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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Review: RVA Environmental Film Festival
Rising sea levels are a threat and its detrimental effects can be seen both abroad in our own backyard. Two short documentaries screened in Richmond over the weekend captured this very issue. EPA director Scott Pruitt recently said that the rapidly occurring climate warming “may not be a bad thing” should probably have watched Adaptation...
Scott’s Addition Coffee Roaster Brews Up Plans For Expansion in Shockoe Bottom
A local coffee roaster has been brewing up plans for expansion-and with the help of an Indiegogo campaign, the company will serve up a cafe and coffee bar to residents in Shockoe Bottom this spring. It’s been two years since Ironclad Coffee Roasters stirred the community awake with their West Moore Street facility in Scott’s Addition, and have...
In Case You Forgot, Today is National Pizza Day
Today is a national holiday of the highest order. What is it you ask? Some kind of remembrance day whereby we honor those who came before us? Hardly. Today is National Pizza Day. While this holiday might be "unofficial" it certainly lives in the hearts and minds of American everywhere. According to the Pizza Joint, a website which tracks pizza...
Local Activist Launches Black Panther Challenge Campaign in Richmond
A Richmond youth activist has launched a local crowdfunding campaign for the #BlackPantherChallenge, which was started by Frederick Joseph and went viral recently to help raise funds for children in the Harlem Boys & Girls Club to see Marvel’s “Black Panther” film, coming out Feb. 16. Lance Cooper is the Youth Program Director for the SM...
This Facebook Group Boycotting the Black Panther Film is Getting Trolled Hilariously Hard
Black Panther, the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is set to smash box office records with pre-sales exceeding all of Fandango's advance ticket sales up to this point. The movie will focus on the superhero, T'Challa, who was first introduced in 1966 through the Fantastic Four comic series and is king of the...
Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/30/2018-2/6/2018
There's always something fun and wildly weird in RVA's Missed Connections. In this week's batch, we've got a Lamplighter stalker, a woman lusting after her exterminator, an encounter at Godfrey's, and an exotic baby doll cleaning service. Yes, you read that right, but it's probably not what you think...or maybe it is. All that and more, below. ...
Richmond Squares Off Over Meals Tax at City Council, Vote Set for Next Monday
Opponents and proponents squared off last night at the Organizational Development Committee, the only committee meeting to take public comments on Mayor Levar Stoney's controversial proposal to raise the meal taxes. While the rhetoric over the proposal has become quite contentious, especially online, the mood at City Council was congenial if not...
An Oasis In Richmond’s Food Desert: Food Not Bombs
When temperatures dropped to historic lows this year, some city residents found themselves camping out in the municipal Public Safety Building at 505 N. 9th St. The overflow shelter is a last resort for some, but for people without ID, it’s the only place they can stay. Others, like the members of Food Not Bombs, came out to serve hot food, warm...
Former School Board Member Calls for Boycott of Restaurants Fighting Proposed Meals Tax Hike
*This story has been updated to note that Menz-Erb has withdrawn her candidacy for the Education Compact Team this afternoon. Former 3rd District School Board member and Education Compact team-nominee, Cindy Menz-Erb has launched an email campaign asking people to avoid restaurants who don't support Mayor Stoney's proposal to raise the meals...
