As we look back on 20 years of publishing RVA Magazine, we’re diving into our origins, beginning with our official launch in 2005. That year marked the debut of RVA Magazine, Issue 1, Volume 1, and our April 15th kickoff event at Gallery5. In the process of archiving,...
How delighted I was to have found myself at a different venue to view the art form which is boylesque. Boylesque, for all you newbies out there, is basically burlesque for guys. Scanning over the crowd, I noticed a consistent demographic: women, aged either mid twenties or mid forties, and extremely rowdy. How delighted I was to have found myself...
Dance and theatre connoisseurs, come one come all to the fourth annual Raqs Luminaire, lighting up the stage on Sunday, January 27th at Richmond's own historic Byrd Theatre. Showcasing a performance with a marriage of glowing costumes, mythological narrative, and the art of belly-dancing, this year's show features local and international dance...
The Rear Gallery is a new artspace that just opened recently here in RVA. A collaboration between four local artists, Laurie Lay, Elysia Houghton, Sean Jones, and Evangeline Rutherford, the gallery has been operating under the radar for the past couple of months. However, with their first official exhibition scheduled to open this Friday, January...
The Tony Award winning touring production of Monty Python’s Spamalot is kicking off its national tour January 11th at Richmond’s CenterStage. With the play authored by Monty Python’s own Eric Idle, this adaptation of The Holy Grail is a show that appears to be nothing short of a spectacle. The Tony Award winning touring production of Monty...
FDANCE is a local dance troupe headed by Rebecca A. Farrell. They are currently working to restage Farrell's "intervention dance" piece, Impressive Mastermind, here in RVA--Impressive Mastermind was originally staged at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ. In order to fund this restaging, FDANCE has turned to Kickstarter, seeking to raise...
It's the beginning of another year--one that many of the more mystically-minded among us thought we'd never see. The Mayans weren't wrong, per se (spoiler: it was the people who read the Mayan calendars incorrectly that were wrong), but 2012 wasn't the last year of human civilization, and we've all got the raging hangovers to prove it. But don't...
“Nest”, the first line of clothing from Angela Bacskocky’s eponymous fashion design company, is a bit hard to define. Launched last spring, this local start-up is a brave statement. It is also a collaborative effort between Bacskocky and the models who served as her muses, and at heart, it is the unlikely meeting of sticks and stones with a...
The Little Black Fish, by Bizhan Khodabandeh (Mended Arrow) A story originally by Samad Behrangi, The Little Black Fish tells a tale of youthful curiosity, and of a young fish yearning to push beyond her cultural and geographic boundaries, striving to discover the world, question authority, and defy convention. Bizhan Khodabandeh's debut graphic...
Eliza Childress, Mary Silcox, and Sara Gossett are three young artists who’ve been engaged in a variety of creative works around RVA for several years now. In recent months, they have been joining forces on a regular basis to put on collaborative all-vinyl DJ nights at Balliceaux and other local venues. Knowing that the three of them are all hard...
