On Floyd Avenue, in a part of Richmond that still feels like it belongs to its people, there’s a chalkboard. No fanfare, no neon signs, no marketing ploys. Just a weathered board, a question, a quote, and sometimes, a little plastic Magic 8-Ball dangling at the side....
Back before it was ever a moving picture, there was the Rocky Horror Show, a stage musical that opened in London in 1973. The 1975 film version attained more mainstream fame, but the stage show is the original, and now the Firehouse Theatre Project is bringing that show to the stage once again, right here in RVA! Back before it was ever a moving...
This event is showcasing a new collection of work by Richard Perkins, consisting of newly brewed paintings and installations. Many will be intrigued, many will be shocked, many will love and a lot will hate. This event is showcasing a new collection of work by Richard Perkins, consisting of newly brewed paintings and installations. Many will be...
I know, I know, midweek holidays are the worst. But it's been over 24 hours now since Independence Day officially ended. Therefore, I expect all of you to have overcome your hangovers and pulled yourselves together enough to brave the heat once again, and hit up some of the many great art openings that will be happening in RVA tonight! I know, I...
James Wayland is a VA-based author who has been writing horror fiction for a very long time. He’s contributed to RVA Magazine in the past--everything from short stories to film and music reviews. But now he’s taken the plunge into the book world, releasing his first novel, Trailer Park Trash & Vampires, self-releasing both e-book and trade...
Local author and occasional RVA Magazine contributor James Wayland has just released his first novel, and it's a quick and dirty thrillride of a horror story. As you can probably tell from the title, Trailer Park Trash And Vampires isn't one of those moon-kissed gothic old-world epics about vampires who give off a forbidden romantic allure--nope,...
West Coast Kix continues with their monthly art showcase this Friday with yet another Last Friday Art Show! Last month's showcase, featuring Hamilton Glass, aka HAM, was a big success, and this month they'll be following it up in fine style with works by three different local photographers. West Coast Kix continues with their monthly art showcase...
Vaudeville Galore have been presenting quite the cavalcade of live performing arts showcases at Gallery 5 in recent months, featuring everything from burlesque to acrobatics to sideshow-freak craziness. This weekend, in conjunction with Buster's Haunted Stage Shows, they'll be bringing a combination of the three, plus even more wild things for us...
Ke$ha may call herself the queen of glitter, but the title’s true ruling sovereign is Richmond’s Sirena Sparkles. And sparkle she does. What GWAR does with fake blood, Sirena does with real glitter. The performer compliments her original ensembles with countless sequins, rhinestones, small mirrors, beads, costume jewelry and crystals. Her most...
Fashion designer Angela Bacskocky has been working for a while on a project called Nest, which was intended to merge fashion and fine art into a multi-disciplinary exploration of particular themes. Those themes, as expressed on Bacskocky's website, revolved around "isolation and hibernation, [...] the animal instinct to burrow and hide away,...