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A comic response to Prop 8 being overturned…

Here's the full conclusion by Judge Walker: Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution...

Mardi Gras in RVA

DOgtown Dance Theatre Lady Nawlins Tobacco Company Cha Chas Social Club Sticky Rice https://www.facebook.com/sticky.rice.rva/?fref=ts st james episcopal church mardi gras for a mision DOgtown Dance Theatre Lady Nawlins Tobacco Company Cha Chas Social Club Sticky Rice...

Maggie Walker commentary

The City of Richmond's budget is an ongoing soap opera of whodunits and epic missteps. It would be hilarious if it was just a TV show with some crack pot protagonists. The City of Richmond's budget is an ongoing soap opera of whodunits and epic missteps. It would be...

Gov. McAuliffe declares Natural Bridge the 37th state park

VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has moved to make the formerly private natural landmark Natural Bridge a part of the Virginia state Park system. In a ceremony held VA Governor Terry McAuliffe has moved to make the formerly private natural landmark Natural Bridge a part of...

Pickles

Chaz Robinson, owner of Sweet Sour Salty and Co., is endlessly friendly and endlessly knowledgeable about pickles. Chaz Robinson, owner of Sweet Sour Salty and Co., is endlessly friendly and endlessly knowledgeable about pickles. When we visited him on a Sunday...

The Hustle Season Podcast: Ep. 132 Frutti Pa-Tuey

RVA Magazine is proud to showcase The Hustle Season Podcast every weekend. Produced at La Cocina Studio in Richmond, VA; homegrown musicians Kelli Strawbridge, Reggie Pace, James Seretis (La Cocina’s engineer) & Gabriel Santamaria bring their irreverent, outspoken and at times thoughtful opinions to the masses. Focusing on pop culture and...

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The Hustle Season Podcast: Ep. 131 The Kokomo Crew

RVA Magazine is proud to showcase The Hustle Season Podcast every weekend. Produced at La Cocina Studio in Richmond, VA; homegrown musicians Kelli Strawbridge, Reggie Pace, James Seretis (La Cocina’s engineer) & Gabriel Santamaria bring their irreverent, outspoken and at times thoughtful opinions to the masses. Focusing on pop culture and...

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Schools Struggle to Provide Mental Health Resources During Shutdown

The current quarantine has left many students around Virginia with no access to mental health care previously provided at schools -- at the very time when their needs are often most acute. Virginia school administrators say they are struggling to provide mental health services during the coronavirus pandemic, even as vulnerable students continue...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections May 6 – May 12

It's another week of Missed Connections, where every week seems to bring some new outbreak of crazy. Will the coming reopening calm us all down a bit before the inevitable second wave of infections? We shall see, but for this week, things remain a bit… off in the MC world. Your most clear demonstration is what certainly seems to be a recruiting...

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Gears Missed

At a time when expensive corporate products are less than hugely popular, Virginia's motorcycle culture is finding new life in vintage shops around the state. On a side road in Virginia, the reflective façade of high-rise office buildings breaks into a dusty sun-soaked street, where the sidewalk briefly gives way to a dirt shoulder lined with...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections April 29 – May 5

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where we all know shit happens, and sometimes, farts happen too. There's no shame in it, either, even if certain passive-aggressive MC posters are dead set on shaming you for it. Let em rip, y'all! It's still far less lethal than COVID-19. Beyond all that weirdness, the MCs this week are all about...

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The Hustle Season Podcast: Ep. 130 OnlyFans 4 DJs

RVA Magazine is proud to showcase The Hustle Season Podcast every weekend. Produced at La Cocina Studio in Richmond, VA; homegrown musicians Kelli Strawbridge, Reggie Pace, James Seretis (La Cocina’s engineer) & Gabriel Santamaria bring their irreverent, outspoken and at times thoughtful opinions to the masses. Focusing on pop culture and...

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New Designs! Local Artist Support Shirts with RVA Together

NEW DESIGNS OUT NOW! As loss of work affects Richmond’s local creative communities during coronavirus, artist Nico Cathcart and RVA Magazine come together to raise money for local artists and benefit Feed More.  There are no words to adequately express the anxiety and uncertainty we are all feeling at the moment. Richmond is a city that...

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Best Of VA Missed Connections April 22 – April 28

Welcome to another week of Missed Connections, where quarantine seems to be eroding some people's grasp on reality. I mean, I know witches are real, both of the Wiccan and pagan varieties. But if you're looking to change your age and/or gender, that's not really how witchcraft works here in the real world. Gender transitions are real and possible...

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