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Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/24/18 – 1/30/18

RVA Missed Connections is all over the place this week. In this batch, we have more Uber driver confessions, sparks fly over camo and flip-flops at Poe's Pub, and a man warns of a Petersburg thief posing as a nympho. All that and more below.  Our never ending story If...

Dominion Begins Cutting Trees for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Dominion Energy has begun felling trees in West Virginia and Virginia along the proposed path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). After the Federal Energy Regulation Committee (FERC) approved a Limited Notice to Proceed last Friday to begin felling trees along the...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/16/17-1/23/17

From an Uber driving spilling all his dirty secrets to a rat tail/buzz cut connection at Sediment Arts, a weird post involving a sock at Wine Loft, and a Kroger woman looking for her "Silverdaddy", this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections is one for the books....

As Heat Restoration Begins, RRHA Chief Executive Resigns

T.K. Somanath, CEO of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA), resigned from his position on Sunday, according to RRHA Board Chairman Bob Adams. The resignation comes as efforts to restore heat to Creighton Court are underway, although Somanath, who...

“Bad Boss Tipline” Launches in Richmond

How carefully do you read your pay stubs? If you’re like millions of workers in America, the answer is not carefully enough. An estimate from the Economic Policy Institute found that companies steal up to $50 billion per year from their employees. The Richmond branch...

RVA Radio: Mr. Jennings, “Intergalactic Speakeasy 2.0”

Once again, we shall warp through bass and time and find ourselves at the most bumpin party this side of the Milky Way! Once again, we shall warp through bass and time and find ourselves at the most bumpin party this side of the Milky Way! It's like the Mos Eisley Cantina and Idlewild mashed together, with a big ole helping of space booty. You're...

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RVA Native Michele Young-Stone releases second book this weekend

“I had a full shock of dark hair and long legs like the rest of the women on Freddie’s side of the family, but no one noticed these things. “I had a full shock of dark hair and long legs like the rest of the women on Freddie’s side of the family, but no one noticed these things. No one saw anything but the wings, which were heart-shaped, crinkled...

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Obama asks Netflix for ‘House of Cards’ a Day Early… Again

In what seems to be becoming an annual tradition, the most powerful man in the free world has reached out to the world's largest distributor of digital content and asked for a snow-day favor. As President Obama awoke this morning, along side the many other Americans buried in the latest snow storm, he put a call in to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings....

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RVA Festival of Laughs returns with national and local comedy acts

The RVA Festival of Laughs brings 20 comedians to Richmond for a three-day event. Capital Ale House Downtown is hosting four shows, Feb. The RVA Festival of Laughs brings 20 comedians to Richmond for a three-day event. Capital Ale House Downtown is hosting four shows, Feb. 26-28, with the option to purchase tickets per show or an All-Access Pass....

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CLASSIC RVA: Jesse Split & JoAnna O of Turnstyle (2005)

This year, RVA Magazine will be celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary--and in honor of our first decade of publication, we'll be taking a look back and some of our favorite articles we've run over the past 10 years. Today, we go back in time to our interview with Jesse Oremland and JoAnna Oremland of Turnstyle from RVA Vol. 1 Issue 4 back in 2005....

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RVA Mag’s Richmond themed Lay’s chip flavors via #DoUsAFlavor

Oh it's the most wonderful time of the year. No. not Christmas, or Valentines, or tax season but the return of Lay's 'Do Us a Flavor' contest. Oh it's the most wonderful time of the year. No. not Christmas, or Valentines, or tax season but the return of Lay's 'Do Us a Flavor' contest. The folks at Frito-Lay, in all their infinite wisdom, have...

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RVA Radio: Reinhold’s “Wintry 5.0: We Are Forever”

In honor of RVA's first snow day of the season, we now present our own John Reinhold's fifth annual Wintry Mix. Here's Reinhold's introduction, and the track list: “We are Forever” - Wintry 5.0 In honor of RVA's first snow day of the season, we now present our own John Reinhold's fifth annual Wintry Mix. Here's Reinhold's introduction, and the...

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