Tacky Lights season has officially kicked off, and the region is glowing again. From tight city blocks to wide Powhatan backroads, homes across Central Virginia have thrown the switch and settled into that familiar holiday tradition of trying to outshine the...
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...
Doors 6pm 6:30 PM, Admission $7 EVERY, EVERYTHING: THE MUSIC, LIFE AND TIMES OF GRANT HART (2013, 97 min.) --dir/scr: Gorman Bechard w/ Grant Hart, Husker Du, et al. The late Grant Hart's (Husker Du, Nova Mob) life from birth in South St. Paul to release of his 2013 album 'The Argument' is well-covered in filmmaker Bechard's (Color Me Obsessed)...
Silent / Music Revival & James River Film Festival presents: Avant- Garde After Party featuring: Dziga Vertov's - Man with a Movie Camera (1929) w/ live music score by: Harry Partch Appreciation Society https://soundcloud.com/harrypartchappreciationsociety - Raffle tickets and prizes! - Special Event Brews! 9-MIDNIGHT @ Garden Grove Brewing...
Wednesday morning I woke up angry. Yes, angry that I had to wake up at 6:30 am, that I had to edit my Model UN position paper, do my Spanish homework, and prepare for my algebra test. But mostly I was angry because I had to do a walkout. Any form of protest is wonderful, especially a school walkout, but the fact that this one is necessary is...
Today in Henrico, students of Douglas S. Freeman High School participated in the National School Walk Out. The walkout was a way for students nationally to remember the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida a former student murdered seventeen of their classmates on Feb. 14. The walk has also served as a call...
Over the course of my life, I have been to a lot of concerts and shows up and down the east coast, and I think I can safely say that The Flaming Lips show at The National this past Saturday is the greatest thing I have ever had the privilege of witnessing and being a part of. Imagine if you will for a moment that Sesame Street and The Mighty...
Perhaps this is some strange new method of gentrification or perhaps it is just a ridiculously distasteful idea, but a former prison in Northern Virginia (NOVA) has been redeveloped and turned into luxury apartments to accommodate the ever-expanding sprawl that is NOVA. According to a listing that was updated on March 6 in Our Community Now, the...
