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Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/28-5/1

Nothing will make you lose help like missed connections. People here in this world want to fuck bus drivers, lick dirty feet clean, talk about hot tubs, hit on strangers and just general awfulness. It tires you out. I’m gonna go take a nap, here’s the best of missed...

Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/21-4/27

This week feels like deja vu all over again. We do this most weeks, and most of the time and the missed connections are similar because they all fall into the same couple tropes: i saw a hot guy, i saw a hot girl, there was a pretty employee who was nice to me because...

Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/14-20

This missed connections gig is a job hazard- today alone there were four whose pictures were just straight up porn. They also leave you wondering certain things like why would a 42-year-old man try to get with someone starting as a VCU freshman this year? How does one...

Best of RVA Craigslist Missed Connections 4/7-4/13

Contributors here at RVAMag read extremely large amount of missed connections every week to bring this column to you, but this week’s take the cake for just being the most fucking creepy batch in a long while. Normally, one or two questionable posts rear their ugly...

Dispatches from the field: Kygyzstan

Baylen Forcier, our foreign correspondent of sorts is currently in Kyrgyzstan doing documentary work. We're going to be posting images from his travels across Central Asia, all of which are via Sons of Hedin organization. Based out of Bishkek in northern Kyrgyzstan, Sons of Hedin is named after Swedish explorer and committed scholar Sven Hedin,...

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WRIR turns FIVE tonight!

Rain? Snow? Yeti? It's still on! Rain? Snow? Yeti? It's still on! From 7pm to Midnight, Friday February 5th, WRIR celebrates 5 years of Richmond Independent Radio. Come out to the Renaissance Ballroom and join fellow WRIR supporters, DJs and volunteers for a party like no other. Date: Friday, February 5, 2010 Time: 7:00pm - 11:55pm Location:...

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Strange Matter: The 929 West Grace Street Saga Continues

The re-vamping of 929 West Grace street (formerly Twisters, 929 Cafe, The Nanci Raygun, Bagel Czar... et cetera, extensive and well written article about the spot can be read right here) is in it's final stages, and they are open for business. There are no good reasons not to go and check it out- their menu is fantastic, full of sandwiches and...

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On Feb. 1, 1960, four freshmen changed history by not getting lunch.

It had been six years since the landmark Brown V. Board of Education and segregation still reigned supreme. Practically none of the schools had integrated, and state-sponsored racism was still rampant. Then, on this date fifty years ago, these four men- known as The Greensboro Four, revitalized a waning civil rights movement. First, there were...

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Radio El Radon – 030

Adam Lacy and Lauren Vincelli bring another killer episode of Radio El Radon. This week, they're joined by Dewey and Dave, two of WDCE's most promising new DJs. Pictured: Beirut Adam Lacy and Lauren Vincelli bring another killer episode of Radio El Radon. This week, they're joined by Dewey and Dave, two of WDCE's most promising new DJs. Pictured:...

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Welcome to RVA: Carytown

This month's Welcome to RVA takes us to Carytown, first to the historic Byrd Theater. If you've never heard their Wurlitzer organ play, you're missing out. The next stop is Richmond's best grocery, Ellwood Thompson's. Specializing in local and organic products, they carry just about everything you'd expect a grocery store to have. Patrons receive...

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