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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....

FDANCE’s Kickstarter Campaign To Stage Impressive Mastermind

FDANCE is a local dance troupe headed by Rebecca A. Farrell. They are currently working to restage Farrell's "intervention dance" piece, Impressive Mastermind, here in RVA--Impressive Mastermind was originally staged at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. In...

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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ART FEED : PIERRE BOTARDO

Our friend and VCU graduate Pierre Botardo has his first show in New York. The images I create are initial reactions to both lasting and meteoric events. The work, itself, is an observation of the discretion in these events. By permitting myself to indulge analytically and aesthetically in uncensored emotions, it is a form of self expression as...

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ART FEED : BETH HOECKEL

Some nice work by Beth Hoeckel. Her mixed media collage pieces are made from found print material and speak of another time. You can check out more from this Baltimore-based artist at bethhoeckel.com. Some nice work by Beth Hoeckel. Her mixed media collage pieces are made from found print material and speak of another time. You can check out more...

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