A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and Virginia Writer’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...
Maggie L. Walker, the first female bank president of any race to charter a bank in the United States, is getting her long-deserved recognition with her very own statue in Richmond. An unveiling ceremony and celebration for the highly debated monument will occur on Walker’s 153rd birthday, Saturday, July 15, at 10 am, at the intersection of West...
This is the first in a series of articles featuring the 2017-2018 VMFA fellowship recipients. Jane Winfield has always painted. Some of her paintings takes years to make, some only days. All of them make you pause and think, though. Winfield, a current VMFA Fellowship recipient, paints mostly large-scale abstract paintings. She said she uses...
The first full week of the month not only brings promises of a fresh start but also RVA First Fridays, Richmond’s monthly artwalk event. With so many different mediums to choose from, Richmonders can expect to be entertained by all of the food, art, music, and more that the city has to offer. With summer in full swing, RVA Mag has selected just a...
This year marks around the 100th anniversary of Prohibition, also known as the Temperance Movement. Prohibition was an early 1900s social movement against alcohol and the Library of Virginia (LVA) is hosting a new exhibit called, Teetotalers & Moonshiners: Prohibition in Virginia, Distilled on the events surrounding this very sober timeframe...
The Bard has returned to RVA this summer for the city’s “peak theatrical experience” with Quill Theatre’s 19th annual Richmond Shakespeare Festival. “The history of the festival is so rich,” said Jan Powell, producing artistic director of Quill Theatre. “If you love Shakespeare, you will love this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you will love this...
Studio Two Three (S23) is bringing art to the people-- literally. The brick and mortar art studio recently revamped an old truck, turning it into Studio Two Three To-Go, a mobile printmaking and photography studio on wheels. Ashley Hawkins, Studio Two Three’s executive director and one of its co-founders back in 2009, said she’s wanted to do the...
Get ready to fall down the rabbit hole and once again return to Wonderland, but this time with a much more mature, different kind of Alice. This Sunday, Burlesque Right Meow will present Alice in Wonderbra: Through the Stripping Glass at the Firehouse Theatre for a night of whimsical fantasies and nonsensical allure. This time, Alice is an adult...
Those Freaking Weirdos are back with something that is relatively rare in the RVA burlesque world: an all-male revue! Their previous Ladies Night show at CenterStage was a huge hit, so this Saturday, TFW Burlesque presents Ladies Night: The Boys Are Back! Those Freaking Weirdos are back with something that is relatively rare in the RVA burlesque...
1708 Gallery will return with their amazing night time, public art exhibit this fall, InLight Richmond. After spending last year in Scotts Addition, and taking over Monroe Park Campus the year before that, this year sees the festival of lights, complete with light parade and massive installations, come to West Broad St.. This year's theme is the...
