Every so often Richmond grabs a win that feels almost improbable, and this weekend we got one: Baltik’s Bagel came back from New York BagelFest with the People’s Choice Award. Yes, a Forest Hill Avenue shop walked into a competition packed with 25 of the “best bagel...
RICHMOND – The House of Delegates passed a state budget that expands Medicaid in Virginia after advocates for the measure held a rally outside the Capitol. Meeting in special session, the House voted 67-33 in favor of a budget for the 2018-2020 biennium that provides Medicaid coverage to more low-income Virginians. The legislation now moves to...
A routine day for paramedics in Richmond finds them at a hotel where a young woman is overdosing on heroin. She’ll live because of the 911 call her 4-year-old son placed, but the future for this woman and her son is still hazy. This is the sixth time she’s overdosed -- her son has seen it enough times to know how to respond -- and it will most...
From fanny pack flirtations at Walmart to Waffle House hookups, to two friends lusting over a tattooed waiter at The Daily Kitchen & Bar in Carytown, this batch of Missed Connections is sure to brighten up your week. Check out all these and more below. Laburnum Kroger - Red Shirt Fanny Pack (Laburnum) You got a missed connections grilllll....
The students behind the Never Again movement and the National School Walkout movement are continuing their efforts to end gun violence in schools and demand action from legislators with a second national walkout and rally this Friday, April 20. Students in Richmond and around the country will walk out of school, and students, legislators, school...
On what’s normally a vacation week, four local high school students were hard at work organizing Town Hall for our Lives meetings around the area. The meetings, inspired by the Parkland student movement, are opportunities for students to talk to their elected officials about gun control and gun violence. Chaz Nuttycombe, a senior at Hanover High...
These blurbs originally appeared in the Good EATS RVA section of RVA #32 Spring 2018. You can check out the issue HERE or pick it up around Richmond now. Lower 48 A former Food Network competitor has returned to Richmond to open a new restaurant in Shockoe Bottom. Malcolm Mitchell, longtime personal chef, restaurateur, and Season 8 finalist on...
It seems it's going to take a bit before Missed Connections is brimming over with a ton of juicy, weird, and random encounters now that it's in a new section on Craigslist, but it is still alive and well, with sparks flying at The Franklin Inn, karaoke singers share a sweet dance at Sticky Rice, and two gamers connect over The Gauntlet game at...
“I believe that women are running for office–I’m sorry, I’m working and just...” I heard a scuffling of papers in the background while Delegate Hala Ayala paused, early in our conversation about a wave of women candidates elected to the Virginia House of Delegates this past November. “...Doing a lot. This surge of women are finding out that after...
Do you or someone you know have the writing chops to seek out and deliver compelling stories on the latest in music, art, food, beer, politics and current events in Richmond? Well, you’re in luck, because the editors of RVA Mag are in need of editorial and video interns for our upcoming summer session! We’re looking to fill about eight slots for...
