I wasn’t born here, but I quickly realized this was the kind of place where you could grow. In 2014, as a junior in high school, I started a nonprofit called Terminally Trill to bring awareness to physical disabilities in the local music scene. There wasn’t a big...
It seemed somewhat absurd–surreal, even–that an area amounting to .0006 of a square mile in a town of just over 45,000 people would cause such dissension and frenzy. Yet here they were, the citizens of Charlottesville, VA, marching in circles around a 96-year-old statue waiting for the impending arrival of the most infamous white supremacy group...
Protestors from Charlottesville and throughout Virginia flooded Justice Park near the city’s Downtown Mall today in preparation for the Ku Klux Klan rally originally scheduled at 3 p.m. this afternoon. Groups like Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Antifascist of the Seven Hills (ANTIFA), Black Lives Matter (BLM), and the Charlottesville...
As Charlottesville braces for tomorrow’s Ku Klux Klan rally, former KKK Imperial Wizard, anti-Semite, and white supremacist antagonist David Duke is already drawing attention to another white nationalist rally taking place in August. On August 12, at Emancipation Park an event titled, ‘Unite the Right' will be hosted by white nationalist, Jason...
Two United Nations (UN) human rights officials have asked Gov. Terry McAuliffe to halt today's execution by lethal injection of William C. Morva, 35, a US Hungarian national. In 2006 after being held at the Montgomery County Jail on robbery charges, Morva injured himself in his cell and requested to be taken to the hospital. Once there, he killed...
There are certain people who can proudly be labeled a national treasure, and Dan Harnsberger is just such a person. Raised in Richmond (Midlothian), Harnsberger is gaining recognition and hyping up wrestling fans as Appalachian Mountain Wrestling sensation, ‘Progressive Liberal Daniel Richards’. Making his mark as the match 'heel' or villain,...
Here's another round of your weekly missed connections! I found all the things you love, relationship drama and people picking up the shards of their own past mistakes. Sweet Frog Short Pump - m4mw (11301 W Broad St) You were a young male and female couple walking your two dogs while me and my family were at Sweet Frog. We sat outside and you...
Less than a month ago, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney sat down with RVA Mag for a special interview with Municipal Waste’s Tony Foresta. Topics ranged from local restaurants, music, and naturally Confederate statues. Stoney said when he ran for office, he believed the Confederate statues required context and an explanation of what they actually are....
Missed connections continue to pour in, both from ex-lovers to first timers, as well as an opportunity to get some modeling exposure! Clean break? - m4w (RVA) Over? I suppose this is easier for you/us. I'd still like to fuck every once in a while though. I sure did enjoy that. Reply to post here. Sully - m4m (Richmond) I find you attractive and...
Both Democratic candidates ran a great race this primary season. Tom Perriello, brought an intellectual rigor and energy to Virginia politics that was sorely needed, and there is no doubt that his influence will be felt throughout the coming months. However, in the end, Lt. Governor Ralph Northam carried the day and RVA Mag is proud to endorse...
