The Branch Museum of Design is marking a period of transition with Undeniable, a new exhibition pairing fashion designer Christian Siriano and contemporary artist Ashley Longshore. The exhibition this week arrives as the museum undergoes a formal rebrand and...
Happiest of holidays, comic fans! Welcome to this week’s issue of your RVA Comics X-Change, and the final issue of 2019, featuring our End of the Year review, where we take a quick snapshot of the year in comics that was 2019. For today’s issue, we decided to reach out to some of our friends in comics who were kind enough to help us out with...
In this edition of RVA Comics X-Change, our own Ash Griffith tackles the burning question on everyone's minds: Is Iron Man 3 a Christmas movie? The Case For Iron Man As Santa Claus Could beloved fictional blowhard Tony Stark be, in fact, the next Jolly Saint Nick? Well, maybe not exactly. However, there is a lot of debate taking place across the...
TheatreLAB's Urinetown mixes political commentary and potty humor into a campy musical delight. TheatreLAB’s current production, Urinetown, is a comedic commentary on capitalism and corporate corruption. The musical, at TheatreLAB until December 28, is set in a dystopian future after a terrible drought brings civilization to the brink of...
This year's Krampusnacht walk through Carytown brought the evil folklore of Europe to the River City for the seventh year in a row. Christmas, but make it creepy. That’s the vibe channeled by RVA Krampusnacht when their parade of horned, demonic elves and Santas, and other sinister-looking Yuletide monsters takes over the streets of Carytown for...
The statue by artist Kehinde Wiley was unveiled yesterday in its permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Kehinde Wiley unveiled his “Rumors of War” statue on the lawn of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Tuesday afternoon. The statue, which depicts a young black man in streetwear riding a horse, was first unveiled in New York City’s...
The public wants more museums, but with a billion-dollar backlog of needed repairs and maintenance, the Smithsonian Institution is focused on fixing the museums that already exist. As the public demand for new museums increases, the Smithsonian Institution's chief says his top priority is getting on top of a huge maintenance backlog at the...
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Happiest of holidays, comic fans! Welcome back to your favorite bi-weekly comics exchange, where we talk about everything up-and-coming and buzzworthy in the land of comics and pop culture. As the sunsets get progressively earlier with the closing of the year, we’re the bat signal you need to keep you company in the land of nerdery. This week, as...
Wegman's first play is also the first play ever staged at Coalition Theater, and it brings both the expected humor and a depth of human understanding to a story about a Christmas gift exchange gone horribly awry. At the end of every year, people around the world gather to celebrate the holidays. We eat, we drink, and we try to remain merry even...
