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Jo Ellis Did Her Job. The Army Didn’t. 🏳️‍🌈

This story was originally published in Virginia Pride Guide 2025. Virginia Pride Festival 2025 is presented with the support of Out RVA, Allianz, Hit Play, Virginia Lottery, CarMax, Bank of America, CoStar Group,...

Op-Ed | Why I Support Richmond Code Refresh and Upzoning

Editor’s note: This is an op-ed. The views belong to the author and not necessarily RVA Magazine. We publish opinion pieces to spark conversation, share perspectives, and give space to voices in our community. by Jacob Sherrod Richmond’s zoning code, the policies...

Richmond Rallies to Find Francine, the Missing Lowe’s Cat

Francine, a well-known shop cat at Lowe’s in Richmond and a beloved fixture of the community, has gone missing, sparking a cross-state search effort. According to posts from staff and supporters, Francine disappeared on September 18 after walking onto a distribution...

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,...

This Huge Terror Plant Has Now Come to Virginia

Giant hogweed is the stuff of nightmares. While having a towering stalk which supports a benign looking white flower flanked by crispy green shrubbery, this terror plant actually causes skin burns, phototoxicity, and giant blisters that can last for months if its toxic sap so much as grazes a person's skin. Among that litany of botanical...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 6/12/18-6/19/18

It's a hot one out there Richmond, and the people of RVA Missed Connections are cranking the heat up, even more, this week. Sparks fly at Bev's Homemade Ice Cream, a man is falling over himself to get next to the "goddess" at Boulevard, Burgers, & Brews, and two music lovers flirt outside The National after the Cold War Kids concert. oh, and...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 6/5/18-6/12/18

Get your popcorn ready Richmond, the best of RVA Missed Connections is back again with your weekly pick-me-up. This time we have a flirty encounter at Carytown Burgers & Fries, a woman can't stop lusting after a tattooed dad walking his dog at Texas Beach, and a concerned citizen hopes to connect with a bald woman he saw joyriding on her...

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Vespa Invasion! Italian Vintage meets Richmond Grime

RVA Mag traveled out to Richmond International Raceway to check out this year’s annual AmeriVespa held here in the River City. The event, sponsored by the National Vespa Club of America and Richmond’s own 7 Hills Scooter Club, featured moto-enthusiasts from across the globe and yes, every kind of Vespa imaginable. The end result of this merry...

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Tank Tweets and other Tank News from Richmond

There has been a lot of tension in Richmond recently. Everybody can feel it, everybody knows why. This city has a mess of critical issues to deal with right now: how the police apply lethal force, rapidly accelerating rents and housing costs, and public schools that lack essentials like toilet paper and soap. From a certain perspective,...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/29/18-6/5/18

Buckle up Richmond, we're back with an exciting new batch of RVA Missed Connections for your weekly dose of entertainment. This go around, tie-dye clad souls bond at a shrimp fest in Mechanicsville, a woman in a yellow tube top at Capitol Waffle Shop attracts a secret admirer, a hangover prevents a guy from reaching out to his Lamplighter love, ...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/22/18-5/29/18

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend, if not, then sit down for your weekly entertainment, because the people of RVA Missed Connections sure enjoyed themselves. In this batch, The Hof continues to be the hot spot for spicy encounters, sparks fly between two karaoke singers at Ipanema Cafe, a man becomes mesmerized with a Mellow Mushroom...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/15/18-5/22/18

Missed Connections is finally back with a little spice to it. We've missed you, guys. In this batch, sparks fly at Casa Del Barco and Coppola's Deli, two strangers browsing through Fan-tastic's Thrift come together, and then there's also some talks of Cannibalism thrown in, of course.  Stay weird, Richmond. petite brunette, pretty smile (Cary...

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Welcome to Virginia’s Interstellar Panspermia Society

If you’ve ever wondered what the meaning of life is, you’re not alone. If you came to the conclusion that the purpose of life is to spread life itself to other planets across the universe, then you’re in the good company of VCU Professor Michael Mautner - a research fellow with the Center for the Study of Biological Complexity. Early on in his...

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