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Wine at Mariners', art in Virginia Beach, hip-hop in Portsmouth: Fun Things to Do
Here are some of your best entertainment options for the weekend of June 14. Find all the details at www.hrticket.com. DRINKIN' WINE. Great grapes will be the attraction at the Bronze Door Wine Classic on Saturday at the Mariners' Museum in Newport...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Yorktown (York, Virginia), Wines
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Bronze Door Wine Classic coming up Saturday at The Mariners' Museum
The Mariners’ Museum’s Bronze Door Society will hold its third annual Wine Classic from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday June 15 at the museum. More than 90 wines from California, Oregon, Australia, Spain, France and Italy will be featured. Wineries...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Museums, Wines
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Free Thursday concerts at Fort Monroe, Mariners' Museum begin in June
A popular summer concert series has seemingly escaped looming federal budget cuts. Fort Monroe's Music By the Bay series will begin June 13 and with a performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band Wind Ensemble. Concerts take place on Thursday evenings at...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Armed Forces, Arts and Culture, Concerts, U.S. Air Force
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PFAC BBQ & Auction coming up May 17
Great barbecue and an art auction are on the plate when the Peninsula Fine Arts Center holds its annual fundraiser beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the center. The evening starts off with cocktails and an auction preview. Barbecue will be provided...
Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts
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Upcoming book launches offer food for the soul, and the stomach!
Southside author Tracey L. Moore describes herself on her website as “The Purposeful Poet” whose goal is to “encourage, uplift and inspire people to be the best they can be for Christ.” Moore’s first book, “Oasis for my...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Authors, Museums
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Chef Evans-Hylton hosts tasting and signing at The Mariners' Museum
Chef Patrick Evans-Hylton will host a food tasting and book launch for his latest cookbook, “Dishing Up Virginia,” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News. Evans-Hylton will be on hand to sign...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Recipes
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First clash of the ironclads
Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...
Tags: Hampton Roads, USS Monitor Center, Unions, Basketball, U.S. Navy
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NN personal trainer scales Mt. Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer's research
Newport News personal trainer Brian Cole scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the tallest freestanding peak in Africa, in February. After altitude sickness foiled his climb a couple of years ago, Cole recommitted to the effort to reach the summit, 19,000...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Disease
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Nicole Belanus, Williamsburg songwriter, will play free show at Pfac
Williamsburg singer-songwriter Nicole Belanus will play a free show at Peninsula Fine Arts Center Thursday, March 21. Her performance is part of Pfac's Art After 5 series which presents art-and-music powered after-work parties. Art After 5 events last...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Concerts, Artists, Arts and Culture, Peninsula Fine Arts Center
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NYT Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin to speak at Mariners' Museum
The Mariners' Museum in Newport News is hosting New York Times best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin to speak about his new book, "When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail." Dolin's other books include...Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), The New York Times, Authors, China
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This Week in The Dish
Chef Kenny Sloane and his Fin Restaurant crew take top award at the 2012 Signature Chef Auction presented Nov. 4 by the March of Dimes in Williamsburg...Battle of the Brews coming up Nov. 9 at the Mariners' Museum...For information and daily updates on...
Tags: Hampton Roads, March of Dimes Foundation
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A man and his ship ... and a museum
The Mariners' Museum's blog, Port of Call, called me out a little (and I'm glad they did) in regards to a short (and shorter than I had hoped) writeup of Steven Ujifusa's new book chronicling the life of William Francis Gibbs, designer of the record-...Tags: Shipbuilding, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Museums, Manufacturing and Engineering
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