The Carver neighborhood sits tucked between the highway and the downtown sprawl, close enough to reach everything and overlooked long enough to feel like its own island. So when CONEX appeared there a few weeks ago, rising out of a sunken concrete pit built from cargo...
Since 1969, Richmond Book Shop has thrived, keeping its original vintage feel alive for a new generation of Broad Street literati. For the vintage-holic -- or frankly, anyone who appreciates culture -- walking into Richmond Book Shop is like being a beer enthusiast walking into your favorite brewery. Bob Marley and Ralph Steadman posters...
The creatives behind Quirktastic grew up without a space for black youth in nerd culture... so they made their own. “You’re not really the right race to dress up as that character.” “You don’t really look like a geek.” “Are you pretending just for guys’ attention?” Lauren Grant has heard everything in the book. But together with Bryanda Law...
Happiest Tuesday, Comic fans! Welcome to issue #27 of your favorite biweekly place to talk shop on comics and pop culture, the RVA Comics X-Change. This week we have a smaller, post-Labor-Day-lull edition of the exchange, but just enough to get us ready for fall. We've got a bunch of pop culture favorites, an indie nod, and even a Throwback...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. If you meet AEST2 in the course of an ordinary day, he seems like a normal citizen. But he leads a double life, furthering a decades-long graffiti career in secret. The majority of the city has no idea he exists, but within the tightly-knit local...
Mother India brings what curator Prabir Mehta calls "a vast but representative picture of what India offers" to Gallery 5 tonight. "Get out of my way, you don't belong here!" Those were the words Prabir Mehta heard while walking through the aisles of the Kroger on Lombardy St, after being rammed with a grocery cart. Mehta, born and raised in...
Welcome back, comic fans of the beautiful River City! Welcome to this week’s special birthday edition of your RVA Mag Comics X-Change! I have a few hot recommendations for you that I just might take off my save-for-later list, and then after that, we’re going to take a second to talk about Tom Holland’s Spider-Man leaving the MCU (Marvel...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to our brand new, quarter fresh issue of RVA Comics X-Change. Twenty-Five issues in and we’re still hot off the presses and bringing you everything for your comic and nerdy needs every other week. This week we spoke to Alex Smith, Co-Owner of Alpha Comics and Games at Willow Lawn, who gave us a few choice...
Dates: September 13-15, 2019Event Page: rvatattooarts.com Join us for one of the world's oldest tattoo conventions, hosted by the renowned Jesse Smith and Kenny Brown. This year's event promises an incredible lineup of talent and entertainment. Highlights: Tattoo Artists: Featuring both local talents and internationally recognized artists,...
Local design company Jini & Tonic is helping you wear your armor on your sleeve through pins and apparel that make definitive statements. Jini Valence looks like any other Richmonder when you first meet her to get coffee. She’s tall, friendly, has plenty of tattoos, and hell, she even has an art degree (from the land of Chicago). But she has...
