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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 5/8/18-5/15/18

Look alive Richmond, Missed Connections is back with a whole new batch of spicy encounters for your weekly dose of entertainment. This go around, a woman is looking for her lost catch from Plenty Of Fish, love blooms at Boulevard Flowers, and a Lidi cashier checks out a girl with tattoos. All that and more below. your dog in a hot vehicle......

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Should Carytown Become Garytown?

Anonymous individuals have started an online petition asking Mayor Levar Stoney to rename Richmond's beloved neighborhood Carytown to Garytown. The organizers identify themselves as "an organization focused on bringing about real change to the Richmond Metro Area," and make the dubious claim that a name change "would provide real, lasting,...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 5/1/18-5/8/18

Encounters over in Missed Connections are finally starting to spice back up again since it's been moved to a different section. This week, a Redskins fan admires a woman's peacock tattoo at Wolfgang's Gym, a biker attempts to show off for a fellow driver by popping a wheelie, sparks continue to fly at The Hofgarden as well as REI, and two...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 4/24/18-5/1/18

Love is finally in the air this spring over in Missed Connections. This week, we have a special encounter at Babe's, The HofGarden, a Harlem native searches for his former lover in RVA, and a man hopes to hear from a woman snapping photos in Maymont's Japanese Gardens. All that and more below. Purple hair blk female works at little...

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2-Step Tinder: Hardcore Bros Looking For Love in Richmond

Every spring for a few magical days, Richmond’s women are blessed by the Tinder gods with a flood of new matches.  Hardcore bros from across the nation descend upon the city for United Blood, an annual hardcore music fest hosted by the Canal Club that draws hundreds to Shockoe Bottom for a weekend of touring artists and Richmond groups like Count...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 4/17/18-4/24/18

This week's batch of RVA Missed Connections bring us sparks between a woman and a mysterious mustard man at Wendy's, a guy hanging at Goatacado with his dog gets a secret admirer, and one poster hopes to hear from the red-haired woman with pink boots who caught their eye. All that and more below. You were a petite female (Chesterfield) You were...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 4/10/18-4/17/18

From fanny pack flirtations at Walmart to Waffle House hookups, to two friends lusting over a tattooed waiter at The Daily Kitchen & Bar in Carytown, this batch of Missed Connections is sure to brighten up your week. Check out all these and more below. Laburnum Kroger - Red Shirt Fanny Pack (Laburnum) You got a missed connections grilllll....

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 4/3/18-4/10/18

It seems it's going to take a bit before Missed Connections is brimming over with a ton of juicy, weird, and random encounters now that it's in a new section on Craigslist, but it is still alive and well, with sparks flying at The Franklin Inn, karaoke singers share a sweet dance at Sticky Rice, and two gamers connect over The Gauntlet game at...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 3/27/18-4/3/18

This batch of Missed Connections may be brief, but its spicy as ever as sparks fly between a man with a broken leg and a vet in a cowboy hat, a man admires a woman from afar at an Easter Vigil at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, a handsome Firebird's waiter is generous with his prime rib, and one poor soul longs for their former flame from Buffalo...

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