Richmond is officially locked in to its annual sauna season and dammit, we need to cool off. Take some cold showers, hijack a condo pool, go to any of the public pools around town, go to the beach - but please, and I ask you this with all sincerity, don't swim in the...
In a demonstration of communal solidarity, nearly 80 members of the VCU School of the Arts (VCUarts) community gathered in front of VCU’s Cabell Library Friday morning in support of fair pay for adjunct professors. The ‘Adjunct Fair Pay Rally’ was organized after over 1,400 people signed a petition in support of the cause, demanding that adjuncts...
In this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections we have a steamy encounter in a Planet Fitness locker room, one lone soul in a Red Lobster hoping sparks will fly with their waiter, and a bizarre "incident" at an Ashland Chick-Fil-A offering a cash reward for details. Check out all this and more below. Friends Of Jefferson park - m4w (Church Hill)...
She once played a vital role in the local music and art scenes, from Books, Bikes, and Beyond to Best Friends’ Day. Now, this Richmonder travels all over the globe, helping make the world a better place for children in need. Shelley Callahan is the Director of Development at Children Incorporated, an international non-profit organization based in...
In tandem with the Halloween spirit, there are several other worldwide holidays that honor and romanticize the recently departed. One of these holidays that are gaining popularity within the United States is Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, a celebration of the lives of lost loved ones that originates from Mexico. Family members are...
While discussions about Confederate statues grumble on, a new monument memorializing a different perspective, one that celebrates African American history and the battle for freedom, is slated to go up on Brown’s Island by 2019. The “Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom” monument will be a memorial to the African American Virginians who played a...
All sorts of organizations do fundraisers. Girl scouts sell cookies, high school and college clubs try to sell you donuts and middle schoolers sell magazines. The Wizengamot Quidditch Club of VCU, however, has found a unique way to get funds: selling part of their president’s body as real estate for a tattoo. The club launched their crowdfunding...
Richmond proudly showcased its community of over 70 inventors and makers Saturday at the Science Museum of Virginia, in celebration of the Fourth Annual RVA Makerfest. Tables jammed with interactive demonstrations lined the train tracks of the science museum, which was once a train station. Blacksmiths, woodworkers, robotics teams, glassblowers,...
In this era of worldwide climate change, environmental education has become more important than ever. Over the past 50 years, scientists have observed increasing occurrences of summer heat waves, winter freezes, tornadoes and tropical cyclones that have devastated our earth. Experts have recorded warmer and more acidic ocean waters, a pattern of...
Over the past few years, over a dozen tattoo shops have cropped up throughout the growing Broad Street pocket and its surrounding areas -- from high-end boutique shops to budget tattoo joints, members of the Richmond tattoo scene are increasingly rubbing elbows. You might expect that all this competition would be bad for business, but Lucky 13...
