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How The Camel Became A Cultural Oasis For Independent Artists

This article originally appeared in RVA #40 back in March 2023. The Camel, just after their three o'clock opening time on an unreasonably beautiful weekday in February, is a far cry from 10 o'clock on a Saturday night. Inside, it is quiet and simple, the veritable...

A New Era for Carytown? Pros and Cons of a Car-Free Transformation

The annual Carytown Watermelon Festival is today and that got us thinking -- should Carytown be car free? According to a recent article posted in BizSense, the City of Richmond is thinking about making Carytown closed off to cars, transforming the area into a...

Soul Rotation with Salad of The Broad Street Bullies

It had, admittedly, been some time since I came back to writing publicly. Sitting on a bench in solitude, the air was hot and wet. I was trying to organize some writing prompts while locusts droned overhead, reinforcing the feeling of a sultry summer’s midday. Still,...

In The Heat Of The Night Vol. 9: The Dog Days Of Summer

As we nosedive into the sultry sizzle of summer, the city's asphalt starts to offer a small breath of relief but, let me tell you, Richmond's nightlife doesn't know the meaning of chill. This week, our shutterbug in residence, Jody Adams, was beating the pavement,...

‘Hang Up’ Unleashes Unseen Chemistry in New Reality Dating Show

In the bustling world of reality dating shows, where drama and theatrics often overshadow genuine connections, Hang Up emerges as a breath of fresh air. This chatty and captivating podcast, which stars Richmond bartender Maxine in season 1, has fun with the genre by...

Fantasy Freakout, Week 7: London Calling

Week 6 is done, and just like that, the Jaguars go to London and play their best game of the year. Maybe the Jags belong in London; it's their true home field, it seems. It calls them. I could see Lawrence fitting in that city, going to soccer games and eating fish and chips. Someones gotta do it eventually. Lawrence gets his first win, and the...

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Movie Review: Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity proves to us that the horror genre has not been completely lost to the gory and grotesque. Paranormal Activity proves to us that the horror genre has not been completely lost to the gory and grotesque. If you are like me, you have found that a vast majority of horror movies lately have reveled in disgusting makeup effects and...

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Red Bones: A short story by James Wayland

Red Bones James Wayland Red Bones James Wayland I suppose it was only natural that I took to the stranger and his unearthly tales the way that I did. I was a lonely boy with a morbid curiosity and a budding animosity toward my mundane hometown. He was a crazed outsider who whispered of supernatural spooks and seemingly survived on cheap whiskey...

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Gallery 5 needs your help.

Gallery 5 and RVA have been tight for years. You may have been to a joint party of ours there, or just seen magazines & our people there, as well. Gallery 5 and RVA have been tight for years. You may have been to a joint party of ours there, or just seen magazines & our people there, as well. We launched at the same time, with the same goal of...

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Parcell Press & The Richmond Zine Fest

It’s a busy Saturday at Gallery 5. It’s a busy Saturday at Gallery 5. The 2009 Richmond Zine Fest is in its final throes, and inside RVA’s hippest gallery space, the floors are crowded with folks from all over our fair city. It’s wall-to-wall and table-to-table zines, and sitting in the main room, behind a stacked paper skyline, is unassuming...

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SAY LOVE: Friday at Gallery 5

Before the official run (which will cost $10/ticket, $5/student), GayRVA is having an opening reception of Say Love at Gallery 5 this First Friday at 7PM! What is Say Love? Say Love is a project that celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the LGBT community. This month-long event, exhibition and public-arts project is about inclusion and...

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FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY GUIDE 1/8/09

1708 1708 Painting (in part, and in pieces) by Barbara Campbell Thomas. Painting (in part, and in pieces) comprises large pieced together paintings on paper, small highly layered paintings on canvas and a series of mid-sized collages made in tandem. All the work employs an intensely colorful and fragmentary abstract language of shape, line and...

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