Downtown Hampton will be hosting 

Military Appreciation Month
during the month of March.  

Many of the restaurants and retail stores 

will be offering a military discount for the  

month of March and beyond.   

There will be an event every weekend as well. 

Drop in to our office to pick up 

the official Downtown Military brochure.

View our Military Appreciation Video produced by
our very own Metro Productions at
YouTube link

http://youtu.be/0MDxR5ppG-8 

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The BID Bus has extended their service to

select weekends in the coming winter months.

The following is a schedule:

February 24th - 3pm - 11pm

February 25th - 3pm to 11pm

March 9th - 4pm - 12pm

March 10th - 4pm - 12pm

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HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENT ART SHOW

 Brent's Restaurant at 9 East Queensway, Hampton,VA is exhibiting five students art works from Christopher Fredericks's Basic Design class from Hampton High School. Alex Alexander (freshman), Malik Etheredge(freshman), Jazzmin Payne(freshman),) Isaiah Epps (freshman) and Yousra Nafea (sophomore) works are being exhibited for the month of February. Please come to one of downtown Hampton's hotspots and enjoy elite cuisine and art.  Call 722-1185 for more information or reservations.

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February 2012 Wine Dinner/Tasting

An Evening of Reds for the Month of Valentines

Join us for our Valentine Wine Dinner,
as we sample 7 fine red wines and chocolates! 
Adam Henderson of Andes Imports will present
wines from Argentina, España, Chile, New Zealand,
and France.  Tempranillo, Malbec, Carménère,
Pinot noir, Bonarda, Grenache, Syrah, and
Cabernet sauvignon are among the varietals
to be tasted.

A full complementary buffet will be served.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Seven O'clock in the Evening

La Bodega Hampton
22 Wine Street
Downtown Hampton

Advance reservations are required.

Seating for this event is $40.00/person.

Seating is limited to 36 persons.  757-722-8862

 

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 The below is information on a workshop being
offered in the city of Hampton in preparation
of Op Sail 2012 and how retailers can
maximize their sales and exposure for this
large scale event and future events.
 
Marc Wilson, Retail Industry Consultant
will be in the Hampton Roads region conducting
workshops in several localities. 
Hampton's workshop date is

Thursday, February 23, 2012.

TEAM Eventacular
"Towns, Events and Merchants: Partnering for Profit"
  Thursday, February 23, 2012 
8:00AM- 10:00AM / 2:00PM - 4:00PM    A small town merchants workshop facilitated by
Marc Wilson, Retail Consultant for Virginia SBDC!
Presented by the Hampton Roads Small
Business Development Center in
cooperation with Thomas Nelson Workforce
Development Center.

Learn how merchants, event planners and
town representatives can work together to
benefit from Increased traffic and exposure
to new customers generated by large- scale local events.
Topics to be Discussed : 

• Effective ways to work together
• What to do before, during and after the event
• Do's and don'ts
• Success stories from other towns
• Best ways to Maximize Profits 

Join Marc Wilson, retail consultant for
Virginia SBDC, to learn all about it.
Admission is FREE!!
Pre- Registration is Required!
To register for this event, please contact
Mrs. Farley John at 757-865-3128/ johnf@tncc.edu.
 
Peninsula Workforce Development Center
600 Butler Farm Rd, Suite 1301-1303
Hampton , VA 23666 

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HU Black Family Conference to focus on

'Roots & Wings' 

 

 This year, the conference will also incorporate the HU Department of English's annual Read-In Event.  The selected Read-In book is "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot. 

The Hampton University School of Liberal Arts will host the 34th Annual Conference on the Black Family on March 14-16, 2012 on the campus of Hampton University.  This year's theme, "Roots & Wings: The Road to the Future Runs Through the Past," will discuss the Black family as a unit and how its respective communities must learn from its historical past and acknowledge the challenges that have been overcome, to be where we are today.  

