Local community arts organization Studio Two Three has had a previously approved federal grant rescinded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), according to an email received this week. The grant, totaling $30,000, had been awarded for programming planned for...
If you’re looking to defend reproductive justice in style, come by Rag and Bones Bicycle Co-Op’s Comm Room this Saturday April 8 from 10-4 for a craft fair featuring local vendors and a chance to support the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project. A percentage of all sales will benefit the grassroots group which helps fund abortions for women in...
Hey y’all! It’s almost April, which means it’s almost May, which means it’s almost time to say goodbye to my children. Soon we’ll be drunk and sweating profusely trying to navigate the rocks at Belle Isle and trying to tune out “Amber” by 311 someone inevitably will be playing out of their broken Android. How it’s possible that the sound carries...
Riverfront Canal Cruises will return this weekend giving history lovers and Richmonders another season of historical tours along the river. Now in its 18th season, the popular Venture Richmond attraction features 40-minute narrated tours of the James River and Kanawha Canal designed by George Washington, in flat-bottomed boats. Those aboard will...
So it seems my persistent nagging may have worked (for the first time in my life and maybe the first time in human history) as we've seen encouraging growth in our little office green house. How many times have you told your roommate to clean the bathroom? How many times did you just end up doing it? Yeah, exactly. So this is a win for me. If you...
RICHMOND – Hello Kitty fans, rejoice. On Saturday, the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck, described as “a mobile vehicle of cuteness,” will make its first visit to Richmond. The truck will be at Short Pump Town Center, 11800 W. Broad St., from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. The vehicle will be near the mall’s main entrance by Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn. The...
There are people who joke about disaster – buying twinkies in bulk and preparing for a move to Canada for any number of reasons—and then there are “doomsday preppers,” also known as survivalists. These are the people who are dead serious about being prepared for the end of the world, and that means being well-stocked in all the essentials, from...
Although 1 in 3 woman who become pregnant will have an abortion in their lifetime, the silence and stigma surrounding the procedure is vast, destructive and isolating. Sharing stories is a powerful way to uplift the voices and experiences of those who have had abortions, including the too many we've already lost to unsafe, illegal procedures...
Cat lovers stop what you’re doing right meow. (Sorry I will try to keep the cat puns to a mewimum.) Angela and Jeff Sidener, in partnership with Richardson’s Rescue, will open Richmond’s first cat café, Central Purrk and lounge, Zoomie’s in Shockoe Bottom this spring. Now before you get all excited, no, you can’t pet cats as you sip your coffee...
Listen. It’s week 7. And the grasses are fine, but I’m gonna need them to start pulling their weight. All they do is sit there, use up our precious office resources, only to grow mere centimeters each week. They don’t have jobs, they don’t pay rent. Not only does this make me look like a bad mother but it’s seriously impeding my chance in the...
