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Local Holiday Craft Markets Seek Your Crafts!

That's right, two different local craft markets are currently seeking handmade arts and crafts to be sold this holiday season! Bizarre Market's seventh annual holiday show will take place for an entire month, from Nov. 25 until Dec. 24, at Chop Suey Books, while The...

Revealed: Fabergé Burlesque At The VMFA

When I got the word that there would be burlesque at the VMFA, I smiled and said, “Well, that should stir some things up!” What a way to gentrify an audience and bring to light that which is burlesque culture here in Richmond. I immediately started thinking about what...

Open Stage Night @ Cafe Diem is Tonight

It's time for yet another Open Stage Night at Cafe Diem, presented by RVA Magazine and Radio Rubber Room. We are now into our sixth week and it is quickly becoming the premier open mic night in the Richmond music scene. Last week we opened up the show with a full list...

Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Richmond

This is not an objective article designed to explain the motivations and goals of a movement. This is not a manifesto intent on enumerating the causes and ethos of popular sentiment. This is a personal expression. A contemplation of an evolving social climate. A...

Zine The Night Away: RVA Zinesters Prep For Long-Awaited Zine Fest

Local zinesters hit the Balliceaux dance floor Thursday night to fundraise for the fifth annual Richmond Zine Fest (RVAZF), which is scheduled for Oct. 8 at the Gay Community Center of Richmond. Co-organizers said not only did they reach their funding goal of $1,500 –...

Bouncing Betties Presents Pretty in Pink

There’s something about getting all dolled up for a night on the town and going to see a beautiful burlesque show. Although the Richmond Triangle Players Theater can be a bit hidden, it’s a gem and really gives you the feeling as though it’s some secret club you’ve...

Technology And Small Business: Jennifro

After spending some time speaking with the owners of a few of Richmond’s most iconic small businesses to learn how technology has affected their operations over the years, I decided to turn my focus to a few of Richmond’s newer small business owners to see how...

Strawberry Hill is Decadent and Depraved

A Richmond response and inspired by Hunter Thompson's The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved. I awoke. There was no time to consider exactly how I made it into my bed the night before. It was 9am and I was already late getting to Joe’s Inn to meet up with my ride to the Brown Distributing building, where a bus was waiting to take me to my...

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DIO R.I.P.

Another legend has passed away. Dio was a metal original and his music will live forever. There was once a man in ancient times who wished to find a mythical element known only as The Metal. He searched almost all his life until he found it, and at that very moment of laying his eyes on the glory of The Metal, he was transformed into a God, all...

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Shockoe Bottom late at night.

From the comment thread to this article. I used to live in Shockoe Bottom, right above the Farmer’s Market. Myself and many other residents of the neighborhood begged and pleaded with the police department to resolve some of the issues that made life unpleasant at night… Everything from the nightclubs blasting music outside, to sex acts being...

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The Swamp – A Disgruntled Voter’s Take on Politics

Yeah, I vote. I don’t know why I do it, but I do. Maybe it’s just so people can’t throw that “well then you should have voted” shit in my face. Regardless, I toss my intelligent votes into steaming piles of thoughtless votes and try to pretend that it matters. I want to believe in America, but times are tough and people are lazy voters. The...

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Jimmy’s View From The Couch

The NBA Playoffs Are Heating Up Football season is still months away, but that doesn’t mean the NFL isn’t making headlines. Unfortunately, there isn’t much happening at present that sheds a positive light on the sport. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather steer clear of Roethlisberger and LT right now. Let the tabloids run that garbage, I’m...

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A lengthy diatribe of good advice.

This video breaks standard internet rules; in order to be popular, get lots of hits, et cetera, a video should not be under four minutes- a little over three seems to be the best. And if your attention span is just that, then here's the tl;dr version: never talk to the police. This isn't a stop snitching lecture. This is about your rights, and...

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Musical Etiquette: Quitting The Band

Playing in a band is an exciting adventure at times. You can see the backs of a thousand shitty dives up and down the coast, learn more about the inner working of cargo vans than you ever thought possible and find out just how long you can go without a shower. You'll learn new meanings for the word "drama", find out just how much money can be...

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