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Lies About Murals Can Be Fun

Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk creator George Tisdale unreliably narrates tours of Richmond's murals. It's more entertaining than you'd think. The Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk showcases some of the most beautiful, and most hidden, murals in and around Richmond, but...

“We Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Food In This World”

Artist and Quail Bell Press co-founder Christine Sloan Stoddard's latest book, Force Fed, views the global issue of food insecurity and wealth disparity through an intensely personal lens. There’s a new book out on the shelves by Christine Sloan Stoddard, the...

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 36

Happiest of Wednesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to your favorite bi-weekly update on everyone that is up and coming and needs to be celebrated in the land of comics, in Richmond and beyond. This week, not only did I bring you more news in the land of pop culture --...

Stavna In Wonderland

Stavna Ballet's Alice In Wonderland showed a dance troupe picking up momentum and finding its groove, writes Christopher McDaniel. On Saturday January 11th, Stavna Ballet held Alice in Wonderland at the Modlin Center for the Arts, their first production of the 2020...

Dogs Made Of Dots

Artist Jacob Daley's pointillist portraits of pets bring joy to pet owners throughout the city. Throughout 2020, he'll be giving a portion of his proceeds to Richmond Animal League to help even more pets find a better tomorrow. Local artist Jacob Daley is spending...

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 35

Happy new year, comic fans! Welcome to a new year of new goals, new opportunities, and -- most importantly -- new comics. This year we are bringing you more of the best in comic news, upcoming comics, and events. We will be covering GalaxyCon once again this year,...

Rest Easy With WRIR’s Death Club Radio

RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, in which we explore the ins, outs, ups and downs of death and dying with Death Club Radio, the weekly WRIR show that helps demystify the universal experience of the end of life. Here’s the...

RVA Comics X-Change Issue 21: GalaxyCon Artist’s Alley Edition

Happy not-yet-rainy Tuesday, comic fans of the greater River City! Welcome on back to issue number twenty-one of your RVA Comics X-Change, where every other week we talk about what is on the radar in comic world and pop culture. This week we take a big stroll down Artist’s Alley - GalaxyCon’s Artist’s Alley that is. One of my absolute must stops...

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RVA Dance Collective Moves Through Four Seasons

RVA Dance Collective capped off their 12th season with a striking performance at Dogtown Dance Theatre. Christopher McDaniel tells us all about it. On Friday May 31 and Saturday June 1, RVA Dance Collective held their twelfth annual concert, entitled Four Seasons, at Dogtown Dance Theatre. The concert encapsulated their twelfth season as a...

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The Art Of Richmond’s Youth

Art 180's annual Really Big Show will turn art by the river city's young people into a celebratory block party on First Friday. Art 180 will be hosting their 15th annual Really Big Show this Friday, June 7th, as part of June's First Friday festivities. The beloved non-profit will be taking up their entire block in Jackson Ward to display and...

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VMFA’s Awaken Takes Visitors On A Path To Enlightenment

Awaken, presented by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, takes visitors on a spiritual journey through the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Richmond’s very own Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is currently presenting Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment. This eye-opening exhibit introduces the Tibetan Buddhist religion and...

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RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 20

Happy Tuesday, comic fans! Welcome back to not just another issue of our RVA comic exchange, but the big issue number two-oh. That’s right, we’re back in trade paperback format! This week we’re hanging out on the west coast as we talk to California based web illustrator and Archie aficionado Sara M. Lyons, who is giving us some of her current...

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Author Marc Boston Wants You To Be Courageous

The author of two children's books, Boston began writing because he wanted to see girls of color (like his own daughters) represented in children's fiction. Three things you need to know about Charlottesville-based children’s author Marc Boston: his upbeat attitude is undeniably infectious, he has a fantastic smile, and when he wants something,...

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RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 19

Happy Tuesday, comics fans! Welcome to yet another issue of your beloved little comics column that could on this shiny May afternoon. Today we are keeping it in the family as this week we turn to our editor at large, Marilyn Drew Necci, for her suggestions on comics to brighten up our rainy afternoons this spring. After that I bring back home...

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Keeping the Dialogue Going

Last month, Richmond magazine Dialogue celebrated the release of their Spring 2019 sixth issue with an event at Cherry, a collaborative, artist-run space that works to provide for arising and established artists. The sixth and latest issue of the Richmond-focused literary magazine featured coverage of artists Cameron Spratley and Mattie Hinkley,...

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