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LINES Ballet Speaks, Yet Also Listens

For their performance at the Modlin Center, Alonzo King LINES Ballet used their intricate movements to highlight indigenous languages that are approaching extinction. Alonzo King LINES Ballet brought their evening-length production, Figures of Speech, to the Modlin...

Lies About Murals Can Be Fun

Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk creator George Tisdale unreliably narrates tours of Richmond's murals. It's more entertaining than you'd think. The Would I Lie To You? Mural Walk showcases some of the most beautiful, and most hidden, murals in and around Richmond, but...

“We Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Food In This World”

Artist and Quail Bell Press co-founder Christine Sloan Stoddard's latest book, Force Fed, views the global issue of food insecurity and wealth disparity through an intensely personal lens. There’s a new book out on the shelves by Christine Sloan Stoddard, the...

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 36

Happiest of Wednesdays, comic fans! Welcome back to your favorite bi-weekly update on everyone that is up and coming and needs to be celebrated in the land of comics, in Richmond and beyond. This week, not only did I bring you more news in the land of pop culture --...

Stavna In Wonderland

Stavna Ballet's Alice In Wonderland showed a dance troupe picking up momentum and finding its groove, writes Christopher McDaniel. On Saturday January 11th, Stavna Ballet held Alice in Wonderland at the Modlin Center for the Arts, their first production of the 2020...

Dogs Made Of Dots

Artist Jacob Daley's pointillist portraits of pets bring joy to pet owners throughout the city. Throughout 2020, he'll be giving a portion of his proceeds to Richmond Animal League to help even more pets find a better tomorrow. Local artist Jacob Daley is spending...

RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 35

Happy new year, comic fans! Welcome to a new year of new goals, new opportunities, and -- most importantly -- new comics. This year we are bringing you more of the best in comic news, upcoming comics, and events. We will be covering GalaxyCon once again this year,...

Exploring The Richmond Arts District Car-Free

From its highly walkable layout to easy access by bus and bike, the Richmond Arts District makes it easy to leave your car at home. Finding parking and navigating one-way streets downtown can seem daunting and inconvenient to even the most experienced Richmond drivers. Luckily, the Richmond Arts District is easily accessible without the use of a...

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RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 22

Good afternoon, comics fans! The summer is almost halfway through and it’s only getting warmer from here. With only about 45 more summer days left until September, we’re quickly running out of go-to beach reads for those long, hot days relaxing by the pipeline.  This week we met back up with local comic artist and VCU professor, Francesca...

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RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 21

Happiest of Tuesdays, comics fans! And welcome back to RVA Magazine’s one-stop shop for everything comics in the river city. With GalaxyCon in the rear view mirror now, let’s settle in with some low-key favorites as we sit and pine for the next convention on our calendars.  This week is the first week of July, so naturally it feels like the...

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Ease On Down To See The Wiz

This summer, Virginia Rep presents an original production of The Wiz, the African-American musical reimagining of fantasy classic The Wizard Of Oz. The latest and final production of Virginia Repertory Theatre’s 2018-2019 Signature Season is The Wiz. This fantastical modern retelling of The Wizard of Oz hits the November Theatre with aplomb. For...

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RVA Comics X-Change Issue 21: GalaxyCon Artist’s Alley Edition

Happy not-yet-rainy Tuesday, comic fans of the greater River City! Welcome on back to issue number twenty-one of your RVA Comics X-Change, where every other week we talk about what is on the radar in comic world and pop culture. This week we take a big stroll down Artist’s Alley - GalaxyCon’s Artist’s Alley that is. One of my absolute must stops...

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RVA Dance Collective Moves Through Four Seasons

RVA Dance Collective capped off their 12th season with a striking performance at Dogtown Dance Theatre. Christopher McDaniel tells us all about it. On Friday May 31 and Saturday June 1, RVA Dance Collective held their twelfth annual concert, entitled Four Seasons, at Dogtown Dance Theatre. The concert encapsulated their twelfth season as a...

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The Art Of Richmond’s Youth

Art 180's annual Really Big Show will turn art by the river city's young people into a celebratory block party on First Friday. Art 180 will be hosting their 15th annual Really Big Show this Friday, June 7th, as part of June's First Friday festivities. The beloved non-profit will be taking up their entire block in Jackson Ward to display and...

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VMFA’s Awaken Takes Visitors On A Path To Enlightenment

Awaken, presented by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, takes visitors on a spiritual journey through the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Richmond’s very own Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is currently presenting Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment. This eye-opening exhibit introduces the Tibetan Buddhist religion and...

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RVA Comics X-Change: Issue 20

Happy Tuesday, comic fans! Welcome back to not just another issue of our RVA comic exchange, but the big issue number two-oh. That’s right, we’re back in trade paperback format! This week we’re hanging out on the west coast as we talk to California based web illustrator and Archie aficionado Sara M. Lyons, who is giving us some of her current...

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