Drinksgiving isn’t on any calendar, but it behaves like a holiday anyway predictable, chaotic, and oddly comforting, the way familiar mistakes often are. This year, instead of guessing which dive bars would be overflowing, we just asked the city. Our 2025 Support...
What can one say about Slaughterama that hasn’t already been said? It’s loud, it’s rowdy, and most of the time, it’s the kind of muddy, beer-soaked fun that you can only have in Richmond, VA. Slaughterama started seven years ago with 60 kids in an Oregon Hill cul-de-sac. It has grown into an epic three-day weekend of bike events whose main event...
When local filmmaker Michael Hagan made the decision to make his friend David Shultz the focus of his documentary film class project, no one involved knew what it would eventually become. Hagan would embark on a project that would take six years to tell its tale. That tale is of David Shultz and the Skyline and the realities of what it takes to...
His website describes him as such: Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody. His website describes him as such: Doug Stanhope is a stand-up...
It is probably a safe assumption that most young men between the ages of 20 and 35 spent a great deal of their childhoods watching Transformers or G.I. Joe or both. Hasbro owned the children of the ‘80s and early ‘90s. It is probably a safe assumption that most young men between the ages of 20 and 35 spent a great deal of their childhoods...
Moon is that one film that science-fiction enthusiasts wait for. After an onslaught of commercial pictures in the genre, a film like this reminds us that science fiction can exist in an intelligent realm. Moon is that one film that science-fiction enthusiasts wait for. After an onslaught of commercial pictures in the genre, a film like this...
Meet Fill Bowne, the legendary photographer and all-around cool dude who's been making waves in the scene ever since our mag's inception five years ago. He's like a magnet for the most stunning ladies, and it's hard not to feel a tinge of envy. But here's the kicker – Fill's got this incredible talent for turning wild, debaucherous parties into...
So here's the scoop on Justin Blyth - he's been busting out some seriously cool TV commercials lately. You can totally check out his big-time creative chops at www.jblyth.com. But, let me let you in on something even cooler: his blog. Picture this - a world made up entirely of images that stir up inspiration like you wouldn't believe. This isn't...
Escaping the gravitational pull of his Richmond roots, Adam Juresko has set off towards the Pacific, taking up residence in the rhythmic, urban drumbeats of San Francisco. His days are consumed in the city's labyrinthine corridors of local libraries, eclectic art stores, and graffiti-adorned back alleys. In a quixotic quest, Adam is assembling...
Sometimes an artist can creatively catch the day-to-day mood of living in Richmond. Joseph is among these ranks, documenting his surroundings through the lens and his unique voice. In the process, we get a glimpse into the life of a fun-loving guy who lives in the city and is staying hungry. R. Anthony Harris: Let’s go waaaaay back, man....
