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Wham City Comedy Rides Again Just in Time For Halloween

Baltimore-based comedy troupe Wham City Comedy has always straddled the dirty railing that is dark comedy and horror. If you’re like me, then they clearly speak to you and your spooky-365-days-a-year kind of soul. Lucky for us, they’re back again with something for...

Fashion East to West

*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots.  As intricately embroidered blouses, vibrant floral kimonos, and brightly-colored tasseled earrings decorate department store racks this season, an Eastern flair is...

Trash Bang’s Going To Hell and Taking Richmond Comedy With Them

Richmond sketch group Trash Bang is making an impact. Winning the judge’s prize at Unified Scene Theater’s 24-Hour Sketch Fest in Washington D.C. this August, this group is taking the local sketch comedy scene to a higher level. This weekend, they'll be performing at...

Izzard is King: “Believe Me” Tour Lands In Richmond

Eddie Izzard is 56 years old, and wears six-inch red bottom-heeled, knee-high leather boots better than I could ever hope or dream to. Surprisingly, I can still sleep at night knowing this. What I really wish I could do, however, is be even a fraction of the immense...

Discover the Most Inclusive Tattoo Parlor in Richmond

*This article was originally published on GayRVA. It comes from GayRVA's Fall 2018 Pride Guide, released in conjunction with 2018′s VA PrideFest. Grab a copy of the print edition at your favorite shops around town, or check out the digital version here....

Richmond Tattoo Fest: Not Just For Sailors and Bikers

The Richmond Tattoo and Arts Festival of 2018 is the oldest tattoo expo in the United States, and the 26th annual edition is set to kick off this weekend. The convention will celebrate getting kicked off its parents’ health insurance in one of the most tatted-up...

Carytown’s Need Supply Co. offers international looks for Spring 2017

Opening the 10-foot steel door to enter Need Supply Co. in Carytown sets a tone of importance for the experience that awaits. Your stomach flutters; did you come prepared for this level of decorum? Are you up to snuff on your fashion vocabulary? What constitutes a culotte? Fortunately, the store’s interior room quickly soothes any anxiety. The...

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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Woman of the Year (1942)

It’s remarkable how much or little we have changed in America. Around the center of George Stevens’s 1942 Woman of the Year, recently married couple Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) and Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) are going through a newlywed rough patch and come to the conclusion a child would be a great quick fix. Tess, without much forethought,...

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