Chris Tucker announces his first major tour in over a decade, catch The Legend Tour 2023 at Chrysler Hall September 10

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Award-winning actor, producer and comedian Chris Tucker announces his first major tour in North America since 2011. ProducedbyLiveNation,thehistoric30-city fall 2023 run The Legend Tour 2023 kicks off on September 8 at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in Charleston South Carolina, making stops across North America in Toronto, Nashville, Philadelphia,Phoenix,andmoreincludingNorfolk’s ChryslerHallonSeptember10beforewrapping up in Detroit, MI at Fox Theatre on January12

“I started my career doing stand-up in comedyclubsandit’sstand-upcomedythat prepared me for all of my movie roles I’m lookingforwardtogettingbacktomyroots I love performing live, there’s nothing like theenergyofalivecrowdandmakingpeople laugh. I’m excited to be back out on tour.” saidChrisTucker

TicketsfortheChrisTuckerTheLegend Tour at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 10 at Chrysler Hall are on sale now and can be purchased at the Scope Arena Box Office and Ticketmaster.com. The Scope Arena box office is located in the Scope parking garage at 201 E. Brambleton Ave, Norfolk, VA23510 Formoreinformationvisitsevenvenues.com/eventsorcall757.664.6464.

About Chris Tucker: Chris Tucker is an internationallyrecognized,award-winning actor producer and comedian. He is best knownforhisroleofDetectiveJamesCarter in the blockbuster Rush Hour action-comedy film franchise, starring opposite Jackie Chan under the direction of Brett Ratner Most recently, Chris was seen on the big screen staring opposite Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Viola Davis in the Amazon StudiohitAIR

Tucker’s career began in the early 1990s when he became a favorite on Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Comedy Jam. He then rose to prominence with his first starring role, in the 1995 cult classic Friday, alongside Ice Cube In 1997, Tucker executive producedandco-starredwithCharlieSheen in the hit movie Money Talks, directed by Ratner, and also appeared in Luc Besson’s globallysuccessfulsci-fiadventureTheFifth

Element. His other film credits include the Hughesbrothers’DeadPresidents Quentin Tarantino’sJackieBrown DavidO’Russell’s award-winninghitSilverLiningsPlaybook, and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

In 2015, Tucker released Chris Tucker LiveexclusivelyonNetflix,markingthefirst projecthestarredinandproducedthrough his own company, Chris Tucker Entertain- ment. He currently tours around the world performinglivecomedyshows whichhave received rave reviews globally In addition toentertainingmillionsoffansonstageand screen,Tuckerisadedicatedhumanitarian, spending much of his spare time traveling the world, doing charitable work through The Chris Tucker Foundation. By making a difference, he truly believes we are blessed tobeablessing

NASA seeks student ideas for 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge

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Students interested in designing, developing,building,andtestingroversforMoon and Mars exploration are invited to submit their proposals to NASA through Monday Sept.21.

The complete details on how to participate in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge are available online To learn more, challenge experts are hosting two webinarsat10a.m.EDT,andagainat6p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 24 The virtual sessions will outline the proposal processes and requirespre-registration.

“OurHumanExplorationRoverChallenge will focus on an immersive story based on proposed NASA-use cases for crewed and uncrewed rovers during upcoming Artemis missions, including exploring permanently shadowed regions, positioning to recharge batteries, power and data exchange with other surface assets, and storing collected samples,”saidVemitraAlexander challenge activity lead for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement.“Studentsmustdeterminewhy an autonomous rover exploring the shadowed regions has gone out of contact and, if possible,attempttorepairtheroboticrover.”

By participating in this challenge, NASA hopesstudentswilldevelopadeeperunderstanding of content and enhance their communication, collaboration inquiry problem-solving and flexibility skills that willbenefitthemthroughouttheiracademic and professional lives Interested teams should review the handbook for proposal guidelinesandnewtaskchallenges

In October, NASA will announce which teamsareinvitedtotheU.S.Space&Rocket CenterinHuntsville,Alabama,nearNASA’s MarshallSpaceFlightCenter,inApril2024 toshowcasetheirsubmissions.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary the Human Exploration Rover Challenge tasks highschool,college,anduniversitystudents fromaroundtheworldtodesign,build,and test lightweight, human-powered rovers on an obstacle course simulating lunar and Martian terrain, all while completing mission-focused science tasks Once selected, students are required to complete monthsofdesignandsafetyreviewsmirroring the engineering design process used by

NASAengineersandscientists Thischallengeprovidesstudentsachance to engage with NASA’s Artemis program, whichincludesputtingthefirstwomanand first person of color on the Moon. NASA and event sponsors continue to encourage studentstopushthelimitsofinnovation.

The challenge is managed by NASA’s SoutheastRegionalOfficeofSTEMEngage- ment at Marshall and is one of eight Artemis Student Challenges NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement uses challenges and competitionstofurthertheagency’sgoalof encouragingstudentstopursuedegreesand careersinscience,technology,engineering, andmathematics

To learn more, visit https://www.nasa. gov/roverchallenge/home/index.html

Surfers Healing

from Page 1 days say, I don’t know if you can handlemychild.That’sexactlythe way I was. There’s no way my son cansurf that’soffthetablebecause heneededtobelikeme Butinreality it didn’t matter as long as he was in the water on a board surfing we were connecting, we were just like any other father and son. It was heartwarming andcreatedarelationship,webondedandwestartedSurfersHealingbytaking hisclassoutsurfing Itwasmaybesixkids,asaspecialdayprogram.Ienlisted six guys, my original six, then we took out another six kids, and that was over 26yearsagoinSanOnofre,California

Y: How did you put such an amazing, diverse team of volunteers, surfers, workers together to give up their time, money and everything else not just for VirginiaBeachbuttheotherlocationstoo?

IP:Youhitonthephrase “Nogooddeedgoesunpunished.”Theyaredoing somethingincrediblebutthebiggestendeavorwe’veeverhad doingfivestates andsevencamptours,greaterthananythingwe’veeverdoneandtheyaregoing home after being gone for 2 weeks and will struggle to pay rent. They don’t mindbecausetheyaresointothis Theyareverygratefultobeletintothelives ofparentswithautism.Itmeanssomuchtothesurferstobeapartofthatand youcanhearmyguysandgalssaytothefamilies,thankyouforlettingmebea partofthisandtakingyourchildouttothewatertoridethosewavestogether Andthat’stheworldtome itwarmsupmyheartandthat’swhatmakesmecry when I hear the love and passion that my guys have for what they do I don’t call them surfers anymore, they are healers It’s more than a service or a sport that can be misconstrued as trivial There’s so much magic that happens with acceptance and healing, an awakening that the family needs as they continue thislonglifewithautismthatwillbedifferent.

Y:HowdidSurfersHealinggrow?

IP:Wedid summerprograms, then we didNorthCarolina 19years ago and MalibuandSanDiegoanditjustgrewfromthere Ialwaysworryabouttaking childrenoutinasafewave Butconditionschangeinthewater.Alsoourgroup of volunteers got better and their length of time volunteering got longer We have surfers who have been volunteering for 15 16 and more years. My goal foreverychildistohaveonlyrealherosurferstakethemout likeIdidmyson. Yiorgo is an arts, entertainment and sports writer. A stage, TV and movie actor, he is also a sports entertainer, educator, motivational speaker, writer, storyteller and columnist.