginia Beach)
Brian Dettmer, sculpture, May 30 through August 18
“Stacey Steers: Select Films,” May 30 through August 18
“Wade Mickley: Terribly Wonderful,” May 30 through August 18
“Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project,” May 30 through August 18
Charles H. Taylor Center (Hampton)
34th Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition 2013, Through May 26
“Word,” June 1 through July 7
Lorrie Saunders ArtGallery (Norfolk)
“Sayaka Suzuki & Susan Worsham: A Zillion Seeds,” Through May 24
The Artists Gallery (Virginia Beach)
Various artists, ongoing
“Figuratively Speaking,” Through June 1
“Beaches, Beacons & Boats,” June 1 through July 7
425-6671
Mayer Fine Art Gallery (Norfolk)
“John Miles Runner: Butterfly Effect,” Through June 20
803-4749
Selden Gallery (Norfolk)
“Let’s Go Shopping,” Through June 8
“Amanda Page Stephens: 20 Years of APS,” Through May 31
“Candy’s Dandy,” May 17-24
664-6880
Norfolk Botanical Garden
“From Here to There,” Through May 31
www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org
Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
“Creative Variations,” Through May 28
393-8543
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
“Derby Girls: Portraits by Glen McClure” Through June 30
393-8031
d’Art Center (Norfolk)
Various artists on display
23rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Art Exhibition, Through May 25
“Local Matters,” June 14 though July 28
625-4211, www.d’artcenter.org
Richard Stravitz 30th Street Gallery (Virginia Beach)
Various artists on display
“Hopes And Dreams for a Cure for ALS,” Through June 1
961-7509
Harbor Gallery (Norfolk)
Various artists on display
627-2787
Linda Matney Gallery (Williamsburg)
“Elizabeth Meade: Various Objects,” Opens in May
UNIVERSITY ARTS
Old Dominion University
Visual Art: “Amalgamation: ODU Senior Art Show,” Through May 12, Gordon Gallery
683-4354
TCC Visual Arts Center
“Diane Hottenstein: Epistles140 Characters,” Through June 26
“Lana Stephens: Impassible Doorway,” Through June 26
822-1888
FILM
New Progressive Cinema
By Tench Phillips, co-owner of Naro Cinema.
Recently released independent films continue to explore important stories overlooked or ignored by the mainstream media. In this month’s selection of non-fiction films to be featured at the Naro Cinema, investigative filmmakers provide a voice to those marginalized peoples of the world who are regularly silenced and oppressed by powerful political forces.
Upcoming documentaries are listed in the order of their playdates at the Naro. Most of these film events will also have speakers and discussion.
HARVEST OF EMPIRE
The Untold Stories of Latinos in America Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist Juan González (also co-host of Democracy Now!), Harvest of Empire reveals the direct connection between the long history of covert U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Shows Wed, May 15.
ROOM 237
This long awaited documentary explores the numerous theories and hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining. The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to inspire debate, speculation, and mystery. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments. Together they’ll draw the audience into a new maze, one with endless detours and dead ends, many ways in, but no way out. Opens Friday, May 17.
SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE
Mark Plotkin who just recently lectured at ODU, is a renowned ethnobotanist (a scientist who studies the relationship between indigenous people and plant). Inspired by his teacher, the great explorer and botanist Richard Schultes, Mark set out from Harvard on a thirty year mission to find medicinal and visionary plants in the Amazon. He was allowed entry into the world of shape-shifting shamans but their knowledge is disappearing even faster than the forests themselves. Filmmaker Miranda Smith documents Plotkin’s work within the rainforest and his founding of ACT (Amazon Conservation Team). Speaking after the film is Lytton Musselman, an ethnobotanist who teaches at ODU and also in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. His area of research is the Middle East and he is the author of”The Earth Shall Teach You: The Silent Language of Plants in the Land of the Bible”. Shows Wed, May 22.
GREEDY LYING BASTARDS
Eco-activist and filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh’s hard-hitting documentary is a sophisticated, four-years-in-the-making expose of climate change denial. By following the trail of big money in Washington, the film blows the cover on the covert funding of right-wing politicians and the campaigns of misinformation orchestrated by the petrol chemical industry and power companies – all too willingly embraced by the corporate media. Presented with the Sierra Club and shows Wed, May 29
NO
I have included one fiction drama filmed in a cinema verite style so realistic that much of the movie looks like actual archival footage. Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) plays a brash young advertising manager who in 1988 is selected by the opposition party to spearhead their political campaign to oust Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet in the national elections. Against all odds and with limited resources, their campaign must rely on creative intelligence and their collective spirit. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Shows Wed, June 5.
IN ORGANIC WE TRUST
Filmmaker Kip Pastor has taken a personal journey into the making and marketing of our food supply. He learns that what began as a grassroots movement of small farmers has turned into a $30 billion large corporate industry. By traveling around the country Kip finds family farms dedicated to stewardship of the land, a thriving subculture of local farm markets, chefs feeding children healthy school meals, and urban and school gardens sprouting up to bring fresh food to low income communities. Presented with Five Points Community Farm Market and shows Wed, June 12.
ONE TRACK HEART
The Story of Krishna Das In 1970, Jeffrey Kagel walked away from the American dream of rock ‘n’ roll stardom, turning down the chance to record as lead singer of the soon-to-be-named Blue Oyster Cult. Instead, he sold all his possessions and moved from the suburbs of Long Island to the foothills of the Himalayas in search of happiness and a little-known saint named Neem Karoli Baba. Filmmaker Jeremy Frindel follows Kagel’s journey to India and back, witnessing his struggles with depression and drug abuse, to his eventual emergence as Krishna Das, world-renowned teacher and kirtan master. Featuring interviews with spiritual teacher Ram Dass, bestselling author Sharon Salzberg, and many more luminaries. Speaking after the film is Jon Seskevich, a recording artist and teacher who performs kirtan and is based in Durham, NC. He has been a close friend of both Ram Dass and Krishna Das since the seventies. Shows Sat, June 15.
BIDDER 70
In 2008, University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher disrupted a controversial Utah BLM Oil and Gas lease auction. He posed as a bidder #70 and bid $1.7 million to win 22,000 acres of land he had no intention of paying for. He was arrested and his act of civil disobedience slowly made its way through a rigged judicial system that sentenced him to two years in jail. Now his inspirational fight for climate justice can be told. Presented with the Sierra Club and shows Wed, July 3.
DIRTY WARS
The World is a Battlefield Filmmaker Richard Rowley (co-founder of Big Noise Films) follows investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of the international bestseller “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army” into the heart of America’s covert wars, from Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond. With a strong cinematic style, the film unfolds through Scahill’s investigation and personal journey as he chases down the most important human rights story of our time. Undated at press time as we try to schedule Jeremy to return to the Naro to present his new book and movie.