““There is no public safety without guns. If guns didn’t exist, yes,” said Ra-Twoine Fields. “But we live in America, where there are more guns than people. So no, there is no public safety without guns. What we can do is learn how to manage it, how to live with it...
There has been a lot of tension in Richmond recently. Everybody can feel it, everybody knows why. This city has a mess of critical issues to deal with right now: how the police apply lethal force, rapidly accelerating rents and housing costs, and public schools that lack essentials like toilet paper and soap. From a certain perspective,...
Buckle up Richmond, we're back with an exciting new batch of RVA Missed Connections for your weekly dose of entertainment. This go around, tie-dye clad souls bond at a shrimp fest in Mechanicsville, a woman in a yellow tube top at Capitol Waffle Shop attracts a secret admirer, a hangover prevents a guy from reaching out to his Lamplighter love, ...
“Help, not death." That was the chant that permeated today’s march that ended at the Richmond Police Department (RPD) headquarters, where hundreds of people demanded justice and reformation for Marcus Peters - an unarmed black man in mental distress who was shot and killed by a Richmond police officer on May 14. “We are here in honor of...
Punk band NOFX should probably change their name to “NO…Longer Booking Gigs” after remarks they made about the Las Vegas concert shooting, resulting in outrage from the public, and costing them their sponsorship from Stone Brewing Co. The Los Angeles-based band, who rose to prominence in the 90s, recently played the Punk Rock Bowling and Music...
Last week, the new corporate owners of the Virginian-Pilot and Style Weekly laid off 21 people at the New York Daily News. It’s just the most recent cut by Tronc, Inc., which has moved design and production jobs from New York City to Tronc headquarters in Chicago, leaving editorial positions unfilled. If previous acquisitions by the conglomerate...
The release of “Active Shooter”, a school shooting simulation game from Russian publisher ACID, was canceled following outrage from politicians, parents, and school shooting survivors soon after the announcement of its expected launch date on gaming platform Steam on June 6. A petition on change.org was created Friday by a parent demanding Valve...
It has been announced today that the Virginian-Pilot and all of its subsequent affiliates, including Richmond's Style Weekly, have been acquired by Chicago's Tronc Inc. Tronc, once known as Tribune Publishing, currently owns the Baltimore Sun, Hartford Current, Orlando Sentinel, Sun-Sentinel, Hoy, Naperville Sun, El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida...
Hope everyone had a nice long weekend, if not, then sit down for your weekly entertainment, because the people of RVA Missed Connections sure enjoyed themselves. In this batch, The Hof continues to be the hot spot for spicy encounters, sparks fly between two karaoke singers at Ipanema Cafe, a man becomes mesmerized with a Mellow Mushroom...
Wrestling pandemonium took center stage Friday night inside Richmond’s HofGarden bar, where titans of the ring contested for glory in one of the coolest fucking spectacles seen in the River City in a long time. Pro-wrestling at the Hof was an up close and personal event; with only a ring and some light barricades to separate fans from the...
