On the first warm weekend of 2026, in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 21, at least nine people were shot on North 18th Street in Shockoe Bottom. Two people, 23-year-old Genesis Tamar Jones and 42-year-old Dominic Antoine Jackson, were killed, and seven others were...
School's back in here in Richmond, and if you're riding the bus, you just might find yourself in the Missed Connections this week. After all, we've all gotta get there somehow. We've got a bunch of fun stuff in the good ol' MCs this week, from house flippers who want to flip more than just houses to athletic hikers and flirty Food Lion shoppers....
The longer summer goes on, the weirder it gets here in the Missed Connections. From people who smoke Netflix to unashamed beer belly rubbers in the hardware store, everyone's letting it all hang out this week. And don't get us wrong, we're all for it! If nothing else, it makes for some entertaining reading. We've got all kinds of stuff going on...
This month, Henrico residents encountered what might be the weirdest secret Santa ever. But hey, at least the singer for Those Manic Seas is keeping busy. I’ve received a lot of strange, unsolicited gifts in my life. A pot holder, a tiny nativity set, a picture of a family I don’t know in a frame from the 80s. But a television from the 80s, from...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. Hip hop and skateboarding: two subcultures with roots that go back well over 40 years. Over the decades, each has had a long struggle for acceptance before eventually becoming mainstream cultural staples. In the past decade, the two have become more...
It must be a tough summer, because here in the Missed Connections, people are getting downright poetic about their lost loves. But not all the verses are sad -- you'll find REI-inspired poetry is every bit as hilarious as it sounds. It's also fun to imagine that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are sending star-crossed messages about their lost...
Summer is alive in the River City, and the latest issue of RVA Magazine is here with it to tell the stories of arts, music, politics, and culture across Virginia. It's August, it's hot, and it's only going to get hotter here in the River City with the arrival on the streets of RVA Magazine #37, our Summer 2019 issue! This one's bursting all...
Despite its corporate influences, Richmond's Dragon Boat Festival was an entertaining spectacle of Chinese culture by the James. A little piece of China came to Richmond earlier this month, when the Richmond International Dragon Boat Festival hit Rocketts Landing on August 3. The festival, which has run annually for the past 11 years, featured 41...
Summer is all about the extremes of the human condition. Sometimes you're having amazing experiences you'll remember all of your life. Other times, you're just trying to keep from collapsing with heat-induced exhaustion. If you've had any of the latter moments this summer (and god knows we probably all have), you'll relate to this week's Missed...
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