Richmond showed up this weekend. We’ve got to hold our leaders accountable—applaud them when they get it right, and hit the streets when they don’t. But protest is just one part of the work. If you were out there—or even if you wanted to be—don’t let it end with the...
In this era of worldwide climate change, environmental education has become more important than ever. Over the past 50 years, scientists have observed increasing occurrences of summer heat waves, winter freezes, tornadoes and tropical cyclones that have devastated our earth. Experts have recorded warmer and more acidic ocean waters, a pattern of...
The debate over removing Confederate statues hit a potential roadblock yesterday. A circuit-court judge in Charlottesville handed down a ruling signaling that the Commonwealth's laws protecting war memorials could be retroactively applied to Virginia's Confederate monuments. This ruling effectively allows the lawsuit filed by groups such...
Over the past few years, over a dozen tattoo shops have cropped up throughout the growing Broad Street pocket and its surrounding areas -- from high-end boutique shops to budget tattoo joints, members of the Richmond tattoo scene are increasingly rubbing elbows. You might expect that all this competition would be bad for business, but Lucky 13...
Richmond After Hours: The Police What goes on when the rest of Richmond hunkers down? By shadowing late-night shifts in the shadows of late nights, we learn a little more about what makes this city tick. Series 1: Richmond Police in Shockoe Bottom 11:00pm Uber drivers block the road intermittently as bar-goers flood the streets, headed to their...
*This story has been updated. In a stunning development surrounding the Monument Avenue debate, Richmond is bracing for yet another demonstration at the statue of Robert E. Lee on October 7. According to sources close to RVA Mag - along with a Facebook event page - demonstrators plan on gathering in solidarity to let out the longest "Yea Boi"...
Freelance workers and small businesses in the Short Pump area looking for a space to work and collaborate will soon have a better option than their local coffee shop or paying a hefty rent of a large office property. Gather, a Richmond-based co-working space, is set to open their third location at West Broad Village. Gather originally opened its...
Six-thousand miles away from Richmond, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been fighting a civil war that has claimed around six million lives. It is stricken with death, famine, the presence of armed militias and tribal groups, along with vast mineral wealth and natural resources which continue to drive the conflict. Seven-thousand miles away...
Guns: the word alone is polarizing. As far as the topic goes, conversation without connotation is near impossible in the midst of today’s politics, but if history is any indication, guns are here to stay for the foreseeable future in Virginia. Americans love their guns. Standing on either side of the debate, it’s fair to say most can agree on...
“Happiness, Connection, Adventure, it's all right where we are.” These were the words of Ginger Kern from her Tedx event in Brookings, SD, which was viewed by the crowd of 40 at the TedxRVA salon held at HI Richmond Hostel. With a welcoming air, pleasant lighting, and decorated exposed-brick walls, one might not realize the venue was previously a...
