WIlliam Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most popular comedies in the history of literature. It’s timeless. One of the best things about performing timeless Shakespeare comedies is that you can tweak, jigger, flip, and reverse his work into...
Halloween may be over, but we're hanging on to it like a zombie after your brains. Halloween may be over, but we're hanging on to it like a zombie after your brains. Austin Green and Greg White, the guys who concocted the delicious Texas Beach Bloody Mary mix recipe for RVA, released a commercial for their product just before Halloween. And who...
Sunday, Sept 20 - I wake to the crinkling sound of the plastic canvas beneath me. I'm not sure whose tent I'm in or how I got here. Can it be Sunday already? Sunday, Sept 20 - I wake to the crinkling sound of the plastic canvas beneath me. I'm not sure whose tent I'm in or how I got here. Can it be Sunday already? I take a moment to gather my...
In an effort to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, local business employees, tattoo artists and VCU students will gather tonight at the Mott Gallery to auction video game and super hero-themed art. Jillian Ryan and Bob Broomfield of Bits and Pixels, a video game store in Carytown, got the idea for the auction when they...
RVA is known for its thriving visual art scene, and newcomer Sishir Bommakanti is doing his best to break into it. RVA is known for its thriving visual art scene, and newcomer Sishir Bommakanti is doing his best to break into it. After receiving his BFA in illustration from Ringling College, Bommakanti began hit journey to find a unique voice in...
Quoth the raven, and be prepared for the mystery, because Edgar Allan Poe is coming back to life this weekend. Quoth the raven, and be prepared for the mystery, because Edgar Allan Poe is coming back to life this weekend. Well sort of. Deanna Danger Productions and Gilded Lily Burlesque will put on “The Haunting of Poe: A Burlesque Masquerade”, a...
Successful illustrator and painter Arik Roper, who is now based in New York City, was raised here in Richmond in the 1980s. Successful illustrator and painter Arik Roper, who is now based in New York City, was raised here in Richmond in the 1980s. As a teenager, Roper found himself mesmerized with the psychedelic blacklight posters that hung in...
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has added a piece of art rich in history to its McGlothlin American Galleries, one of the most valuable acquistions in the museum's history. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has added a piece of art rich in history to its McGlothlin American Galleries, one of the most valuable acquistions in the museum's history....
Richmond based publisher Sink/Swim Press released their latest comic this week, Consumption, from local artist Dashiell Kirk. Richmond based publisher Sink/Swim Press released their latest comic this week, Consumption, from local artist Dashiell Kirk. Consumption, a nearly 30 page horror-influenced tale of gluttony, told entirely without...
Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) and Art on Wheels have partnered to send Richmonders on Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) and Art on Wheels have partnered to send Richmonders on a scavenger hunt starting this Wednesday to find a door they’ve hidden somewhere in the city. But it’s not just any door- it’s part of a bigger project called “Find Art...
