On Wednesday afternoon, Virginia Delegates Mike Jones and Holly Seibold addressed a crowd in freezing weather at a rally about the abuse at Red Onion Prison. This is an issue that The Virginia Defenders have been leading on, reporting about prisoners who are holding...
Man, I wish someone had told us about this sooner but we just stumbled upon it. Man, I wish someone had told us about this sooner but we just stumbled upon it. Tonight, the Science Museum of Virginia is holding a "Science After Dark" event featuring access to telescopes with guidance from Richmond Astronomical Society members, a look at how...
Things I learned from this weekend: Comic book artist Neal Adams isn’t impressed with your costume, but loves Comfort’s fried chicken, Archer illustrator Sam Ellis wants more Sugar Shack, Green Power Ranger Jason David Frank wants to teach your kids karate, and Richmond loves Wizard Con. Things I learned from this weekend: Comic book artist Neal...
RVA's beloved soccer team, the Richmond Kickers, played well enough over the course of this season to make the USL Pro playoffs, and after their win over the Charleston Battery last week, they've advanced to the Semifinals. The Kickers will be hosting the Harrisburg City Islanders at City Stadium this Saturday at 7 PM, and they need as many...
Starting this Saturday, thanks to a partnership between Girls Rock! RVA and the Richmond Public Library, the Free Richmond Instrument Lending Library (FRILL) will be able to equip young aspiring musicians across the area with a variety of instruments ranging from electric guitars, basses, and keyboards, and even drum kits and amplifiers. Starting...
[WARNING: I will be using the term "R-Words" throughout this article because I have no idea what's right anymore] "Baylor statue, these clock hands are huge!" said Robert. Everyone knows RGIII always says "Baylor statue" when he's frustrated, so no one below flinched. Granted, they were hundreds of feet below. No one probably heard the 2012...
Local political reporter Ryan Nobels is heading to CNN and we wish the man the best of luck - he's been a super star on twitter and on TV locally. Local political reporter Ryan Nobels is heading to CNN and we wish the man the best of luck - he's been a super star on twitter and on TV locally. But we did find this pretty amazing and incredibly...
Comic cons, house shows, and random poetry dominate the missed connections this week, perhaps indicating that VCU's fall semester is well and truly underway. Comic cons, house shows, and random poetry dominate the missed connections this week, perhaps indicating that VCU's fall semester is well and truly underway. Then again, it's not like the...
We lost a member of the RVA Magazine family over the weekend. Ian M. Graham, writer, photographer, editor, and general raconteur at large, passed away on Sunday at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. We lost a member of the RVA Magazine family over the weekend. Ian M. Graham, writer, photographer, editor, and general raconteur at large,...
Professional wrestling is returning to Richmond next month, but in a way most people have never experienced, even if you're a diehard fan. On Sunday, October 26th, Philadelphia based promotion CHIKARA will make its Richmond debut at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in the mid-afternoon for its "Moonraker" event, which is sure to wow even a...
