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Writer’s Block | Poems by Brittany Butchello

Writer’s Block | Poems by Brittany Butchello

A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and Virginia Writer’s Block is RVA Magazine’s Sunday series highlighting contemporary writers working in Richmond and across the Commonwealth. Each week, we feature original poems, short stories,...




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RVA Playlist: Flute Funk mixtape by DJ Mentos

in Funk Flue, RVA's DJ Mentos takes us on a sonic journey through a mess of sonic wonders spanning genres and beats. in Funk Flue, RVA's DJ Mentos takes us on a sonic journey through a mess of sonic wonders spanning genres and beats. Expect your foot to tap...

Richmond is getting its first Japanese tattoo mural

Richmond is getting its first Japanese tattoo-inspired mural-and you get to be apart of the fun starting today. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts launched the RVA Japanese Scavenger Hunt today and from now until May 28, the museum will put a piece of the tattoo around...

Richmond Tattoo Revolution: Styles and Stories from the Streets

Richmond ranks third among America's most tattooed cities, just behind Las Vegas and Miami. In this vibrant city, you’re never far from a quality tattoo shop. The city boasts a rich selection of talented artists and renowned shops, each offering their unique styles....

Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/4-5/11

This is my final missed connections post. I’m not sad to leave you. Not doing this is honestly super exciting to me. This is my final missed connections post. I’m not sad to leave you. Not doing this is honestly super exciting to me. Picking through RVA’s dirty...

Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/28-5/1

Nothing will make you lose help like missed connections. People here in this world want to fuck bus drivers, lick dirty feet clean, talk about hot tubs, hit on strangers and just general awfulness. It tires you out. I’m gonna go take a nap, here’s the best of missed...

Asshats On Parade: WBC’s “HATE RVA” tour schedule

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...

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Tuesday Timelapse!

From Flickr user NelsGarrison, a time lapse of a storm approaching Daytona Beach, Florida. From Flickr user NelsGarrison, a time lapse of a storm approaching Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Hunter S. Thompson calls tech support.

Even when he's calling to bitch about his home theater installation, the man was brilliant. And vile, of course. Even when he's calling to bitch about his home theater installation, the man was brilliant. And vile, of course.

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Tonight at Cous Cous: This awesome band.

Tonight at Cous Cous, Larry and His Flask plays their ridiculous style of neo-folk or whatever you want to call the kick-ass seen in the video below. Tonight at Cous Cous, Larry and His Flask plays their ridiculous style of neo-folk or whatever you want to call the kick-ass seen in the video below.

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Interview: Duchess of York

Local sensations Duchess Of York may have been under your radar for a while, but they've been loud and clear on ours. We were happy to have them as one of the main acts in our first Carytown New Years Eve celebration, exposing a band (then still in high school) to ten thousand people. Since that show, they've done nothing but improve; we're proud...

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Dispatches from the field: Kygyzstan

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,...

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WRIR turns FIVE tonight!

Rain? Snow? Yeti? It's still on! Rain? Snow? Yeti? It's still on! From 7pm to Midnight, Friday February 5th, WRIR celebrates 5 years of Richmond Independent Radio. Come out to the Renaissance Ballroom and join fellow WRIR supporters, DJs and volunteers for a party like no other. Date: Friday, February 5, 2010 Time: 7:00pm - 11:55pm Location:...

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