Ian C. Hess is one of those rare souls who’s carved out a place in Richmond’s unpredictable art landscape. As the owner of Supply, a local art store, and a painter whose work is steeped in mythology and meticulous craft, Ian has spent over a decade wrestling with the...
Eva DeVirgilis shines in the solo-performance The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Actually, she more than shines. She self-ignites and blazes away with her emotionally ravishing and astonishingly funny talents. Eva DeVirgilis shines in the solo-performance The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. Actually,...
“You don’t see a lot of gay people in tattoo shops, especially transgender people, so it was a big deal to me,” said Abel Killian, leaning on a stool in Lucky 13 Tattoo’s back office space. He stands out in a shop filled with burly dudes with massive beards – he’s short and his midnight-black mop top is stuffed under a red Phillies baseball cap....
As a former history major who wrote my senior thesis about theater as a form of edification for Richmond society (what was I smoking?), I felt like a hypocrite for not visiting the Valentine History Center since moving to RVA. Having heard heaps of praise about what is colloquially called the “tattoo exhibit,” I decided I could no longer put off...
Combining humor, holiday spirit and glittered pasties, Byrlesque at the Byrd, “Holidays at the Movies” was an evening to entertain. On Sunday, Dec. 2, Deanna Danger, Bitsy Buttons, and many more took to the stage at the historic Byrd Theatre for a night of burlesque. Combining humor, holiday spirit and glittered pasties, Byrlesque at the Byrd,...
James Callahan, the RVA artist formerly (and sometimes still) known as "Barf," will be presenting a selection of new and recent works for your viewing pleasure beginning tonight at Books Bikes And Beyond Thrift Store. You may be familiar with Callahan's work from Born Ugly Magazine, his collaborations with Shipyard Skates, his album cover designs...
Adam Juresko is based in Philadelphia these days, but he was an RVA artist (and musician) for a long time, so it's good to see him returning to his former hometown for an exhibition of new works that opens this Friday at Gallery 5. Adam Juresko is based in Philadelphia these days, but he was an RVA artist (and musician) for a long time, so it's...
This piece was posted to GayRVA.com, our media partner, late last week. It speaks to the quality and excitement we at RVA Mag feel about the new Henley St. Theatre production of "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Read the except below and follow the link at the bottom to read the rest. This piece was posted to GayRVA.com,...
Raven Mack makes zines. Back in the mid-1990s, when the only places you could expect to have the internet were colleges and government agencies, zines were the format of choice for do-it-yourself creative expression. Cheap photocopied pamphlets consisting of typed (or even handwritten) thoughts about any and every subject that crossed the...
Well, as the PA systems in every shopping district with piped-in Muzak in the country have been telling you ever since the day after Halloween, "it's the most wonderful time of the year"--at least for the capitalists who've blown Christmas completely out of proportion in order to separate us all from our hard-earned cash. But if you're looking...
