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Anchors await restoration; Newport News shipyard steps up
When The Mariners' Museum embarked on a project to restore pieces from its "boneyard" full of old boats, cannons and anchors via a fund-raising drive it didn't expect the high level of donor response or the amount of anchor-polishing its under-equipped...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Manufacturing and Engineering, Boats, Shipbuilding, U.S. Navy
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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: American Civil War (1861-1865), Music, Concerts, G. Glenn Oder, Entertainment Events
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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: Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts, Arts, Auction Service, Arts and Culture
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Get out and get festive: Spring and summer festivals in Hampton Roads
Dust off those party clothes and dig out that crazy hat. It's the time of year when folks in our part of Virginia get together to celebrate in the fresh air and sunshine. If you're looking to socialize and depressurize, you're in luck. Festivals devoted...
Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, Yorktown (York, Virginia), Rebirth Brass Band (music group), Blackbeard, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
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Dishing Up Virginia in Newport News
Posted by Karen Morgan, Features Editor -- Hampton Roads food writer Patrick Evans-Hylton came to The Mariners' Museum in Newport News April 25 to talk about his new cookbook, "Dishing Up Virginia," and share some of the culinary delights he feels makes...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Bars and Clubs
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Mathews hosts Godspeed ship
MATHEWS — A replica of one of the three ships that brought the first English colonists to Virginia more than 400 years ago will be docked at Williams Wharf Landing on the East River from Friday through Sunday and host tours for Mathews...Tags: Onancock (Accomack, Virginia), Human Interest, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Jamestown Settlement
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Sarah Osborn, 14, earns gold medal in USA Shooting Junior Olympic national championships | Community news
Sarah Osborn wanted to take another shot at competing in small-bore .22 rifle shooting. Why not? The 14-year-old Hampton shooting phenom already had won national honors in air rifle. This included winning individual silver and bronze medals in her age...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Financial Aid, Minor League Baseball, Demographics, Hampton Roads
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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: Authors, Arts and Culture, 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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Preserving the memory of the Monitor sailors
Long before the start of the expedition that recovered the USS Monitor gun turret from the bottom of the Atlantic in 2002, Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists working to save the historic Civil War ship knew they might run into the remains of lost...
Tags: USS Monitor Center, Hatteras, Tropical Storms, Human Interest, Archaeology
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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: Alzheimer's Disease, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Alzheimer's Association
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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: Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Fine Arts, Music, Concerts, Entertainment
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