  

Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid will give the keynote address at the opening ceremony on March 14 at 7 p.m. in Robert C. Ogden Hall.  On March 15, the conference will consist of sessions and panel discussions centered on the theme including the  

open plenary session sponsored by SunTrust Bank, "Final Frontier: Financial Literacy and the Black Family - Past, Present and Future." Author Marita Golden and poet Sonia Sanchez will also appear on panels. The conference will conclude March 16 at noon with a luncheon in the Student Center Ballroom. 

  

Since 1978, HU's Conference on the Black Family has created a forum for prevalent issues concerning the black family. HU President Dr. William R. Harvey saw a need for consistent dialogue in the African-American community and initiated the conference to fill the void.  

  

The general conference Pre-registration fee is $35, $20 for military and senior citizens. On-site registration is $50 for the general public and $25 for military and senior citizens. The luncheon only on Friday, March 16 is $25. The conference is free for HU students, faculty and staff.  For more information or to register, contact the School of Liberal Arts at (757) 727-5400,

libarts@hamptonu.edu

or visit events.hamptonu.edu/cbf.

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Hampton City Schools is working to
increase success for our students -
 
We would like to encourage parents to register their new Kindergarten students during the initial registration period and additionally motivate them to frequent local businesses such as yours. We would love to include your business in our "Registration Reward Pack" by giving them coupons or donating merchandise to be raffled off to our
Early Bird parents.
 
If you are able to contribute, we will need the coupons
or raffle items by April 6th so we may include
them in the packets.
 
  Our goal is to create 600 incentive/reward packs for parents registering their children for Kindergarten during the initial registration period April 23-27.
 
The packets will include coupons and "rewards" from local businesses, information regarding Kindergarten readiness, and ideas for parents about how to help their children prepare during the summer for this new transition.
 
This will serve several purposes:
Encourage families to spend time together and frequent local businesses during the summer  - both stimulating the economy and giving their children these socially enriching experiences.
Provide parents with valuable information regarding
Kindergarten readiness and ideas of how they can help
their child prepare during the summer months
for this transition.
Enable HCS to better prepare for our students'
needs by allowing for pre-assessment opportunities.
 
Organizations supporting HCS in this endeavor will be recognized in the incentive packets, through the Hampton Herald, and Channel 46.
 
Thank you for your participation!

Contact
Lori C. Dunn, Ed.S.
Assistant Principal
Cary Elementary School
757-850-5092 <tel:757-850-5092>  (main office)
757-848-2642 <tel:757-848-2642>  (direct line)

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Retro Green Youth Environmental Conference   

April 21

at Virginia Air & Space Center!

Celebrate Earth Day by attending the   

Retro Green Youth Environmental Conference on Saturday, April 21st, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.   

at the Virginia Air & Space Center.   

This FREE event for youth ages 13 through   

college focuses on the impact youth have made on improving the environment and how and   

why they can do more.    

You must be registered to attend!  To sign up go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3D238NL.    

Only on-line registrations will be accepted.    

Participants under age 18 must bring the   

attached parental permission slip to attend.
 
Why should you come?  You'll learn more   

about living green in our world and   

also have lots of fun!
 
Among the topics to be discussed in   

break-out sessions at the conference are:    

marine life, fisheries, climate change, eco-fashion,   

eco-art, human impact on the environment,   

environmental music, environmental trends,   

recycling, and more, all presented in fun,   

hands-on activities and presentations.  
 
What could be more fun - the Best Retro Earth Day Costume Award, prizes, meeting people with similar interests, free lunch, and more?
 
Spread the word and sign up today!  For more information about the Retro Green Youth Environmental Conference, contact the Hampton Clean City Commission at hccc@hampton.gov or 727-1130.

