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The Man Who Sold Richmond on a Flying Squirrel

Editor’s note: With Richmond’s new CarMax Park opening soon, it felt like the right time to revisit how the Flying Squirrels first took root in the city. We had the chance to speak with Chuck Domino, the veteran minor league baseball operator during that transition....

I Was To Inherit A Capitalist Nation

The ceilings were all collapsing. The moldering roof was seeping through to the drywall and paint inside. What was once a small emerald speck of mold above the shower had turned into a fuzzy kaleidoscope of blacks and pinks and grays and greens that coated the entire...

Richmond “No Kings” Protest Returns on March 28

Editor's note: Updated with new information. Richmond’s ongoing No Kings movement will return to the streets later this month, with two rallies planned across the region on Saturday, March 28. A gathering is scheduled for 1–3 pm at Monroe Park rganized...

Best Of VA Missed Connections October 16 – October 22

Welcome to Missed Connections, where flirting always seems to equal awkwardness. But we all want to find companionship and happiness -- so sometimes there's no choice but to keep the awkwardness going. If you are prepared to deal with a little bumbling in pursuit of true love, maybe the Missed Connections will work out for you! This week, we've...

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Best of VA Missed Connections October 9 – October 15

Did you do well with pop quizzes back when you were in middle school? If so, you might just score a passing grade on this week's Missed Connections! You're going to need to remember what color shirt she was wearing, what car he was driving, and what hand they ate with, but fortunately that last one's easy -- if someone's even mentioning it, it's...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections October 2 – October 8

There's a chill in the air this week, but if you need to warm up, things are always hot and heavy in the Missed Connections. We've got some pretty zany highlights this time around, but the wackiest of them all might be the couple who wants to test drive a sleeper-cab semi truck by getting down to business in the bunk. Either lot lizards have to...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 25 – October 1

The month that ends with Halloween begins today, and that's a cause for celebration for a lot of people, which might explain why we're suddenly getting Missed Connections from the Poe Museum and the Psychedelic Furs show. Let's do some raven-style partying with a bumper crop of Missed Connections, shall we? We shall, and we shall also learn that...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 18 – September 24

Missed Connections often brings out the weirdest qualities of humanity, but every once in a while, it brings out the best. Such is the case this week, as you'll soon see. And of course, we agree with the poster -- catcalling women on the street is completely unacceptable. Meanwhile, it seems that the action was hot in the campgrounds around the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 11 – September 17

I don't know about y'all, but buffets of any kind are a particular weakness of mine. I never would have associated them with Missed Connections, but this week, we'll all learn that some people very much do. Digging in at Golden Corral is just the thing to get some people all hot and bothered, apparently. I guess I get it -- the mac and cheese is...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections September 4 – September 10

It's Missed Connections time once again, and I don't know about all you other Scooby Doo fans out there, but I always thought Velma was much more intriguing than Daphne. I guess I'm not the only one, because we have some sexy librarian lust happening in the MC's this week that'll bring back fond memories of everybody's adorable mystery-solving...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections August 28 – September 3

School's back in here in Richmond, and if you're riding the bus, you just might find yourself in the Missed Connections this week. After all, we've all gotta get there somehow. We've got a bunch of fun stuff in the good ol' MCs this week, from house flippers who want to flip more than just houses to athletic hikers and flirty Food Lion shoppers....

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Best of VA Missed Connections August 21 – August 27

The longer summer goes on, the weirder it gets here in the Missed Connections. From people who smoke Netflix to unashamed beer belly rubbers in the hardware store, everyone's letting it all hang out this week. And don't get us wrong, we're all for it! If nothing else, it makes for some entertaining reading. We've got all kinds of stuff going on...

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