UPDATE! Thursday, May 29, 2025 -- 2:30 p.m. The City of Richmond has officially lifted the boil water advisory issued earlier this week, declaring the water safe to drink following two successful rounds of quality testing. The advisory, which had been in place since...
Stony Point Fashion Park is not a place where you can ride hats, in the way you ride log flumes at water parks. They have no rides themed after high heels, belt buckles, or blue jeans. There’s not even a zipper. Though this may come as a blow to some, the rest of us can take comfort in the fact that it is a shopping mall. The perfect place to...
It’s beginning to look a lot like the most wonderful time of the year! In the old country, grandpa is unwrapping the yule log as the acrid smell of charcoal wafts towards him. He thinks about the war. At home, mother is ruminating over her annual infidelity with a man who can be plied with cookies and milk. Her animosity towards you is there, but...
Emily Krapf trained alone on her treadmill in 2012 for the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach. Her goal was to get a new job, move to a new city and complete a half-marathon in one year, Krapf said. Training on a treadmill was discouraging and did not prepare her for a crucial aspect of running -- the weather. On race day, she was not...
River City Roller Derby has been presenting flat-track roller derby competitions here in Richmond for over a decade now, but the last couple of years were tough; just as the pandemic basically shut down live music for a year and a half, RCRD lost two seasons of competition to quarantine restrictions and COVID safety protocols. Luckily for us all,...
I chose teaching as my career for a multitude of reasons: I loved kids, creativity, challenging work, etc. I chose special education because I believed in the complexity of tiny humans and the ability to adapt curriculum and learning experiences to help them become successful. And every single day was really hard. If you know a teacher, you’ve...
It’s been nearly a year since Virginia ended cannabis prohibition, and in that time the state has seen no shortage of events celebrating the heretofore illicit flower. From grower groups that meet after hours in nurseries and hydroponics shops to swap seeds and discuss the nuances of cultivation to extralegal popup markets where vendors display...
“The people of Virginia have been very supportive from day one. They've been so kind and because of them I feel like I can accomplish my dreams. I ask them to keep supporting people.” Hamid Noori grew up in Afghanistan speaking Dari, a variation of the Persian language, as well as Pashto. His first name in Dari means "praiseworthy" and his last...
Sometimes the body makes decisions for the mind. Sometimes it side-steps the brain and all of its rambling nonsense. You see athletes in the Olympics or people in acts of extreme heroism do this. Muscles popping. Faces contorted into white-knuckled fists. In agony but still fighting on, hoping to make something turn into gold. Afterwards,...
Looks like we all made it through another Thanksgiving -- and more importantly, another trip through the retail hellscape that is Black Friday. So today, if all you really want for "Giving Tuesday" is for someone to give you a kiss: never fear, Missed Connections are here. And from crushes on EMTs with nose piercings to guys from out in the...
