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Williamsburg family promotes 'tubie' awareness
Kaylee squealed with barely contained delight as images of her brother, Adam, flashed on the TV screen. The 4th-grader and her mother, Katie Marceron, collaborated on the video, "Amazing Adam's Story," to show her class at Waller Mill Elementary, a York...
Tags: Genetic Condition, Healthcare Provider, Special Olympics, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Alzheimer's Disease
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Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival, happening Saturday, honors Virginia blues greats
The Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival returns on Saturday, March 9, with a dual mission. It's honoring two Virginia blues greats who have passed on -- John Cephas and Ann Rabson -- while also adding fuel to a living tradition. This year's mini-festival...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Saturday's college multisport roundup: CNU pitcher sets USA South saves record
Daily PressChristopher Newport senior and Lafayette High alum Ryan Fleischmann became the USA South Athletic Conference’s all-time saves leader. He saved both games for the Captains, who are ranked fifth in Division III, as they swept Saturday's doubleheader...Tags: College of William and Mary, Virginia Tech Hokies, College Sports, Old Dominion Monarchs, Colonial Athletic Association
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Inside the PD: Warwick's David Smith commits to Navy
Warwick football player David Smith, a first-team All-Peninsula District pick last fall, committed to the U.S. Naval Academy over the weekend. Smith chose the Midshipmen over a list of offers that included William and Mary, Hampton University and...
Tags: Football, Saint Augustine's College, Sports, College of William and Mary, Hampton University
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Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival returns to Thomas Nelson Community College
Virginia's own boogie piano queen, Ann Rabson, came to Hampton years back to play the Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival. While it hasn't been announced yet, I'm betting this year's festival will pay tribute to her in some way. Rabson died this week....
Tags: Entertainment, Hampton Roads, Music Industry, Music, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Inside the BRD: Allen Elledge is new Smithfield baseball coach
Smithfield High athletic director Miles Blount said that Brian White, the Packers' baseball coach the past few seasons, had to give up the job because the responsibilities of running his own business took up so much time. Blount’s solution was to...Tags: Bethune-Cookman University, Sports, College Baseball, Baseball
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Ann Rabson, popular Virginia blues musician, dead at 67
A beloved musician from Virginia's blues scene, Ann Rabson, passed away today, according to a news release from Alligator Records. The release said that Rabson died in her hometown of Fredericksburg after a long battle with cancer. She was 67. Best...
Tags: Entertainment, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Music Industry, Music
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Four Gloucester Point residents seek open seat on School Board
Four Gloucester Point residents are seeking the open seat on the Gloucester County School Board that was vacated upon the death of longtime member Jean Pugh. The four candidates for the open position are: --Troy Andersen, a Gloucester County native...Tags: Mathews County, Gloucester Point, Gloucester County, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Mathews (Mathews, Virginia)
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Nikki Giovanni: Poetry, social commentary and a whole bunch of fun
If I were to choose one word to describe Nikki Giovanni, it would be this: Convicted. I mean that in every good way. I mean that in the sense of a woman who stands proudly, and publicly, for her beliefs. Of course, so many other words come to mind,...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Poetry
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Nikki Giovanni's passion for poetry and life is undimmed
Celebrated poet and author Nikki Giovanni helps to expand and enrich young minds in Blacksburg, where she's a professor of English at Virginia Tech. Still, she's not exactly cloistered in her mountain-top, ivory tower. She gets around. Giovanni, who grew...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Tupac Shakur, Oprah Winfrey, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Still a chance to see award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni at TNCC on October 4
When the Virginia Peninsula Literary Consortium announced last month that tickets were available to see world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni at Thomas Nelson Community College on October 4, local poetry lovers snapped up those tickets like they were free...
Tags: Books, Poetry, Authors
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Living Here: Museums and galleries
From the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum to the Wise Memorial Gallery, art abounds in Hampton Roads. Art museums 1. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. Nationally-acclaimed collection of American folk art features paintings, sculpture,...Tags: Smithfield, Norfolk State University, College of William and Mary, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Colonial Williamsburg
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