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What to Know About the Big Dipper Innovation Summit in Richmond

There’s a lot of change happening in Richmond right now, and most of it can feel out of our hands. But the reality is, there are people in leadership shaping how the city and state grow, who it’s for, and where it’s going next. At some point, you either tune it out or...

Why Richmond is Ready for Rest Fest Right Now

In 2009, I went to three different GameStops trying to find a Wii Fit Balance Board, and getting one started my path toward having yoga in my life. After two years of doing virtual yoga on a game system, I was challenged by a student to seek out meditation and yoga...

The Veiled Mirror Comes With Ghost Stories Included

If you are in the market for a glass eye in the same shade as your lover’s, some elaborate hair jewelry, or even an electric couch to use as a Victorian cure-all, then you need to head over to The Veiled Mirror. This Victorian antique store opened downtown in January,...

Richmond Had a General Strike and a First Friday on the Same Night

It was 72 and breezy. Unseasonably pleasant, almost chilly. VCU students were splayed out on picnic blankets in Monroe Park enjoying soft serve and the sunshine. Citronella and the smell of hot dogs wafted through the air from some folks having a cookout. “High...

My Life As a Spider: The Two Years I Tried to Delete

Editor’s Note: Max Winter is a University of Richmond alumnus reflecting on his time at UR in the late ’90s and the campus culture he experienced. You can read more of his work on his Substack HERE. Recently, while eating carnitas in East LA, I check my phone and get...

Britain Wants a Smoke-Free Generation. Now Picture the Cigarette Dealer.

Britain is trying something. They’ve approved a plan where, if you were born in 2009 or later, you’d never be allowed to legally buy cigarettes. The age just keeps moving up every year, and at some point there’s a whole group of adults who were never let in. It still...

GWAR Asks Fans to Donate Blood in Support of Co-Founder Chuck Varga

GWAR is asking fans and the broader community to step up in support of co-founder Chuck Varga, who is currently battling cancer. “We are coming together to support Chuck Varga (The Sexecutioner), one of the founding members of GWAR, who is currently battling cancer,...

It’s Still Our City Ep. 20 | Katie Davis, Salvation Tattoo

“Katie Davis left home (Maine) at 16 and moved to Richmond Virginia. She started working in a tattoo shop at age 17. A total dream job for a music and art loving minor delinquent. While apprenticing and working full time, she also attended/graduated VCU with a BFA in...

Best of VA Missed Connections September 30 – October 6

There are a lot of important things happening in the world right now, and sometimes you might even hear a little bit about them in the Missed Connections. Things like the census (and how cute that census taker that stopped by was). Or the presidential debate (and the lovely people in Starbucks who you wish you could have talked to more about it)....

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 23 – September 29

As September limps to a dreary, foggy end and we prepare for tonight's presidential debate to further scare the hell out of us with visions of authoritarian autocracy, why not escape from it all for a few minutes with some Missed Connections? There's certainly some entertainment to be had here this week, and god knows we all need it. From smiles...

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Best of VA Missed Connections September 16 – September 22

The air has grown cool, summer has come to an end, and COVID-19's death toll has surpassed 200,000 -- perfect time to do some safely virtual flirting by way of Missed Connections. But if you are out and about, getting some fresh air and doing some skating is never a bad idea. We've got some of that kind of action happening this week, as well as...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 9 – September 15

Fall is finally in the air, but in the world of Missed Connections, things remain pretty heated up. And I'm not just talking about cupcakes, donuts, and honey buns, either… though, that said, a hot honey bun would really hit the spot right now. Wait, what was I talking about? Oh yeah -- this week's Missed Connections. That's where you'll find...

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Best of VA Missed Connections September 2 – September 8

Are you lonely? Looking for someone to break the rules of social distancing with? The Missed Connections might be the place for you, especially if you're a thrift-store crawler with a love of books and butts. Extra points if you're staying so safe that you're actually meeting cuties in the COVID testing line. All of which is to say that the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections August 26 – September 1

If there's any place where dreams come true, it's probably not the Missed Connections, where we can all assume (or prove from bitter experience) that 90 percent of posts never get any answer at all. That said, it's still very entertaining to read people's dreams, especially when they are literal descriptions of slumbering visions about the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections August 19 – August 25

The heat is cranking back up this week in the Missed Connections -- you can tell, because a lot of people are out here wearing fewer articles of clothing than usual. Shirtless on a riding mower is a proud tradition in the part of Virginia where I come from, but I never saw the appeal, so this week the Missed Connections are here to prove that it...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections April 12 – April 18

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where everyone is just trying not to get washed away by the rain. And also not to die of boredom from the quarantine, or die of COVID from going out! There are a lot of issues to contend with right now. Maybe that means that admitting a momentary crush for the whole world to see on Craigslist isn't...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections August 5 – August 11

We're getting downright produce-minded in the Missed Connections, and who can blame us? After sitting inside all spring, we probably could all do with increasing our fruit intake, especially if it offers us an opportunity to chat up a hottie we can't take our eyes off of. This week, we also learn that country guys rate each other by the hats they...

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