Editor’s Note: Following our recent coverage of Virginia’s cannabis market, where independent retailers face mounting pressure from enforcement and monopolistic lobbying, Max Jackson, founder of Cannabis Wise Guys and a presenter at the...
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Best of RVA Missed Connections: July 4 – July 10
Trying to reconnect with old friends or lovers? Looking for the perfect place for your inebriated midnight ramblings? Missed Connections is your place. In addition to those lovely contributions, we’ve got a girl looking for some queer love at Hardywood, another hoping to score with an Uber driver, and someone missing a bearded face with those...
RVA Mag Exclusive: Deep in Trump Country, a Former Miss America is Running For Congress
America is in need of some leadership–at least according to Mallory Hagan. Hagan is the Democratic candidate for Alabama’s 3rd district in their upcoming House elections, but most people know her as the former Miss America. Hagan was crowned Miss America in 2013 as Miss New York 2012, but says the title burdened her with certain stereotypes that...
How Honey Bees Might Actually Be the Worst Thing to Happen to North American Pollinators
It’s a familiar trope, you’re at your job typing, sweating, and working away trying to get a group project completed for your boss. You’ve been staying up late, drinking way too much coffee, and buzzing around the office to complete the final touches. Then as you walk to your bosses office to present the project, your devilishly handsome and...
The East End Landfill is the Environmental Disaster That No One Wants to Talk About
Back in March, many members of the Fulton and Varina communities were relieved to hear that the controversial East End Landfill (TEEL) would be shut down following a 5-0 vote by the Henrico County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to revoke the facility’s conditional use permit, but their relief was short-lived. After the board’s decision, the...
Best of RVA Missed Connections: June 27 – July 3
Friendship and/or romance was found in New York Deli yesterday, and if you’re from Oklahoma, you may have unknowingly found your true love at a doctor’s office. Along with a dude who should’ve stayed on an elevator at Riverfront Plaza, a couple looking to find that cutie from the Ludacris concert, and another dude creeping on a young woman at...
In the Contest Between Nations, The World Cup is Not What it Seems. A Richmond Soccer Connoisseur Explains.
As soccer fans throughout Richmond keep their eyes on their phones and bar TVs so as not to miss a single moment, the knockout stages of the 2018 World Cup Russia are in motion as a final 16 teams will be whittled down to eight by the end of today. This year’s Cup is always more than a game for its beloved fans, but this year it's a shocking turn...
So Long, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
After a long, heated debate, change became the chosen path for Richmond today. According to the Monument Avenue Commission, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney officially recommended the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument today from Monument Avenue. “Of all the statues, this one is most unabashedly Lost Cause [sic] in its design and sentiment,” the...
The Peculiar and Spectral History of Swannanoa Palace
RVA Mag set off one downcast Sunday in June to uncover the mysteries of Swannanoa, the Afton, Virginia mountain palace of the famous Dooley family. Before reaching Swannanoa, I was almost certain that Dee Dee, the attendant at the Waynesboro Shell Station, would be the last person to see us alive. Waynesboro, Virginia is a small town in the...
Best of RVA Missed Connections: June 20 – June 26
Apparently there are some gorgeous mega babes in Richmond just walking around, smoking, and doing their jobs without anyone’s permission. Rude. Also, if you’re planning on stealing shit from people in the West End, get ready to meet some serious saucy sarcasm. Contrary to popular belief, West Enders can throw shade. (Also West Enders, be on the...
