“Katie Davis left home (Maine) at 16 and moved to Richmond Virginia. She started working in a tattoo shop at age 17. A total dream job for a music and art loving minor delinquent. While apprenticing and working full time, she also attended/graduated VCU with a BFA in...
Editor’s Note: Mark Pryor isn’t a journalist. He’s not a career aid worker or a social media activist. He’s a regular guy, a bartender in Richmond, who took a month off from Get Tight Lounge and a few other familiar haunts to volunteer with Sea-Watch, a German humanitarian organization that runs rescue missions in the Mediterranean. When he told...
Read the first chapters HERE. May 8th, 2025 RHIB crew about to head out. Photo by Kenya-Jade Pinto The call came over the night radio channel to prepare for rescue at 4:40am. A small fiberglass boat with about 50 people on board, according to Alarm Phone. The bridge had briefly spotted it — a pale white flash of something solid in the pre-dawn...
As reported by Brandon Jarvis (Virginia Scope) and Brad Kutner (Radio IQ), ICE agents have detained multiple individuals inside the Chesterfield County Courthouse over the past several days. According to Virginia Scope, six people were detained on Friday, another six on Monday, and agents were seen in the courthouse again on Tuesday. The...
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 dragonborn waiting in line at 7-Eleven, trying to buy a Gatorade with a gold piece....
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 your baby, your dog, your cat, your emotional support possum, and definitely not...
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 River, a lifeblood of sorts, flowed quietly in the distance, but my immediate...
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 essays. Just real voices writing right now. This week, we’re featuring four...
Free Tastings Across the City This Week — Thursday, June 19 Richmond has always been a city that embraces expression—through art, music, and now, wine. There are a number of free wine tastings happening around town today, Thursday. It’s one of the best ways to dip into the world of wine without the sticker shock. Wine culture can feel...
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 musician—not a developer—saw possibility in the neglect. He was playing accordion...
