Record stores have always been more than retail. People go in saying they’re just browsing, but that’s rarely the whole story. It’s a treasure hunt. They’re chasing a feeling. They’re hoping to recognize themselves in someone else’s taste. That’s why Plan 9...
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...
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here's the first article, in which Ryan Kent, the author behind Poems for Dead People, talks rock bottom, writing, and redemption with the release of his latest book. You know the tune: boy grows up on dreams of baseball, falling asleep to bedtime stories of a future riding into battle, saving the princess,...
In this special Black Friday edition of RVA Reader, Phil Ford tells us all about his long-running obsession with the time so long ago that meat rained down from a clear sky in Kentucky. It is that obsessive moment when you discover something you are compelled to completely explore, no matter how twisted or odd, and perhaps consistently look back...
