Tacky Lights season has officially kicked off, and the region is glowing again. From tight city blocks to wide Powhatan backroads, homes across Central Virginia have thrown the switch and settled into that familiar holiday tradition of trying to outshine the...
Richard Perkins, a good friend of ours who we covered a few years back, is holding an long awaited and anticipated “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder” photo art show tonight at the Camel from 7 to 9. Heavily inspired by Vincent Gallo, and a true Renaissance man himself, Perkins has had his hands in many artistic pots as a musician, tattoo enthusiast,...
The beginning two minutes of D.A. Pennebaker’s legendary 16mm documentary Dont Look Back is about as iconic and memorable as they come. The beginning two minutes of D.A. Pennebaker’s legendary 16mm documentary Dont Look Back is about as iconic and memorable as they come. When you imagine the genesis of music videos (called “promotion films” way...
The digital age has made free speech a complicated mess, and having algorithms, human moderators, or user-based reporting systems isn't helping. Such was the case for local tattoo artist Amy Black who has made headlines in the past for her work on tattooing over mastectomy scars. But those powerful images of her work didn't sit well with...
Fresh out of studying for his Masters at the National Film and Television School, Irish writer/director Phil Sheerin always had a passion for film as he has q Fresh out of studying for his Masters at the National Film and Television School, Irish writer/director Phil Sheerin always had a passion for film as he has quickly amassed a few short...
“My older daughter said, ‘Daddy, if you’re famous, why do people not stop and take photos of you in the street? If you’re famous, why is it if you come to a restaurant, there are no people with cameras, like a true paparazzi star?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m not really famous. But then when you get into the art world, I’m fairly well-known in the...
In an effort to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, local business employees, tattoo artists and VCU students will gather tonight at the Mott Gallery to auction video game and super hero-themed art. Jillian Ryan and Bob Broomfield of Bits and Pixels, a video game store in Carytown, got the idea for the auction when they...
By 1991, Kentucky born director Gus Van Sant was in transition of the freewheeling world of independent film in to something much more established in the world of commercial movie making. By 1991, Kentucky born director Gus Van Sant was in transition of the freewheeling world of independent film in to something much more established in the world...
The big secret about Wes Anderson’s endearing “Moonrise Kingdom” is that it’s ultimately a fable about loneliness and coming to terms with that. The big secret about Wes Anderson’s endearing “Moonrise Kingdom” is that it’s ultimately a fable about loneliness and coming to terms with that. Nobody is connecting as much as interacting in their...
For months, the trailers for Scott Cooper’s latest movie Black Mass has been featured prominently during commercial breaks. They do a pretty excellent job of depicting the internsity of the film and exactly how a sinister gangster like Whitey could have possibly reigned for so long. His crew, known as The Winter Hill Gang, wreaked havoc all over...
