Writer’s Block | ‘Put It on My Tab’ by Victoria Aracri DeRoche

by RVA Staff | CULTURE, EAT DRINK, VIRGINIA LITERATURE

Writer’s Block is RVA Magazine‘s series highlighting contemporary writers working in Richmond and across the Commonwealth. We feature original poems, short stories, and essays. Just real voices writing right now. If you’d like to be featured, send your work...

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Waking Up Blue. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Americans voted for change. Delivering it is up to Democrats, and to us. As I watched the results come in from Richmond on Tuesday night and saw Sen. Mark Warner’s race called, I knew Virginia had come through, again. What I didn’t know yet was that the rest of the...

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Democrats Won Congress. Now They Have to Figure Out How to Deal with Trump.

Original story was published by Virginia Mercury HERE and republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his...

Public Hearings for the NextEra-Dominion Merger Have Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Original story was published by Virginia Mercury HERE and republished under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Public hearings in the case to decide the fate of the proposed merger between Dominion Energy and Florida-based NextEra Energy begin this week at the...

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California post-hardcore band Movements played The National in Richmond on Friday, October 30, as part of their Happier Now USA Tour. Pennsylvania’s Balance and Composure, Midrift, and Niis were also on the bill. The tour supports Happier Now, Movements’ fourth album,...

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Weekend Trippin’ to the Outer Banks in the Off-Season

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It's Still Our City Ep. 27 | PRISONER

It’s Still Our City Ep. 26 | Mac Wood & The Historic Pump House

It’s Still Our City Ep. 25 | Yavé Rust

It’s Still Our City Ep. 24 | Ed Harrington

A preview of IllumiNATION at Virginia Museum of History & Culture tonight

“Everything’s Made Up. So Let’s Fix It.” — Salaam Bhatti

TO THE RVA MAG YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS

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Photos | All The Saints Halloween Parade Packs Oregon Hill

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Fear and Loathing in Northern Virginia