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How a New Richmonder is Fostering Community Through Tiramisu

Editor’s note: Since this story was originally written, Alex Na hosted another free tiramisu drop over the weekend, continuing to build a following around his community dessert project. This feature was submitted by Jordan Smith, a journalism student at the Richard T....

The Lights Are On! Richmond’s Tacky Lights Season Has Begun

Tacky Lights season has officially kicked off, and the region is glowing again. From tight city blocks to wide Powhatan backroads, homes across Central Virginia have thrown the switch and settled into that familiar holiday tradition of trying to outshine the...

Equity vs. Access: Explaining Virginia’s New Cannabis Framework

The Joint Commission on the Future of Cannabis Sales held its final public meeting before lawmakers begin drafting the next version of Virginia’s adult-use cannabis bill. The bill will be introduced when the General Assembly returns in January and, if it passes...

CONEX and the Strange New Gravity of Carver

The Carver neighborhood sits tucked between the highway and the downtown sprawl, close enough to reach everything and overlooked long enough to feel like its own island. So when CONEX appeared there a few weeks ago, rising out of a sunken concrete pit built from cargo...

Best of VA Missed Connections June 26 – July 2

It's another week of Missed Connections from around the state, and this time around it brings us a lesson: sometimes it's best to come straight out and tell people who you are and what you want. Like if you're a soccer mom who wants to buy some weed for those long late mornings when the kids are out of the house. Or if you work in a warehouse and...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 19 – June 25

If you're looking for love in all the wrong places, take heart -- you just might find it in the Missed Connections. We've got a bumper crop for you, from those seeking their only true love to those who really just need a shower. This week's column also produced the most relatable Missed Connection I've seen all year -- the person who thought the...

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Best of VA Missed Connections June 12 – June 18

It's too hot outside to walk -- we all get that. But if you took an Uber instead of hoofing it this week, you just might find yourself in the Missed Connections, where it seems all the lovelorn Uber drivers of the Commonwealth have chosen to congregate this week. But they're not the only ones seeking their momentary crushes; some are looking for...

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Best of VA Missed Connections June 5 – June 11

This summer is getting rolling, and things are heating up in the Missed Connections this week. Unfortunately, things don't always go smoothly -- which is why people end up here in the first place. This week, we've got someone who appears to be looking for a dungeon master -- in the role-playing game sense, that is. Which still sounds dirty, now...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections May 29 – June 4

It's that time once again -- time for the Missed Connections, where every week we hear from a broad swath of Virginia -- the hopeful, the forlorn, and of course, the kiiiinda creepy. This week, we learn that backyard showers are apparently not just for beach houses anymore -- although if you have one, you better stay vigilant, because your...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections May 22 – May 28

It's really hot this week, y'all. I'm talking about the temperatures outside, but I could also be talking about the Missed Conections. Now that we're past Memorial Day weekend, I think we can all agree that it's officially summer in Virginia, and you can tell from this week's crop of anonymous internet flirtations. For example, we've got a...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections May 15 – May 21

May is heating up, and once again we find ourselves with a bumper crop of Missed Connections. The indubitable star this week is a middle-aged dad who's out there living that American Beauty life -- and not in a good way. But the rest of you who are getting out there and meeting people with no connection to your immediate family… don't get us...

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RIP Grumpy Cat: Our Memetastic Hearts Will Forever Belong To You

Today we celebrate the life of Grumpy Cat -- gone too soon from the world, but not from our hearts -- with a selection of our favorite Grumpy Cat memes. Today we learned that Grumpy Cat has passed away at the relatively young age (even for cats) of 7. The most famous cat around the world leaves a grumpy legacy like no other. And as her family...

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Best of VA Missed Connections May 8 – May 14

Here we go with another spring edition of Missed Connections, in which we can plainly see that when the winter clothes went back into the closet, the tattoos went out on display once again. Based on this week's crop it seems like almost everyone in Richmond has tattoos... but then again, if you've lived here for more than a week, you already knew...

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