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It’s Damn Hot in Richmond!

It’s Damn Hot in Richmond!

Let’s start here: don’t leave your baby in the car. Seriously. If your brain is cooked enough to forget a living being in a parked car during a Virginia summer, stay home. Put down the keys. This heat doesn’t mess around. A cracked window isn’t life support, not for...




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DJ Hoody RVA NYE 2015 mixdown

RVA's own DJ Hoody took the stage last week at RVA NYE 2015 and needless to say, it was a bump'n blast. RVA's own DJ Hoody took the stage last week at RVA NYE 2015 and needless to say, it was a bump'n blast. Thanks to the thousands of folks who showed up and danced...

Best of Craigslist missed connections 12/30-1/7

New year means new missed connections, and it seems that the gym is not the only place where people carry out their resolutions. Some people may want to take a second look at what they’ve resolved to do. A new year means a new chance at love, so look below and see if...

Richmond Comedy Coalition puts improv comedy on the RVA map

Picture a stage in a tiny storefront that used to offer bargain prices on furniture. In front of it sits an audience of 60 individuals, eager to see what journey awaits them. As anticipation reaches its apex, a team of seasoned improvisers run on stage, and the...

RVA Underground #9

RVA Underground #9 RVA Underground #9 RVA Mag presents the RVA Underground Podcast, Episode #9, featuring Daniel Jones and Terreal Brown. Each episode, your hosts will give you a variety of tracks they feel worthy of your attention, and will also feature a guest mix...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 12/23-29

You might think the holiday weekend would kill the action on Craigslist over the past weekend, but you'd be wrong--it was business as usual on the Missed Connections, only with slightly more travel references. You might think the holiday weekend would kill the action...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 12/16-12/22

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in Richmond... or at least some people like to pretend it is, even as they subtly eviscerate all they encounter. The holiday season will do that to you, though--reduce you to a frustrated ball of rage and repression. The...

RVA Underground #8

RVA Underground #8 RVA Underground #8 RVA Mag presents the RVA Underground Podcast, Episode #8, featuring Daniel Jones and Terreal Brown. Each episode, your hosts will give you a variety of tracks they feel worthy of your attention, and will also feature a guest mix...

Labor Day :: WTF?

Good day everyone! Hopefully you've slept in, and are now having a nice late breakfast. We hope you're planning on perhaps grilling out today, in honor of, you know, labor, and stuff. Good day everyone! Hopefully you've slept in, and are now having a nice late breakfast. We hope you're planning on perhaps grilling out today, in honor of, you...

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Photographer Sergey Maximishin

Maximishin's images are haunting and enticing all at once. Maximishin's images are haunting and enticing all at once. They capture daily life in Russia (with some shots from Iraq and India in his portfolio, as well) with an intense causality that is reminiscent of Cartier-Bresson's "captured moment" aesthetic and timing. BIO: I was born in 1964....

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Balliceaux: Walking The Walk

There's a lot of talk about being green these days. Repurposed materials, recycled materials, carbon-neutral business practices, locally sourced products and other claims can often be proven to be utter hogwash (or, more appropriately, greenwash). Few local organizations can make a claim to be truly environmentally conscious, and even fewer...

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The Music of BEST FRIENDS DAY “The Ocho”

PLAYLIST - 1. Healer / Torche 2:08 2. Hand Of Glory / Strike Anywhere 1:41 3. Old Skin / Young Widows 1:47 4. Coconut Thunder / Tubers 1:49 5. Geometric Park / Pink Razors 3:17 PLAYLIST - 1. Healer / Torche 2:08 2. Hand Of Glory / Strike Anywhere 1:41 3. Old Skin / Young Widows 1:47 4. Coconut Thunder / Tubers 1:49 5. Geometric Park / Pink Razors...

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DRUNKIN SHPELLING BEA AT EMPYRE tonite

Wasssthat?! You thinnk I cannt spell sumthin. I shpell good. Wasssthat?! You thinnk I cannt spell sumthin. I shpell good. TONIGHT AT EMPIRE :: DRUNKEN SPELLING BEE rowdy bunch. note the bee costume. RVA's own S. Preston Duncan, cleverly disguised as to not be noticed as an outsider. tapping her fingers! where on earth would a speller pick up a...

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RVA’s IRREGULAR BROADCAST COMPILATION

We love this town! 01. I Never Thought We'd Know Each Other / Cubscout & The Rhinoceros 02. Cantavit / Amazing Ghost 03. Riddles in the Sand / Bermuda Triangles We love this town! 01. I Never Thought We'd Know Each Other / Cubscout & The Rhinoceros 02. Cantavit / Amazing Ghost 03. Riddles in the Sand / Bermuda Triangles 04. Best Friends Day /...

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The RVA Photo Issue Is Out!

Alright, get ready for a heavy dose of the real deal: the RVA Photo Issue has landed. After many teary debates and bruised egos, this bad boy is out there, cruising the concrete and setting the standard. Big ups to every talent who gifted us their creative genius to make this possible. STOP SCROLLING. Now, bash that "CURRENT ISSUE" button...

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Richmond Has To Be Looked At: ‘Richmond Is So Scene’

We received this in an email to win the Medeski, Martin, & Wood tickets and thought it rang true. Richmond can be ridiculous. Richmond is so scene Seriously, Richmond has to be looked at. This girl from Lynchburg moved there. She lets me know that she has a shirt that says, 'Richmond is so scene.' She works in Carytown but lives in Fulton...

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