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Commune and Rutter Family Art Foundation to Combine Forces at Work Release

March 10, 2017 By Jesse Scaccia

It is a mouth watering combination of great art and great food, a marriage between one of the strongest brands in the NEON with one of the strongest brands in the ViBe Creative District. … [Read more...]

Hampton Roads Shreds: Live Music Picks of the Week

March 2, 2017 By Jeff Hewitt

You know the deal. I list my picks. You go out and bang your heads. It ain't rocket science. Know what I mean? And hey! Watch out for each other this weekend.. These are dark days. … [Read more...]

“Under the Gun” Group Art Show Opening at Work | Release

January 4, 2017 By Work | Release

A contemporary art show that will push the Norfolk community to seek new avenues for saving lives from violence will be unveiled at Work | Release (759 Granby Street) in the NEON District on January 13, 2017. … [Read more...]

5 Picks for New Year’s Eve in Norfolk/Virginia Beach

December 28, 2016 By AltDaily

Still don't have plans for where to watch the ball drop? Here are five local parties to bring in 2017 right. … [Read more...]

PKN: 20 Slides to Change the Way People See the World

September 17, 2016 By Celina Santana

Recently Norfolk joined over 900 cities worldwide with its very own PechaKucha Night. The Norfolk area’s first PKN night was everything PechaKucha intends a PKN evening to be. Creative people got together for an informal and fun gathering to share their ideas, works, and thoughts in the PechaKucha 20×20 format (20 images, each for 20 seconds). … [Read more...]

Hampton Roads’ Shreds: of Montreal & Ruby the Rabbitfoot @ Work | Release

September 8, 2016 By Jeff Hewitt

How do we ever manage to pretend that any of this matters? Desperate for relevance. Stubbornly clinging to a massive rock as it hurtles through space at roughly 67,000 miles per hour. … [Read more...]

Now at Work | Release: The DOMUS Exhibition

August 26, 2016 By Christopher Revels

Three artists, three ideals, and one vision from which we are a part of in this collaborative effort that is DOMUS. … [Read more...]

DNC: NEON’s Newest Public Art Installation Reflects Community’s Passion

June 7, 2016 By Downtown Norfolk Council

Seep NFK, which was a neon installation part of Work | Release’s inaugural exhibition, AGLOW, has found a permanent home in Downtown Norfolk’s NEON (New Energy of Norfolk) District. … [Read more...]

Tasty Musical Treats: Midnight Snack Playing Work | Release

May 12, 2016 By Hannah KirkPatrick & Gayle Forman

Gayle and I both fell in love with Midnight Snack last summer. One lovely Sunday morning I was walking around the streets of Asheville, NC and came upon the band busking, surrounded by a crowd of interested people. Everyone, including myself, was impressed. … [Read more...]

A Community of Ideas: PechaKucha Norfolk

May 5, 2016 By Celina Santana

Norfolk will now join over 800 cities worldwide by hosting its very own PechaKucha Night. PKN is an informal and fun gathering where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, -- just about anything, really – as long as it’s in the PechaKucha 20x20 format (20 images, each for 20 seconds). … [Read more...]

NEON Exhibit to Mark One Year of Work | Release & Rutter Family Art Foundation

April 1, 2016 By Work | Release

Almost exactly one year ago, the Rutter Family Art Foundation (RFAF) presented their inaugural exhibition in a new arts venue named Work | Release, occupying the freshly renovated historic Texaco Building in Norfolk’s NEON District. … [Read more...]

NEON Goes International: Latest Tiësto Video Shot in NFK

March 30, 2016 By Jesse Scaccia

Grammy winner Tiësto, an internationally celebrated DJ with almost 19 million followers on Facebook, shot his last video at Work | Release. … [Read more...]

Meredith and Brother Rutter Chosen for Downtowner of the Year Award

March 28, 2016 By Downtown Norfolk Council

Downtown Norfolk Council (DNC) will hold its Annual Meeting on June 15 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. The main activity is to honor Downtowners selected by the DNC Board of Directors. This year’s honorees include Mayor Paul Fraim with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Meredith and Brother Rutter with the Peter G. Decker Jr. Downtowner of the Year Award. … [Read more...]

A Where To Guide for Hampton Roads’ Music

February 12, 2016 By Jeff Hewitt

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. … [Read more...]

What it Means to Be Here: “Native” Opens at Work | Release

February 12, 2016 By Jesse Scaccia

There is a perpetual movement to support local artists in Hampton Roads. But why? In an age of war, climate change, and so much tumult, why does supporting local artists sustain as a cause célèbre in our little seaside community? … [Read more...]

Insider Guide to the NEON District

February 1, 2016 By Jesse Scaccia

A neighborhood is how the businesses, parks, landmarks, and people who live in close proximity find a way to transcend their individual selves and create something greater than the sum of their parts. The neighborhood, in its way, is as fundamental a building block of humanity as the family unit; if we don't extend a sense of community, a will of extended family, beyond our own … [Read more...]

Love Where You Live: A Ghent Neighborhood Love Story

February 1, 2016 By Jeffrey Sargent

Retiring my 2015 refrigerator calendar and replacing it with the Norfolk Historical 2016 Calendar--which you can pick one up for $10 btw--prompted me to think back upon the past year and living in Norfolk. … [Read more...]

Friday Featured Artist: Navid Rahman

January 22, 2016 By Jesse Scaccia

Name: Navid Rahman Current Relevancy: Featured in "AMERICAN DREAMS" collaborative multimedia exhibition by SHOMI PATWARY & NAVID RAHMAN // opens FRIDAY JAN 22 & closes SATURDAY JAN 30 Where: Work | Release For more info: Click here … [Read more...]

Decoding Bowie’s Farewell, “Blackstar”

January 12, 2016 By Shannon Jay

David Bowie was continuously a few steps ahead. Whether it be his ideologies on race and gender, fashion statements, or reinvention of his sound, the only logical explanation was that Bowie wasn’t from Earth, bringing groundbreaking freshness from a far more culturally-advanced planet. … [Read more...]

Soul, Psych, and the Sixties: A brief interview with Issac Gillespie from The Due Diligence

January 12, 2016 By Alan Jelercic

James Velvet Under Brown. Soul singer enthusiasm with punk rock recklessness. Anti-folk. Proto-punk. Pavement cover band. These are all the descriptions I found of Brooklyn’s The Due Diligence, which will be playing Friday night at Work | Release. … [Read more...]

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