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Norfolk Artist Rashidi Barrett Stole A Career

This is a disturbing story developing in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads artistic community. The details, originally brought to light by OldSouthHigh.com, tell us that Norfolk based artist Rashidi Barrett, a rising art star, essentially stole his entire career. This is a...

The Wonderful World Of Anne Marie Wonder

It’s been a year and a half since the first hand-stapled copies of Dirty Dino Rock comics started showing up in coffee houses and bars around the city. Since then, artist Anne Marie Wonder (yes, that is her real name) has written, illustrated, printed and distributed...

Theatre Preview: Faith Healer

Self- contradicting, mesmerizing, heavily doused with alcohol… these could all describe Faith Healer, Henley Street Theatre’s next main stage show of its 2013 season. Part of the Acts of Faith Festival, Faith Healer premiers this Thursday, January 31st, at SPARC...

First Friday RVA, February 2013: Art Casts No Shadow

Hey everyone! It's almost February, and you know what that means--Groundhog Day is right around the corner! Yes, Groundhog Day, that random day in the exact middle of winter when people stalk a Pennsylvania-born rodent (part of a species also known as woodchucks or,...

Ghostprint Gallery Presents Benjamin Sack’s Eroica

Eroica is an exhibition of pen and ink drawings by Benjamin Sack, which opens this weekend at Ghostprint Gallery. The marks on the paper hanging at Ghostprint do more than just record moments in time; they communicate time itself. Benjamin Sack’s work is made up of...

Ladies Night: A Boylesque Revue Takes CenterStage

How delighted I was to have found myself at a different venue to view the art form which is boylesque. Boylesque, for all you newbies out there, is basically burlesque for guys. Scanning over the crowd, I noticed a consistent demographic: women, aged either mid...

The Fourth Annual Raqs Luminaire Comes To The Byrd Theatre

Dance and theatre connoisseurs, come one come all to the fourth annual Raqs Luminaire, lighting up the stage on Sunday, January 27th at Richmond's own historic Byrd Theatre. Showcasing a performance with a marriage of glowing costumes, mythological narrative, and the...

TUESDAY: Benefit For Rear Gallery At The Nile

The Rear Gallery is a new artspace that just opened recently here in RVA. A collaboration between four local artists, Laurie Lay, Elysia Houghton, Sean Jones, and Evangeline Rutherford, the gallery has been operating under the radar for the past couple of months....

FASHION RANT: Sweater Weather

Now that winter's on the way, sweaters are making their way out of closets. Sweaters are, of course, one of the greatest cold weather accessories ever designed by mankind. Snug fit or loose fit, knitted fleece or wool. Even acrylics these days can come out soft and looking sharp. The strong point of the sweater is it's ambiguity of style type....

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QUIET ANIMALS by Roa

Roa's work sits quietly in nooks and rundown buildings to watch, wait and in some cases, die there. Roa's work sits quietly in nooks and rundown buildings to watch, wait and in some cases, die there. Check out more at roaweb.tumblr.com

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LONELY MONSTERS by Andy Kehoe

Quiet isolation in the forest. The work reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are... Love these paintings by Andy Kehoe. Quiet isolation in the forest. The work reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are... Love these paintings by Andy Kehoe. Check out more andykehoe.net

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Bizarre Reality with Michael Page

Based out of San Francisco, Michael Page has shown internationally with his large oil and acrylic paintings. You can see why. Based out of San Francisco, Michael Page has shown internationally with his large oil and acrylic paintings. You can see why. More information at www.michaelpageart.com

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RVA No. 7: John Sebastian Vitale

The first time I met John Sebastian Vitale was about a year ago. There was a gallery doing a big exhibit that I was supposed to be in, called Love Looks Better In The Morning. I didn’t have a clue what I was going to show. Luckily, the inspiration for the exhibit entered my apartment along with Vitale, who was its curator. He intrigued me, and...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Karaoke Singer’s Guide To Self-Defense

The Karaoke Singer's Guide To Self-Defense, by Tim Kinsella (Featherproof Books) The Karaoke Singer's Guide To Self-Defense is the first literary effort from Tim Kinsella, a man far better known for his nearly 20-year career as an indie rock musician. In addition to spending much of the past 15 years fronting the quirky Chicago-based group Joan...

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