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Fried Chicken and Soccer? Somehow It Makes Perfect Sense

"Richmond has your back... maybe."  That about sums it up, doesn't it? It's the slogan behind KCPFC, a new football-inspired project from Kwame Hayford, the guy behind Kwam's Chicken Project, and Richmond designer Ignatius Friend. The collection blends soccer culture...

Before Anyone Was Watching

I went to Virginia MOCA expecting to hear Andy Howell talk about skateboarding. Instead, I left thinking about community and how people find each other. Howell's installation opens Seamless, the museum's new exhibition exploring the overlap between art and design. At...

Duron Chavis is Building More Than a Farm

How two decades of community organizing grew into a vision for land ownership, education, and self-determination. The first time I met Duron Chavis, he wasn't talking about farmland. He was talking about culture. It was the early 2000s, and Happily Natural Day was...

RVA 5×5 | Leapfrogging Back to 1776, 50 Years at a Time: 1926

Editor's Note: We're sharing this essay from community content partner Jon Baliles of RVA 5x5. If you enjoy his work and want more in-depth coverage of Richmond politics and history, consider subscribing to RVA 5x5 on Substack. The views expressed are those of the...

The Light That Never Went Out 

There is a spotlight still mounted in the rafters of 528 N. 2nd Street. It has been there since 1914. It has outlasted segregation, fire, the highway that cut Jackson Ward in two, and decades of silence. On the nights when the Hippodrome Theater fills up, that light...

Best Of VA Missed Connections August 11 – August 17

It's time for another rainy, humid week of Missed Connections, in which we learn that there really is someone for everyone. From the flatulent vampires to the geology stalkers, from the sweet young ladies cutting up food for senior citizens at restaurants to the suburbanites chatting over mouthwash at the discount store, everybody's got some role...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections August 4 – August 10

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where I begin with a confession: I read these things all the time, but I've never posted one, so I have no idea how it works. So, asking for a friend: do you get bombarded with spam when you post a Missed Connection on Craigslist? Considering how many people are out here requiring extensive...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: July 28 – August 3

Welcome back to Missed Connections, where this week begins with us pondering the difficult question: what does weasel meat taste like? Probably not great, and it might not even be safe for human consumption, but it sure does make for some entertaining late-night banter, if this week on Craigslist is any indication. We've got a lot of entertaining...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: July 21 – July 27

Welcome to Missed Connections! Pop quiz: what color are your pants? Did you know without looking? If so, you might be able to meet some cuties at the Wawa next time you're out. In all seriousness though, if you're looking to meet someone, it's never a bad idea to leave the house wearing really killer shoes. But maybe you're just here for the fun...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: July 14 – July 20

Welcome to this week's edition of Missed Connections, where we're gonna start with a bit of pretentiousness from your friendly neighborhood editor. Confidential to poet seeking muse: "wherefore" doesn't mean "where," it means "why." In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet literally said the line "Wherefore art thou Romeo" TO Romeo. She was asking "Why are...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: July 7 – July 13

It's Tuesday, and that means it's time once again to review the past week of wackiness via the ever-faithful Missed Connections! This week, we will learn that some Home Depot encounters are more pleasant than others, and that, even if you're not road-raging, cars can be dangerous. We'll also get a pretty obvious reference to the Fifty Shades...

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Best of VA Missed Connections June 30 – July 6

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where it's summer, it's hot, and it's only going to get hotter. Lake Mead is dry and it's 115 degrees in British Columbia, but your uncle still says climate change is a hoax. Are we all doomed? Maybe so. But let's at least make the best of it before the wildfires and rising sea levels take us all...

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Best of VA Missed Connections: June 23 – June 29

Welcome to Missed Connections, where the heat of the late-June days is reflected by the content of the posting happening. At least it is this week. That said, it is Craigslist, so things always come out a little weird. And sometimes, more than a little creepy. For example, there's the guy posting about his threesome experience in a way that makes...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 16 – June 22

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where starting things off on a down note is just another aspect of life's rich pageant. Don't worry though, folks -- like Monica Lewinsky said to the HBO Max intern, it gets better! This week we've got everything from craft beer hunks to long-ago coworkers, as well as a great example of poor,...

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