The curtain comes down on Stay Gold: 20 Years of RVA Magazine & Gallery5 this Friday. Huge thanks to everyone who packed the place at the opening earlier this month. Big thank you to PLF, RVA Moon Market, Gallery5, Gull, Sweet Potatoes, No BS! Brass Band and The...
There's a mess of events and chances to see live painting associated with the Richmond Mural Project in the coming weeks, and here's your guide to the parties, locations, and artists you'll see this summer. There's a mess of events and chances to see live painting associated with the Richmond Mural Project in the coming weeks, and here's your...
It's time to put the 90s revival on pause for at least one night--this Friday at Gallery 5, a crew of 13 RVA burlesque dancers will take us back to the 80s, when hair metal ruled the airwaves and clouds of AquaNet filled the air above LA's Sunset Strip. It's time to put the 90s revival on pause for at least one night--this Friday at Gallery 5, a...
RVA artists Dan Owen and Jeff Byers will be premiering "Sorry America," an exhibition of new artwork beginning at 6 PM this Friday at Chop Suey Books in Carytown. RVA artists Dan Owen and Jeff Byers will be premiering "Sorry America," an exhibition of new artwork beginning at 6 PM this Friday at Chop Suey Books in Carytown. Owen has quietly made...
I don't know about you, but I'd love for summer to take as long as possible before getting here this year. I don't know about you, but I'd love for summer to take as long as possible before getting here this year. The calendar says it doesn't start until most of the way through June, but in Richmond, the heat is usually deadly by mid-May at the...
Those Freaking Weirdos are at it again! The monthly Brews & Burlesque event that brings together comically scandalous performances from this local neo-burlesque troupe and great craft beer from Strangeways Brewing has been bumped up a week, and will be happening this month only on First Friday, June 6! Those Freaking Weirdos are at it again! The...
At the corner of North Robinson Street and Grove Avenue, a bright orange building with a motorcycle resting in front stands out. Inside, fashion forward apparel and accessories for men and women abound. Founded in June 2013, Y&H Mercantile is a fairly new shop to Richmond, and one that all stylish Richmond shoppers can truly appreciate. At the...
Ron English is coming to Richmond next month as part of the Richmond Mural Project, and if you know anything about him, you know it won’t be boring. English has long been considered the godfather of street art, a title he’s earned by turning advertising, pop culture, and even political propaganda on its head for decades. Long before viral videos,...
Virginia art made its way to New York City earlier this month with the help of Farmville’s j fergeson gallery. “We want to take art where the people are,” said Jarrod Fergeson, the gallery’s owner and namesake, who took works by Grant Garmezy of RVA and Susan Jamison of Roanoke to this year’s SELECT Fair in Manhattan. Virginia art made its way to...
Next weekend brings to RVA the return of the Virginia Burlesque & Sideshow Festival! Lasting from Friday May 30 until Sunday June 1, this four-show, three-day festival will feature all sorts of burlesque, musical, and circus-style performers from all over the world, coming together in Richmond to bring "empowering entertainment and mature themes...