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Dragons, Dice, and Draft Beer! A Richmond Bar Crawl Quest

On June 28, Carytown will once again become a place where reality takes a smoke break. Wizards will be slouched on bar patios like it’s perfectly normal, elves will wander somewhere between Révéler and New York Deli, and if you squint hard enough, you might see a...

It’s Damn Hot in Richmond!

Let’s start here: don’t leave your baby in the car. Seriously. If your brain is cooked enough to forget a living being in a parked car during a Virginia summer, stay home. Put down the keys. This heat doesn’t mess around. A cracked window isn’t life support, not for...

Hollywood Cemetery: Presidents, Confederates, and A Vampire

In this city of the dead, I felt the weight of history bearing down upon me, the accumulated whispers of the past echoing through the hollows of my ears like a mournful sigh. No one needs teachings to realize that this ancient place wields some mystery. The James...

Writer’s Block | Poems by Anna Leonard

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...

Metro Sound Is Still Here. Richmond Just Keeps Making It Harder.

When Mark Szafranski bought the building at 117 West Broad Street in 1991, the property was in disrepair. Water seeped from the upper floors, the windows were falling in, and downtown Richmond was, at the time, more forgotten than revitalized. But Szafranski, a...

Waitress is the Show for Anyone Who has Ever Worked a Double

A woman works in a diner. The kind with refills, regulars, and fluorescent lights that never quite turn off. She’s married to a man who doesn’t deserve her. She bakes pies that are better than most people deserve. And she wants out. That’s Waitress, more or less....

Best of RVA Missed Connections 9/26/17-10/3/17

It's Fall and we're beginning to feel the chill outside, but the people of Missed Connections are keeping it hot and heavy as usual. This week, we have a girlfriend who's caught her lover in some shady business...once again, foot fetish guy is back, a Comicon crush, and...a panty thief? Foot fetish - m4w (Rva) Hi! Am a very fit, attractive male...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 9/19/17-9/26/17

In this week's Missed Connections, one man solicits a companion to satisfy his foot fetish, while another applauds a stranger on the attractiveness of his date, sparks fly at the Adam Ant show, and two married women with “options” discuss the prevalence of cheating.         Foot fetish - m4w (Rva) Hi! Am a very fit, attractive male with a really...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 9/12/17-9/19/17

So this week's batch of the best of RVA Missed Connections is a bit of a long read, but well worth it. We have the "dreamboat" from Fallout, a pink Fannie Pack flirtation at Black Hand Coffee, a desire for dreads, and a guy giving girls "advice" on what to post on a dating app, with a glorious clapback from a woman who wasn't haven't any of it...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 9/5/17-9/12/17

In this week's batch of Missed Connections, sparks fly over bow ties at Hardywood, a Hermitage High 2007 alum looks for an old crush, two strangers REALLY bond over dipping sauce, and apparently Food Lion is the place to be to catch nip slips? Check all that out and more below. Drunken boobie at food lion - w4m (Chesterfield) Saw your boobie for...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 8/29/17-9/6/17

Missed Connections is as spicy and zaney as ever this week with forbidden love, sparks fly at Taboo, a lovers quarrel over some mysterious man named Charles, and dad crushes. Check those out and more if this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections below. Ryan at Helzberg Diamonds - w4m (Colonial Heights)  It was really great talking to you. I wish...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 8/22/17-8/29/17

In this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections, instead of foot fetishes, we've got a sock fetish, along with sparks flying at Sonic and Kickback Jack's, the search for a long lost lover, and an interesting exchange with a CVS pharmacist. Check it out below. Chris LaRoche - m4m (RVA)  What happened to you? Did you go back to your wife? I miss...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 8/15/17-8/22/17

Foot fetishes, "muscle bears" at Pony Pasture, and some scorned lovers make up this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections. Also a woman with a giant "coin" head-whatever that means. Read on below to see if you might fit the profile for some of these Craigslist hopefuls. Rosa at Lowe's - m4w (Richmond) It's always a pleasure seeing you. Love your...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 8/8/17-8/15/17

Steamy locker room encounters, Metro romance, a Jazz Festival fling and more make up this week's batch of freaky and fun RVA Missed Connections. Check them out below.  Debussy - m4m (short pump) You wanted to know what it was. You were sounding pretty good yourself. If you happen to see this and are interested, would love to grab a drink sometime...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 8/1/17-8/8/17

The heated summer is winding down, but missed connections are hot as ever and maybe even a little strange this go around. We've got a lap dance lust fest, sexting partners, a beefed up tattoo bromance, and what one Richmonder calls a "psychic connection". Check out all that and more below on this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections. Psychic...

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