A Sunday series from RVA Magazine featuring writers from Richmond and VirginiaWriter’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...
Richmond is currently experiencing a significant increase in violent crime. Just over the long holiday weekend, three shootings occurred within 22 hours, leaving three dead and one wounded. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports a three percent increase in violent crime since last year, resulting in 130 people being shot during the first half of...
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It's no secret that Richmond is home to several areas with food deserts. Living in the city will always have its advantages, but in order to thrive in a healthy and sustainable way, you have to accept and adapt to your surroundings. The Depot Market is a farmers’ market happening every Wednesday at the VCUArts Depot. It’s managed by Grit and Glam...
Netflix and other streaming services are clearly forging a new frontier in content development. The shows and documentaries they are producing have been free from the established "controversies" that might govern content on more established network channels, not being at the mercy of advertisers or corporate sponsors. This has allowed streaming...
*RVA Mag has not been able to independently verify this story. A thread by Twitter user Hermione Danger detailing a harrowing encounter between her boyfriend and police in Virginia Beach has gone viral. According to the conversation, her boyfriend was pulled over by Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) after leaving an area 7-11 for giving a...
The fact that a neighborhood and a single councilperson were able to pressure GRTC into redesigning new bus routes just a few days before the Pulse launches has some Richmonders seeking for answers to how it’ll all work out. GRTC hosted a public meeting Monday night to discuss the removal of Bus Stop #3651 at Davis and Broad. The meeting...
Raymond "Boots" Riley, the rapper, filmmaker, and communist activist, made his directorial debut this month with "Sorry to Bother You," but a decade before, he was removed from a stage and arrested in Norfolk. His crime, if you can believe it, was using an "embellishment of the F-word" when he introduced members of Coup. but...