Twenty years ago, RVA Magazine and Gallery5 came to life together—two DIY efforts launched with no budget, no blueprint, and no permission. What they shared was a vision: that Richmond’s creative culture was worth showing up for, amplifying, and celebrating....
James Callahan, the RVA artist formerly (and sometimes still) known as "Barf," will be presenting a selection of new and recent works for your viewing pleasure beginning tonight at Books Bikes And Beyond Thrift Store. You may be familiar with Callahan's work from Born Ugly Magazine, his collaborations with Shipyard Skates, his album cover designs...
Adam Juresko is based in Philadelphia these days, but he was an RVA artist (and musician) for a long time, so it's good to see him returning to his former hometown for an exhibition of new works that opens this Friday at Gallery 5. Adam Juresko is based in Philadelphia these days, but he was an RVA artist (and musician) for a long time, so it's...
This piece was posted to GayRVA.com, our media partner, late last week. It speaks to the quality and excitement we at RVA Mag feel about the new Henley St. Theatre production of "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Read the except below and follow the link at the bottom to read the rest. This piece was posted to GayRVA.com,...
Raven Mack makes zines. Back in the mid-1990s, when the only places you could expect to have the internet were colleges and government agencies, zines were the format of choice for do-it-yourself creative expression. Cheap photocopied pamphlets consisting of typed (or even handwritten) thoughts about any and every subject that crossed the...
Well, as the PA systems in every shopping district with piped-in Muzak in the country have been telling you ever since the day after Halloween, "it's the most wonderful time of the year"--at least for the capitalists who've blown Christmas completely out of proportion in order to separate us all from our hard-earned cash. But if you're looking...
Beginning Friday, November 30, VCU's Anderson Gallery presents Portrait As Community, a student exhibition documenting various communities in and around Richmond. Portrait As Community was a course offered by the Department of Photography and Film, VCU Libraries and the Anderson Gallery, in which students from the VCU Departments of Photography &...
After a huge success with the first edition of Byrlesque At The Byrd this past summer, Deanna Danger Productions and Boom Boom Basics Burlesque & Performing Arts Studio are bringing their talents back to the Byrd for a return engagement this Sunday! While the original presentation of Byrlesque At The Byrd was a more general salute to the history...
Last month, Gallery 5 hosted the Fifth Annual Carnival Of 5 Fires multi-event extravaganza. The flagship event for the month, the three-ring burlesque circus known as Gyspies! Tramps! Thieves! took place on Friday, October 19. This multimedia performance, presented by Deanna Danger Productions and Vaudeville Galore, drew all sorts of local...
The brisk evening air on Thursday, November 8, matched my charged excitement to see a choreographed martial arts performance. I'd never heard of anything quite like this, and afterwards I'd say that I've never seen anything like it either. While Carytown and the Byrd took a step back into our country’s past with Lincoln-mania, Shaolin Warriors...
