As we close out the year, here’s a look at some of the most impactful stories we published in 2025. Over the past year, we covered Richmond as a living system under pressure, focusing on the people, culture, and policies that shape daily life and determine who gets...
Circadian, a performance by Karar Dance Company inspired by Fan Ho's photography of 1950s Hong Kong, will light up Dogtown Dance Theatre this weekend with performances in the round. This past weekend and this coming weekend, Dogtown Dance Theatre is hosting its annual Presenter’s Series. This year’s featured artist is Kara Robertson, the Artistic...
Happiest of pre-Halloween Wednesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to not only another issue of your beloved biweekly comic exchange, but the last issue before Halloween. The next time we see each other, it is nothing but smooth sailing to comfort food and turkey time. This week we have some gifts that keep on giving. I have some spooky...
Great Force, a group exhibition at VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art, focuses on the way our complex history continues to affect race relations in 21st century America. VCU's Institute for Contemporary Art is displaying a brand new exhibition that discusses racial perspectives and relations in modern America. Great Force opened to the public...
Tear Them Down One hundred and fifty-two years ago, Richmond became the former capitol of a failed nation built upon a bedrock of suffering, shackles, and servitude. Today, statues memorializing its president and military officers cast the cold shadows of an inexplicably glorified history on the present day. As many as seven hundred monuments to...
Happiest of Tuesdays, comic fans! Welcome to issue number twenty-eight of your biweekly comic exchange in what is only the best and spookiest month of the year. I have some good old-fashioned Halloween-flavored news for you. After that, our good friends down the block at Velocity Comics have some hearty recommendations for you this week that...
Virginia's foremost crew of horror aficionados, the Red Vein Army, return all this month with their fourth year of painstakingly-crafted terror at Hanover Vegetable Farm. If you find yourself near Hanover Vegetable Farm in Ashland any weekend this month and you hear a chorus of blood-curdling screams, don’t be alarmed -- it’s just the sound of...
RVA Magazine is proud to showcase The Hustle Season Podcast every Saturday afternoon. Produced at La Cocina Studio in Richmond, VA; homegrown musicians Kelli Strawbridge, Reggie Pace, James Seretis (La Cocina’s engineer) & Gabriel Santamaria bring their irreverent, outspoken and at times thoughtful opinions to the masses. Focusing on pop...
At the opening performance of Richmond Ballet's 2019-2020 season, prima ballerina Maggie Small gave a heartfelt farewell performance as new dancers made a strong first impression. This past weekend kicked off the 2019-2020 performance season of Richmond Ballet, the state ballet of Virginia, with Contemporary Classics at the Dominion Energy...
The statue, entitled "Rumors Of War," is African American artist Kehinde Wiley's response to the Confederate monuments in Richmond and throughout the South. Artist Kehinde Wiley’s monumental statue, “Rumors of War,” was unveiled in Times Square on Friday to an estimated 350 attendees. The statue is Wiley’s response to the Confederate sculptures...
