Richmond, Virginia, is poised to become a pivotal location for understanding the history of slavery in America with The Shockoe Project, a large-scale initiative dedicated to memorializing the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade and honoring the experiences...
In a huge win for the community, Charlottesville has a skate plaza forming: A 2 million-dollar skate plaza, to be exact. With its location inside a pedestrian park, it's an unusual landmark for the city. But for the skate rats of Central Virginia, it's a welcome one. The city's previous skate park on McIntire Road sat in a parking lot, equipped...
What a week for those tenacious lost souls looking to touch fate and spark intrepid romances. One never knows where Cupid's Arrow might find them: At a convenience store, at the tractor supply, or perhaps as the manager of Red Lobster makes sure "everything is operating smoothly." Smooth, indeed. Into this week's dance with destiny, you'll find a...
The Carnival of 5 Fires, hosted by Gallery5 every October, celebrated its 12th year with the Pyro Circus on First Friday this month. The event, organized by the Party Liberation Front, shut down the 200 block of W. Marshall St. last week for its exhibition of music, dancing, and a whole lot of fire. This year's Carnival of 5 Fires included fire...
The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood is not backing down in wake of the Kavanaugh nomination. “At this point we’re not really talking about the implications of the nomination when it comes to our health center,” said Alexsis Rodgers, Director Of Communications at Planned Parenthood. “Our doors will continue to be open regardless of the...
Richmond’s public schools are deep into the 2018-2019 semester, with midterm exams on the horizon for some, and the long shadow cast by the condition of the city’s education hanging over all. That condition, detailed in a report released on September 27 by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), revealed that less than half of Richmond...
Is there anything more alluring than the thrill of traveling: the precipice of stepping into the unknown, the enchantment of far away lands, the freedom of an open road? Or just having some stranger at an airport of a roadside rest stop eyeball you up and down like a travel-sized toothpaste? Well, if that's your bag, then this week's Missed...
This summer, Lyft — the fastest growing ridesharing service in the US — began the Richmond-area rollout of Amp, a device designed to make rides safer and more personalized. Amp is a pill-shaped device that sits on Lyft drivers’ dashboards, its front- and back-facing light-up screens making it easier to find your ride and identify your driver. “It...
Monroe Park saw its official reopening ceremony last Thursday following months of renovation. The fairly rainy event was attended by Mayor Levar Stoney and representatives from Virginia Commonwealth University, the Monroe Park Conservancy, Richmond City Council, along with a crowd of dozens -- and one lone critic of the entire affair. “Virginia...
Missed Connections: Kismet, destiny, and fate; all of which can be life changing and earth shattering. You never know where one of these fortuitous encounters might happen -- in far off exotic locations, where love is all but inevitable, or, alternatively, on Route 10 in majestic Chesterfield County. Yet regardless of where you were this past...
