by Jon Baliles | Sep 7, 2023 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR, PINNED, RICHMOND POLITICS, VIRGINIA POLITICS
Two years ago, Mayor Stoney and casino advocates pushed for their referendum because they claimed it would bring jobs and revenue and tourism and entertainment options to Richmond. They said they would hire only local workers (even though it is unenforceable). They...
by RVA Staff | Sep 3, 2023 | CANNABIS CULTURE, COMMUNITY, PINNED
It’s no secret that America has a complicated history with mind-altering substances, but recent trends suggest that the nation may be turning over a new leaf, both figuratively and literally. According to the University of Michigan’s annual Monitoring the...
by RVA Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, MUSIC, NIGHTLIFE, PINNED, RICHMOND NEWS, RICHMOND POLITICS
Ah, Richmond—where history, culture, and community converge. A city where the clash of new and old offers fertile ground for debate. Well, hold on to your seats, River City, because we’re about to roll the dice on our future once again. Just three years ago, we...
by RVA Staff | May 7, 2023 | PINNED, POLITICS, RICHMOND NEWS
Another tragic mass shooting occurred yesterday, and like many of you, we find ourselves growing increasingly desensitized to these all-too-frequent events. As members of both the media and the Richmond community, we acknowledge that simply writing another opinion...
by R. Anthony Harris | Dec 16, 2022 | ART, COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, MUSIC, PINNED, QUEER RVA, RVA READER'S POLL
Richmond, VA is a great town and we had fun running the RVAMAG & GayRVA Reader’s Poll 2022 to get a feel on what our readers like to do and see. Thank you to the over 20,000+ people that checked out the poll and the 5000+ who voted. The following is a list of the...
by R. Anthony Harris | Nov 21, 2022 | EAT DRINK, PINNED
What is a dive bar to us? A dive bar is anti trendy. There is no jumping on the newest anything, it is a bar with cheap drinks, sometimes decent food, and a bunch of regulars. You might be one of them. We might be too. Either way, we wanted to share what we have...