  

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1.7 billion children & families live without
electricity locally and abroad. Giving Light Inc. does their part by engaging children with special needs,
youth, seniors,  veterans and their family in the craft of making colorful, exotic, long lasting candles and soap!
Giving Light gives these items to children & families
locally & sends them to missionaries in under
developed countries such as Uganda, Cambodia, Asia,
Haiti & Latin America to distribute to children &
families living in complete darkness.
Their volunteers provide services to organizations
 such as the Boys and Girls Club, YMCAs', nursing homes,
and schools demonstrating and teaching them the art of
candle making. If you're looking for a way to give back
that makes a difference, explore the art of making
candles and soap to satisfy a need for those less fortunate,
Giving Light's volunteers will come to your site!
Donations are appreciated and needed, but no money
is required to help in this effort....just volunteer your time!
Giving Light Inc. is located in the
Virginia Air and Space Center.
Make plans to register for summer camp,
for more info call 757-236-2405, or email Michelle at michelle@givinglightinc.com or on the web at givinglightinc.com

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Brent's

9 E. Queensway

Hampton, VA  23669

www.brentsfood.com

757-722-1185

Three Course Menu for $20

Includes beverage (coffee, tea or soda)

Available Tuesday - Thursday 5 - 8pm

Choose one item per course

First Course

Your choice of Soup
House Salad - Baby Greens, Marinated Artichoke hearts, red onions, cucumbers, carrots and asiago cheese

Second Course

Pan Seared Prawns tossed with Andouille Sausage, broccoli, angel hair pasta and almond-based pesto

Grilled petite 3oz Applewood Smoked Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon on a bed of Yukon mashers with frazzled onions and
Marchin di Vin

Grilled Boneless Porkchop with creamy maascarpone laced polenta and crimini mushroom bordelaise

Oven roasted 4oz Lobster Tail with yukon mashers, poached brussel sprouts and garlic butter

Third Course
Chocolate Mouse or Raspberry, Dark and White Chocolate Bread Pudding

Please join us for lunch Tuesday - Friday 11am - 2pm, Dinner Tuesday - Saturday starting at 5pm, Brunch Sunday 9am - 2pm.

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Virginia Air & Space Center Happenings 

The Virginia Air & Space Center and  

Downtown Hampton on Ice!  

offer a variety of winter  

activities for families  

to enjoy through March 4, 2012.  

Winter Fun Pass - This seasonal pass is $26 per person  

and offers hours of fun at the Virginia Air & Space Center  

and ice-skating at Downtown Hampton on Ice! 

The Peninsula's only,  

outdoor ice-skating rink, located at the  

Virginia Air & Space Center.

Glacier Run, a motion simulation ride

Virginia Air & Space Center exhibit admission,  

which includes the traveling exhibit Bob the Builder -  

Project: Build It.

full-length feature film, including the new blockbuster  

Happy Feet Two or Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

Season Skate Pass - The unlimited Season Skate Pass  

is $55 per person and includes skate admission  

and skate rental through March 4, 2012.  

For more information please call (757) 727-0900  

or visit www.vasc.org.

 Downtown Hampton on Ice!  

Hours of Operation:    

Mondays & Tuesdays:  closed

Wednesdays & Thursdays:  4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Fridays: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturdays: 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sundays: 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday Feb 20:   

12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Calling all Egg-straordinary Engineers for the

9th Annual Egg Drop Contest

features students from Hampton Roads' schools
competing in a test of engineering prowess.
Students are challenged to design the lightest
possible container to hold a fresh egg that
when dropped from the 2nd floor of the
Virginia Air & Space Center will prevent the
egg from cracking or breaking. Prizes will be
awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners.

Student categories range from 1st grade to  

college/adult

February 25, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.  

Participants are free! Guests are $3.

For more information contact Swee Hart at  

757-727-0900, ext 759 or by email at

shart@vasc.org.

 

 

March Meeting schedule:      

• Economic Development: March 1, 2012 @ 8:30 a.m.
• Waterfront: March 8, 2012 @ 8:30 a.m.
• Public Space Improvement: March 13, 2012 @ 9:30 a.m.
• Joint DHDP/Coliseum Central: March 14, 2012 @ 8:30 a.m. 
• Marketing: March 20, 2012 @ 9:30 a.m. 

Blue Skies Gallery

 Blue Skies is now offering classes:
Yoga
Watercolor
Acrylic Painting
Oil Painting
Collage Workshop
Polymer Clay
Drawing
Private Lessons
Come by the Gallery or visit
www.blueskiesart.com
for more information  

February 16- March 29, 2001

 Going To Pieces

Blue Skies Gallery presents, Going To Pieces, a unique

show all about patchwork. Cozy up to traditionally pieced  

calico quilts, and marvel at contemporary art quilts  

created from unconventional materials like paper and  

meta and paint! A reception will be held on  

February 25th from 5:30-7:30.  

