Hundreds of people gathered at Richmond’s Capitol Square on Wednesday as part of the nationwide 50501 Movement, protesting President Trump’s Project 2025 agenda. Organized by Dia Figueroa, the rally focused on opposing proposed cuts to reproductive rights, stricter...
The Spelling Bee is the ancient classroom game which got you out of the boring lecture routine in grade school. It was also fun because you could laugh at your classmates that sucked at spelling. The Spelling Bee is the ancient classroom game which got you out of the boring lecture routine in grade school. It was also fun because you could laugh...
New year means new missed connections, and it seems that the gym is not the only place where people carry out their resolutions. Some people may want to take a second look at what they’ve resolved to do. A new year means a new chance at love, so look below and see if you’ve been noticed. But be careful--not everyone may be as clean as they seem....
Humans tend to suppress difficult times in their memory. Places, people, and things connected to these dark times, when encountered, tend to precipitate flashes in our brains, bolstering the suspicion that, yes, I was surgically engineered in a lab as a military weapon where they wiped my prior memory. No, it turns out, I just ate at that Arby’s...
Talks of GWAR getting their own restaurant had been circulating for several years, but as of the first of this year, there is now a shiny temple to GWAR, with some pretty good food to boot. Talks of GWAR getting their own restaurant had been circulating for several years, but as of the first of this year, there is now a shiny temple to GWAR, with...
When former Governor Bob McDonnell enters a federal court room for sentencing today, he'll have about 400 voices urging leniency for his corruption charge. When former Governor Bob McDonnell enters a federal court room for sentencing today, he'll have about 400 voices urging leniency for his corruption charge. Among them is University of Virginia...
Richmond, oh Richmond. How we have learned from and loved one another over the last year. Richmond, oh Richmond. How we have learned from and loved one another over the last year. Sure, there were some fights, some tears, but there were some times to celebrate as well. There was also plenty to laugh about. The thing about time is it keeps moving,...
Music festivals have a way of taking out-of-the-way places and making them into major cultural destinations. A Maury High grad has a vision for just such a one-day open air live music event that could--if executed well--turn into Hampton Roads' version of Firefly or, eventually, Bonnaroo. Music festivals have a way of taking out-of-the-way places...
Get ready for an all new way to celebrate the new year, Richmond. Celebrate the end of 2014 with a new 50-foot ball-drop, tons of RVA craft booze, and 15,000 of your new best friends. We're taking over Brown's Island, and you are all invited. Get ready for an all new way to celebrate the new year, Richmond. Celebrate the end of 2014 with a new...
You might think the holiday weekend would kill the action on Craigslist over the past weekend, but you'd be wrong--it was business as usual on the Missed Connections, only with slightly more travel references. You might think the holiday weekend would kill the action on Craigslist over the past weekend, but you'd be wrong--it was business as...
