For one weekend, Agecroft Hall stopped pretending to be a museum and became a kingdom. What began as a fundraiser to help launch Richmond's first Renaissance Faire has grown into a destination of its own. Warriors in Bloom, created by the folks at Virago Alley,...
An on-the-ground account of the strike that prompted Jesse Welles and Graham Nash to cancel their Richmond performances. Tensions escalated as Jesse Welles called off his performance at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden yesterday amid an ongoing union fight for higher wages. When I arrived, a healthy crowd had gathered outside the large iron gates. I...
Richmond has been popping up on a lot of national lists lately. For many longtime residents, that's a mixed bag. More attention brings investment, jobs and opportunities along with higher housing costs, heavier traffic and a city that seems to get a little more expensive every year. But it's hard to ignore what's happening. In just the past few...
Several campaign signs for Democratic congressional candidate Salaam Bhatti were vandalized over the weekend with professionally printed flyers telling him to "return to your homeland" in multiple languages. The flyers also featured the hashtag #Remigration, a term that has become closely associated with European far-right political movements...
This weekend, Plan 9 Music marks 45 years in Richmond with a party at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Over the past four and a half decades, the Richmond institution weathered some of the most turbulent periods in music history. It closed stores, sold its warehouse and dramatically shrank its footprint, surviving industry changes that forced...
Last year, Dogwood Dell was packed out. The hillside was full, the crowd was loud and RVA Pro Wrestling put on one hell of a show. It wasn't just wrestling. It was entertainment built for a Richmond audience, mixing big personalities, over-the-top antics and athleticism that get people in for the ride. Since then, they've been on a heater....
Richmond may not be hosting a World Cup match, but plenty of people here are watching. According to television ratings reported by Sports Business Journal, Richmond-Petersburg ranked among Fox Sports’ top 10 local markets during the opening portion of the tournament. Kansas City led the country, followed by Boston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and...
For four nights this weekend, bands from different generations of Richmond's music scene are taking over Get Tight Lounge. Called Tonal Recall, the series is part reunion show, part showcase and part excuse for a bunch of old friends to get back in the same room. Behind it all is Good Day RVA. If you've been around Richmond music for the last...
"Richmond has your back... maybe." That about sums it up, doesn't it? It's the slogan behind KCPFC, a new football-inspired project from Kwame Hayford, the guy behind Kwam's Chicken Project, and Richmond designer Ignatius Friend. The collection blends soccer culture with fried chicken, which wasn't something I expected to write about this week....
Editor's Note: This article was produced as part of our partnership with the Science Museum of Virginia. Not every night out has to end with squeezing into a crowded bar. Sometimes it's nice to grab a drink, eat something good, learn a few things, and actually have something to talk about afterward. Sounds like a pretty solid date night, or at...
