Al Campanis was a scout for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1950s and 1960s. He said the hair on his arms only stood up twice in his life. Once when he saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the other time when he witnessed Sandy Koufax throw a...
Studio Two Three (S23) is bringing art to the people-- literally. The brick and mortar art studio recently revamped an old truck, turning it into Studio Two Three To-Go, a mobile printmaking and photography studio on wheels. Ashley Hawkins, Studio Two Three’s executive director and one of its co-founders back in 2009, said she’s wanted to do the...
Get ready to fall down the rabbit hole and once again return to Wonderland, but this time with a much more mature, different kind of Alice. This Sunday, Burlesque Right Meow will present Alice in Wonderbra: Through the Stripping Glass at the Firehouse Theatre for a night of whimsical fantasies and nonsensical allure. This time, Alice is an adult...
Those Freaking Weirdos are back with something that is relatively rare in the RVA burlesque world: an all-male revue! Their previous Ladies Night show at CenterStage was a huge hit, so this Saturday, TFW Burlesque presents Ladies Night: The Boys Are Back! Those Freaking Weirdos are back with something that is relatively rare in the RVA burlesque...
1708 Gallery will return with their amazing night time, public art exhibit this fall, InLight Richmond. After spending last year in Scotts Addition, and taking over Monroe Park Campus the year before that, this year sees the festival of lights, complete with light parade and massive installations, come to West Broad St.. This year's theme is the...
The famed bank owner and Richmond citizen Maggie Walker is set to be immortalized along Broad Street at a grand unveiling next month, but the road to now was once fraught with surprising controversy. “This effort has been nearly 20 years in the making and it is an honor to finally see it happen during my time in office,” said Mayor Levar Stoney...
Continuing a tradition of summertime community engagement, 1708 Gallery opened its newest exhibit, 3x3, last Friday as part of its summer sessions series meant to inspire local involvement through socially-engaging art. The exhibit, featuring three artists who focus both on pressing environmental and social issues within the Richmond community,...
Monday morning in a press conference held at The Diamond, John Baliles and Flying Squirrels Chief Executive Chuck Domino announced that the baseball stadium would be the new canvas for the upcoming 4th RVA Street Art Festival. The festival, to be held in the fall, will feature painted murals, projection lighting, landscape art, stairwell art, and...
Back in March, the City's Department of Public Utilities asked local artists to submit designs to be painted on downtown storm drains for The 2nd Annual "RVAH2O Storm Drain Art Project". The art is meant to send a message to RVA citizens about how important it is to keep the streets, sidewalks and waterways clean and pollution-free and the city...
Grappling with a traumatic event, specifically sexual assault, can quite literally feel like dragging yourself through mud and for artist Malena Magnolia, she is using that as a therapeutic way to tell people’s stories. “I love Virginia’s red clay. It’s so great. It’s so smooth and it’s in abundance,” she said in an interview with RVAMag....
