Editor’s note: Redfern Hemp Co. is a current sponsor of RVA Magazine. This story was produced independently and without editorial control or influence. Richmond vape and smoke shop owners are pushing back against the city’s enforcement campaign known as...
Some 400 people were lined up Tuesday morning in front of Need Supply Co. to buy a limited release Nike shoe designed by Richmond native Sean Wotherspoon, who won the contract in a contest earlier this year. Some attendees were fans of Nike, others of the designer; still, others were there to make some money. Nearly all of them would be...
When you first walk into Rider Boot Shop on Broad Street, you’re hit by the smell of fresh leather. It’s not the usual leather you find floating off your Steve Madden boots from the sale rack, though. Here, you’ll find Chelsea boots, Oxfords, and sneakers made from South African Antelope (known as kudu), waxed horse flesh, ostrich, elk, stingray,...
In a celebration of native peoples and indigenous culture, Richmond will be hosting The Pocahontas Reframed: Native American Storytellers Film Festival (PRNASFF) this coming weekend. The three-day free event will be held at the Byrd Theatre will feature multiple films and performances all focusing on Native American peoples, culture, language,...
The following is RVA Magazine's continued coverage of Charlottesville's Virginia Film Festival this past weekend. Staff writer Kyle Shearin was on the scene to highlight some of the films from the three-day event. If you missed the first in the series, you can check that review out here. “Permanent”, a new film, comes from Virginian...
Based in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia, the Virginia Film Festival has celebrated the art of film for over 30 years and this past weekend, it continued its tradition of highlighting new features and documentaries, fresh takes on timeless classics, and local filmmakers. Staff writer Kyle Shearin attended the festival and in the...
While Virginians have been busy with voting and buzzing about the recent election results, world-renowned fashion designers, community leaders, wellness experts, and other female entrepreneurs have been busy prepping for the upcoming lifestyle design conference Rebelle Con this weekend in Richmond. The conference event, according to its website,...
Not exactly a modern-spin on an old fable, The Lure is a stirring, if fragmented coming-of-human tale of two sisters who happen to be carnivorous, singing, vampire-like mermaids. After being lured by a family of intriguing music performers, Silver (Marta Mazurek) and Golden (Michalina Olszanska) two young, beautiful, mermaids find themselves the...
All sorts of organizations do fundraisers. Girl scouts sell cookies, high school and college clubs try to sell you donuts and middle schoolers sell magazines. The Wizengamot Quidditch Club of VCU, however, has found a unique way to get funds: selling part of their president’s body as real estate for a tattoo. The club launched their crowdfunding...
It's a long-standing tradition at Richmond's tattoo shops, but what makes someone wait in line for a $13 tattoo? Customers lined up by All-For-One, one of many shops along with Lucky 13 offering specials on Friday the 13th "It's really about the community," one heavily-tattooed visitor tells me. She skipped work to be here, and asks that I not...
