This weekend, Plan 9 Music marks 45 years in Richmond with a party at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. Over the past four and a half decades, the Richmond institution weathered some of the most turbulent periods in music history. It closed stores, sold its warehouse and...
What started as a Twitter joke has officially entered the city’s canon. The Valentine announced this week that the now-famous “Richmond Gun Hole”, a gun-shaped indentation in the sidewalk on South Addison Street, will be part of the museum’s “This Is Richmond, Virginia” exhibition when it reopens with new additions later this month. According to...
The City of Richmond released an initial assessment this week detailing how the ongoing federal government shutdown could affect city services, operations, and residents who rely on federally funded programs. In a public letter accompanying the Resilient Richmond report, Mayor Danny Avula acknowledged the uncertainty many residents are feeling...
Locals Kevin and Laura Wilson have spent nearly two years working toward one goal, opening Camp Yellow Cardinal. Everything was finally lining up: the land cleared, the permits approved, the financing in place. Now it all depends on a boat, and nearly $26,000 in potential tariffs. “We’re right at the finish line,” Kevin Wilson said,...
Earlier today, an estimated 14,000 people crowded the streets of Richmond for No Kings II to peacefully protest the authoritarianism of Donald Trump. Joined by millions of protestors nationally, concerned citizens marched from the Bell Tower at Capitol Square to VCU’s Monroe Park, raising a chorus of disapproval, focusing on democratic...
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 recent Virginia Cannabis Oversight Commission, has the following outline what new operators...
This Saturday, culture will spill across the steps of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture as Richmond celebrates its first Diwali Music & Arts Festival, a full-day gathering of color, rhythm, and connection hosted by The Rith Initiative, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by local artists Prabir Mehta and Ruchi Gupta. For both, the...
Michael Eugene Archer, better known to the world as D’Angelo, has passed away. The Richmond-born singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist didn’t just help create neo-soul, he refined it. His music, “thick as molasses,” as Rolling Stone once wrote, carried a voice “instantly classic, almost out of time.” It was D’Angelo who inspired Motown...
In Virginia, teen drug use isn’t some distant statistic, it’s here, and it’s part of daily life. Nearly one in five teens in the state reports smoking marijuana within the past month, and Chesterfield County is no exception. What’s more troubling is how casual it’s all become. As a teenager myself, I see it every day: friends joking about coke in...
"James Munoz, man, talk about a jack of all trades, this guy really does it all, and he’s one of the kindest people you’ll meet. A fun-inducing staple in the Richmond scene. Vocalist and guitarist for Xed Out. Vocalist for The Bled and Glock/Coma. Bartender at Cobra Cabana for over six years. Host of karaoke nights: Sunday at DLB, Wednesday at...
