“Katie Davis left home (Maine) at 16 and moved to Richmond Virginia. She started working in a tattoo shop at age 17. A total dream job for a music and art loving minor delinquent. While apprenticing and working full time, she also attended/graduated VCU with a BFA in...
At Black Lives Matter protests around the city, video cameras are the tool of choice for videographers documenting history as it happens. Over the past few weeks, protests have taken place throughout the City of Richmond, rival those happening anywhere else in the country and often pitting local citizens armed with megaphones and spray paint cans...
After most of a decade in which this locally-produced indie film was impossible to see, it's made it to a streaming service. Was it worth the wait? Recently, a locally filmed, indie movie called Ballin’ in the Fall of America: When Everything Else Fails has been put up on Amazon Prime. The movie, originally released in 2011, was tough to find for...
With the 2020 edition of the Richmond International Film Festival postponed, RIFF has found that the best way to stay active is to go digital. With the effect COVID-19 has had on all our lives, entertainment has fully transitioned into the virtual realm for everyone -- even your local film festival. The 2020 Richmond International Film Festival...
Whether it starts as a side gig or a passionate new business, college students around the country are opening brands of their own before graduation. College students are not just students anymore. Many students around the country have jobs on top of their schoolwork to earn extra money. Some work as college tour guides, some work in school...
With their Couch Collection, eco-streetwear brand Mamersass showed that upcycled "grandma couches" can transform into glamorous fashion. Sometimes when someone is wearing a gaudy patterned outfit, people joke that they are "wearing a couch." It's an easy joke to make, but not many people ever wonder: could you really pull off wearing clothes made...
At the Richmond Funny Bone, Women Crush Wednesday offers female stand-up comedians a chance to prove the sexist cliche that says "Women aren't funny" is a total lie. "Women aren't funny." It’s a sentiment that has been passed around since the first bored man with one too many shower thoughts decided to share them loudly in public. Even in 2020,...
Ricky Shaw and Carl Sloppy are your typical 30-something best buds in Richmond… until they walk into the world of magic and imagination in their backyard shed. Ricky Shaw and Carl Sloppy are your typical best buds. They like to listen to heavy metal music, play video games and Dungeons and Dragons, and use their imaginations to go on wacky...
Starting a womenswear brand from scratch is a difficult challenge, but it's one that has led Stitch By Chanel to reach great heights in only a few years. Chanel Green, a native of Henrico County and a Varina High School graduate, had never intended to start a clothing company -- until she realized that her hobby and favored family pastime could...
The Richmond Environmental Film Festival kicks off its 2020 edition on Friday, February 7 and runs for an entire week. In anticipation of a new year of fantastic films, here are six to look out for. Bird of Prey Cinematographer Neil Ritter is on a mission to document, and hopefully protect, the near-extinct Philippine Eagle. In Bird of Prey,...
