Francine, a well-known shop cat at Lowe’s in Richmond and a beloved fixture of the community, has gone missing, sparking a cross-state search effort. According to posts from staff and supporters, Francine disappeared on September 18 after walking onto a distribution...
Deandre Harris, a black man viciously beaten by white nationalists during last year's supremacist Unite the Right rally, has been acquitted of assault by the District Court in Charlottesville. During Unite the Right, Harris was assaulted by six men with wooden pikes in the Market Street Parking Garage, eventually sustaining a spinal injury and...
Down in the basement of the VCU Cabell Library, students are immersing themselves into a whole new world of experiences--and it isn’t dusting off old books or leafing through archived letters for an academic assignment. From learning to fly drones to stepping into the inner workings of virtual reality, to swapping zines, and creating animated...
Reluctant at first, I soon found myself completely captivated by an event called “Extreme Midget Wrestling” in Lynchburg last month. To be clear, I’m uncomfortable with the word midget, which I understand is offensive; ordinarily deferring to the Associated Press nomenclature of “little people”. Yet into this world of potential exploitation, I...
Is it Friday yet? We know the weeks are long and it takes all you've got to get through. Well, save a little in the tank and come let it all out at The Hof. Once a month we will be helping you let off some steam with some awesome live music in one of the coolest buildings RVA has to offer. The series kicks off March 30 with a fantastic line up....
maneka.bandcamp.com ovlov.bandcamp.com fatspirit.bandcamp.com 5 bucks at the door. these bands rule. don't be a dummy and miss it!
Doors 8pm / Sounds 9pm // DOS $7 Colin Phils - super catchy post rock/math rock colinphils.bandcamp.com Tiny Scissors - two-piece wild duo from Atlanta, GA tinyscissors.bandcamp.com Dumb Waiter - avant-garde jazzy boys dumbwaiterva.bandcamp.com
An evening of live performances of the entire legendary Blues Brothers movie soundtrack and classic soul favorites played alongside a screening of the film in the Hardywood Park Craft Brewery taproom. Performed by members of NO BS! Brass Band, The Flavor Project, The Blue Tips, KINGS and RVA Tonight with Beau Cribbs' Studio 804. [Editor's note:...
Not to give you an attack of FOMO, but you probably missed the inaugural RVA Taco Crawl last year. One of the founders, Danny Sellergren, says it's not your fault, noting, “We didn’t tell anyone about it.” The three organizers are putting the finishing touches on this year's event, planned for April 21, over drinks at The Camel, where they meet...
Last Friday, a homecoming parade of sorts filed into The National in downtown Richmond. But instead of trumpets and horns were riffs of deafening guitars echoing into the neighboring streets. Where the marchers normally would stand in their pristine uniforms, a mosh pit of sweaty, gritty berserks fighting to retain glory of the inner circle came...
