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Duke’s Hot Tomato Summer Heats Up to Wine Down

Great wine pairing options for specials around tomatoes and mayo Duke’s Hot Tomato Summer has returned to Richmond for the fifth year in a row to highlight the iconic summer duo, tomato and mayonnaise. Several restaurants in Richmond are offering a variety of Hot...

OP-ED | Richmond’s Stages Are Worth the Investment

Why federal arts funding keeps the city’s creative economy alive. by Catie-Reagan King, Ed.D. On any given weekend in Richmond, you can find a stage lit up with stories, some bold and provocative, others warm and familiar. Whether it’s a world premiere at Firehouse...

Protest or Parade, Richmond Likes to Get ‘Fancy’

For the Richmond we know, “fancy” doesn’t belong to the country club set. It doesn’t sip cocktails under chandeliers or care much about matching buttons. Here, fancy has dirt on its boots and glitter in its hair. It shows up to a protest in drag. It haunts the streets...

Opinion | The Grocery Bill That Stares Back at You

In Richmond, you walk into Kroger or Food Lion for the usual and walk out $80 lighter with barely a bag and a half. No steaks. No extras. Just the basics you’ve been buying since you first learned how to cook on a crooked burner in a Fan apartment. And now you’re...

Writer’s Block | Poems from ‘ARTHROPOETRY’ by Noah Strickler

A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and VirginiaWriter’s Block is RVA Magazine’s Sunday series highlighting contemporary writers working in Richmond and across the Commonwealth. Each week, we feature original poems, short stories, or...

Photos | Good Trouble Lives On in Richmond

Yesterday, more than a thousand Richmonders took to Monument Avenue as part of the nationwide Good Trouble Lives On demonstration, organized by 50501 Virginia and local partners. The peaceful action stretched from Lombardy Street to Willow Lawn Drive,...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 11/28/17-12/5/17

In this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections we have a steamy encounter in a Planet Fitness locker room, one lone soul in a Red Lobster hoping sparks will fly with their waiter, and a bizarre "incident" at an Ashland Chick-Fil-A offering a cash reward for details. Check out all this and more below.  Friends Of Jefferson park - m4w (Church Hill)...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 11/21/17-11/28/17

This week's batch of RVA Missed Connections is cluttered with memories of "Island Love", Peeping Toms in Richmond alleys, someone on the hunt for a thief with a tiger tattoo, and a 420-friendly "queen" in search of the perfect gentleman. All this and more below.  You smiled at me in Chick Fil A - m4w (Near Willow Lawn) We made eye contact...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 11/14/17-11/21/17

We may be gearing up to stuff our faces this holiday season, but this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections are up to their usual antics. A post wouldn't be complete without a tantalizing sock fetish and two people in dire need of relationship advice. Rachel from Wawa has an admirer and sparks fly at City Beach on Cary Street. Check out those...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 11/7/17-11/14/17

In this week's Missed Connections it seems cuffing season has come early. From uber drivers to strangers in elevators, everyone is looking for someone and this week their search for someone to keep them warm this holiday season has taken them to Craigslist. Eavesdropping on a serious conversation. - m4w (Harrison St.) Didn't mean to. But y'all...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 10/31/17-11/7/17

Sadly, in this week's Missed Connections no Halloween hookups for you, but sparks fly at Hop Harvest and Buskey Cider, we have yet another foot-fetish fiend willing to pay cash for the prettiest feet, and if your name is Dan, you're in a band and played at The Camel, you have a secret admirer. Read on for all these and more.  M" at Hyatt place...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 10/24/17-10/31/17

Happy Halloween folks! As always, the people over at Missed Connections never fail to provide us with the thrills and chills we seek, and this week we've got everything to make your spine tingle, or creep you completely. We've got someone looking for love at Super Suds, or a cop just looking to bust some Johns according to one poster, a Carmen...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 10/17/17-10/24/17

It's been a bit of a whirlwind for folks on Craigslist this past week. We've got someone lusting after a redhead in a Durag, two souls bond over nachos and bourbon, a rant on the "fat walrus" cutting in line at Rumors, and a Dad pulling a Kevin Spacey in American Beauty. Discover all that and more in this batch of the best of RVA Missed...

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

RVA Mag is back with a brand new Missed Connections, and its spicer than ever. From a stay-at-home dad crush, to a steamy encounter at the YMCA, a 25-year-old virgin looking for love, and Facebook rivals taking their beef to Craigslist, there's not a dull moment in this week's batch. Ovation Theater Late Comer - m4w (1100 Alverser Dr, Midlothian,...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 10/3/17-10/10/17

Just like last week, this batch of RVA Missed Connections does not disappoint and is full of curious souls looking for love or just a good time. Sparks fly at a Short Pump Irish pub and a local vet, the search for a long lost VCU flame continues,  there's a flirty encounter at the State Fair, and sock fetish guy just won't quit. Check out all...

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