Editor's note: In December 2025, the The Joint Commission on the Future of Cannabis Sales wrapped its final public meeting on the future marketplace. This interview with Eric Spencer happened at a CSBA meetup at Bingo Beer Co. in Richmond. Eric Spencer said it...
It's no secret that Richmond is home to several areas with food deserts. Living in the city will always have its advantages, but in order to thrive in a healthy and sustainable way, you have to accept and adapt to your surroundings. The Depot Market is a farmers’ market happening every Wednesday at the VCUArts Depot. It’s managed by Grit and Glam...
Netflix and other streaming services are clearly forging a new frontier in content development. The shows and documentaries they are producing have been free from the established "controversies" that might govern content on more established network channels, not being at the mercy of advertisers or corporate sponsors. This has allowed streaming...
*RVA Mag has not been able to independently verify this story. A thread by Twitter user Hermione Danger detailing a harrowing encounter between her boyfriend and police in Virginia Beach has gone viral. According to the conversation, her boyfriend was pulled over by Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) after leaving an area 7-11 for giving a...
The fact that a neighborhood and a single councilperson were able to pressure GRTC into redesigning new bus routes just a few days before the Pulse launches has some Richmonders seeking for answers to how it’ll all work out. GRTC hosted a public meeting Monday night to discuss the removal of Bus Stop #3651 at Davis and Broad. The meeting...
Raymond "Boots" Riley, the rapper, filmmaker, and communist activist, made his directorial debut this month with "Sorry to Bother You," but a decade before, he was removed from a stage and arrested in Norfolk. His crime, if you can believe it, was using an "embellishment of the F-word" when he introduced members of Coup. but...
FUTUREBIRDSwith Leon IIISaturday Jan. 18th Show 9-12 FREE SHOW!!! About FUTUREBIRDS:The music is a patchwork amalgam of influences, including: twangy Southern rock (they've opened for the Drive-By Truckers), reverb-soaked psychedelia reminiscent of early My Morning Jacket or fellow Athens residents Phosphorescent, soaring guitar solos à la Neil...
For nearly 18 years, Yonder Mountain String Band has redefined bluegrass music, expanding the traditional acoustic genre beyond its previously established boundaries by steadily pushing the envelope into the realms of rock n’ roll and improvisation. YMSB has always played music of their own design, in the process attracting a devout coterie of...
The NFL season is rapidly advancing, and trends are starting to develop -- some good, some bad. Meanwhile, some things aren't turning out like anyone expected. This week in the Fantasy Freakout, John Reinhold tries to make sense of it all. Week 4 was exciting, and honestly a complete 180 in a lot of ways. We had quite a few players go full Beast...
