Richmond is ranked the number one city in America for supporting local businesses, according to a new national study from OnDeck. The report analyzed Instagram activity tied to hashtags like #shoplocal and #shopsmall across nearly 500 U.S. cities and found Richmond...
Opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and broader federal immigration enforcement is taking shape across Central Virginia, with a series of protests and civic actions scheduled this week and into the spring. Organizers and advocacy groups say the actions reflect growing concern over enforcement practices,...
Editor’s Note: This piece was written by a student at Randolph-Macon College as part of a feature writing course. RVA Magazine is committed to giving space to young writers across Virginia and will be publishing several student works from this class over the coming weeks. Thanks to the students and to Professor Seth Clabough, Ph.D., for...
Editor’s Note: Redfern Hemp Co. has been a supporter of RVA Magazine over the past year, helping make our continued coverage of the Virginia cannabis marketplace and the evolving hemp laws affecting Virginia and the nation possible. This piece is a first-person perspective from within the hemp industry and reflects the views and experiences of...
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. Atmospheric Dread by Richmond...
In my twenties, snow days in Richmond were not a crisis. They were a gift. You walked to the local market, and back then there were only a handful, stocked up on whatever counted as “supplies,” and then wandered off under the sacred banner of “snow law.” That meant drinks, porch hangs, maybe snowball fights, and eventually migrating as a...
Before we go any further, no, you’re not crazy. There is no King James Shakespeare play. Rajiv Joseph’s very recent 2022 play is decidedly not Elizabethan and contains far more garbage can basketball than Hamlet. The only thing I love more than Richmond Shakespeare’s phenomenal run of Shakespearean productions is when they go on a tonal limb and...
Virginia Beach legend Pusha T will headline Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s Made in Virginia Market on Friday, January 16, as part of inaugural weekend events in Richmond. The Spanberger Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that Pusha T will take the stage from 7:35 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the 17th Street Market, closing out an...
Renee Nicole Good, a graduate of Old Dominion University, was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a federal enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The shooting has drawn national attention as questions continue to emerge about the circumstances surrounding the use of lethal force by federal...
Editor's note: In December 2025, the The Joint Commission on the Future of Cannabis Sales wrapped its final public meeting on the future marketplace. This interview with Eric Spencer happened at a CSBA meetup at Bingo Beer Co. in Richmond. Eric Spencer said it plainly. “And you are meeting, for probably the first time in your life, somebody who...