March 30-May 10, 2012  

Get ready for Whiskers n' Tails-Feathers n' Scales,

a fun show celebrating our love for our four legged and  

feathered friends...and even those  with scales!  

Please visit Blue Skies Gallery for a special day  

long event on  Saturday, April 7th.  

Animals from the SPCA,  

in need of loving permanent homes,  

will be visiting from  

11 am till 4 pm.

There will also be raffles for pet  

portraits in a wide range of mediums.  

 Blue Skies Gallery

26 South King Street

Hampton, Va. 23669

Hours- 10-5:30 Tuesday-Saturday 

Noon to 5:00 on Sunday

Closed Mondays. 

www.blueskiesart.com    

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center

 

  

Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition

Opens at CHTAC

  

January 28- February 26, 2012

 

This annual exhibition features the art work of over  

210 Hampton Arts League members in all media,  

including drawing, painting, printmaking,  

photography, crafts, sculpture and watercolor.  

Cash awards totaling $850, including First,  

Second, and Third Place, five Awards of  

Merit and five Honorable Mentions were selected  

by the juror; Carolyn F. Davis, artist and art educator.

 

Critique of Artworks on  

Sunday, February 26, 2:30 pm 

The exhibition continues through  

February 26, 2012.  

Admission is Free.

Gallery Hours are  

Tuesday-Friday 10:00 am-6:00 pm  

and Weekends 1:00-5:00.

For more information call 727-1490,  

email jwjones@hampton.gov 

or visit HamptonArts.net.

 

The Charles H Taylor Arts Center

www.HamptonArts.net 

artscom@hampton.gov 

 

Black History Month:

 

African-American Artists Featured in  

Hampton Arts League Open Members Exhibition 

 

January 28- February 26, 2012

 

This annual exhibition features the art work of  

18 African-American artists among over  

210 Hampton Arts League members in all media,

including drawing, painting, printmaking,  

photography, crafts, sculpture and watercolor.  

Cash awards totaling $850, including First,  

Second, and Third Place, five Awards of  

Merit and five Honorable Mentions were  

selected by the juror;Carolyn F. Davis, artist  

and art educator. Daniel Good win of Hampton  

was recipient of the $250 Second Place Award  

for his clay sculpture, Tea with Irene.  

Other artists are Jonathan Ashe, Jon-Paul Bennett,  

Ludovic Bowe, Harold Caldwell, Erna Cook,  

Carol Dove, Laurel T. Duplessis,  

Eunice A. Holland, Valeria T. Hundley,  

Louis Jones, Jr, Juliette Marshall,  

Bettye A. Mason, Gerome Meminger, Sr.,  

Doris Roland, Mendel Denise Service,  

Vernon J. Walters and Adrian Wilson.

 

  

  

  

 

AVAILABLE FOR SALE

Sunset Boating Center

800 Armistead Avenue

6 acres - dry boating storage facility

4.2 Million

For Further information contact  

Doug Shepard  757-515-4528

RETAIL & OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
FOR LEASE

St. John's Episcopal Church

Located at 100 W. Queens Way, downtown Hampton.  

For more information call (757) 722-2568 www.stjohnshampton.org

First Baptist Church of Hampton 

Located at 229 North King Street, downtown Hampton.   

For more information call (757) 723-0988 or visit  

www.thefbch.org 

Hampton Baptist Church

Located at 40 Kings Way, downtown Hampton.  

For more information call (757) 723-0707 

http://www.hamptonbaptist.org   

First United Methodist Church

Located 110 East Queen Street, downtown Hampton.  

For more information call (757) 723-6577.   

First Presbyterian Church 

Located at 514 South Armistead Ave., downtown Hampton.  

For more information call (757) 723-0114.

Queen Street Baptist Church   

Located at 190 West Queens Way, downtown Hampton.  

For more information call (757) 723-6630.