Editor’s Note: Following our recent coverage of Virginia’s cannabis market, where independent retailers face mounting pressure from enforcement and monopolistic lobbying, Max Jackson, founder of Cannabis Wise Guys and a presenter at the...
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Inside the Mind of Angry Woebots: Panda Murals and More
Angry Woebots sure gets around. Hailing from Hawaii, this globe-trotting muralist spent the summer of 2013 jetting between LA, Hawaii, Singapore, and Richmond, VA. Returning for the Richmond Mural Project's second year, he brought a sense of continuity from the 2012 G40 Mural Project. Known for his striking murals, Woes also paints on canvas and...
Why Cold Cave’s Love for Richmond Is More Than Just Nostalgia
Cold Cave is the pseudonym of LA and NYC based musician Wesley Eisold. The project, in existence since 2007, has 2 full albums under its belt - Love Comes Close and Cherish The Light Years. The sound bounces between heavy-new wave synth and low-bit dance beats. With many 80’s influences in the project, it’s hard to nail down any one band that...
Need Supply Presents Northern Grade Pop-Up Market This Weekend At Haxall Point
The 17-year old Richmond boutique, Need Supply Co., is bringing the Northern Grade traveling pop-up market to the Power Plant at Haxall Point. Northern Grade was founded in 2009 by the Minneapolis based husband and wife duo Katherine and Mac McMillan. The event will host over 20 influential America-made designers with local brands, a coffee café...
Yesteryear Style’s Available Today at Yesterday’s Heroes
Males of Richmond unite- there is a new store in town dedicated to your classic self. Drew Spruill has spent the last 18 months making his dream of owning a store, a reality. Finally, Yesterday’s Heroes Vintage has opened on South Addison street and Spruill couldn’t be happier. The store specializes in menswear, home wares and accessories for...
Catching Up With Dirty Richmond
Born and raised in Chesterfield — about thirty minutes south of Richmond—Brian McDaniel made a name for himself in 2009 by launching Dirty Richmond, a street style and lifestyle blog that gained national attention. Now approaching his one-year anniversary at Ledbury, we wanted to catch up with McDaniel and talk with him about his time at Dirty...
The Official 2013 Richmond Mural Project Guide! presented by RVA Mag
UPDATED 8/14/13: Check out the final epic video from Art Whino showing how the Richmond Mural Project has become the amazing piece of city art that it is! Richmond Mural Project 2013 from Love RVA on Vimeo. View 2013 Richmond Mural Project in a larger map Art Whino, with the help of RVA Mag, has kicked off the second edition of The Richmond Mural...
BuzzFeed Gives Shout out To Richmond Mural Project
BuzzFeed is really the Human Centipede of the internet, but its always good to see Richmond get the exposure it deserves. On a recent list of "Best Street Art in the World" BF puts more pictures than words into the post, but rank's Richmond as #3, behind Sao Paulo, Bazil, and "More Honest and Free ads, by Vinz" (which seems to be more of a...
Richmond Mural Project 2013 Kicks Off With A Day of Art, Music, and Community at Selba
Last Saturday afternoon, Art Whino and RVA Magazine got together at Selba to present the official opening reception for the Richmond Mural Project. Plenty of our fellow RVA citizens came out to celebrate with us, have drinks, dance to tunes provided by Long Jawns, Mike Kemetic, and DJ Phenom, and most importantly, watch several of the Richmond...
The Richmond Mural Project Is In Full Swing! Muralists Are At Work All Over RVA
A whole bunch of street artists from around the country and abroad have descended upon RVA over the past few days, and with the Richmond Mural Project officially kicking off this week, a lot of work is getting done around town. Along with our friends at Art Whino, we've been running around town keeping track of paint hitting walls at various...
