A Year of Magical Thinking—or Rather Dancing (Self Care for Black Men) How does self-care show up for you, especially in the wake of January 20, 2025? As we witness rollbacks in DEI initiatives and shifts in race relations, it seems that external...
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Henley Street Theatre to Merge with Richmond Shakespeare
Richmond’s Henley Street Theatre and the Richmond Shakespeare are excited to announce a merger that will bring the two renowned theatre production companies under one roof for a year-round romp of Shakespearean merriment. The two companies decided to make the move after two years of talk, beginning with their 2010-2011 co-production of The...
Theater Review: Richmond Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Complexity, and especially ambiguity, are what make Shakespeare Shakespeare. The Bard has many strengths: the grace of his verse and the ease with which he coined the perfect phrase or word, the ability to make esoteric and highly specific situations universally understandable, the prolific speed with which he wrote powerful and enduring plays,...
Theater Preview: The Pride At Richmond Triangle Players
The Pride, Alexi-Kaye Campbell’s award winning, era-hopping play about societal issues and acceptance, continues Richmond Triangle Players’s 20th Anniversary season beginning Thursday April 4. It will run Thursday through Saturday evenings at 8pm through April 27th. The Pride, Alexi-Kaye Campbell’s award winning, era-hopping play about societal...
Tom Wesselmann Retrospective Hits The VMFA
In 1980, the audacious art scholar Slim Stealingworth wrote: "Many critics have described Tom Wesselmann as the most underrated painter of the American Art world of the 1960's." The funny thing is that Slim Stealingworth IS Tom Wesselmann. Frustrated at being ignored by the art world establishment, Wesselmann created an alternate identity to...
First Friday RVA, April 2013: Is It Actually Spring?
Spring is here, lent is over, Easter has passed, and the weather might actually have figured out that it's time to warm up! So maybe this First Friday it'll actually be pleasant walking-around-outdoors weather. Wouldn't that be nice? Spring is here, lent is over, Easter has passed, and the weather might actually have figured out that it's time to...
RVA No. 12: Charles Berger
Charles Berger is a tattoo artist who plies his trade at Heroes and Ghosts in Carytown. We’ve known Charles for some time, and watched his talent grow immensely over the past few years. His work was featured in the Valentine Richmond History Center’s recent exhibition, History, Ink: The Tattoo Archive Project. This project featured the tattoos of...
Mixology: 1708 Gallery’s Annual Art Auction, Featuring Shepard Fairey
1708 Gallery presents their annual art auction, Mixology, with honorable chair Shepard Fairey, this Saturday, April 6, at 8pm. The 23rd annual fundraiser features both a live and silent auction of over 60 artists. 1708 Gallery presents their annual art auction, Mixology, with honorable chair Shepard Fairey, this Saturday, April 6, at 8pm. The...
The Richmond Mural Project has been postponed.
For all those that have been wondering, The Richmond Mural Project has been postponed until the end of summer. For all those that have been wondering, The Richmond Mural Project has been postponed until the end of summer. Check out Art Whino for the info and we will post more as we know more. Stay tuned.
YFD Clothing Releases Spring 2013 Lookbook
Fashionable residents of Richmond--YFD Clothing has released their Spring 2013 Collection, and you're going to want to check it out! It's true that the weather here in Richmond has been a bit erratic and strange, but we can’t forget that it’s technically spring. Fashionable residents of Richmond--YFD Clothing has released their Spring 2013...
