Several hundred demonstrators gathered at Capitol Square Park on Saturday for the International Women’s Day - Unite & Resist march, voicing opposition to policies that threaten civil rights and marginalized communities. The rally, which began at noon, drew...
The creators of Reddit, Gizmodo, The Container Store and other successful businesses will share their insights for how to make startups grow when the Tom Tom Founders The creators of Reddit, Gizmodo, The Container Store and other successful businesses will share their insights for how to make startups grow when the Tom Tom Founders Festival in...
The folks at Public Radio International and The Center for Public Integrity took a magnifying glass The folks at Public Radio International and The Center for Public Integrity took a magnifying glass to how the Commonwealth handles disruptive youth, and they found show some staggering numbers which are raising some serious questions. The story...
The James River Park System is an impressive collection of some pretty amazing public parks. The James River Park System is an impressive collection of some pretty amazing public parks. Many of us already know this, but there's little details which can provide a fun and informative afternoon as well as some high quality vitamin-D. Take, for...
Ladies and gentlemen, the year is 2015, and here at RVA Magazine we are ecstatic to be celebrating our first decade of publication! Our Spring 2015 issue kicks off our Ten Year Anniversary with the first of several different looks back over our publishing history, which will be featured in each of the issues we release this year. Ladies and...
Between misinformation spread by the Mexican government, botched official investigations, and what has become an established tradition of unsolved disappearances staying unsolved, many people in Mexic Between misinformation spread by the Mexican government, botched official investigations, and what has become an established tradition of unsolved...
When people think of hemp, marijuana often comes to mind – because the two plants are varieties of cannabis. When people think of hemp, marijuana often comes to mind – because the two plants are varieties of cannabis. But hemp has a variety of uses, from making textiles and building materials to feeding livestock. The settlers at Jamestown grew...
Today we learned that Teach For America has decided not to come to Richmond for the 2015-2016 school year. In a story for The Collegian, the University Of Richmond's student newspaper, Caroline Utz reports that the 30 Teach For America recruits that were previously planned to make up around 10% of Richmond Public Schools' new-hire workforce for...
Richmond is going to be even fuzzier for a weekend this April. Richmond is going to be even fuzzier for a weekend this April. The RVA Beard League will host the fourth annual Mid-Atlantic Beard and Mustache Championships, entitled “Boldly Grow," at The Canal Club. The competition is simple- participants compete in one of 14 categories and are...
Libraries (the physical place where books are held) are still working hard to stay relevant, but one things for sure, they are full of old books, movies, books on tape(!), CDs and lots of other stuff Libraries (the physical place where books are held) are still working hard to stay relevant, but one things for sure, they are full of old books,...
