As reported by Richmond BizSense yesterday, Virginia Union University's decision to revise its apartment plans and fully preserve the Richmond Community Hospital building represents a major win for community activism. This victory is largely credited to the grassroots...
An estimated two thousand people descended on Carytown in Richmond today, joining demonstrators from all over the US to mark the one year anniversary of the Women’s March; the largest single day protest in U.S. history. Last year, more than 3.5 million people protested in marches across the globe, spearheaded by the Women’s March on Washington...
The 11th Annual Jewish Food Festival came to Richmond’s Weinstein Jewish Community Center on the 14th and 15th of January, bringing good music, good food, and wonderful people. This festival featured all different kinds of traditional Jewish food, with various vegan and vegetarian options as well. At the festival, you could choose from 4...
In this week's collection of the top Missed Connections stories on Craigslist, we have some old school laundromat lust, a seductive encounter at the salad bar, a sex partygoer looking to heat things up again, and some wholesome no frills love at Cracker Barrel. Check out what all the fuss is about below. 22 years ago this month - m4w (The Fan) ...
A recent Craigslist post caught our eye with its unusual request—a restaurant in Richmond's Fan District is on the hunt for an "exorcist." Yes, you read that right. It seems this small local spot is dealing with what they've described as a "demonic attack," and they're calling on anyone with the chops for casting out otherworldly spirits to help...
While many Americans used the holiday to kick back or play golf, others spent Martin Luther King Jr. day volunteering as part of a national day of service. In Richmond, nearly 100 volunteers used the day off to do restoration work at the East End Cemetery, a historic Black cemetery on the Henrico border. The cemetery, established in 1897 next to...
New year, same naughty, sketchy, peculiarly romantic encounters for the people over in Missed Connections this week. In this batch, we have more sock and foot fetishes, of course, sparks fly at a 90s party at The National, along with New York Deli, and Tarrant's Cafe. All that and more, below. I Saw U Peeking 😉 - m4w (bedroom) u could of waved...
Imagine a scenario where armed militia comes to your neighborhood. They indiscriminately shoot, kill, and rape as a tactic of war. They are hardened men who have been living and fighting in the bush for years on end. There is no compassion in their cause, only cruelty. Some of them are children, recruited to kill by men looking to control vast...
We are just a few days into 2018 and the folks of Missed Connections are already providing us with enough entertainment for the whole year. Sparks fly at Cary St. Cafe, we've got more foot fetishes, a man has a few gigs for a pregnant woman living at the Richmond Inn, and if you're looking for a discreet encounter, a Chester man has declared...
The holidays are a time for us to come together with our loved ones...or lurk on Craigslist in search of your latest fling or rendezvous. The people of Missed Connections are serving up the romance and wonderfully weird yet again this week from a flirtation over tomatoes at Ellwood Thompson's, to a man looking to reignite a threesome, sparks fly...
