Editor's Note: What makes D(e)ad a bit different isn’t just the story or performances, it’s the way it came together. 344% funded on Kickstarter with more than 5,000 backers, the film turned community support into momentum. After getting passed over by the big...
Sadly, in this week's Missed Connections no Halloween hookups for you, but sparks fly at Hop Harvest and Buskey Cider, we have yet another foot-fetish fiend willing to pay cash for the prettiest feet, and if your name is Dan, you're in a band and played at The Camel, you have a secret admirer. Read on for all these and more. M" at Hyatt place...
Hurricane season is here, and this one’s already a doozy. According to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 2017 season holds records for the highest number of major hurricanes in more than 10 years, and the highest number of consecutive hurricanes since the satellite era -- such as Harvey, Irma, Jose, and Katia....
A journalist working for the Democratic media site Shareblue was roughed up by police at a rally for Republican candidate Ed Gillespie. A video surfaced on NowThis Politics an hour ago, which shows the reporter being thrown to the ground while four police officers scramble to keep him pinned down. One officer can be seen putting his knee on the...
Hurricane season is here, and this one’s already a doozy. According to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the 2017 season holds records for the highest number of major hurricanes in more than ten years, and the highest number of consecutive hurricanes since the satellite era -- such as Harvey, Irma, Jose,...
The neo-Confederate group CSA II: The New Confederate States of America is trying to increase their presence in Virginia in anticipation of their planned rally on December 9, by appointing a "State Commander". Only seven have confirmed their attendance as of today, with many expressing worries about counter-protestors, despite the complete lack...
Happy Halloween folks! As always, the people over at Missed Connections never fail to provide us with the thrills and chills we seek, and this week we've got everything to make your spine tingle, or creep you completely. We've got someone looking for love at Super Suds, or a cop just looking to bust some Johns according to one poster, a Carmen...
Many companies have tried and failed to access social media in an attempt to capture the attention of younger generations. They add things on Snapchat that no one wants to see, make posts on Instagram that no one likes, place ads on Facebook that no one clicks -- because this media-addled generation isn’t interested in just being sold a product...
These are not usual times. Not for those of us in the media, or those of us just trying to make sense of what is happening in the world around us. We live in a political age racked with uncertainty, anxiety, and stress. Because of this, we cannot treat what we are experiencing as something that is just an extension of the previous status-quo....
It's been a bit of a whirlwind for folks on Craigslist this past week. We've got someone lusting after a redhead in a Durag, two souls bond over nachos and bourbon, a rant on the "fat walrus" cutting in line at Rumors, and a Dad pulling a Kevin Spacey in American Beauty. Discover all that and more in this batch of the best of RVA Missed...
