In Virginia, teen drug use isn’t some distant statistic, it’s here, and it’s part of daily life. Nearly one in five teens in the state reports smoking marijuana within the past month, and Chesterfield County is no exception. What’s more troubling is how casual it’s...
If the Women’s March in January was a guttural response to misogyny and Trumpism, then the Women’s Strike in Richmond yesterday was a well-calculated promise. Protesters in Richmond braved the painful cold Thursday to march down Broad Street to City Hall as they sang and chanted their demands for administration number forty-five for the 109th...
Do you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear? Does the idea of shopping make you need a glass of wine STAT? Would you love to make getting dressed every morning easy and stress free (who doesn't?)!? Join us for WINE and WISDOM from Sydney Lester of @chicstripes and learn how to create a capsule wardrobe. In this workshop you’ll learn...
Richmond hardcore punk band Asylum has some big plans on their plate after releasing their debut album, Modern Hysteria. I sat down with Kasey Simcoe, lead singer of the band to discuss touring plans, the bands unique recording process, and what to expect from them in the near future. Although Asylum has playing venues around town for about six...
In a continuation of weekly protests outside Gov. Ralph Northam and the Attorneys General's offices, about 10 anti-pipeline protesters gathered Wednesday morning to voice concerns over the possible increased sexual violence toward women during the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The group,...
24 years ago, Legend began as a small tasting room and pub off of an old gravel road called West 6th Street in Richmond's Historic Old Manchester District. Today, Legend hosts a 380 seat deck overlooking the city with 18 taps of Legend Beer flowing. It's that time of year again to shut it all down and bring out the big stage. Join us as we...
Literally if you don't dance at this you're just like...wrong?? Like scientifically incorrect. Hot Goth Prom 2018, no cover, 21+ Clary Sage rhythmic audio/visual electro-punk/noise for fans of psychedelics, dissociatives, dancing, and being LOUD Stephanie new retrowave/Italodisco/noise/fantasy/80s teen horror film soundtrack...
On March 5, 11 days after the first day of the historic statewide strike, the West Virginia Capitol was packed wall-to-wall with educators, students, workers, and their families. Despite threatening Right-to-Work laws, government bullying, and intimidation, and around betrayal by union leadership, all of which could have prevented or debilitated...
Members of Richmond’s cycling community gathered beside the family of Corey Frazier Wednesday night to memorialize a young man who died in a traffic collision while bicycling through the Fan recently. Frazier, 21, was a VCU student who worked at Max’s on Broad downtown, and used his bicycle as a means of transportation. Family, friends, and...
Like the North American sleuth of music, Spoon has once again emerged from the snow-laden hollows of their respective keeps. The Texas-based rock outfit takes the stage tonight at The National. In a competitive arena where many look to join the reunion circuit for relevance, Spoon shoots this notion in the foot, emerging from their hibernation...
