The New Commonwealth Quartet presents a free concert at the Chrysler Museum on Saturday, January 18. Rebecca Evans interviews the group about their training, love of music, and upcoming performance.

The Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads is bringing back their off the wall adaptation of “The Princess and the Pea” on Saturday, January 11 at the Zeiders American Dream Theater. Rebecca interviewed playwright and Artistic Director Mike Burnette, and Managing Director and actress Jessica Pinksy about the show.

LaJae Essence is a visual and spoken word artist better known as Poetry Jackson. Her first solo exhibit, “The 20/20 Visual Experiment,” opens Friday, January 3 with a performance and reception at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center. Rebecca Evans interviewed LaJae about the event, her artistic background, and spoken word in Hampton Roads.

The Chesapeake Central Library is presenting a special screening of the movie Hardcore Norfolk: A Story of Rock n Roll Survival on August 17. Rebecca Evans interviewed Debra Persons, a lifelong music fan, promoter, and one of three creative forces behind the movie.

Heidi Peelen is a multimedia artist based out of Hampton Roads. She's performing a one-woman show at the Push Comedy Theater on July 19 called The 5 Artists You Meet In Grad School. Rebecca Evans interviewed Heidi about how she keeps her love affair with art alive and how the Hampton Roads arts community has grown and changed.

The American Train Collective is a group of friends and musicians who travel long-distance and write songs together on Amtrak trains. The 2019 group begins its journey from Washington D.C. to San Francisco on June 21. Classical Announcer and Content Producer Rebecca Evans spoke with co-founders Jeanette Corey and Caroline Scruggs about studying music, the history of railroads in Hampton Roads, and how to foster creativity.

The Governor's School for the Arts brings us “Locked Down,” a performance about school shootings in America, May 16, 17, and 18 at 7 PM and May 19 at 2 PM. Classical Announcer and Content Producer Rebecca Evans spoke with Director Steve Earle and cast member Capri Manfred about arts and activism and what their creative process was like.

The 2019 Virginia International Tattoo plays Thursday, April 25 through Sunday, April 28 at the Scope Arena in Norfolk. This annual event is the largest tattoo performance in the United States with more than a thousand performers. Classical Announcer and Content Producer Rebecca Evans spoke with Pipe Major Ross McCrindle, and Cheryl Roach, the Dance Director of the OzScot Highland Dancers, about the tattoo community and how returning for every Virginia International Tattoo is like coming home.

The Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center is a multi-purpose cultural space in the Southeast community of Newport News, owned and operated by the city. This weekend, and beyond, you can see a very special exhibit at the Downing-Gross, called “A Space of Our Own.” Classical Announcer and Content Producer Rebecca Evans spoke with the Center’s Cultural Arts Specialist and Gallery Coordinator, Cindy Johnson, and an artist whose work will be displayed in the exhibit, Dinisha Ellis.

Virginia Ballet Theatre, our region’s only professional ballet company, presents its annual winter concert the weekend of February 22. Classical Announcer and Content Producer Rebecca Evans spoke with Artistic Director Ricardo Melendez and dancer Danielle Lewis about ballet, the show, and how they fell in love with dance.