What is the HRMPO?  The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization is the intergovernmental transportation planning body for thirteen jurisdictions in Hampton Roads. If you’ve ever been worried about traffic tie-ups in Hampton Roads and you’ve wanted to know how you can find out about the planning process, then you should know about the HRMPO.

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http://www.hrpdc.org/

http://www.hrmpo.org/

Join us for our monthly editorial round table edition of What Matters.  This week we will discuss issues facing the Virginia General Assembly.  Our guests include our regulars – Vivian Paige and Don Luzzatto, along with guest columnist Pat Murphy. 

Links for this program:

• blog.vivianpaige.com
• virginianewssource.com
• pilotonline.com
• dailypress.com
• shadplank.com

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Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Norfolk Public Schools – a time of upheaval, social unrest, and change. A lot of attention has been paid to the African American students who bravely crossed the color lines and integrated the schools, but what about the members of the class of 1959? These students lost all but four months of their senior year of high school at a time when “the high school years were our universe”. Join Cathy Lewis for a different perspective of the Massive Resistance movement as we meet members of the “Lost Class of 1959” on What Matters.

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The arts community in Hampton Roads is being hit hard by tough economic times and having to make tough decisions from cancelling performances to layoffs.  How will the arts survive?  What creative measures can be taken to ensure that the arts in Hampton Roads remain viable?  Host Cathy Lewis takes a hard look at the future of the Arts in Hampton Roads in a What Matters hour long special edition. 

Upcoming events featuring the artistic groups featured on this edition of What Matters

Virginia Opera presents “Tosca”, opening January 30 at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk.  Contact www.va-opera.org

The Virginia Arts Festival presents its extravaganza beginning April 14 – Liza Minelli, Patti Lupone and Emmylou Harris are among the artists scheduled.  Website:  www.virginiaartsfest.com

Friday, January 9th, the Virginia Symphony is performing the Ride of the Valkyries at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News.  Website:www.virginiasymphony.org

Virginia Stage Company presents “A Moon for the Misbegotten” beginning January 20th, and in February, “Line in the Sand”, a new play about massive resistance and Norfolk school desegregation by Artistic Director Chris Hanna.  Website:www.vastage.com

Todd Rosenlieb and the Virginia Ballet Theatre are just starting to work together and look forward to their first joint performance in March.

The Chrysler Museum is just one of the regional visual galleries gearing up for “Art of Glass II”, a major retrospective of the work of Italian glass artist Lino Tagliapietra in April.  www.artofglass2.com is where you can learn more.

The Attucks Theatre presents “Zaki’s Black Carpet” on Saturday, February 7th at 8PM.  Website:www.attuckstheatre.org.

Virginia Chorale presents “The Young Singers Project” in concert on January 30 at 7:30PM at  Churchland Baptist Church in Chesapeake.  Website: www.vachorale.org.

 

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