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Stargazing With Astronauts

*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots.  At 1.3 million feet above the earth, astronaut Leland Melvin caught a glimpse of his hometown every 90 minutes. “It’s this surreal moment, seeing a sunrise or sunset...

Best of RVA Missed Connections: October 24 – October 30

The cool crisp casual air of October is full of mischief and missed connections. The perfect combination for an all-hallows meet up in the most auspicious of locations: including one of the most prestigious houses at Hogwarts. This week, you'll also find a guy with a...

RVA Mag’s Treehouse of Badass Horror Houses

Welcome, RVA Mag readers, to the greatest time of the entire year: We’re about to get all kinds of spooky in this. I have worked hard to gather to you, my dear Halloween-excited ghouls, a laundry list of the top five best haunted houses (and one creepy-cool...

Skate Or Die: Rad New Skate Park Comes To Charlottesville This Fall

In a huge win for the community, Charlottesville has a skate plaza forming: A 2 million-dollar skate plaza, to be exact. With its location inside a pedestrian park, it's an unusual landmark for the city. But for the skate rats of Central Virginia, it's a welcome one....

Best of RVA Missed Connections: October 9 – October 15

What a week for those tenacious lost souls looking to touch fate and spark intrepid romances. One never knows where Cupid's Arrow might find them: At a convenience store, at the tractor supply, or perhaps as the manager of Red Lobster makes sure "everything is...

More Fire Than You Can Shake A Flaming Baton At

The Carnival of 5 Fires, hosted by Gallery5 every October, celebrated its 12th year with the Pyro Circus on First Friday this month. The event, organized by the Party Liberation Front, shut down the 200 block of W. Marshall St. last week for its exhibition of music,...

Planned Parenthood Opens Up in East End

The Virginia League for Planned Parenthood is not backing down in wake of the Kavanaugh nomination. “At this point we’re not really talking about the implications of the nomination when it comes to our health center,” said Alexsis Rodgers, Director Of Communications...

Best of RVA Missed Connections 2/7/18 – 2/13/18

In this week of RVA Missed Connections, we have an interesting collection of experiences from a man looking for a secret sugar daddy, to a Fancy Biscuit Flirtation, to a bald guy fetish, a mom with a face tat at McDonald's gets a secret admirer and two people "bumping" at the VMFA. All that and more below.  Secret Sugar Daddy - m4m (Richmond)...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/30/2018-2/6/2018

There's always something fun and wildly weird in RVA's Missed Connections. In this week's batch, we've got a Lamplighter stalker, a woman lusting after her exterminator, an encounter at Godfrey's, and an exotic baby doll cleaning service. Yes, you read that right, but it's probably not what you think...or maybe it is. All that and more, below. ...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/24/18 – 1/30/18

RVA Missed Connections is all over the place this week. In this batch, we have more Uber driver confessions, sparks fly over camo and flip-flops at Poe's Pub, and a man warns of a Petersburg thief posing as a nympho. All that and more below.  Our never ending story If you were a book I'd lick my fingers and flip to your pages until your spine...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/16/17-1/23/17

From an Uber driving spilling all his dirty secrets to a rat tail/buzz cut connection at Sediment Arts, a weird post involving a sock at Wine Loft, and a Kroger woman looking for her "Silverdaddy", this week's batch of RVA Missed Connections is one for the books. Check out these and much more below. Admire You at Work - m4w (RVA) You would, never...

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Exploring Richmond’s 11th Annual Jewish Food Festival

The 11th Annual Jewish Food Festival came to Richmond’s Weinstein Jewish Community Center on the 14th and 15th of January, bringing good music, good food, and wonderful people. This festival featured all different kinds of traditional Jewish food, with various vegan and vegetarian options as well. At the festival, you could choose from 4...

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Best of RVA Missed Connections 1/10/18-1/16/18

In this week's collection of the top Missed Connections stories on Craigslist, we have some old school laundromat lust, a seductive encounter at the salad bar, a sex partygoer looking to heat things up again, and some wholesome no frills love at Cracker Barrel. Check out what all the fuss is about below. 22 years ago this month - m4w (The Fan) ...

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Haunted in the Heart of RVA: Restaurant Seeks Exorcist

A recent Craigslist post caught our eye with its unusual request—a restaurant in Richmond's Fan District is on the hunt for an "exorcist." Yes, you read that right. It seems this small local spot is dealing with what they've described as a "demonic attack," and they're calling on anyone with the chops for casting out otherworldly spirits to help...

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