Virginia has, in recent years, begun supporting a variety of incentive programs and tax breaks for creative individuals and endeavors inside the Commonwealth. Notably, up to this point, are the film incentives with guidelines established by The Virginia Department of...
Party Liberation Front Presents: Bacchanalia (The Festival of Bacchus) Party Liberation Front Presents: Bacchanalia (The Festival of Bacchus) PLF - Party Liberation Front always brings the some of the best parties and themed events to Richmond. This event is at Gallery 5 in Jackson Ward, where often you can see PLF on First Friday doing live fire...
Alright RVA has been around for awhile and over the years we have had some amazing times and interviews. Coming out of a 2 bedroom row house on Floyd Avenue, RVA was born on April 15th, 2005 from a group of frustrated and motivated people needing an outlet for their ideas. The original cast was amazing, from driving around in a really old Volvo...
RJD2 is probably best known for, well, a lot of random great songs. From the theme song for Mad Men to the unforgettable crutch dance from his “Work It Out” video, his music has made it into almost everyone’s subconscious playlist at one time or another. He’s one of a diminishing amount of DJs who actually takes the time to work four turntables...
When VCU lost in the Final Four you knew people would be disappointed. You knew from the partying after they won in the Elite 8 that a loss in the Final Four would bring the same kind of energy. What we didn't expect was the Richmond Riot Squad and tear gas or from the students, rock throwing and destruction of public property. Things got alittle...
Not to be confused with graffiti, street art has blown up and grown into the cultural statement of our generation. Street art is the secret handshake, the open diary, the language of a frustrated people expressed in a full range of emotions and human experience, written on the walls of your local neighborhood sketchy alleyway. “I was here. I had...
When Greg Milefsky combined his love of two-wheel commuting with his business degree from VCU, the idea of the perfect neighborhood bike shop was born. “I didn’t want to graduate and have a regular job. I wanted to make a business,” he shares as he sits surrounded by walls of bikes and parts in his downtown neighborhood shop, Balance Bicycles. An...
The winter hangover is done and we at the office couldn't be more ready to get on with some sunshine. So we are bringing it to you in the form of a new RVA #4. It's packed full of exclusives like the one with Greg Gillis aka GIRL TALK and club legend RJD2. While Editor-in-chief Andrew Necci hammered out great interviews with punk legend Mike...
In Episode 5 of Radio Rubber Room, the Richmond rock band No Dice joined us to goof off, play some live tunes and have a lot of laughs. No Dice is a three piece rock band that features guitar, bass and vocals from Ryan Stevenson and Ryan Crenshaw (really, Ryan and Ryan switch off on almost every song, and they do it well), and drums from Gina...
Sitting in the dim light of the Republic restaurant, Hank Fauerbach, a local skateboarder, folds his heavily-tattooed arms across his chest and leans back in the booth to recount the history of his locally-grown skateboard company, Shipyard Skates. “When I was a kid, we were considered criminals, not athletes. Skateboarding was dangerous. Now...
