A December 31, 2025 deadline could shutter hundreds of vape shops, raising questions about consolidation, equity, and who benefits from regulation. On December 31, most vape products currently sold in Virginia will become illegal to sell. Under a law passed by the...
As a creative (and sci-fi influenced) writer myself, I have a magnificent appreciation for Prometheus, for both what it did and didn’t do. Call it Zen, but the omission of directness, the constant open-endedness of the questions asked and the overall work required of the viewer are exactly the methods that I use to spin my own fiction. You could...
With millions of views on Youtube, as well as one of the weirdest Adult Swim video's I've ever seen, I'm pretty excited to see Baltimore-based collective Wham City Comedy do their thing at Black Iris Gallery this weekend. Avid AS fans might recall the group's name for their 2014 video "Unedited Footage of a Bear," which features less bear-footage...
Bizzaro cults, inter-dimensional evil, tons of blood and gore - all of this and more is promised in The Void which is currently playing at the Bijou Film Center this weekend. The Bijou opened late last year and promised big things from the small film space. While other great things might have come through the Broad St. theatre already, this is...
“I hope you all know that I was not in the movie,” Dr. Christine Darden said and a collective chuckle emerged from the crowd. “So, if you want to know about me, you’ve got to read the book.” Darden, 74, is one of many African American women whose previously un-celebrated work was chronicled in Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, Hidden Figures: The...
We’re all aware of the bustling and ever-growing Richmond music scene, regardless of who you are or what you play. And it’s a scene that’s largely self-made - made possible by a unique sense of community that relies on helping each other out when it comes to getting your name and music out there. That’s what the new local music and film...
We’re all aware of the bustling and ever-growing Richmond music scene, regardless of who you are or what you play. And it’s a scene that’s largely self-made - made possible by a unique sense of community that relies on helping each other out when it comes to getting your name and music out there. That’s what the new local music and film...
In Richmond, a Southern spell is cast on the arts and culture scene, wrapping the creative population in a cozy community embrace. Like it or not, we live in a city where everybody knows your name, and while reputations may go beyond Richmond borders, the city’s fashion influencers have become our stylish neighbors as much as they have become...
In Richmond, a Southern spell is cast on the arts and culture scene, wrapping the creative population in a cozy community embrace. Like it or not, we live in a city where everybody knows your name, and while reputations may go beyond Richmond borders, the city’s fashion influencers have become our stylish neighbors as much as they have become...
Debuting at Cannes last May, Raw follows a teenager named Justine (Garance Marillier) as she begins veterinary school and soon develops carnal, carnivorous desires. Justine’s parents, who drive their timid daughter to school, are oddly both vets and vegetarians, and, Justine seems to follow this logic as well. The first week of Justine’s foray...
