RECENT News PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
“The Antonym” Features Holiday Activities at the Children’s Museum of Virginia
The Antonym, Norfolk's PhotoJournal for the Arts has written a piece just in time for the holiday season to showcase Portsmouth's Winter Wonderland at the Children's Museum of Virginia. The Antonym aims "to document Norfolk's arts and music scene while raising issues...
Portsmouth Featured in Roulez Magazine
Roulez Magazine is a virtual publication celebrating "the bounty of everyday life within widely diverse regions of the United States and other geographies." Kimberly Toms researched and wrote an in depth article about Portsmouth, Virginia, focusing on the history and...
Olde Towne Ghost Walk Scheduled for October 25, 2019
Famous Portsmouth Halloween Event Returns The Olde Towne Civic League is once again producing their annual Ghost Walk. The 39th annual event takes place on October 25th and serves as the primary fundraising event to help maintain the 300 year old neighborhood for...
Oktoberfest 2019 was a Tremendous Success
Oktoberfest 2019 in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia Oktoberfest 2019 was sponsored and produced The Bier Garden Restaurant and Festhaus, a Portsmouth favorite for more than twenty years. The Bier Garden has been producing Oktoberfest for the last sixteen years but...
Efforts Underway to Restore Artifacts Recently Discovered at Historic Hill House Museum
By Heather McGinley Correspondent The Virginian-Pilot Visitors can hear the echo of footsteps as they cross hardwood floors in the music room usually covered with furniture and oriental carpets. Light from windows missing their curtains reveals cracked plaster in...
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Virginia and Children’s Museum of Virginia Present Celebrate the Arts!
Norfolk, VA –Young Audiences Arts for Learning Virginia (YAV) celebrates another year of family-fun and partnership with the Children’s Museum of Virginia. Celebrate the Arts! is an interactive day filled with performances by YAV artists, arts activities for all ages,...
Black History Now 2018
Celebrating Today’s Change Makers Presented by the Portsmouth Museums and the Portsmouth Public Library PORTSMOUTH, VA – The Portsmouth Museums and Portsmouth Public Library are proud to present the third Annual Black History Now - Celebrating Today’s Change Makers....
Portsmouth enters the game: The opening of two new breweries ushers in a new age of beer in the historic port town
By Pete Newell HR Growler Chances are you’ve never heard of Alt Platz Brewing Company, but up until now it represented Portsmouth’s lone bid to cash in on craft beer. The small brewpub opened to little fanfare on High Street in 2006, and close two years later. It took...
Destination P-Town: Portsmouth Promotes New Arts and Cultural District
Penny Neef - AltDaily.com Portsmouth already has the pieces in place. Now it’s time to mark the gateways, fly some banners, create a website, engage the community, attract more art and artists, and promote the new Portsmouth Arts and Cultural District. Maybe even give...
Haven of Safety: The Kaiser’s Courteous Pirates in Hampton Roads
The Friends of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum Present The 2017 Friends of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum’s Lecture Series will conclude on Thursday, September 14, at 4:00 p.m., at the Churchland Branch of the Portsmouth Public Library (Coleman Room). The...
Recent Comments