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Richmond is a Big World Cup Town

Richmond may not be hosting a World Cup match, but plenty of people here are watching. According to television ratings reported by Sports Business Journal, Richmond-Petersburg ranked among Fox Sports’ top 10 local markets during the opening portion of the tournament....

Good Day RVA is Back and Bringing Friends Along

For four nights this weekend, bands from different generations of Richmond's music scene are taking over Get Tight Lounge. Called Tonal Recall, the series is part reunion show, part showcase and part excuse for a bunch of old friends to get back in the same room. ...

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...

Best of VA Missed Connections April 7 – April 13

Mom's only got $80 for bail money, but that's OK, because you just want to have a good time, right? Well, you might find it this week in the Missed Connections… unless you're driving a red dump truck down Rt. 17. As a good friend of mine once said, "The future of road rage is now." Getting back to what you can look forward to in this week's...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections March 31 – April 6

This weekend made it clear that spring has sprung, and if there's one thing this week's Missed Connections make clear, it's that everybody's in the mood for love! Well, to be fair, that's every week in the Missed Connections, but this week found a marked lack of the usual goofy banter and joke posts. People are ready to get down with it, and I...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections March 24 – March 30

The final week of March finds us all finally starting to wake up from the endless nightmare of the pandemic -- even here in the Missed Connections, where this week we are starting to see actual MCs from vaccination centers. That's a good reminder to all of you to schedule your vax appointment. Having been to the race track for my first shot, I...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections March 17 – March 23

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where it is definitely not our first time at the rodeo. If you're looking for St. Paddy's Day content, we surprisingly didn't get that much this time around (I blame COVID, for this and for everything else). But we've got plenty of other action this week, so don't hesistate to dive in, even if the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections March 10 – March 16

A year later and we're all still here, posting Missed Connections from the safety of our quarantine bunkers and counting the days until our vaccine appointments. This week, though, you can spend a few moments taking your mind off the lingering anxiety by indulging in tales of possibly stolen motorcycles that may or may not have pulled up at the...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections March 3 – March 9

If you're looking for your silver fox, this week's Missed Connections might just be the place for you. We may still all have a few more months before things can really go back to normal, but a year into the pandemic, a lot of us are busting at the seams, and our lusts are spilling over into the world of Craigslist. But there's still some pretty...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: February 24 – March 2

From singers in cars to rovers from Mars (or was it Venus), Missed Connections this week is out of this world! We're getting Missed Connections from the jury box, the spaceport, and the DMV these days, which makes me wonder whether a solid year of pandemic-related quarantine has made us all retreat into pure fantasy. Either way, I'm here for it....

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Best of VA Missed Connections February 17 – February 23

If you still have an opinion about the cola wars of the 80s, you might find a kindred spirit in this week's Missed Connections. Times have changed, that's for sure; after all, this week brings us evidence that a dude with face tattoos can get a positive response in the town where I went to high school. Thirty years ago, I was nearly run out of...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections February 10 – February 16

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where between the pandemic and the cold crappy weather, it seems that none of us ever have any chance encounters with strangers except when we are shopping. You'll see what I mean as you work through this week's edition: Walmart, Publix, Kroger, even Crate & Barrel and various smoke shops --...

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