There was a new guy that moved across the street from me, a new neighbor, and every time he saw me on the front porch puffing away, he asked to bum a smoke. It got so incessant that I had begun smoking in the backyard instead, not wishing to part with any of my...
RVA Magazine #39 is on the streets now! In this article from its pages, Humble, Richmond’s longtime muralist, clothing designer, and model, reflects on his journey from starving artist to modeling for professional shoots in the desert. Listen to the Radio RVA Podcast Interview with Humble here. Humbleness isn’t exactly a native concept in the...
Happy Tuesday, comics fans! Welcome back to your favorite bi-weekly go-to for comics news and talk in Richmond. Not only that, we are your best go-to for in-depth coverage of the biggest annual comics and pop culture event in the River City - GalaxyCon Richmond. Conventions are beautiful events for many reasons; they bring people of all...
Don't look now, but the latest issue of RVA Magazine just hit town, and we're kicking off our 15th year in operation with a real banger! Full of the city's best street-level culture, you'll learn everything you need to know about what's hot in the River City for the first year of the 20s and beyond. PHOTO: J. Roddy Walston, RVA 39 We begin by...
In the living room of a Stuart Ave home in Richmond’s Fan District, the world’s worst opera singer comes to life… and this unique comedy play heads into its final weekend. Into the Woods Productions invites you to the living room of a Fan District home for its latest theater production, Stephen Temperley’s Souvenir, starring Gabrielle Maes and...
While the military kid life is full of ups and downs, Richmond’s Military Kid Art Project helps balance things out. Travelling across the country, moving several times a year, and not seeing a parent for months at a time may seem strange to some -- but for many military kids, it’s just a part of life. And while military life has many positive...
Happiest of Tuesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to your Richmond Comics X-Change: GalaxyCon 2020 Preview Edition. This week we see the opening of GalaxyCon in Richmond, and for year two, we are going to get you prepared just in time to meet all of your favorite actors, comic book authors, and -- for the auto nerds out there -- even a few of your...
In Virginia Rep's current presentation of August Wilson's Fences, director Tawnya Pettiford-Wates shows the heart of a black family's struggle to keep the lingering effects of racism from pulling them apart. From one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia comes a story of legacy, family, responsibility, honor, duty, and...
Richmond Ballet’s Minds in Motion program gives city school students a different type of extra-curricular activity credit: ballet. While thousands of Virginia students walked across stages to collect their diplomas last year, several hundred marked the end of the school year in a different way -- with the grand finale of Minds in Motion, a...
This Valentine's Day, Death Club Radio's Phil Ford considers the doomed romantic tradition of the Lover's Leap, and asks: where did this macabre folk legend come from? I like to think I am a practical, sensible person -- although many have told me otherwise -- but I still can’t fathom why two forlorn fools would jump off a cliff for love. Who the...
