Tracking the far-right extremists of Virginia. Explore his latest reporting HERE. Family behind proposed “Sage’s Law” files lawsuit. Earlier this year, Delegate Dave LaRock carried the bill that passed the House of Delegates by a partisan 52-48 vote but...
I present to you this: a racist stereotype and subsequent mocking that is clearly an attempt at comedic bigotry. I loved The Muppets, but can someone tell me why this is OK? I'll take answers in short form or essay. I present to you this: a racist stereotype and subsequent mocking that is clearly an attempt at comedic bigotry. I loved The...
I hope I am not jumping on this too late but this video is pretty amazing. An interactive YouTube PSA encouraging youths in Britain to stop stabbing each other. Think about all the ways this could be applied to other narratives. Action movies where you choose which way the hero goes or a romantic comedy where you win the girl. I hope I am not...
Ah, snow days. Staying up late to see if school's going to be closed or not, watching the flakes fall, and then viewing a world that is drastically different from just a few hours before, all from the same window. Don your boots, warmest clothes, and step outside to a crisp, clean air that makes you truly feel like you're breathing. Ah, snow...
January's First Friday is actually the 2nd Friday of the month, as on the actual First Friday everyone was celebrating National Hangover Day. This month, we give a tearful farewell to our host, Baylen Forcier, who has left us to film a documentary in Kazakhstan, AKA, Kazakstan, Kazakh: Қазақстан Qazaqstan,قازاقستان, pronounced [qɑzɑqstɑ́n];...
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science." -Albert Einstein Have you ever had déjà vu? Have you ever been struck by an inexplicably potent feeling that you’ve been here, in this definable moment, with certain sounds and aromas, with this...
Velocity Comics has been bringing good literature to this city for years now. Velocity Comics has been bringing good literature to this city for years now. From your favorite comic books, to bringing Robert Crumb to the Centerstage a few months back, Patrick Godfrey and company are enablers of literacy. Patron saints of believable fiction. Dark...
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Blog has announced that their live music event, Jumpin!, will be re-starting after a six year hiatus (hiatus caused by their current expansion) when the museum formally opens their new McGlothlin wing, the main part of the expansion. Jumpin! stopped before RVA Magazine was founded, so we're looking forward to...
Aaron M. Johnson grew up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, lived in Alaska, went to Pratt art school in New York and now resides in Richmond, VA. He makes cartoons, comics, “spiral” landscapes, and is currently working on a series of charcoal drawings of mythological creatures. For more information,...
On October 27th, 2009, a web era came to an end as GeoCities was shut down. The company was bought by Yahoo! a decade ago, and in late April of this year they announced that they would be shutting down the U.S. branch (the Japanese site remains at geocities.co.jp). For those of you who don’t know or are perhaps too young, GeoCities was a web...
