Virginia’s plan for a recreational cannabis market includes a way to help micro businesses, formerly known as the social equity license, get involved with what is anticipated to be a multimillion dollar business — if the plan survives the governor’s desk. The...
WRIR has had quite the journey. In celebrating their seventh year, the station had it’s most prosperous and exciting anniversary party to date. Joining together multiple genres of music as well as several disciplines of performance art, the independent radio station proved its mission statement gloriously. The station is a platform for the voice...
February 28, 2012: Early this morning, I learned that Governor McDonnell had ordered a SWAT Team to cover a Candlelight Vigil I attended the night before at the Governor’s Mansion. Riot police were hiding in the bushes while my two small children and I sang “This Little Light of Mine.” February 28, 2012: Early this morning, I learned that...
Best promotion in Richmond, VA? We think so. Best promotion in Richmond, VA? We think so.
And now, a followup on our post from last weekend, in which we pointed out a post from the Austin, TX branch of culturemap.com, polling readers to see which American city would take over from Austin as the next hipster mecca. At the time that we posted about it, Richmond had two-thirds of the vote, with Chattanooga, TN, our nearest competitor,...
It's weird how smells associate themselves with certain memories. I'm in the bike shop I work at, scrubbing my hands with Fast Orange. It's working off the layers of grease, and bike crud on my hands, and it's reminding me of working on my family's cars with my father at the same time. I hated doing that. He seemed capable only of dragging me out...
Thought we would share this, Richmond is not only in the running but actually winning. Thought we would share this, Richmond is not only in the running but actually winning. VOTE NOW and see by how much.... The new hipster cities of America: Who's emerging as the "next Austin"? "There is no place more hipster-plentiful than Austin, Texas. But is...
Richmond, Virginia, your PR team is clearly on crack. Or maybe they're just drunk. I find it hard to believe, however, that alcohol alone is responsible for the myopic, spit-take worthy blunders I have endured over the last few years of living in this city. When Virginia, and Richmond in particular, makes headlines for our governing body's...
On Saturday, February 4, the newly-reopened Hippodrome presented the RVA Bootlegger's Ball, an event designed to recall the grandeur of the Hippodrome in its earliest days. On Saturday, February 4, the newly-reopened Hippodrome presented the RVA Bootlegger's Ball, an event designed to recall the grandeur of the Hippodrome in its earliest days....
RVA Magazine brings you our newest mini-mag publication--TV Party: A Collection Of Art. RVA Magazine brings you our newest mini-mag publication--TV Party: A Collection Of Art. TV Party was a Public-access television cable TV show in New York City that ran from 1978 to 1982. Glenn O'Brien was the host. Chris Stein, co-founder of the pop band...