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Facial Hair Fun At The Mid-Atlantic Beard And 'Stache Championships
The 2nd Annual MidAtlantic Beard and ‘Stache Championships, hosted by the RVA Beard League, made me feel warm and fuzzy inside and out. Held at the Canal Club on Saturday April 27, the event drew a crowd of over 700, with 212 competitors.
Stephen Frost: Songs For The Paris Metro
Stephen Frost is a musical man of many hats. The first song on his website, “Fire & Ice,” is an electronic dance-pop song that hits on par with any top 40 radio hit of today. This may throw some listeners astray, but if you decide to skip to the next song in hopes of something different, you will be gladly rewarded with “This Is A Cry For Help”, a folky, poppy song about trying to take a girl home.
Moonrises Bring Their Interstellar Sound To Steady Sounds
On Tuesday, May 7, Chicago's Moonrises will be playing live at Steady Sounds. Fasten your Van Allen belt. On their second LP, Frozen Altars, Moonrises effortlessly imagines a unique flight path for their gravity-defying, spellbinding space-rock.
Trina Turk Makes Appearance at Stony Point Saks for RVA Fashion Week
In conjunction with RVA Fashion Week, Saks Fifth Avenue at Stony Point hosted LA based designer Trina Turk for an in-store meet and greet. A DJ spun upbeat tunes while the designer mingled with seasoned shoppers and star struck fans alike.
RIP Jeff Hanneman Of Slayer
Sad news for the world of metal today--Billboard reports that Slayer co-founder and lead guitarist Jeff Hanneman has passed away. Hanneman, who was 49, had been in failing health recently, and had not performed with the group live since contracting necrotizing fascitis (most likely from a spider bite) in 2011.
"Spring Forward” to Bring Aerial Dance to Richmond’s Grace St. Theater
A soaring performance of high-flying proportions is coming to Richmond this weekend. North Carolina’s Caroline Calouche and Company are bringing their aerial dance show to The Grace Street Theatre May 4th and 5th for their presentation of “Spring Forward.”
Tokyo String Quartet to Enlighten VCU on Final World Tour
The legendary Tokyo String Quartet is on its final tour after 43 prestigious seasons and over a hundred concerts worldwide each season. One of the quartet’s last U.S. stops will be here in Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University’s W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday May 4 at 8 PM, in which they will perform pieces by historic composers, Beethoven, Bartók, and Mendelssohn.
Help Richmond Comedy Coalition Fund Its Very Own Theater
Hear ye, hear ye, good folks of Richmond Virginia! We, the people, have an alluring opportunity to move our small yet ambitious comedy community forward through (1.) teamwork, (2.) pizzas, and (3.) a minimum pledge of one dollar. Favorite local comedy troupe the Richmond Comedy Coalition needs our help with building their very own all-American headquarters in the Arts District of Downtown Richmond, Virginia, right near your best friend’s apartment (look it up).
First Friday RVA, May 2013: Happy Spam Day!
Ever go to Wikipedia and look up what happened on this day in history? You can find some weird stuff on there. For example, while working on this article, I discovered that Friday, May 3, 2013 is the 35th anniversary of the first email spam ever sent.
DAILY RECORD: Barn Owl
Barn Owl – V (Thrill Jockey Records)
For a band whose music unfolds as gradually and ponderously as Barn Owl's, their sonic evolution has occurred at a relatively rapid clip. From the start, they proved themselves one of the better bands who took after the sinister, vaguely spaghetti western-ish sturm und twang dirge that Earth brought into the world with Hex. Albums like Ancestral Star and The Conjurer further extrapolated the approach, largely eschewing all but guitars in favor of expansive desert music.
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