Editor’s note: The results are in and can be found HERE! Let the groans begin, Richmond, it’s that time again: our semi annual Support Local, Vote Local Poll. We’ve all been through it lately. Another election, another pile of headlines designed to grind your...
Purpose work is thriving in Richmond. The challenges of starting a business alone are enough for most entrepreneurs, but one small business owner here is going the extra mile. Reana Muhammad, CEO of RÉNA IMAN, runs a socially-conscious handbag label which has joined the fight to end domestic violence. RÉNA IMAN handcrafted luxury bags donate a...
“My spirit is rattled inside” - No Malice Prison. The idea is so embedded in the American consciousness that it is hard to conceive of an America without it. This thought remained with me as I drove towards the penitentiary in Chesapeake, Virginia. Even more so, since I was accompanying a musician who famously inaugurated an entire sub-genre of...
An old piece of stone often holds more meaning than one might suspect, particularly in a city like Richmond. Although stone carved into monuments or statues may generate friction, a great deal more of it can remind us to ruminate on not only our history, but ourselves. On a recent afternoon, a tour guide from The Valentine took RVA Mag on a...
Ever fantasize about being a passing face or an awkward bystander in a college orientation video? Still have no plans this Friday afternoon? (Staying in bed with Netflix and napping don't really count.) By some strange dysfunction-related miracle, you're in luck, because VCU Parking & Transportation is looking for current VCU students and...
Few films are as highly regarded or as revered in Japanese cinema as Kenji Mizoguchi’s haunting, fantasy fable “Ugetsu”; a timeless masterpiece of post-war cinema that not only works as a fatalistic fable but also a critique of class and patriarchy told through a kaidanshu-lensed ghost story. Through themes of greed, karmic retribution,...
RICHMOND, Va. – Speaking in front of an eager crowd at the popular Ellwood Thompson’s supermarket in Richmond’s Museum District, UFC officials announced an exhibition parking lot brawl between two esteemed neighborhood fighters. The grand event, called “Manic in the Organic,” is scheduled to take place on October 29. “We’re excited to announce...
Most people see plastic bottles as disposable, but Hamilton Perkins saw them as an opportunity. The Virginia entrepreneur turned that opportunity into a brand, and it all began with the search for the perfect bag. “I was looking for a bag I could be proud to carry,” Perkins said. “I couldn’t find it in department stores, I didn’t see it online,...
It’s been described as a marathon of the mundane; a work of art built around household chores and boredom, or perhaps even the most relevant films about subtextual feminism. “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” is a seminal work of the 70s and still a very unique experience as a film. The film follows the seemingly...
Taylor Pitera, founder and CEO of local e-boutique shoptailor.com, was supposed to be a dentist. “I was actually pre-dental going in to VCU. That’s what I was accepted for,” she said in a recent interview with RVA Mag. However, she quickly realized that cleaning people's teeth wasn't for her. Growing up in the Richmond area, Pietra cultivated an...
