A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and VirginiaWriter’s Block is RVA Magazine’s Sunday series highlighting contemporary writers working in Richmond and across the Commonwealth. Each week, we feature original poems, short stories, or...
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...
Richmond's favorite men's fashion buy, sell and trade store Round Two, now located at 202 West Broad St. Richmond's favorite men's fashion buy, sell and trade store Round Two, now located at 202 West Broad St. has decided they want to kick it out on the West Coast. The store, which carries men's shoes, shirts and other high-end fashion items at...
I entered the parking lot through the exit, confused by the identical entrance signs, but still a little early. This was my first musical review, and I had no idea what kind of atavistic spectacles lay in wait for me. But what better way to pop my fucking cherry than with Oklahoma!. I exited the car and entered through the Glen Allen Cultural...