There’s a lot of change happening in Richmond right now, and most of it can feel out of our hands. But the reality is, there are people in leadership shaping how the city and state grow, who it’s for, and where it’s going next. At some point, you either tune it out or...
Paranormal Activity proves to us that the horror genre has not been completely lost to the gory and grotesque. Paranormal Activity proves to us that the horror genre has not been completely lost to the gory and grotesque. If you are like me, you have found that a vast majority of horror movies lately have reveled in disgusting makeup effects and...
Red Bones James Wayland Red Bones James Wayland I suppose it was only natural that I took to the stranger and his unearthly tales the way that I did. I was a lonely boy with a morbid curiosity and a budding animosity toward my mundane hometown. He was a crazed outsider who whispered of supernatural spooks and seemingly survived on cheap whiskey...
Gallery 5 and RVA have been tight for years. You may have been to a joint party of ours there, or just seen magazines & our people there, as well. Gallery 5 and RVA have been tight for years. You may have been to a joint party of ours there, or just seen magazines & our people there, as well. We launched at the same time, with the same goal of...
It’s a busy Saturday at Gallery 5. It’s a busy Saturday at Gallery 5. The 2009 Richmond Zine Fest is in its final throes, and inside RVA’s hippest gallery space, the floors are crowded with folks from all over our fair city. It’s wall-to-wall and table-to-table zines, and sitting in the main room, behind a stacked paper skyline, is unassuming...
Before the official run (which will cost $10/ticket, $5/student), GayRVA is having an opening reception of Say Love at Gallery 5 this First Friday at 7PM! What is Say Love? Say Love is a project that celebrates the triumphs and struggles of the LGBT community. This month-long event, exhibition and public-arts project is about inclusion and...
1708 1708 Painting (in part, and in pieces) by Barbara Campbell Thomas. Painting (in part, and in pieces) comprises large pieced together paintings on paper, small highly layered paintings on canvas and a series of mid-sized collages made in tandem. All the work employs an intensely colorful and fragmentary abstract language of shape, line and...
