Editor’s note: The results are in and can be found HERE! Let the groans begin, Richmond, it’s that time again: our semi annual Support Local, Vote Local Poll. We’ve all been through it lately. Another election, another pile of headlines designed to grind your...
October has ended, but every day is Halloween in my heart. It's nice when everyone happens to be in the spirit at the same time, but what am I to do when that month ends? Luckily, there's a horror podcast that spends the entire year talking about horror films and the surrounding pop culture, which I can listen to anytime, whether it be October...
Donald Trump has made clear throughout his campaign and administration that he has no respect for the conventional norms of United States government. From his calamitous attempt, just after his inauguration, to institute a travel ban for several countries with predominantly Muslim populations to his equally uproarious attempt last summer to ban...
The cool crisp casual air of October is full of mischief and missed connections. The perfect combination for an all-hallows meet up in the most auspicious of locations: including one of the most prestigious houses at Hogwarts. This week, you'll also find a guy with a leather fetish (hellbent for leather) in Culpepper, and a man looking to connect...
A stalled bike share campaign is gathering dust on sun-baked streets. Truck beds stuffed with electric scooters are deposited across Virginia Commonwealth University’s bustling campus. Police forces directed to impound those scooters have joined a campaign that stretches across the Commonwealth. The contentious state of transportation in the city...
The world loves an underdog story -- and IPAs, White Claws, and costumes. Oh, and also pinball. The Richmond Pinball Collective, a non-profit social club, held their first Gal-O-Ween Women’s Pinball Tournament this weekend with players coming from all over the Commonwealth. Also in attendance were members of the Richmond chapter of Belles &...
This week, RVA Magazine #34 hits the stands in Virginia with the print magazine's newest edition for the fall season. We're wrapping up the heat this year with another edition of the Commonwealth's best in music, arts, politics, and features: with perspectives on regional culture from across the state. On the beat all summer from outer space to...
Richmond’s newest campaign to offer intravenous drug users safer resources and greater care quietly kicked off this week, on Monday night in the Museum District. Led by Health Brigade, the group began its Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program, which includes a needle exchange program -- the second of its kind in Virginia so far. Established in...
What a week for those tenacious lost souls looking to touch fate and spark intrepid romances. One never knows where Cupid's Arrow might find them: At a convenience store, at the tractor supply, or perhaps as the manager of Red Lobster makes sure "everything is operating smoothly." Smooth, indeed. Into this week's dance with destiny, you'll find a...
1973's The Exorcist is the greatest horror movie of all time. The film, directed by William Friedkin, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, and Linda Blair, follows the demonic possession of a child in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In the movie, Ellen Burstyn plays an actress filming a movie in Georgetown, when her child,...
