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Salon de Résistance | The Iran War
Join us for Salon de Résistance on March 26th at Black Iris for an unfiltered conversation about the war in Iran with three of America's leading experts on foreign policy, national security, nuclear nonproliferation, and the Middle East. Free to attend, FB event post HERE. --------------------------- The war with Iran is grinding on and there’s...
No Red Carpet, Just Films! James River Film Festival Is Back
Every spring, I look forward to one of Richmond’s best film traditions, the James River Film Festival. With the mantra “Eclectic Celluloid for the Cinematic Soul,” the James River Film Society curates programs spanning a wide range of subjects and styles. It’s always enlightening, informative, and inspiring. This year, the festival will run from...
Babe Improv Might Be The Funniest Thing in Richmond Right Now
There’s a moment during a Babe Improv set where you realize two things at once. First, they have no idea what they’re about to do next. Second, it’s all going to work out somehow. That tightrope is what makes it work, and when you have two people this in sync, it turns into something genuinely laugh-out-loud entertaining. Richmond duo Babe...
Richmond’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Season Has Arrived. Here’s Where to Go.
Every year around this time, Richmond slips a little. It starts small and you catch it out of the corner of your eye. Someone in armor pumping gas. A Jedi standing at the crosswalk on Broad, waiting for the light like everyone else. A guy in full wizard robes standing in line at 7-Eleven like this is all perfectly normal behavior. What used to...
Science on Tap Goes Neon at the Science Museum of Virginia
Editor’s Note: RVA Magazine has partnered with the Science Museum of Virginia to help promote this Science on Tap NEON event. There is a quiet shift happening in how people want to spend a night out. Less default bar hopping, fewer passive concerts, more experiences that feel social, a little unexpected, maybe even, educational. The Science...
Salon de Résistance | Candidate War Room
Join us for Salon de Résistance on January 29th at Black Iris for a conversation about the national crisis with three of Virginia's Congressional candidates. Welcome back to Salon de Résistance. We’ve not had a slow start to 2026. There’s been no grace period, no easing into the year. The pace of events has been intense, the stakes...
SALON DE RÉSISTANCE | The Shape of Music to Come
Dispatch Number six: will music survive technology? Join us for Salon de Résistance on November 20th at Black Iris for a conversation about the future of music and it's ability to survive the AI revolution, featuring John Campbell from Lamb of God and Tyler Williams of the Head and the Heart. Presented in partnership with MSE Properties, Plan 9...
Oregon Hill Halloween Parade 2025: Twenty Years of Beautiful Chaos
For two decades, the Oregon Hill Halloween Parade has been proof that community doesn’t need permission to exist. Every year, thousands of neighbors and artists spill into the streets with puppets, lanterns, hand-made costumes and signs, a homespun procession that’s equal parts protest, pageant, and block party. There’s no corporate sponsor, no...
SALON DE RÉSISTANCE | Battleground Democracy
Dispatch Number Four: Is AUTHORITARIANISM Inevitable in America? Join us for Salon de Résistance, presented by MSE Properties and Medora Lazer, on October 23rd at Black Iris for a conversation about democracy and authoritarianism at home and abroad titled “Battleground Democracy,” featuring Dr. Alex Keena and Dr. Dana El Kurd. Is democracy truly...
