A Letter to the Editor by Josh Stanfield. “Asked about the financing of the project, [Churchill Downs Incorporated CEO] Carstanjen said the specifics would be finalized and made public after the referendum.” Sarah Rankin, AP, 9.1.23 Green space, pickleball, spa...
IN THIS MONTH'S LAST FRIDAY (RVAtv's roundup of last month's First Friday):: Britt Sebastian Designer, Hollywood Cemetery Apparel With his work on display at Gallery 5, Britt discusses his history, work, and fly jackets made out of french surplus parachutes. Chris Fultz Architect, Stockton Clay Reminisces on modernism in an old city and what the...
If you didn't know about tumblr, you might not have a choice soon. Its so easy to use that anybody with anything to share will find it undeniable. If you didn't know about tumblr, you might not have a choice soon. Its so easy to use that anybody with anything to share will find it undeniable. I am not going to run down every tumblr account in...
Dear Café Darkness and Filthy Richmond, I recently met a guy off Craigslist’s missed connections. It turns out it wasn’t me he was looking for but we started dating anyway. I found out he is a baby daddy and has two kids by two different women. His check is garnished for child support so it’s not like he’s not providing for them, but I’m just not...
Seen here in a forest in the Pacific Northwest of America, the Wild Gull's natural range is actually centered around Richmond, VA, although it generally follows an erratic migratory pattern (called "touring" by those who study it's habits) during the summer months. We have been informed that it will be spotted this Saturday the 27th at Cafe...
Healthcare Reform has finally come! Healthcare Reform has finally come! In the words of Vice President , "this is a big fucking deal." I don't think anyone would disagree with that statement, and we here at RVA Magazine greatly appreciate Biden's tenor and diction in this matter. The title of this article is a lie; the breakdown below is from...
Todd Raviotta of Natural Science Productions has been a steady staple of the local media scene in Richmond for years, and he's still cranking out quality work. It's no secret that we love featuring his stuff here. His more recent work has transitioned from being solely video based to expanding into still images presented in video form, and this...
Who wants blazing fast, oh-dip-your-movie-is-DONE internet? Who wants blazing fast, oh-dip-your-movie-is-DONE internet? The fine people at Giga RVA, a website dedicated to bringing Gigabit Intertubes to RVA, that's who, and we're completely with them. Why? Perhaps you've forgotten about a wonderful concept from the wayback baby years of the...
Baylen Forcier, our foreign correspondent of sorts is currently in Kyrgyzstan doing documentary work. We're going to be posting images from his travels across Central Asia, all of which are via Sons of Hedin organization. Based out of Bishkek in northern Kyrgyzstan, Sons of Hedin is named after Swedish explorer and committed scholar Sven Hedin,...
via inspirado inspirado is an image collection put together by RVA to get us out of the occasional creative constipation. There are no credits given as it is meant for inspiration only. As you can probably tell we like all things American. Big guns, women with guns, sleazy politicians, space travel, classic motorcycles, mind bending drugs, women...
