| Live music shows are few and far between these days, but music lovers are honing their skills at home, and local music stores are reaping the benefits. Alpha Music in Virginia Beach is one of several shops in Hampton Roads that has seen an uptick in customers as the pandemic wanes on. People isolating at home and looking for something to do are learning how to play a new instrument. Some hobbyists are upgrading their gear because they have more time on their hands to practice. And when bars and restaurants shut down last spring, drying up live gigs, working musicians took advantage of the time to buy recording gear and are setting up home studios. Â Read more in this Sunday's Main News section. Â If this were any normal tax-filing year, a forgiven business loan would be taxed as income, and the business expenses paid for with the loan, written off. Itâs a neutral result. No tax harm, no tax benefit. But this is no normal year -- and a decision by Congress to allow PPP loan recipients to not only get the forgiven loan tax free, but also be able to deduct expenses paid with it, is running counter to Virginia's tax policy. Unless the General Assembly decides otherwise. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section
 Dividing Lines Story concerning the history of education and the impact of continued racial segregation. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section The Chrysler Museum of Art opens a signature exhibition "Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920" on Friday, Feb. 12. It highlights the impact of Spanish art and culture on American painters in the 19th and 20th centuries and brings together more than 100 artworks, including paintings from the 17th-20th centuries, photographs, prints and travel guides. It showcases pieces by American artists Mary Cassatt, Robert Henri and John Singer Sargent and Spainâs old masters including Diego Velázquez and Claudio Coello. The exhibition is co-organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art and Milwaukee Art Museum. The show will be on view through May 16 before traveling to Milwaukee.  Read more in The Sunday Break section. Wing, man. Lots of wings. Where to find them for the Super Bowl. Read more in The Sunday Break section.
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