Elyza Reinhart has been shooting shows since she was twelve, before she had a photo pass, before she even really knew what she was doing. That early start, and the nerves that came with it, still shape how she works today. Now based in Richmond, she’s finding new ways...
Halloween is upon us yet again. Time of year notwithstanding, the news reel we've been subjected to over the past week has been an exercise in the macabre, making RVA Mag's Sunday Stroll all the more relevant. Before we liven things up with our tour of cemeteries in Richmond and Norfolk, let's first review the ghoulish highlights from this past...
Most of the time, we fail to realize just how significant the events we are living have become. We grow complacent in echo-chambers of our own making and impose on ourselves a worldview which is filtered through our social networks and media preferences. From a certain perspective, we are all held hostage to this phenomenon. And in an age where...
This past week was once again heavy with the kind of news that makes your head want to explode into a thousand different pieces at a thousand miles per hour. However, before we go down that proverbial rabbit hole, RVA Mag was on the scene covering the good, the bad, and the ugly with our arts, music, and cultural coverage. Our writers brought...
RVA Mag covered a lot of tough subjects and put a lot of perspective into the collective atmosphere this week. While our arts, music, and cultural reporting by Angela Huckstep, Malik Hall, and Christoper McDaniel brought to bear the more prepossessing side of life, including ballet performances, the RVA Street Art Festival, and parties down in...
Juggalos are a deeply misunderstood subculture; the FBI classifying them as a gang in 2011 proves that. However, under the veneer of face paint, clown personas, costumes, and Faygo is a community of people that are deeply committed to one another. This was on full display at the Juggalo March on Washington DC this past Saturday. From a certain...
Over the weekend, hundreds flocked to Brown's Island to check out the inaugural Stone's Thrown Down in RVA, a music and beer festival put on by Stone Brewing Richmond to celebrate their one year anniversary here and give back to the local community who have supported them since they opened their doors in Rocketts Landing. The weather was perfect...
This past week was heavy with news, the kind of complex news which is now defining the political age we live in. There was the announcement by the neo-Confederate group CSA II from Tennessee that they would be marching on Richmond to protect Lee monument on September 16, then the activist collective Indecline conducted a provocative act of public...
Back in the early 80s, suburban kids who'd picked up on the first wave of punk rock from NYC and London were starting to pick up guitars and create their own regionally-focused underground bands and scenes. Richmond was no exception, and photographer Cindy Hicks was an essential presence at those early shows, often turning away from the bands on...
There is no question Richmond, Virginia is a dichotomous place with a story to tell. Yet picking the right story is always the challenge for any photojournalist or writer. Part of this challenge is balancing the obvious with the not so obvious, and exposing it in a way people can connect with as they go about their daily lives. In a perfect media...
