When Virginia lawmakers convened at the Capitol last week to hear testimony on how to roll out a retail cannabis market, the room was filled with charts, tax models, and plenty of projections about how much money legalization might generate. Depending on the...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. For Erastus Adkins, a once-resident of Wayne County, West Virginia, the coalfields were a way of life. With 11 children to feed, Adkins worked in the mines from the age of 14 until he died of black lung at age 57, his daughter Betty Lett recalls. In...
So this is the new year; I don't feel any different. And neither do the Missed Connections -- they just keep rolling along for another year, giving us intriguing windows into the lives of strangers (some of whom are pretty weird). That said, if you're looking to reconnect with the handsome stranger who caught your eye at the convenience store...
The year is coming to a close, and RVA Magazine is wrapping up another year of Commonwealth culture. With Virginians from right here in Richmond to our neighbors traveling through the state and across the world, we've been on the beat to tell your stories wherever we can -- and tell the story of life in Virginia in 2018. We've wrapped up your...
Richmond loves a good party, so it only makes sense that NYE draws some of the year's best special events in town. In light of that fact, we have compiled a listing of some of our favorite events happening to close out the year. Here you can get an idea of the goings on, and what each event has in store for you. Make sure and get your tickets...
Documentary film The Devil We Know reveals the dangers of many ordinary household chemicals we've overlooked -- and explains how we got to this point. Released in January, the 2018 documentary The Devil We Know is a damning expose of the DuPont corporation. The film, citing documents by the chemical manufacturing corporation’s own filings, breaks...
A dazzling look at all Richmond's favorite botanical garden has to offer this holiday season. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is inviting everyone to their annual light show, Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights. The show, which displays over one million lights, runs until January 7. This year’s theme is Bringing Art to Light. The exhibits display...
Christmas is coming, and we all need someone to cuddle up to, so if you're lonely this holiday season, maybe you can find a boo in this week's Missed Connections. This week we've got a lot of late-night hangout spots representing, from hipster hot spots like Bandito's and 3rd Street Diner to the traditional points of wee-hours commerce like...
Richmond's thriving martial arts community offers plentiful opportunities for self-improvement -- provided you find the right gym. As long as there’s been civilization, individuals have waged war. In Egypt: 3400-year-old paintings hang, detailed with ancient grappling techniques from early societies. Fifteen hundred years later, a Minoan painter...
It's been a messy couple of days out there on the streets, Richmond -- and if at any point you shared a laugh with an intriguing stranger over how poorly everyone else was driving, this week's Missed Connections might be for you. Those of you who are good samaritans shoveling people's cars out of the snow might also find you've picked up a secret...
