Join us for a fun, heartwarming Mother’s Day Celebration filled with love, music, laughs, and special surprises!
Mother's Day Celebration
Come join us for a fun-filled Mother’s Day Celebration in person! It’s a perfect chance to show some love and appreciation to all the amazing moms out there. Expect a warm, cheerful atmosphere with lots of smiles and good vibes. Bring your family and friends, and make this day extra special with us!
A Legacy of Faith, Philanthropy, and Community
For generations, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral and the Norfolk Greek Festival have been pillars of faith, culture, and service in the Hampton Roads community. More than a celebration of Hellenic heritage, our festival embodies the Orthodox Christian values of philanthropy, hospitality, and love for our neighbor.
At the heart of this tradition is the Cathedral’s unwavering mission to serve not only our parishioners but the entire Norfolk community. Through the Norfolk Greek Festival, we extend this calling, using the blessings of our culture—delicious food, joyful fellowship, and cherished traditions—as a means to give back.
Each year, a significant portion of festival proceeds is dedicated to charitable organizations that uplift those in need, reflecting Christ’s commandment to “love one another.” Whether supporting food banks, shelters, medical initiatives, or educational programs, our contributions aim to bring hope and relief to the most vulnerable in our community.
By attending the Norfolk Greek Festival, you are not only immersing yourself in the richness of Greek culture—you are participating in a mission of faith and service, ensuring that the Annunciation Cathedral continues to be a beacon of light and compassion in Norfolk.
Join us in celebrating our faith, our heritage, and our shared responsibility to care for those in need. Every meal enjoyed, every dance shared, and every moment of fellowship brings us closer to building a stronger, more compassionate community.
Organizations We Support
Local and National Charities: Foodbank of SEVA, ForKids, EVMS, CHKD, CHKD Child Abuse Center, Union Mission, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads, Lee’s Friends, Samaritan House, St. Mary’s Infant Home
Orthodox Christian Ministries: Orthodox Christian Missions (OCMC), Orthodox Christians for Life, Philoptochos Society
Youth & Community Programs: Girl Scouts, Edmarc Hospice for Children
Together, through faith and philanthropy, we continue the legacy of Christ’s love and service.
The Jam! Presents: Black Women’s History Month
Happy International Black Women’s History Month
Come experience a night that’s unscripted, unbothered, and undeniably brilliant.
The “JAM” is a monthly collaboration between the Push Diversity Council and Lemon Pepper & Sazón Comedy, highlighting diversity in improv.
Tickets Available Now!
Harrison Opera House Norfolk, VA Saturday, April 18, 2026
Cocktails and Silent Auction
6-7pm
Seated Dinner
Arias and Duets Opera Performance
7-8:30pm
Live Auction and Raise the Paddle
8:30-9pm
Dancing on the Harrison Opera House Stage
9-11pm
For Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, music is a living flame—one demanding relentless tending, fresh kindling, and the collective breath of community to sustain it. On their eighth studio album, Feed The Fire ( No Coincidence Records), the Baltimore quartet—Greg Ormont [vocals, guitar], Jeremy Schon [guitar, vocals], Ben Carrey [bass, vocals], and Alex “Gator” Petropulos [drums, vocals]—push their psychedelic funk odyssey into its most expansive incarnation yet. Across 17 years, eight albums, and countless sweat-soaked performances, Pigeons have mastered transformation, deepening their connection with their devoted fanbase and channeling life’s seismic shifts into fuel for their unquenchable fire. “The ‘fire’ represents our passion,” explains Ormont. “Making music feels like something we were born to do. Feed The Fire is the perfect metaphor for our unwavering commitment to keep evolving.” Significant milestones, from headlining major stages to their fan-centric Domefest, underscore their remarkable journey.
Feed The Fire shatters boundaries through adventurous collaboration. The band invited Nashville virtuoso Wes Bailey (Moon Taxi) to co-write the title track’s spiraling guitar hooks—a first for the group. “As soon as I played him the demo, he came up with the soaring lead melody on the spot,” recalls Schon. “It ended up being our first true collaborative writing experience.” In another debut, Ben Carrey steps into the lead vocal spotlight on his heartfelt groove anthem “Hit The Ground Runnin’.” Horn collaborators Here Come The Mummies and West End Blend amplify tracks like “Fantasy” and “Calm Before The Storm,” while guest producer Chalk Dinosaur enhances the psychedelic layers on “Twitch” and “Underworld.”
The band’s relentless evolution is evident in standout tracks like the buoyantly infectious “Right Track,” which distills their live energy into a concise message of resilience and self-trust. According to Schon, “Every album we make is a reflection of where we are personally and musically. For Feed The Fire, we really leaned into exploring textures, pushing our boundaries, and letting the songs guide us.” From the patient disco-funk simmer of “Fantasy” to the driving rebel cry of “Undivided,” the album showcases the band’s sharpened musicianship and rhythmic intuition.
