Good morning, Norfolk.

Singer-songwriter Brian Baldami will return to WHRV's Acoustic Highway this Sunday night at 9, joined in studio by Patrick Higgins and Matt Crim of tribute band Dead Rise for a live performance and conversation, with additional tracks from Virginia artists like Steve Fisher and Wine Dark Sea.

WHRV will air The Best of Pickin featuring Del McCoury's 1971 Livin on the Mountain and music from Virginia-based acts Friday, Oct.

30, from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Generic Theater will open its new home with the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together starting Friday, Nov.

6 at the Masonic Temple on Granby Street after a six-month, volunteer-led rebuild that raised more than $200,000 (occupancy permit issued; matching campaign starts opening night).

A legislative subcommittee approved hiring a consultant to study a new K–12 school funding formula, with up to 24 months to build a data tool that models fiscal and distributional impacts and options for special education + English learner funding.

The Department of Education will publish the RFP for 30-day bids + expects to select a consultant during the General Assembly session in January.