This weekend, Richmond Shakespeare opens Witch at the Theatre Gym inside the Virginia Repertory Theatre, running October 23 – November 9. Directed by longtime company associate Andrew Gall, the darkly comic play reimagines a 17th-century tale through a sharp, modern...
I definitely did not bring enough tissues. This past weekend, TheatreLAB and Yes, And! Entertainment held their official opening night for “The Last Five Years,” a contemporary musical written by Jason Robert Brown about two lovers who meet, marry, and separate over the course of five years. The show is special in that the couple each tell their...
In what can only be described as universal and near cosmic irony, the investment company in New York City behind the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street, is being forced to award $5 million in damages to 300 women and 15 African American employees. According to a federal audit of the group's parent company State Street Corporation, the firm...
Much like RVA Magazine’s “Must See Shows” lists inaugurated by GayRVA editor-in-cheif, Drew Necci, we’ve found it high time to establish a spotlight series for the fine arts community to center around RVA's First Fridays Art Walk. Starting this month, we will be highlighting several not-to-miss exhibitions from local galleries that are either...
On display currently at Crossroads Arts Center, The Forest Project Exhibition is lead collaborator Dawn Flores long-standing conservation project designed to memorialize a medium-sized urban forest off Jahnke Road that was clear-cut for housing development. This exhibition is the result of hundreds of artists collaborating together going on four...
Over the past few years, over a dozen tattoo shops have cropped up throughout the growing Broad Street pocket and its surrounding areas -- from high-end boutique shops to budget tattoo joints, members of the Richmond tattoo scene are increasingly rubbing elbows. You might expect that all this competition would be bad for business, but Lucky 13...
The Richmond Ballet started their 2017-2018 performance season with the Studio One production, and it featured some of the most stunning choreography happening in ballet today. With three pieces and a run time of about an hour, the performance featured the choreography of George Balanchine, Butler, and Ma Cong. Studio One effectively captured...
The last weekend of September marks the 11th Annual Richmond Zine Fest, held for the second year in a row at the Richmond Public Library. The Richmond Zine Fest is a two-day event for local and national zine-makers can gather to sell, trade their zines--self-published magazines with small print runs and DIY production values--and network with...
Tattoos and street art are undeniably Richmond to the point that we should erect a monument of a giant paintbrush on Monument Avenue. As of 2015, the city was the third most tattooed place in the country and has become apart of our culture just as street art is starting to. With the fascination and popularity of body ink, it only makes sense...
Displaying his first major exhibit, Greg Garner’s “X2” at 9WG Studios, features 31 doubly exposed pictures of Richmond landmarks and junkyard decay, half in black and white and half in color. Garner is a trained musician, earning his Bachelor’s in Music Composition from VCU, but it all changed for him in 2009 when he first bought a digital...
