There’s a good chance you’ve seen the photos: packs of people in flowing kaftans, chunky jewelry, red wigs, and not a single damn given. These are the Mrs. Roper Romps—a growing national trend where folks gather to honor Helen Roper, the brilliantly nosy landlady...
Baylen Forcier, our foreign correspondent of sorts is currently in Kyrgyzstan doing documentary work. We're going to be posting images from his travels across Central Asia, all of which are via Sons of Hedin organization. Based out of Bishkek in northern Kyrgyzstan, Sons of Hedin is named after Swedish explorer and committed scholar Sven Hedin,...
Started in April of 2005, 5 Second Films is one of the funniest and most unique film projects we've seen. Their films actually run eight seconds; 2 seconds of intro titles, five seconds of film, and one second of outro titles. The creator of the project, Brian Firenzi, points out that "If you take umbrage with these 5sfs running at an actual...
I took these pictures in various states while wandering around Portland, Oregon with a salacious and incredibly talented rapscallion named Eriq Nelson (featured on the cover of RVA's most recent issue, "Snow Days"). I shot using an extremely low aperture, resulting in low depth of field, hence the name of the series. Bokeh comes from Boke, a...
This is the definition of defying convention through innovation; armed with a wire brush, cleaning supplies, and the occasional powerwasher, Moose leaves the traditional tools of graffiti at home. His works, created by selectively removing the grit, grime, shit and carbon that collects on urban surfaces like algae in an unkept pond, range from...
In a bold move certainly geared towards appeasing his socially conservative constituents, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following advice to the General Assembly: “It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,”...
This is David Bowie, arguably the sexiest man ever to live, and Annie Lennox doing a sound check before a concert paying tribute to Freddie Mercury. George Michael can be seen in the wings, further taking the amount of talent on the stage to ridiculous proportions. Is it possible, I wonder, to have a more androgynous pairing than Lennox and...
GayRVA reports that Pennies in Protest raised nearly ten thousand dollars from those wishing to donate to causes targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. This is exactly how the WBC's hateful actions can be turned to good. Gay RVA alerted. Locals rallied. The anti-hate people got motivated, a debate regarding the essence of counter-protest raged...
The VA Holocaust Museum has requested that any counter protest be silent. We hope that everyone can respect these wishes. The VA Holocaust Museum has requested that any counter protest be silent. We hope that everyone can respect these wishes. Here it is! If you're trying to counter-protest, this is the WBC's posted schedule. Remember that they...