There’s something inherently satisfying about a locked-room mystery. The kind where you, a detective by necessity, not by choice, are thrown into a puzzle that demands observation, deduction, and maybe a little alcohol. Richmond, being Richmond, doesn’t quite have...
Here's an event that should appeal to hip hop heads and fashion savvy youth alike. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM, the VCU Student Hip Hop Organization will be presenting a lecture by Greg Selkoe, CEO of Karmaloop. Here's an event that should appeal to hip hop heads and fashion savvy youth alike. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM, the VCU Student Hip Hop...
It seems weird to even discuss an outdoor art event right now with all the chaos happening outside our windows. The entire city has basically shut down so that yet another storm can have its rampaging destructive way with us, and who knows when things will get back to normal? And yet, despite the fact that it seems unimaginable right now, we...
Attention beer-drinking, hell-raising, rock n' roll party animals of RVA! This Friday at Wonderland in Shockoe Bottom marks the arrival in Richmond, for one night only, of the third annual Coney Island Rock N' Roll Roadshow tour! This wild variety show features plenty of high-energy shenanigans from burlesque babes, sideshow freaks, and other...
Richmond-based multi-media artist Mark Strandquist has been putting together his current project, Write Home Soon, for quite a while now. An ongoing project in which Strandquist works alongside individuals he meets in prisons, shelters, senior citizen facilities, high schools, museums and many other facilities, Write Home Soon consists of...
Here's something interesting for all of you fans of live theatre--the Henley Street Theatre Company has put together a unique and fascinating take on a classic Shakespeare play. This Saturday, at the November Theatre (formerly the Empire Theatre), 20 different actors, none of whom have ever rehearsed with each other, will come together to present...
Finally, our prestigious Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has opened its East Asian Gallery! Keeping a selection of Hasui Kawase prints in the only room that, until this last month, housed the Japanese art in the building, the VMFA has with its new gallery invited us into the Orient with their traditionally impersonal but warm and delicate embrace....
This weekend, the Carnival Of 5 Fires rolls on at Gallery 5 with Vaudeville Galore and Deanna Danger Productions' biggest show yet: Gypsies! Tramps! Thieves! a three-ring circus of burlesque, vaudeville, acrobatics, sideshow stunts, and so much more! This weekend, the Carnival Of 5 Fires rolls on at Gallery 5 with Vaudeville Galore and Deanna...
As he walked down the dark block towards Gallery 5, he thought about what this evening had in store for him. He’d never been to one of these things and there were some apprehensions as to what to expect. He joined the growing line there on Marshall. He noticed the myriad of people and thought this was a whole new scene for him. He seemed a bit...
We've been telling you about Virginia author James Wayland's horror novel, Trailer Park Trash & Vampires, for a while now. The original version premiered on Amazon back at the beginning of summer, with an ebook edition that was free for Kindle users. However, the expanded edition that Wayland and illustrator Chris Visions have been putting...