Ultimately, Feed The Fire is more than an album title—it’s a rallying cry emblematic of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s enduring philosophy. Refreshingly dynamic, powerfully resonant, and irresistibly danceable, it marks a milestone release poised to captivate listeners across genres. Ormont sums it up perfectly: “We’ve been given the gift of this fire, this passion. So it’s our responsibility to nurture it, embrace it, and spread it wild. Because when the band and fans reach new heights together, that’s the real spark.”
Few bands on their 22nd lap around the scene could claim to be in “just getting started” mode as much as punk stalwarts Silverstein.
The release of their tenth studio album, Misery Made Me, finds the group spring boarding off the heights they’ve reached over the past handful of years; their latest album (2020’s A Beautiful Place To Drown) adding 80 Million streams to a mind-numbing career total of 500 Million; it collecting a nomination for Rock Album Of The Year at the esteemed Juno Awards; and its most recent headliner selling out nearly every date in elite rooms.
In bringing Misery Made Me to life Silverstein have continued to build on their already-wide reaching impact. Immersing themselves in new technologies like TikTok, Discord, NFTs, the metaverse and Twitch (even holding public writing sessions with fans over the latter) during its formation, the band have confirmed their unique ability to adapt and connect in all cycles of their career.
Interestingly, amid all the positivity and connectivity injected into its creation there comes a dark set of themes underpinning the album, as its title might suggest. Inspired by the past two years, Misery Made Me is a depiction of Silverstein – and world at large’s – collective turmoil, frustration, and anxiety.
“I wanted to explore the meaning of ‘Misery’ as a main theme throughout the album,” says vocalist Shane Told. “Despite the mountains climbed and boulders pushed during recent years, we were confronted by the weight and misery of staying relatively in the same place for a long period of time. Finding peace in the reality of this misery became important. The record is about the acceptance of a new reality and adapting to it.”
Ultimately, Misery Made Me finds the band trying to navigate the ever-worsening challenges of our modern world – angst, doomscrolling, and disassociation. It’s a record that is a product of the moment in time in which it was created yet doesn’t feel like it will date itself anytime soon, as many of its topics of loneliness, anxiety and isolation are eternal human struggles.
Exemplified by the anthemic opener ‘Our Song’, Misery Made Me is part acceptance of the band’s personal miseries, and part declaration that they will not be buried by them. At the back end of the record lies ‘Live Like This’ (ft. nothing,nowhere.) and arguably its most bleak and haunting lyric: “I don’t want to die, but I can’t live like this.”
Singles ‘It’s Over’ and ‘Ultraviolet’ dive deeper into this feeling of desperation, describing the utter helplessness of losing control to anxiety.
“’It’s Over’ is about the spiral that leads to giving up,” shares guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau. “Those anxiety packed hours when you can’t feel anything but the low, steady crescendo of panic that eventually gets so intense your fingertips lose sensation. It’s hopeless to feel but pointless to endure. I didn’t learn anything from feeling that way. I just wanted it to stop.”
“’Ultraviolet’ is about feeling powerless and under the control of the chemicals in your brain,” he adds. “Ultraviolet light itself being invisible felt like the right way to describe this notion. To get lost in this unseeable thing. UV also causes physical damage to our skin, so it serves as a sort of ‘proof’ that something invisible like anxiety can hurt us.”
Filled with moments of relentless energy throwing back to their hardcore roots (‘Die Alone’ ft. Andrew Neufeld), to visionary moments of modern heavy (‘The Altar / Mary’), Misery Made Me fastens Silverstein’s status as torchbearers of the scene on all fronts.
It’s both intriguing and inspiring that a band – who could have merely rested on the impressive legacy they’ve already cemented – would continue to dig deep and find the inspiration to reach people in meaningful new ways. Misery Made Me is a campaign hinged on Silverstein’s reflection and gratitude for their roots, their honouring of their earliest fans, and their staunch desire to explore forward-thinking and adventurous ways to connect with new ones.
Misery Made Me is out May 6 via UNFD.
Thinking about starting a nonprofit—but not sure where to begin?
Tidewater Community College’s upcoming How to Start a Nonprofit workshop on Saturday, 4/11 is a virtual offering. Join from the comfort of your home!
This session walks participants through the key steps from idea to compliance, helping aspiring founders understand what it really takes to launch a sustainable nonprofit organization—and whether or not they should.
We’ll cover everything from early research and board development to filing and compliance—using a clear, practical framework you see reflected in the graphic below.
This workshop is ideal for:
✔ Aspiring nonprofit founders
✔ Community leaders exploring a new idea
✔ Board members supporting a startup organization
Join us to move from passion to plan—and set your organization up for success.
