For over half a century, Health Brigade—formerly the Fan Free Clinic—has been Richmond’s quiet, unshakable healthcare safety net. No glitz, no glamour, no trophies on the wall. Just care for anyone who walks through their doors, no questions asked. But now, they’re...
Monument Avenue features statues commemorating five Civil War-era political and military figures, all of whom were on the Confederate side of that conflict. These statues stand at the center of a longstanding controversy that has heated up considerably over the last year or so. Feelings were greatly inflamed after the tragic events surrounding...
It's a short week, and we're all hurrying to get through it and get to the long Thanksgiving weekend already. But before you make your Black Friday shopping plans, you might want to find some loving. That's where Missed Connections comes in. This week, we've got all sorts of hanky-panky going on, from military gym rats and dog park habitues to...
School segregation in Richmond City and its surrounding counties is a persistent problem. 64 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the demographic makeup of schools in the area is still largely divided along racial and economic lines. Controversy/History, a monthly series of events organized by The Valentine Museum, held a panel discussion...
Apparently a lot of hearts were set aflame this week, and more than a little of it happened at shows, from hot pit action at Good Riddance in Norfolk to some serious closeness in the pit at GWAR. Whether or not you rocked out with some cuties this past week, though, you still might find love in the Missed Connections section. Especially if you're...
Dragons, Orcs, and Pabst Blue Ribbons, oh my. Dungeons & Dragons is having one hell of a resurgence lately in the River City. From game nights at local breweries, to live shows at comedy theaters, to your coworker organizing a campaign at his gross apartment, the iconic tabletop game -- and cornerstone of nerd culture -- is making its way...
When Ashley Walton started her fifth year working at Highland Springs High School, at the semester’s start, she was in high spirits. She’d been impressed by the efforts of new principal Ken White to raise morale, and looked forward to interacting with an energized faculty and student body in her role as an instructional assistant. A few months...
The weather is turning chilly here in Richmond, and it's the perfect time to find a sweetheart and curl up by a warm fire. But only if you promise to be careful -- if you roll into the fire while you're testing out jiu jitsu techniques on each other, we won't be held responsible. This week also brings us some beachgoers who aren't sure whether to...
This weekend, I attended Art 180, Performing Statistics, and RISE for Youth's joint event, the Juvenile Justice Parade. It was organized by black and brown youth, all of whom have faced personal discrimination and many of whom have been personally sent through the school-to-prison-pipeline. Chants spanned from "Fund education, not incarceration,...
There’s been a recent, yet not new, trend in people calling the police on black. Whether it be for falling asleep in their own dorm, brushing their backpack up against a white woman in a store accidentally, waiting for a business meeting in Starbucks, or having a barbeque at the lake -- black Americans have had the police called on them for many...
