Counting Crows brought their signature blend of alt-rock nostalgia and emotional resonance to Richmond’s new Allianz Amphitheater this past weekend, playing to a packed crowd under clear summer skies. The night kicked off with The Gaslight Anthem, opened the evening...
Thank you to everyone hitting us up on @RVAmag. Here are few of our favorite photos from the past week - follow these people, they are exploring the city we live in. Thank you to everyone hitting us up on @RVAmag. Here are few of our favorite photos from the past week - follow these people, they are exploring the city we live in. via...
If you gave up milk or mutton chops for Lent, that’s just too bad! Our cover sweetheart this spring is Richmond photographer Patrick Biedrycki. If you gave up milk or mutton chops for Lent, that’s just too bad! Our cover sweetheart this spring is Richmond photographer Patrick Biedrycki. Having used his editorial expertise to illustrate RVA Mag in...
There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. If you were able to dig through all of the ones in Richmond, you would get an idea of what it's like to live here. So here is our list of interesting...
Richard Perkins, a good friend of ours who we covered a few years back, is holding an long awaited and anticipated “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder” photo art show tonight at the Camel from 7 to 9. Heavily inspired by Vincent Gallo, and a true Renaissance man himself, Perkins has had his hands in many artistic pots as a musician, tattoo enthusiast,...
Tonight, the Brooklyn melodic punk group known as Worriers comes to Gallery5 in Ric Tonight, the Brooklyn melodic punk group known as Worriers comes to Gallery5 in Richmond and it's your chance to see one of rock music's most outspoken and talented musicians today: Lauren Denitzio. Denitzio made her name as the driving force behind The Measure...
Back in the fall of 2004, when Taboo was still a single-store toddler, a polite VCU Photo and Film student approached me with an idea: he wanted to make a documentary about the shop. At first, I was surprised. Then flattered. Then I wondered if I was too lazy to participate in something that might never be seen outside a college classroom....
If you’re wondering who the next big name in Richmond fashion photography will be, look no further than Reuben Chapman. Originally from Charlottesville, he got serious about his photography while attending VCU, and received invaluable help breaking into the business from his manager, Octavion X of Slapdash--the company who brings you Epic Fest...
Mr. Fili comes from Philadelphia--hence the name (Philly). He’s been documenting the world as he sees it with a variety of cameras for years now, but he’s only been in RVA since January. Mr. Fili comes from Philadelphia--hence the name (Philly). He’s been documenting the world as he sees it with a variety of cameras for years now, but he’s only...
Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Anyone who attended the opening of Blackwood’s show may still have one of the bright red circles the gallery...
