A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and Virginia Writer’s Block is RVA Magazine’s Sunday series highlighting contemporary writers working in Richmond and across the Commonwealth. Each week, we feature original poems, short stories, or...
In front of a record-setting crowd at City Stadium, the Richmond Kickers were able to capture their first win of the 2017 USL season by defeating the Harrisburg City Islanders 1-0 thanks to goalkeeper Travis Worra's save on a first half penalty shot and the offense of Kickers defender Conor Shanosky. The first scoring chance of the match was in...
RICHMOND, VA – (Thursday, March 23, 2017) – The Richmond Kickers, the oldest continuously operating professional soccer club in the country, open their 25th Anniversary season this Saturday, March 25 when they host the Harrisburg City Islanders at 5:00 p.m. The pre-game party, presented by Woodfin, starts at 3:30 p.m. with live 90’s music by...
Sports Bar’s new self-titled 7” dropped in February, and it’s time to realize what you’ve been missing. The garage rock group, consisting of Kemper Blair (bass), Stuart Holt (drums), Mark Miller (guitar), and Brent Delventhal (guitar), have been gracing Richmond with their electrifying tunes for years. Blair and Miller, the prominent songwriters...
This past weekend was St. Patrick’s Day. Sure, many of us elected to spend a late night bar hopping while consuming all the Guinness and “green beer” we could. However, throughout the week, many Richmonders spotted people they hope to befriend or romance. Someone even waxed poetic about an encounter from this summer. Read on for this week’s round...
RICHMOND – Virginia soon will have three new laws that will impact its furry residents and their owners. Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed bills that will bar pet stores from buying dogs from unscrupulous sellers, allow local governments to offer lifetime pet licenses and change the legal description of a “dangerous dog.” McAuliffe signed the...
RICHMOND – In a defeat for Ticketmaster, a new state law will allow Virginians to resell tickets they’ve bought for concerts, football and basketball games, and other public events. Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed two bills that would protect people involved in reselling tickets – a practice critics call scalping. The law also says you can’t be...
The weather certainly may be fluctuating between several seasons this week, but it’s always the season of love for our dog walkers, grocery store customers, and chivalrous ketchup-savers. Read on for this week’s roundup of Missed Connections. Wal-Mart Colonial Heights - m4w (Colonial Heights) You spoke and smile at me an passed me so fast. I...
It was a project months, if not a solid year, in the making - former RTD outdoors columnist Andy Thompson, along with business partner Ryan Abrahamsen, wanted to set up a camera to capture ospreys raising a family on the James - but the final product hopes to be so much more. “We wanted it to show what the ospreys were doing, that miracle of life...
It was a project months, if not a solid year, in the making - former RTD outdoors columnist Andy Thompson, along with business partner Ryan Abrahamsen, wanted to set up a camera to capture ospreys raising a family on the James - but the final product hopes to be so much more. “We wanted it to show what the ospreys were doing, that miracle of life...
