by RVA Staff | Mar 12, 2025 | ART, COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, MUSEUM & GALLERY NEWS
Merenda Cecelia, a Richmond-based artist and instructor, was recently dismissed from her teaching position at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) after reading a statement aloud in class. She describes the statement as a personal expression of artistic and...
by R. Anthony Harris | Mar 12, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, JUSTICE, MUSIC, OPINION
Music has always been a mirror. It tells us who we are, what we value, and, sometimes, what we’re too afraid to face. But if music is supposed to reflect the world around us, then what does it say that so much of today’s mainstream music says… nothing at all? Richmond...
by Landon Shroder | Mar 10, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, MUSIC, OPINION & EDITORIAL
There are few people who can expose the playbooks of power quite like NYT bestselling author Cory Doctorow—unraveling how tech monopolies, political elites, and radicalization can converge at a singular point. As a science fiction writer, activist, and former European...
by Landon Shroder | Mar 3, 2025 | NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL, POLITICS
By now, everyone has seen the clips of the infamous press conference between President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Awkward,” might be an understatement. But alas, here we are, only 43 days into the next four years....
by RVA Staff | Feb 23, 2025 | COMMUNITY, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, NEWS, POLITICS, QUEER RVA
Disclaimer: The following is a letter to the editor submitted by a writer who has requested to remain anonymous. It represents their personal views on this issue. RVA Magazine is committed to providing a platform for community voices on important local matters....
by Mike Avey | Feb 17, 2025 | COMMUNITY, JUSTICE, OPINION, POLITICS
It is not our failures that make us human, but rather our convictions to yet succeed. The accelerating collapse of corporate and governmental accountability has led to widespread civic abandonment. Mass layoffs at social safety net agencies, executive rollbacks on...
