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Gold Lion Community Cafe: Where Pride Meets Purpose 🏳️‍🌈

This article is part of the official Virginia Pride Festival Guide, released ahead of the celebration on Saturday, September 27.  Presented with the support of Out RVA, Allianz, Hit Play, Virginia Lottery, CarMax, Bank of America, CoStar Group, Genworth, CapTech,...

Pink, Powerful, Proud: Power of Pink Fashion Show Honors Survivors

At just 32, Delilah Truck was diagnosed with breast cancer, and suddenly faced life-changing decisions about surgery, reconstruction, fertility, and treatment. “In a very short amount of time, I found out that I had to have surgery and quickly had to make decisions,”...

Diamonds Aren’t Forever: Richmond Says Goodbye to The Diamond

Al Campanis was a scout for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1950s and 1960s. He said the hair on his arms only stood up twice in his life. Once when he saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the other time when he witnessed Sandy Koufax throw a...

RVA 5×5 | Shine On You Crazy (And Memorable) Diamond

On Sunday afternoon, the last baseball game will be held at The Diamond after 40 years of service to a city and region and two baseball teams in what was, when it opened, “a major league park in a minor league town.” Between opening night in 1985 and the last game on...

There’s a Murder Coming to Richmond, and You’re Stuck on the Train

Virginia Repertory Theatre is kicking off its new season the way any sensible theatre should: with a train, a murder, and a detective who’s just trying to make sense of it all. Murder on the Orient Express is Agatha Christie’s great reminder that people are both awful...

Best of RVA Missed Connections: November 14 – November 20

It's a short week, and we're all hurrying to get through it and get to the long Thanksgiving weekend already. But before you make your Black Friday shopping plans, you might want to find some loving. That's where Missed Connections comes in. This week, we've got all sorts of hanky-panky going on, from military gym rats and dog park habitues to...

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Best Of RVA Missed Connections: November 7 – November 13

Apparently a lot of hearts were set aflame this week, and more than a little of it happened at shows, from hot pit action at Good Riddance in Norfolk to some serious closeness in the pit at GWAR. Whether or not you rocked out with some cuties this past week, though, you still might find love in the Missed Connections section. Especially if you're...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections: October 31 – November 6

The weather is turning chilly here in Richmond, and it's the perfect time to find a sweetheart and curl up by a warm fire. But only if you promise to be careful -- if you roll into the fire while you're testing out jiu jitsu techniques on each other, we won't be held responsible. This week also brings us some beachgoers who aren't sure whether to...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections: October 24 – October 30

The cool crisp casual air of October is full of mischief and missed connections. The perfect combination for an all-hallows meet up in the most auspicious of locations: including one of the most prestigious houses at Hogwarts. This week, you'll also find a guy with a leather fetish (hellbent for leather) in Culpepper, and a man looking to connect...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections: October 9 – October 15

What a week for those tenacious lost souls looking to touch fate and spark intrepid romances. One never knows where Cupid's Arrow might find them: At a convenience store, at the tractor supply, or perhaps as the manager of Red Lobster makes sure "everything is operating smoothly." Smooth, indeed. Into this week's dance with destiny, you'll find a...

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DC’s Exorcist Stairs Considered for Historic Landmark

1973's The Exorcist is the greatest horror movie of all time. The film, directed by William Friedkin, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, and Linda Blair, follows the demonic possession of a child in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In the movie, Ellen Burstyn plays an actress filming a movie in Georgetown, when her child,...

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Best OF RVA Missed Connections: October 2 – October 8

Is there anything more alluring than the thrill of traveling: the precipice of stepping into the unknown, the enchantment of far away lands, the freedom of an open road? Or just having some stranger at an airport of a roadside rest stop eyeball you up and down like a travel-sized toothpaste? Well, if that's your bag, then this week's Missed...

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Hate Bird Scooters? This is for You

If you live in one of the handful of cities where dockless scooters have landed, you've probably either come across one, ran into one, or had one run into you. Whether this has come in the form of a brainless college student zooming along at 15mph through the River City’s rickety streets, or lead to a broken leg like some residents, we’ve all...

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