What started as a Twitter joke has officially entered the city’s canon. The Valentine announced this week that the now-famous “Richmond Gun Hole”, a gun-shaped indentation in the sidewalk on South Addison Street, will be part of the museum’s “This Is Richmond,...
From pennies to stickers to donated clothing, Richmond artist and activist Noah Scalin uses the most unexpected materials to highlight important figures in today’s political world. “I want to shine a light on activists, historical figures, women, people of color,” Scalin said. “The people that we should be paying attention to.” Scalin has created...
After torrential downpours cut a Friday performance short, Agecroft Hall witnessed some nearly perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday during its performances of Quill Theatre’s second summer production, As You Like It. A classic romantic comedy of the Bard, As You Like It offers a commentary on the rigidity of gender and love through the mode of...
Technology for Mitchell Craft isn’t just a form of engineering or applied sciences, it’s a sense of hope and a means for expression. Craft saw the advantages of technology at a very young age, and wanted to explore that talent. While growing up, he was introduced to making art with technology through his parents and his guitar teachers, Mathew E....
Jim Callahan is my new comics guru, my Yoda, if you will. A Richmond native, a VCU Arts graduate, and oh, did I mention he worked for Marvel? Callahan knows his comics, and he is exactly who I had to speak to in order to get the update on what's hot right now in the world of comics. For the uninitiated, comics are a vast and quickly changing...
Virginia Rep brought to life the memorable work of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, and Jerome Robbins in the classic production of West Side Story. Direction by Nathaniel Shaw perfectly intertwined the many moving parts and production elements vital to a production like this. Shaw captured the energy, drive, and conflict....
Combining the classic tale of star-crossed lovers separated by tradition and conflict and racial tensions between two groups on the streets of a city, West Side Story hits the stage at Virginia Rep at a time when the world seems rife with conflicting group interest, resulting in violence and disagreement. Directed by Nathaniel Shaw, Artistic...
In an age when 22 percent of American millennials said they haven’t heard of the Holocaust or are confused as to what the historical event was, “Faces of Survival” meets the viewer head on with a powerful reminder of what modern genocide looks like. The Virginia Holocaust Museum’s (VHM) newest portrait exhibit features more than a dozen Holocaust...
Using poetry, drawing, and video work, Richmond teens in Art 180's Atlas program delved into mental health care, wellness, and identity in their latest exhibit, "What I Think I See," which opened earlier this month. Featuring blind contour and gesture artwork created using observational drawing techniques, alongside poetry and video of step show...
I’ll be the first to admit I started listening to A Chorus Line when I was way too young. That being said, I think I can properly appreciate it for all its splendor, hilarity, and heart because of that. I will also admit I had absolutely zero idea how the stage at Richmond Triangle Players could fit all of those dancers. Needless to say, they...
