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The Chrysler Museum will present more than 150 works by M.C. Escher from the collection of Paul and Melinda Firos of Athens, Greece in M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations. The exhibition will showcase works that span Escher’s career, including the iconic Day and Night, in which two flocks of birds in flight blend into Holland’s landscape, and Ascending and Descending, a 1960 print of an impossible building with a staircase that mirrors a möbius strip. This comprehensive exhibition will trace the imagery that made Escher one of the world’s most recognized artists and feature the full range of media in which he worked, including woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, and even a lithography stone.

The Patriotic Festival is an annual military celebration to honor our armed forces personnel and their families with three days of military displays, demonstrations and concerts by national touring artists. Founded in 2004, the event is one of the region’s largest military celebrations and Hampton Roads highest attended summer music festival. As of 2022, the Patriotic Festival has relocated to downtown Norfolk, home to the world’s largest naval station. The City’s inaugural Patriotic Festival will feature concerts from three of country music’s hottest stars including Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown and Jon Pardi. The Jon Pardi concert will take place at Scope Arena, while Morgan Wallen and Kane Brown will perform on the waterfront at downtown Norfolk’s Waterside Drive. The first concert of its kind for downtown Norfolk, the stage and seating areas will run the length of Waterside Drive starting at the intersection of St. Paul’s Blvd and Waterside Drive, ending at Martin’s Lane.