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How To Calmly And Peacefully Survive The Bike Races This Weekend

This weekend we’ll be getting an appetizer to the Richmond 2015 edition of the UCI Road World Championships, as the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships come to town Friday through Sunday. This weekend we’ll be getting an appetizer to the Richmond 2015...

What RVA Looks Like From 400 Feet in the Air

Look! Up at the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a plane! It's a... quadcopter and its got a camera on it! Look! Up at the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a plane! It's a... quadcopter and its got a camera on it! Check out this incredibly neat video via Hendy Street Produxions: We found...

(Updated) Open High School Kids Demonstrate at City Hall

Students in Richmond Public Schools system are sick of their peers learning in unsafe environments. After a protest this morning, a group of students, mostly from Open High School, went down to City Council to encourage the Council to lend a hand to their struggling...

RVA Beard League Championship in Photos

There was a monument to follicle brilliance this weekend at the Canal Club and photographer Julie Ferguson was on the scene to capture as many of the amazing beards as possible. There was a monument to follicle brilliance this weekend at the Canal Club and...

Feast RVA: Throwing Dinner Parties To Support Local Creativity

Feast RVA is among one of the most innovative non-profit organizations that Richmond has seen lately. Their main focus is funding and supporting creative community-outreach projects by local individuals. A 100% community-oriented organization, Feast RVA gains no profit from their regularly held local fundraising events. Feast RVA is among one of...

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THURSDAY: Goth It Up At The Poe Museum’s Unhappy Hour

This Thursday, The Poe Museum presents the latest edition of their Unhappy Hour, an informal ode to the macabre wit and mystery of Edgar Allan Poe. Held from 6 to 9 pm on the fourth Thursday between the months of April and October, each event has a theme based on a particular Poe story or poem, and this month focus is on "Annabel Lee," the last...

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The New Issue Of RVA Magazine Is Out Now!

Yes, it's here! Our fashion issue has hit the streets. The fashion community is on the rise here in RVA, and we're here to help you get in on the ground floor! With a lengthy pictorial section displaying the work of Richmond's many excellent fashion photographers, we've given you plenty of amazing imagery (and gorgeous boys and girls) to look at....

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Bacon Fest: Prepare For Greasy Pork Deliciousness

Bacon has seemingly become America’s favorite breakfast meat in recent years, with popular sitcom characters regularly expressing a penchant for it (I’m looking at you, Ron Swanson). Big name diners like Denny’s recently started serving "bacon sundaes" on their menu along with a slew of other bacon-centered dishes. Clearly, we’re a country that...

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RVA Nails: Flashy Nails = Instagram Success

Hitting 4000 Instagram followers is not an easy task. It takes a special kind of appreciation for the art form - quick photos of a specific nature, maintaining themes, and more importantly, providing content that people find interesting. But in a social media platform rife with spam-bots and cat photos, Minh V. Le and Natalee Trinh, the owners...

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Somebody Hit Toots Hibbert In The Head With A Bottle

Aaaand this is why we can't have nice things. Last night at Dominion Riverrock, an annual weekend-long music festival that takes place on Brown's Island, Richmond was lucky enough to witness a headlining set by reggae pioneers Toots And The Maytals--or, well, most of one. Aaaand this is why we can't have nice things. Last night at Dominion...

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Mellow Mushroom Opens A New Location In Carytown Next Week

Atlanta-based pizzeria Mellow Mushroom will be opening its first Richmond location in Carytown next week. For some, the coming of Mellow Mushroom means the further encroachment of corporate franchises on the small business dominated street of Carytown. Before doing any research, I was a little hesitant about the business myself, seeing as I am...

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