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![The national Broadway tour of "Les Misérables" will open Tuesday at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. It runs through Sunday. The national Broadway tour of "Les Misérables" will open Tuesday at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. It runs through Sunday.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVP-L-LesMis.jpg?w=132)
National Broadway tour of ‘Les Misérables’ comes to Chrysler Hall in Norfolk
The national Broadway tour of "Les Misérables" will open Tuesday at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. It runs through Sunday.
![The man who put a letter written in 1945 by a serviceman stationed at Little Creek into bottle and set it adrift told The Pilot: "I didn't think it was that big a deal." The man who put a letter written in 1945 by a serviceman stationed at Little Creek into bottle and set it adrift told The Pilot: "I didn't think it was that big a deal."](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-BottleWithLetter.jpg?w=66)
Mystery solved: Florida man released 1945 letter in a bottle written by Little Creek serviceman
The man who put a letter written in 1945 by a serviceman stationed at Little Creek into bottle and set it adrift told The Pilot: "I didn't think it was...
![Pusha T, a rapper part of Hampton Roads' circle of hip-hop royalty, has co-founded a new festival. The Cousinz Festival will feature headliners Erykah Badu and Jermaine Dupri. Pusha T, a rapper part of Hampton Roads' circle of hip-hop royalty, has co-founded a new festival. The Cousinz Festival will feature headliners Erykah Badu and Jermaine Dupri.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-CousinzFestival-03-e1724891628680.jpg?w=140)
Norfolk’s Cousinz Festival will open Saturday with headliners Erykah Badu, Jermaine Dupri
Pusha T, a rapper part of Hampton Roads' circle of hip-hop royalty, has co-founded a new festival. The Cousinz Festival will feature headliners Erykah Badu and Jermaine Dupri.
![A new book, "The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American History," by Virginia author Lon Wagner, chronicles a 1855 yellow fever epidemic that ravaged Norfolk and Portsmouth. He'll give a talk at a Norfolk bookstore Thursday. A new book, "The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American History," by Virginia author Lon Wagner, chronicles a 1855 yellow fever epidemic that ravaged Norfolk and Portsmouth. He'll give a talk at a Norfolk bookstore Thursday.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-DB-YELLOW-FEVER-BLACK-VICTIMS-2005.jpg?w=66)
A picture of misery: Yellow fever gutted 1855 Hampton Roads
A new book, "The Fever: The Most Fatal Plague in American History," by Virginia author Lon Wagner, chronicles a 1855 yellow fever epidemic that ravaged Norfolk and Portsmouth. He'll give...
![A letter to a pal, seemingly written by a man stationed in Hampton Roads during World War II, was found last week in a bottle washed ashore near Tampa, Florida. It was in debris left by Hurricane Debby. A letter to a pal, seemingly written by a man stationed in Hampton Roads during World War II, was found last week in a bottle washed ashore near Tampa, Florida. It was in debris left by Hurricane Debby.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bottle.webp?w=79)
Letter in a bottle, seemingly written in 1945 by serviceman at Little Creek, washes up in Florida
A letter to a pal, seemingly written by a man stationed in Hampton Roads during World War II, was found last week in a bottle washed ashore near Tampa, Florida....
![Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander got an insider look at the recently-constructed expansion at the Chrysler Museum of Art's Perry Glass Studio in Norfolk. Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander got an insider look at the recently-constructed expansion at the Chrysler Museum of Art's Perry Glass Studio in Norfolk.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-PERRY-GLASS-STUDIO-081524-WS-08.jpg?w=132)
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First glance at the expanded Chrysler Museum of Art’s Perry Glass Studio
Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander got an insider look at the recently-constructed expansion at the Chrysler Museum of Art's Perry Glass Studio in Norfolk.
![Foreigner will be at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach on Aug. 20 as part of its "The Historic Farewell Tour." Foreigner will be at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach on Aug. 20 as part of its "The Historic Farewell Tour."](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-Foreigner.jpg?w=140)
Foreigner’s ‘The Historic Farewell Tour’ comes to Virginia Beach later this month
Foreigner will be at the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach on Aug. 20 as part of its "The Historic Farewell Tour."
![A new book about Virginia Beach's most famous witch, Grace Sherwood, tells the story of her persecution and life and also examines her cultural legacy. A new book about Virginia Beach's most famous witch, Grace Sherwood, tells the story of her persecution and life and also examines her cultural legacy.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-witch.jpg?w=132)
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New book about Virginia Beach’s Grace Sherwood examines the Witch of Pungo’s cultural legacy
A new book about Virginia Beach's most famous witch, Grace Sherwood, tells the story of her persecution and life and also examines her cultural legacy.
![Ashley Branton, who identifies as witch and owns "The Velvet Witch" store in Norfolk, led a healing ritual Thursday at a "Fairy Tree" to help the tree recover from a pruning last month. Ashley Branton, who identifies as witch and owns "The Velvet Witch" store in Norfolk, led a healing ritual Thursday at a "Fairy Tree" to help the tree recover from a pruning last month.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TVP-L-DB-WITCHRITUAL-0810-WS-01.jpg?w=132)
Norfolk witch leads ritual to heal ‘Fairy Tree’ in wake of limb removal
Ashley Branton, who identifies as witch and owns "The Velvet Witch" store in Norfolk, led a healing ritual Thursday at a "Fairy Tree" to help the tree recover from a...
![The "Fairy Tree" in Norfolk is a beloved destination for children wanting to commune with the world of imagination, and a local children's book author, Lisa Suhay, is furious that the tree had limbs cuts off by the city. The "Fairy Tree" in Norfolk is a beloved destination for children wanting to commune with the world of imagination, and a local children's book author, Lisa Suhay, is furious that the tree had limbs cuts off by the city.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TVP-L-DB-FAIRYTREE-0728-WS-007.jpg?w=132)
The queen fairy is ‘miffed’: Norfolk cuts off limbs of popular ‘Fairy Tree’ for a public works project
The "Fairy Tree" in Norfolk is a beloved destination for children wanting to commune with the world of imagination, and a local children's book author, Lisa Suhay, is furious that...