Goose brought their fall tour to Richmond for a two-night stand last week, drawing thousands for one of the new amphitheater’s biggest shows yet. The Connecticut-based band, Rick Mitarotonda, Peter Anspach, Trevor Weeks, and Cotter Ellis, has built a reputation as one...
“I’ve been to 85-plus countries, every continent except for Antarctica, and I have never come across a place that is better than this. Ever,” said National Geographic photographer Trevor Frost of his hometown, Richmond. *This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. In the springtime of Richmond...
Joey Wharton started taking pictures of bands because he enjoyed it. Now it's his career. Joey Wharton has earned himself a reputation as one of the most productive and dynamic freelance music photographers in Richmond. However, his path towards the music photography business was nontraditional - especially considering it was never a career he...
The pristine marble of Washington DC's Freedom Plaza has made it a favorite spot year after year for street skaters in the DMV and all over the world. Tattooed on Mikey Payne’s right knee is “13th and E”: the address of Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza. As a teenager, Payne would skip school and head there to skate. Now 27, working odd jobs, and...
A figure walks toward the black curtains in the middle of a rodeo arena. Over the speakers, “Whoop That Trick” plays and an announcer bellows: “In the blue corner ... fighting for the Titans of the Cage flyweight championship ... from Richmond, Virginia … Tia ‘Jab Jab’ Jablonsky!” Jablonsky, 29, walks down the aisle of fans cheering around her as...
Local BMX isn’t a kiddie sport -- in the hands of Richmond BMX, it’s an extreme, all-ages family bonding sesh. At Gillies Creek Park, just up the road from Shockoe Bottom, the smell of cooking charcoal floats through the air. Neon figures in wraparound helmets and tiny bikes bob up and down on a twisting track. A booming voice, with ESPN-esque...
While the history of NASCAR may lie in the bootlegging, blockade-running days of Prohibition in Appalachia, today’s races marry the sport’s moonshining, outlaw-racing origins with the modern world. Racing in 2019 invites folks to fly their own flags alongside the colorful and checkered symbols of its own, encouraging fans old and new to...
Families and friends of the Indian community in Central Virginia came together on March 23 to celebrate Holi, the annual festival of color in Hindu tradition. For the fifth year in a row, Holi brought hundreds of people to the Hindu Center of Virginia in Glen Allen for a colorful celebration of community and friendship. Before being celebrated at...
Punk photographer Michael Thorn will begin a six-month residency at Lamplighter Coffee's Addison Street location this weekend. Starting with a grand opening event on March 2nd at 7pm, Thorn and Lamplighter will be showcasing new photos in the coffee shop every few weeks, and hosting a variety of related events. “The plan is to rotate images out...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #35, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. On a chilly late-fall day in early December, a crowd gathered on West Grace Street to document a banner year for Richmond’s hip hop community. Including lyricists, producers, DJs, battle rappers, and muralists, as well as assorted friends and family,...
