Complexity, and especially ambiguity, are what make Shakespeare Shakespeare. The Bard has many strengths: the grace of his verse and the ease with which he coined the perfect phrase or word, the ability to make esoteric and highly specific situations universally...
Former GayRVA editor-in-chief, RVA Magazine editor for print and web. Anxiety expert, proud trans woman, happily married.
Radio Rubber Room At The Republic: Unadulterated Rock n’ Roll
Last Wednesday at The Republic, Radio Rubber Room gave us two bands, the likes of which I was beginning to worry did not exist anymore in this fair city; Lightfields and Basmati, each uniquely raucous and gritty, but most importantly they sounded natural – as though...
One Way Richmond’s Must-See Show Previews 4/10-4/16
FEATURE SHOW Tuesday, April 16, 10 p.m. Thelma & the Sleaze, Stiff Licks, The Milkstains, Navi @ The Nile - $5/21+ Well, once again the Nile is home to the big guns. Describing Nashville’s Thelma & the Sleaze is like describing that time mom flipped the kitchen table...
Win Tickets To Sweetlife Festival At Merriweather Post Pavilion!
Fans of great music and sustainable, local cuisine have equal reasons to rejoice about the imminent return of the Sweetlife Music & Food Festival. Presented by Sweetgreen, a natural food restaurant based in DC with 16 locations in the DMV areal, the fourth annual...
Highness Premiere New Track; Debut LP Out May 14
Highness is an up-and-coming post-hardcore quintet whose members are split between Richmond and Fredericksburg [and Brooklyn! Oops-ed]. The first thing about them that anyone is going to mention is their epic pedigree, so let's get that out of the way right now:...
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