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...
Brickworkz founder Brian Korte has made building art from LEGO bricks his life's work. Now he brings his unique creations to The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. LEGO, those classic building-block toys that you'll really regret stepping on, have become quite the topic in the past few years, especially when it was recently revealed that LEGO...
Happiest of Tuesdays, my fellow River City comic fans! Welcome back to installment number fifteen of RVA Magazine’s biweekly go-to for everything comics and nerdy, RVA Mag’s Comics X-Change! This week’s issue is particularly meaty, as I sat down to talk to Tommy Donovan of Richmond Comix on Midlothian Turnpike. Donovan was oh-so-kind enough to...
Offering everything from jewelry to sailboats, Hand-Made In RVA's pop-up markets give Richmond's POC and LGBTQ creators a chance to find their audience. From a young age Andrea Daughtry had an entrepreneurial spirit with a quirky, artsy style. Now as a maker and vintage collector, Daughtry has made a space for other people of color in Richmond to...
Fallout's semi-regular event, Bibliophilia, seeks the humor in sex scenes from pulp romance novels and legendarily bad fanfic My Immortal. It's not too hard to find. Most comedy acts don’t include the phrases, “feeling his desire harden,” or, “spinning out the golden threads of their passion,” but Bibliophilia isn’t most comedy acts. Benjamin...
With their recent art exhibition, The Best Opposition is a Good Composition, Sure Hand Signs brought a powerful collection of protest-inspired artwork to Scott's Addition. The artwork was designed by sign painters, whose goal was to examine the intersection between artistic creativity and impassioned activism. The exhibition was held at Studio...
For Maven Made's Bethany Frazier, getting out from under the control of men and empowering herself to create her own small business was the crucial ingredient for success. Bethany Frazier not only makes all-natural beauty and wellness products, but creates intentional conversations through her brand, Maven Made. After battling cystic acne during...
Happy Tuesday, comic fans! Welcome back to Comics X-Change, RVA Magazine’s go-to for comic news in a sparkly biweekly bow! We have a jam-packed special edition double issue for you today. This week we took a pit stop to hang out with our friends Alpha Comics and Games over in Willow Lawn -- not just to get caught up on the new releases we need to...
By documenting the neglect and restoration of East End Cemetery, 1708 Gallery's The Afterlife Of Jim Crow examines the way racism continues to affect African-American communities -- even after death. On the border of Henrico County, minutes from Interstate 64, sits Richmond’s formerly abandoned East End Cemetery. Neglected for decades, tangles of...
“I’ll be right with you,” says Timothy Stewart, before padding off to excitedly explain a series of crystals to a customer. Crystals mean a lot to Stewart. He believes they are alive. He believes they have the ability to change your life. Stewart works the floor at the Aquarian, a bookshop skirting the very edge of the Fan. But only a corner of...
