I am prone to hyperbole. While my enthusiasm for local theatre runs hot, believe me when I tell you Primary Trust is the best production I have ever seen in Richmond. I mean that. It’s perfect. On every level. In every performance. Pacing, set design, lighting, sound...
Richmond Ballet's performance of Romeo & Juliet showed that the iconic Shakespeare play can still communicate a powerful message to audiences, even when the dialogue is replaced by dance. Last month at the Dominion Energy Center, the Richmond Ballet, alongside the Richmond Symphony, premiered Romeo & Juliet for packed audiences that...
I was introduced to Flying Geese and Jennifer Rho a few weeks ago and fell down a rabbit hole of handmade items from in and around Richmond. In our modern technology-obsessed world, it might feel like backward thinking to embrace artisanal crafting, but with the world coming out of a global lockdown a lot of us are searching for something that...
When the five lights of brilliant wisdom dawn, Fearlessly, bravely, may I know them as myself! When the forms of the Lords mild and fierce arise, Bold and fearless, may I recognize the between!...
Atlanta artist Taylor Wright Rushing is finishing up his three-month residence at Graduate Richmond this week with an exhibition of his hippie-hillbilly aesthetic. In conversation with Annie Parnell, he spoke of his time soaking up Richmond's inspiring vibes and pouring them into his work. “I really tried to imagine what it must have been like at...
There is a quiet confidence you can feel in people with conviction. Baldeep Pooni has conviction wrapped in a sense of deep consideration. What is happening right now? How is his presence affecting those around him? He speaks with purpose and explains himself carefully. I have met a lot of people in the city but how many people have I met who do...
RVA Mag's own John Reinhold recently caught up with Shane Mitchell to talk shop about their shared experiences in music and creative events here in Richmond. Shane is also known as the producer be.IN; he is one of the founders of Ebisu Sound and an artist manager for The Gradient Perspective. Shane and his contacts have been throwing a number of...
From a dramatic reading of poetry by Poe at Artemis Gallery to an evening of hip hop lyricism at a private location, the Friday of Halloween weekend provided many artistic delights for George Wethington. Here's his full report. Once upon a Friday dreary, as November fast was nearing, I found my drunken gaze adhering, to cheeks clapping, clapping,...
With Man Ray: The Paris Years, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gives us an up-close look at the center of the art world a century ago -- post-pandemic, between world wars -- through the eyes of brilliant photography pioneer Man Ray. People emerge from the cultural sleep of a pandemic, their faces deepened, the world uneasily different. The visions...
Richmonders have been both terrified and impressed by the carnage on display every October at Red Vein Haunted House. But one question has remained unanswered: Is it just for show, or is the terror real? George Wethington learned the answer the hard way. “No. Fuck, man. No. No. Nooooo! You have got to be FUCKING KIDDING me!” I felt the power...
