Join us for Salon de Résistance on April 30 at Black Iris for an unfiltered conversation about the role of art and culture during times of political upheaval with three of Richmond's leading artists. This is a free event open to the public. Event...
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Hey Ladies: Brandie Posey Is a Pretty Big Deal
Brandie Posey, the outspoken standup comedian and co-host of popular podcast Lady To Lady, comes to RVA's own Coalition Theater tonight. Allegedly, you should never meet your heroes. While that is sound advice for the heart, you should really make an exception if one of your heroes is Los Angeles-based comedian Brandie Posey. Posey is warm,...
2019 RVA Fall Fashion Weekend In Photos
RVA Fashion Week's annual Fall Fashion Weekend took place the second weekend of October, and photographer Nick Brown was on hand to document the sights for RVA Magazine. An October weekend brought premier runway fashion to Richmond, as RVA Fashion Week presented its 6th Annual Fall Fashion Weekend, beginning Thursday, October 10 with a designer...
Friday the 13th Tattoo Deals: Richmond’s Best Flash Sales
Bad luck turns good inside a tattoo shop. Get behind the scenes of Friday the 13th with Yellow Bird Tattoo and Lucky 13. For most people, Friday the 13th is a symbol of bad luck. But for several Richmond tattoo parlors, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: it’s a long standing tradition for many shops to hold Friday the 13th flash...
Alienation, Feminist Rage, and Vampires: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Comes to The Byrd
Delving into the alienation of modern life, groundbreaking Iranian film A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is so much more than just another vampire picture. It comes to The Byrd next week. A melancholy romance draped in the atmosphere of 1950s noirs and 1960s spaghetti westerns, Ana Lili Amirpour’s 2014 directorial debut announced her as a...
Attorney General Sparks Up Conversation on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Last week, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring took to social media to voice his support for "legal, regulated adult use" of marijuana -- a sentiment that, according to a just-released study, more than half of Virginians support. Attorney General Mark Herring tweeted his support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Virginia last...
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire: A Love Story About Identity, Equality, and Independence
Celine Sciamma's powerful period piece, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, creates a sensitive and devastating portrayal of two women falling in love. “Is it better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all?” It's a question that has been asked countless times throughout the history of cinema, to the point where, frankly, it isn’t that...
Op-Ed: Your Footwear Is Killing My Country
Guest writer Phil Ford comes to us with dire warnings of a great scourge plaguing our sadly divided nation: flip-flops. There is an antagonism we are experiencing in our great nation that has had many suspects in the lineup: race, religion, socio-economics - - but the truth is far simpler. I have found the lynchpin of America's divisiveness. An...
Built For Love: The 2019 Richmond Tattoo, Art & Music Festival
With internationally-acclaimed tattoo artists alongside your favorite artists from the River City, the Richmond Tattoo, Art, & Music Festival is bringing its artistic fire to town this month. Richmond is a tattoo mecca -- this has become an undeniable reality. So why would it be that a city so renowned for its tattoo culture would find...
The Farewell: Loss, Identity, and Lies
Lulu Wang's directorial debut, The Farewell, explores the morality of lies and the complexities of family dynamics. Lulu Wang's The Farewell features a scene where Billi, played by Awkwafina, learns from her grandmother, or Nai Nai, how to dispel toxins from her body. The routine involves exhaling and then forcefully thrusting one's arms in front...
