If you’ve been reading these reviews for a while, you’ll notice I love me some context. Especially surrounding William Shakespeare’s plays. One of my favorite things about the existence of Richmond Shakespeare is that they’ve forced me to go back to the English Lit...
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 neighborhood. Most displays stay lit through New Year’s Eve, which gives you plenty of...
The Joint Commission on the Future of Cannabis Sales held its final public meeting before lawmakers begin drafting the next version of Virginia’s adult-use cannabis bill. The bill will be introduced when the General Assembly returns in January and, if it passes through the full legislative process, would not reach Governor-elect Abigail...
The Carver neighborhood sits tucked between the highway and the downtown sprawl, close enough to reach everything and overlooked long enough to feel like its own island. So when CONEX appeared there a few weeks ago, rising out of a sunken concrete pit built from cargo containers and covered in murals, it felt like the neighborhood had quietly...
Thousands of you weighed in for our 2025 Readers’ Poll, chiming in on everything from the city’s smokiest BBQ to the boutiques you swear by and the spots you insist your visiting friends have to see “to get the real Richmond.” So thanks to everyone who voted. Here’s how it shaked out. ZZQ DOMINATES FOR A 3RD STRAIGHT YEARHow does ZZQ Texas Craft...
Everyone in the media business will tell you it has been a tough year. In some ways it has been, but it was also the year we found another gear. As newsrooms froze up, we kept shining a light on the people who make Richmond what it is. The musicians, artists, comedians, actors, entrepreneurs, and all the folks building culture in real time. We...
Drinksgiving isn’t on any calendar, but it behaves like a holiday anyway predictable, chaotic, and oddly comforting, the way familiar mistakes often are. This year, instead of guessing which dive bars would be overflowing, we just asked the city. Our 2025 Support Local, Vote Local Readers’ Poll pulled in more than a few thousand votes,...
Virginia Repertory Theatre is gearing up for the holidays with a new staging of A Christmas Carol, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Rick Hammerly. The production opens November 28 and runs through December 28 at the November Theatre, and if ambition counts for anything, Virginia Rep may be trying to carve out Richmond’s next annual...
Lungs is a stream of consciousness rom-com set in the pre-Trump fainting spell that privileged liberal America endured very loudly. The narrative employs the manic pixie dream girl and frustrated musician as the stereotypes to help us struggle with big decisions whilst policing climate change and renewables, carbon footprints, and the rise of the...
A Night at Black Iris with John Campbell and Tyler Williams hosted by Landon Shroder, co-publisher, RVA Magazine. Presented in partnership with MSE Properties, Plan 9 Music and Medora Laser. Last Thursday night’s Salon de Résistance: The Shape of Music to Come at Black Iris took on a question that has gone from hypothetical to philosophical to...
