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GWAR Asks Fans to Donate Blood in Support of Co-Founder Chuck Varga

GWAR is asking fans and the broader community to step up in support of co-founder Chuck Varga, who is currently battling cancer. “We are coming together to support Chuck Varga (The Sexecutioner), one of the founding members of GWAR, who is currently battling cancer,...

It’s Still Our City Ep. 20 | Katie Davis, Salvation Tattoo

“Katie Davis left home (Maine) at 16 and moved to Richmond Virginia. She started working in a tattoo shop at age 17. A total dream job for a music and art loving minor delinquent. While apprenticing and working full time, she also attended/graduated VCU with a BFA in...

Proof In The Park! Richmond Arts Park Gets Trial Run This Weekend

The City of Richmond is giving organizers behind a proposed arts park under the Manchester Bridge a one-day opportunity to test the concept in real time. Scheduled for Saturday April 25 from 12-5pm, the event will serve as a live proof of concept for what supporters...

Declining House Shows Signal Shift in Richmond’s Music Scene

Richmond’s do-it-yourself music scene is shifting as traditional house venues become less central, but artists and organizers say the community continues to adapt in new ways. This shift mirrors the national trend of independent venues struggling to make ends meet,...

Salon De Résistance | Art Against Power

Join us for Salon de Résistance on April 30 at Black Iris for an unfiltered conversation about the role of art and culture during times of political upheaval with three of Richmond's leading artists. This is a free event open to the public. Event...

Cannabis Justice Moves Forward in Virginia After Years of Debate

Virginia’s effort to revisit outdated cannabis convictions is moving forward again, though in a revised form that shifts how people access relief. Governor Abigail Spanberger’s amendments to SB 62 / HB 26 replace the bill’s original automatic resentencing framework...

A New Stadium, an Old Feeling, and Opening Night

There are seats that stretch the wall in left field next to the foul pole fifty feet from the opposing team’s bullpen. I was sitting four bar chairs down from the pole waiting for my friend to arrive so we could get a dog and a burger before there were any lines. I’d...

‘Breaking Bread’: VA Skateboarding Crew Premieres New Film

From the day they set up their first board, skaters have been coming together to "shred", whether it be Richmond's streets  and alleyways,  events such as the "Free-For-All"  Go Skateboarding Day at Kanawha Plaza — before it was renovated, to local group RASA tirelessly toiling away to create a skate park at Texas Beach, to the infamous Lost...

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Hurricane Irma: What we know and how to prepare

Category 5 Hurricane Irma has torn into the northeastern Leeland Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for over two days, according to the National Hurricane Center. The islands, battered by the storm, are now under a hurricane watch for two new storms: Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Katia. “This storm is just barely hitting Puerto Rico, so...

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Fighting colony collapse disorder at University of Richmond

It is fitting that University of Richmond (UR) announced the launch of its beekeeping program, complete with two hives on campus, during National Pollinators’ Week. In a recent press release, the university explained the hives are being installed in an effort to improve local ecology, as well as provide research opportunities into the bee...

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