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Lucky 13 Draws Crowds with Affordable Ink Deals

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...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)

2017 has been the year David Lynch returned to our lives. After a decade-plus absence in making films, his signature series Twin Peaks resumed (after a seemingly foreseen 25-year hiatus), continuing to instill that special sense of enigmatic storytelling that’s often...

RVA Fall Fashion Week 2017: A Rundown of This Weekend’s Events

For the fourth year in a row, RVA Fashion Week will celebrate the fall season with a special series of events this weekend. Local non-profit Dress for Success and VCU’s student mag will also host fashion-related events. Throughout the weekend of shopping, partying,...

Customer Service and Quality Ink: Lucky 13’s Winning Combination

Over the past few years, over a dozen tattoo shops have cropped up throughout the growing Broad Street pocket and its surrounding areas -- from high-end boutique shops to budget tattoo joints, members of the Richmond tattoo scene are increasingly rubbing elbows. You...

Miranda Classic Ties: Making the bowtie trendy again

RVA Fashion Week is almost upon us, and that means runways, models showing off this season's trends, and all of Richmond's creative and unique designers selling everything from clothes, to hats to jewelry. One particular designer that caught RVA Mag's eye last year...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Certain Women (2016)

Certain Women, director Kelly Reichardt’s modern pioneer-woman film not only explores the temporary trials and tribulations of its three contemporary women, conjured from the short stories of Maile Meloy, it also showcases how the gorgeous, wide-open, the Montana...

Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Night and The City (1950)

Based on a 1938 Gerald Kersh novel of the same name, Night and the City certainly lives up to its archetypical sounding noir title, but is quite atypical in its pessimistic identity and unusual plotti Based on a 1938 Gerald Kersh novel of the same name, Night and the City certainly lives up to its archetypical sounding noir title, but is quite...

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A look back at Richmond Mural Project 2015

Alright folks, that's it - we've wrapped up the 2015 Richmond Mural Project. Alright folks, that's it - we've wrapped up the 2015 Richmond Mural Project. We've got an awesome prize - one of 3 hand painted collab pieces - lined up for people who take photos of the new murals and tag them #RMP2015 on instagram, so get out there and start taking...

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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: The Killers (1946, 1964)

The Killers 1946, 1964 Robert Siodmak, Donald Segal Spine #176 Available on DVD and Blu-Ray The Killers 1946, 1964 Robert Siodmak, Donald Segal Spine #176 Available on DVD and Blu-Ray Both versions of The Killers are the adaptation of Earnest Hemingway’s 1927 short story of the same name which document two hitmen who hold up in a diner and the...

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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: The Rose (1979)

In Mark Rydell’s The Rose, break-out star Bette Midler champions herself with a performance mirroring that of the late, great Janis Joplin or really any other rocker from that era who was jus In Mark Rydell’s The Rose, break-out star Bette Midler champions herself with a performance mirroring that of the late, great Janis Joplin or really any...

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Heritage in Ink: Discovering the Depths of Japanese Tattoos at VMFA

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has managed to blend the locally popular art of tattoo and the historically beautiful craftsmanship of Japanese art with the launch of its new exhibition, “Japanese Tattoo: Perseverance, Art, and Tradition.” The collection centers around seven internationally acclaimed tattoo artists, curated by Kip Fulbeck...

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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: The River (1951)

Based on Rumer Godden’s novel of the same name, The River stands as a pillar for French filmmaker’s Jean Renoir’s later often overlooked work. Based on Rumer Godden’s novel of the same name, The River stands as a pillar for French filmmaker’s Jean Renoir’s later often overlooked work. It’s a film that combines a coming of age story, nostalgia,...

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Richmond is getting its first Japanese tattoo mural

Richmond is getting its first Japanese tattoo-inspired mural-and you get to be apart of the fun starting today. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts launched the RVA Japanese Scavenger Hunt today and from now until May 28, the museum will put a piece of the tattoo around the city and you must use your savvy detective skills to find them. You'll also...

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