I started smoking cigarettes when I was 14 years old. Most likely because other boys my age in the neighborhood were smoking. I thought it was the next logical step on the way to losing my virginity. I wasn’t peer pressured. I did this because I wanted to. John...
In the living room of a Stuart Ave home in Richmond’s Fan District, the world’s worst opera singer comes to life… and this unique comedy play heads into its final weekend. Into the Woods Productions invites you to the living room of a Fan District home for its latest theater production, Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir, starring Gabrielle Maes and...
While the military kid life is full of ups and downs, Richmond’s Military Kid Art Project helps balance things out. Travelling across the country, moving several times a year, and not seeing a parent for months at a time may seem strange to some -- but for many military kids, it’s just a part of life. And while military life has many positive...
Happiest of Tuesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to your Richmond Comics X-Change: GalaxyCon 2020 Preview Edition. This week we see the opening of GalaxyCon in Richmond, and for year two, we are going to get you prepared just in time to meet all of your favorite actors, comic book authors, and -- for the auto nerds out there -- even a few of your...
In Virginia Rep's current presentation of August Wilson's Fences, director Tawnya Pettiford-Wates shows the heart of a black family's struggle to keep the lingering effects of racism from pulling them apart. From one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia comes a story of legacy, family, responsibility, honor, duty, and...
Richmond Ballet’s Minds in Motion program gives city school students a different type of extra-curricular activity credit: ballet. While thousands of Virginia students walked across stages to collect their diplomas last year, several hundred marked the end of the school year in a different way -- with the grand finale of Minds in Motion, a...
This Valentine's Day, Death Club Radio's Phil Ford considers the doomed romantic tradition of the Lover's Leap, and asks: where did this macabre folk legend come from? I like to think I am a practical, sensible person -- although many have told me otherwise -- but I still can’t fathom why two forlorn fools would jump off a cliff for love. Who the...
The Lost In Williamsburg podcast tells listeners a supernatural story of the city, shifting from the 18th century to present-day through strange and unexplained happenings. Phillip Merritt has “No F@%s Left to Give” when it comes to art. Phillip Merritt is an architectural landscaper by day, and a multi-dimensional artist by night. Merritt...
Richmond non-profit organization SPARC uses art, music, and performance to help local youth, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds, grow into creative, successful adults. Every child is different. They have different backgrounds, different family situations, and a different story to tell the world, good or bad. Some are in need of a...
Happiest of Tuesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to your bi-weekly stop for comics and pop culture news in the River City. Every issue we talk to industry experts and Richmond creatives who love comics and dig deep to find their recommendations on the next big read, with a little bit of news so we eat our vegetables, too. This week in news we...
