President Donald Trump signed an executive order today moving marijuana out of the federal government’s most restrictive drug category, formally acknowledging that cannabis has medical value and a lower potential for abuse than previously recognized. The order...
Tim Kaine, the incumbent Democratic Senator from Virginia, held his first campaign kick-off rally this evening at Maggie Walker High School in Richmond. Set against the backdrop of campaign signs and bluegrass music from the Cary Street Ramblers, a crowd of around 300 people gathered in the gymnasium to hear the senator announce his re-election....
Perhaps no face has been scorched into cinema quite like Renée Falconetti’s, whose portrayal of Joan of Arc is considered to be the face of tension-filled injustice and martyrdom put to film. 1928’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” is Carl Theodor Dreyer’s spiritual nightmare, a classic work of silent film that singed Joan of Arc’s tragedy to screen...
A new documentary about local work towards racial reconciliation premieres this Sunday at The Byrd Theater in Carytown. Titled 11 AM: Hope for America’s Most Segregated Hour in homage to Martin Luther King, Jr., who said church was “the most segregated hour in America”, the film focuses on Urban Doxology, a music ministry of the local nonprofit...
On Passover weekend, one of the most observed holy days for Jewish people celebrating the biblical end of slavery in Egypt, a Virginia Beach (VB) Republican forum made a Facebook post equating the gun control debate led by survivors of the Parkland school shooting to the holocaust - a genocide that claimed an estimated 6 million Jewish lives...
Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm 8pm JJ Speaks 9pm Curtana 10pm Marbin MARBIN is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, IL, with a unique story that stands out in today's music world. With a do-it-yourself approach, Marbin started touring extensively in 2011, bringing their original instrumental music to every...
Big Red Booking presents: April 1st, 2018 Eaves - Richmond Aggressive Indie Rock eavesrva.bandcamp.com OL' SPORT - Charlotte NC Emo olsportnc.bandcamp.com/ Futurists - Charlotte NC Space Rock futuristsclt.bandcamp.com/ Inthewater - Richmond Ambient Songwriter youtube.com/watch?v=VIwsdrkuD-k Doors at 9pm, Music at 10pm $5 DOS | 18+ Emilio's 1847...
MARBIN is a progressive jazz-rock band based in Chicago, IL, with a unique story that stands out in today's music world. With a do-it-yourself approach, Marbin started touring extensively in 2011, bringing their original instrumental music to every part of the United States. Through word of mouth, Marbin has gained the attention of thousands of...
Big Red Booking presents: April 1st, 2018 Eaves - Richmond Aggressive Indie Rock eavesrva.bandcamp.com OL' SPORT - Charlotte NC Emo olsportnc.bandcamp.com/ Futurists - Charlotte NC Space Rock futuristsclt.bandcamp.com/ Inthewater - Richmond Ambient Songwriter youtube.com/watch?v=VIwsdrkuD-k Doors at 9pm, Music at 10pm $5 DOS | 18+ Emilio's 1847...
It’s Saturday night — a great night to head down to Shockoe Bottom and party at Wonderland, which is keeping the punk spirit alive down by the river. This week sees the arrival of The Mostly Dead, a rad band from DC with a really solid post-hardcore sound. You could be forgiven for expecting shows at Wonderland to revolve entirely around...
