As reported by The Richmonder last week, the city is moving forward with plans to transform Mayo Island into a public park, with construction expected to begin later this year and the park scheduled to open in fall 2026. The 15-acre island, located in the James River...
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...
Welcome to another week of Missed Connections from around the Commonwealth, where I sometimes worry that we are getting entirely too fancy and losing touch with our roots. This week's bumper crop of wine tastings, Japanese restaurants, and the always-ritzy Starbucks definitely makes me a little nervous. But Richmond, you always come through, and...
