HearSay with Cathy Lewis

Responding to the growing challenge of prescription opioid misuse, doctors across Virginia are working to develop common sense guidelines for prescribing opioids. In Virginia, statistics show more than 4,000 deaths have been reported in recent years due to fatal prescription opioid overdoses, and that a significant number of babies have been born after being exposed to such substances due to the mother's substance misuse while pregnant. We invite you to share your own experiences overcoming opioid use at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program your stories at [email protected] or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis. Also, local author, Lisa Suhay joins us to talk about her new book.

Is there a loyalty gap in Virginia? With both party's primary races proving to be increasingly contentious, testing party loyalty every step of the way, who will Virginia Republicans and Democrats opt to support? Join us as we consider new polling results from Christopher Newport University's Wason Center that's shedding some new light on where Virginia's Political loyalties lie.

Today we'll talk with the maestro herself, conductor JoAnne Falletta. This year marks her 25th with the Virginia Symphony and she's celebrating with what some refer to as "The Everest of Music," Mahler's Fifth Symphony. She joins us to talk about her ongoing love affair with music and if she has intentions of retiring her baton any time soon (she doesn't).

Our in-house bon vivant and arts critic, Mal Vincent, joins us to continue this week's theme of peeking out from behind the curtain and stepping out onto the stage. Mal will once again regail us with tales of his many escapades, this time with a focus on one of his favorite performance mediums; the theater.

Today students from the Governor's School for the Arts join us to preview their new original production, Reframe the Shame. The performance is based on actual stories from individuals who have suffered from depression, recorded by staff of the Norfolk State University School of Social Work and adapted into a play by GSA students. We invite you to share your own experiences overcoming depression by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program your stories at [email protected] or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

In another life our producer Morgan was preparing for a life in the theater, and though he's left that life behind, he's positively giddy about a show dedicated entirely to celebrating the life, works and influence of William Shakespeare himself. We're taking our cue from Old Dominion University's own Shakespeare scholar, Dr. Imtaz Habib; he's has helped organized a incredible line up of events and activities celebrating the Bard's 400th birthday -- he stops by to help us celebrate.

Today we'll discuss the latest events and "goings on" from all around the region, including the opening of Williamsburg's new $5.7 million Stryker Center. Join us with details about your weekend plans or an exciting upcoming event that you want to spread the word about at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240.

Today we'll talk with the organizers of this weekend's Pixelfest at Norfolk's Slover Library. The three-day event will feature a myriad of events engineered to gather artists and programmers, young and old, to connect and share their work in the medium of video games. Today we'll get a preview of the event and its game developer boot camps, programming workshops and art exhibits.

Join us for another edition of Headlines, when we tackle the latest news headlines that have you talking. Today we'll discuss the latest developments in the death of 24-year-old Jamycheal Mitchell in a Portsmouth jail cell last year. We invite you to share your question, and comments by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at [email protected] or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis.

Two local groups have partnered to host the region's first series of "incentive challenges," that offer up thousands of dollar in prize money in exchange for solutions to the region's biggest hurdles. We'll talk with members of GOV2COM and Old Dominion University's Strome Entrepreneurial Center about the region’s first annual Market Bridge Challenge and its goal of tackling coastal resilience, broadband access and cybersecurity here in Hampton Roads.