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Writer’s Block | Student Poets from PodiumRVA Speak Their Truth

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, or...

New Menu, Who Dis? Get Tight Gets Tighter.

Randy O’Dell has a posse. The co-owner of Get Tight Lounge, and owner of En Su Boca, and beloved bars and restaurants of RVA legend, has always known how to attract incredible talent in his kitchen and behind the bar. He’s joined forces with Drew Schlegel in keeping...

The Byrd Theatre Is Still Richmond’s Palace of Dreams

Christmas Eve, 1928. Richmond is cold and the city is dressed for the holiday. On West Cary Street, a crowd gathers outside a building that wasn't there six months ago; a French Empire facade rising up in the middle of a neighborhood that had no idea it was about to...

Tired of Guessing | What Adult Literacy Looks Like in Richmond

Editor’s Note: The following essay is by Mary Graham, CEO of READ RVA, a Richmond-based nonprofit focused on adult literacy. I learned early not to assume anything about who can read. A man once stopped me on Broad Street. He held out a scrap of paper with an address...

Viral Video Sparks Questions About Cancer-Causing Gas in Richmond

A new Instagram video circulating among Richmond residents is raising questions about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas used to sterilize medical equipment, and whether local facilities and warehouses could be contributing to an underrecognized public health...

Photos | Thousands Gather for No Kings Protests Across Richmond

Two separate “No Kings” demonstrations took place across downtown Richmond on Saturday, March 28, drawing crowds to both Kanawha Plaza and Monroe Park as part of a coordinated nationwide day of action. The first gathering began earlier in the day at Kanawha Plaza,...

Remembering WRIR Founders and Leaders in a Year of Loss

Over the past six months, three people foundational to WRIR 97.3 FM, Richmond’s volunteer-run station built outside the expectations of corporate radio, rooted in a love of music, giving locals a voice, and creating space where there wasn’t any, have died. All from...

Best Of VA Missed Connections July 29 – August 4

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where in addition to everything else we're trying to avoid this summer (pandemic, police violence, etc), we're also trying to duck a destructive hurricane. Is thinking happy thoughts of summertime crushes enough to avoid 50 mph winds knocking down everyone's power lines? If so, your weekly dose of...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections July 22 – July 28

It's been so hot outside for so long, it seems like it's even heating up the Missed Connections. This week, we've got cooks looking for some mutual breakfast action, downstairs neighbors with wicked girl-crushes, and partners begging for commitment -- and that's just the first three posts! From there, things can only get better, regardless of...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections July 15 – July 21

It's the end of the world as we know it, and whether or not you feel fine, you can at least rely on the Missed Connections to stay constant even as everything around us shifts rapidly and unpredictably. This time around, whether it's walks in the park or copping some Dairy Queen, people are finding ways to beat the heat even as they find new...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections July 8 – July 14

Don't look now, y'all, but the pandemic is back like it never left. So why not take refuge in the Missed Connections? Amid all the lonely people looking for love, or at least a hookup, we find at least a few honest-to-goodness missed connections still, and so we are bringing them to you this and every week. Of course, we're all back out in the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections July 1 – July 7

It's time for another edition of Missed Connections, where we're always glad to see some Craigslist poets in action. Dropping those low-key self-pitying rhymes as they always do so well. I know I complained last week about how few good posts there were anymore, but these wordsmiths are restoring my faith this week. And that's not all -- this week...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 24 – June 30

Attention all bargain shoppers -- we've got a sale on Missed Connections in aisle 12! Admittedly, we're getting kinda desperate. Not sure if it's the COVID-related social distancing or the longterm fallout from the SESTA/FOSTA censorship that has turned the MCs into mostly gross casual encounters-type posts, but either way, we're over it. And...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 17 – June 23

Whether it's advisable or not (spoiler alert: it's not), Virginia is largely back open for business, and the Missed Connections this week reflect that, first and foremost with a plea from a returning Uber driver for their customers to hit on them. OK, maybe that's not what it SAYS, but I know how to read between the lines. In other news, a local...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 10 – June 16

Welcome to this week's edition of Missed Connections, where masks remain important if you actually want to get out there and miss some connections in the real world. Back in 2019, we never would have guessed that we'd see ads thanking people for finding your mask when it got lost inside a grocery store, but that's exactly the kind of crazy...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 3 – June 9

After months of coronavirus-related social distancing, we're all finally starting to get back out there, and the Missed Connections are starting to reflect that. And thank god, because things were starting to get a bit squirrelly over there at Craigslist. This week, though, from protest meet-cutes to Phase Two reopenings, people are getting out...

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