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ODU/OBX Intercollegiate: James Madison stretches lead to 11
Michael Hake’s second-round 66 put him two strokes clear individually as James Madison extended its team advantage with a 277 at Kilmarlic. James Madison widened its lead from three strokes to 11 after the second round of the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, with Michael Hake taking over the individual lead at Kilmarlic Golf Club in Harbinger, North Carolina.
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High Energy, High Drama Open Virginia Opera Season
One of opera’s best known works, “Pagliacci,” comes to the stage of the Harrison Opera House full of “high octane, high drama, high energy,” to quote Virginia Opera’s Artistic Director and “Pagliacci” conductor, Adam Turner. This famous tragedy of a heartbroken clown...
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2026 DSO Gala Was A Train-Stopping Event On An Autumn Night With A “Harvest Rhapsody” Moon
With the 2026 Harvest Moon hovering in a cloudless sky, the setting was perfect for music lovers across the country on Saturday, September 26. Whether it was Farm Aid 2026 with a Virginia crowd wearing T-shirts, gimme caps and blue jeans, or the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s black-tie gala at the Meyerson Symphony Center, kicking off North Texas’ fall social season, the night was tailor-made for music aficionados of all stripes.
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Portsmouth’s Missy Elliott Hosts HBCU Battle of Bands At NSU
Global music icon Missy Elliott brought together some of the nation’s leading HBCU marching bands for the Missy Elliott HBCU Battle of the Bands, on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at Norfolk State University. The Battle featured performances from the NSU “Spartan Legion”, VSU’s “Trojan Explosion” , ECSU’s “ Sound of Class”, and Hampton U’s “Marching Force”.
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ODU Prepares To Host 16th Annual ODU/OBX Intercollegiate
NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion men's golf is set to host the 16th annual ODU/OBX Intercollegiate at Kilmarlic Golf Club in Powells Point, North Carolina this Sunday through Tuesday. The course at Kilmarlic has a par of 71 and is 6,578 total yards. The three-day tournament will have split-tee...
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Walking Into Doumar’s In Norfolk Virginia Feels Like Discovering A Piece Of The 1930s That Never Disappeared
A waffle cone machine built in 1905 still turns out cones at a little drive-in in Virginia. Its builder is the very same man credited with inventing the waffle cone in the first place. The story starts at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. An ice cream vendor ran out...
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Telecom crew covers HBCU Band Battle at NSU
Telecom was asked to cover an exciting event in October: the inaugural "HBCU Band Battle" hosted by Missy Elliott, which was held at William "Dick" Price Stadium at Norfolk State University. The showcase was presented by Elliott, the Grammy award-winning rapper and Portsmouth native. It focused on the themes of...
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The short, electric life of Work|Release
For two years, you could hear it before you could see it. Music spilling out from the corner of Granby Street and Olney Road, loud enough to reach you half a block away on Brambleton Avenue. Lines wrapped around the building and spilled across the street, still moving at 1:30 in the morning. On the busiest nights, overflow crowds drifted to the Granby Social Club a couple doors down, waiting for a gap in the line.
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Naval Station Norfolk Commanding Officer shares preview of Fleet Fest on Coast Live
NORFOLK, Va. — Captain Ray Glenn shares what's in store for Fleet Fest 2026, including exciting demonstrations, ship tours, and an in-depth look at the lives of our servicemen and women at the world's largest base. www.navylifema.com/FleetFest. Naval Station Norfolk 2026 Fleet Fest. Naval Station Norfolk’s premier open house...
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The short, electric life of Work|Release
For two years, you could hear it before you could see it. Music spilling out from the corner of Granby Street and Olney Road, loud enough to reach you half a block away on Brambleton Avenue. Lines wrapped around the building and spilled across the street, still moving at 1:30 in the morning. On the busiest nights, overflow crowds drifted to the Granby Social Club a couple doors down, waiting for a gap in the line.
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Missy Elliott turned Norfolk State into the Supa Dupa Fly capital of HBCU band culture
Missy Elliott came home to Hampton Roads to put HBCU marching band culture in the spotlight, and the region answered with a crowd that turned a Sunday in October into a homecoming, a family reunion, and a concert all at once. Long before the first drum major raised a baton,...
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Virginia Zoo’s new Eastern mountain bongo calf has captive audience
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Early Thursday morning at the Virginia Zoo, the lions, cheetahs, as well as the giraffes were trying to get a closer look at its new addition. “Last Wednesday, Oct. 13, Clover, one of our female eastern bongos, gave birth to a little baby girl,” said Emily Spence, curator of the Africa […]
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How the Perry Glass Studio's Pumpkinpalooza has become a hot fall tradition
Whether it’s marbles, jewelry or mushrooms, the Perry Glass Studio offers plenty of options to create something special in glass. But nothing fires up the masses more than Pumpkinpalooza, classes that start well before temperatures start to fall. It runs late September through early November on Thursdays and weekends and allows folks to apply crushed glass to molten glass to create a pumpkin.
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Generic Theater moves into a new home with volunteer help and finds new fans
When the musical revue “Putting it Together” opens at the Generic Theater's new location next month, it will feature an ensemble of seven. Yet the cast that put it all together — transforming a space that hosted Scottish rite ceremonies into a black box theater in a few months — numbers more than 100.
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BEHOLD, The Baddest In Green & Gold! A Gallery Of Norfolk State Stunners Who Slayyyed The Spartan Way At Homecoming 2026
Not your typical Homecoming hotties! You know we had to salute the mighty Spartans of Norfolk State University, known for its vibrant campus culture, authentic tidewater vibes, and spectacular Spartan Legion band in the heart of Norfolk, Virginia, (across the bridge from rival Hampton University). Founded in 1935 as the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union […]