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Dragons, Dice, and Draft Beer! A Richmond Bar Crawl Quest

On June 28, Carytown will once again become a place where reality takes a smoke break. Wizards will be slouched on bar patios like it’s perfectly normal, elves will wander somewhere between Révéler and New York Deli, and if you squint hard enough, you might see a...

It’s Damn Hot in Richmond!

Let’s start here: don’t leave your baby in the car. Seriously. If your brain is cooked enough to forget a living being in a parked car during a Virginia summer, stay home. Put down the keys. This heat doesn’t mess around. A cracked window isn’t life support, not for...

Hollywood Cemetery: Presidents, Confederates, and A Vampire

In this city of the dead, I felt the weight of history bearing down upon me, the accumulated whispers of the past echoing through the hollows of my ears like a mournful sigh. No one needs teachings to realize that this ancient place wields some mystery. The James...

Writer’s Block | Poems by Anna Leonard

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...

Metro Sound Is Still Here. Richmond Just Keeps Making It Harder.

When Mark Szafranski bought the building at 117 West Broad Street in 1991, the property was in disrepair. Water seeped from the upper floors, the windows were falling in, and downtown Richmond was, at the time, more forgotten than revitalized. But Szafranski, a...

Waitress is the Show for Anyone Who has Ever Worked a Double

A woman works in a diner. The kind with refills, regulars, and fluorescent lights that never quite turn off. She’s married to a man who doesn’t deserve her. She bakes pies that are better than most people deserve. And she wants out. That’s Waitress, more or less....

Best of VA Missed Connections: June 23 – June 29

Welcome to Missed Connections, where the heat of the late-June days is reflected by the content of the posting happening. At least it is this week. That said, it is Craigslist, so things always come out a little weird. And sometimes, more than a little creepy. For example, there's the guy posting about his threesome experience in a way that makes...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 16 – June 22

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where starting things off on a down note is just another aspect of life's rich pageant. Don't worry though, folks -- like Monica Lewinsky said to the HBO Max intern, it gets better! This week we've got everything from craft beer hunks to long-ago coworkers, as well as a great example of poor,...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 9 – June 15

It's another week in the MCU (Missed Connections Universe), and I'm surprised and pleased to report more actual interactions between real people this week than I've seen since… well, since the pandemic began. Keep getting vaxxed up, Virginia -- it's nice to experience life after COVID, finally. If nothing else, it's giving a whole bunch of people...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections June 2 – June 8

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections here in Richmond where it is hot as hell and in the year of our lord 2021 some people still don't know what Belle Isle is called. "Bells Island" is a good guess, I suppose, but your fifth grade teacher is still marking it wrong on your Virginia history quiz. Not everything about Missed Connections...

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PopUp Market at The Diamond Will Run Through July

Every Saturday at the home of the Flying Squirrels, local businesses set up in the parking lot for The PopUp Market at the Diamond: a bonanza of local food, clothing, arts, crafts, and more! The usual nest for the hometown baseball team converts on Saturdays to a haven for local merchants and shoppers.  The PopUp Market at The Diamond...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: May 26 – June 1

We're through the long Memorial Day weekend, and that means summer has come… right? That's what I've gotten used to here in Virginia, but from the evidence outside my window, it's still the last dreary days of late spring. But while you're waiting for the hot sunny days that are no doubt just around the corner, why not enjoy some Missed...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections: May 19 – May 25

Welcome to Missed Connections, where finding out that someone's date is actually their sister is still awkward. That doesn't mean it can't turn into a meet-cute, though… not if Craigslist has anything to say about it. You'll learn plenty about that whole situation if you just read on. You'll also get a classic Missed Connection love note complete...

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