Small Town RVA! Richmond’s First Video Game Is Here

Small Town RVA! Richmond’s First Video Game Is Here

It’s 1996, and young Richmond native Joseph Cannella is playing Pokémon Red on his grimy, well-loved Game Boy. Enchanted by the world-building, he wishes he could explore Richmond the same way he explores Pallet Town, the first area of the game. The simple overworld...

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The Work Is Never Done

Equality Virginia's Vee Lamneck talks to GayRVA about Title VII, The Virginia Values Act, and the connections between LGBTQ and BLM. On June 15th, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed three historic cases and came to one monumental decision: that Title VII of The Civil...

Shining A Light On Systemic Racism In STEM

Earlier this month, black professionals in STEM and academia staged a one-day strike to point out systemic racism in their field. RVA Mag spoke to some local participants. On June 10th, black members of the academia and STEM fields participated in a virtual strike...

Best Of VA Missed Connections June 24 – June 30

Attention all bargain shoppers -- we've got a sale on Missed Connections in aisle 12! Admittedly, we're getting kinda desperate. Not sure if it's the COVID-related social distancing or the longterm fallout from the SESTA/FOSTA censorship that has turned the MCs into...

Projecting Our Hopes And Dreams

Since the protest movement began last month, artist Dustin Klein's projections of police brutality victims and civil rights heroes have become a crucial component of the nightly gatherings at the Robert E. Lee Monument. Amidst the nation-wide protests against police...

The Hustle Season Podcast: Ep. 139 Assaulted My Bandwidth

RVA Magazine is proud to showcase The Hustle Season Podcast every weekend. Produced at La Cocina Studio in Richmond, VA; homegrown musicians Kelli Strawbridge, Reggie Pace, James Seretis (La Cocina’s engineer) & Gabriel Santamaria bring their irreverent, outspoken...

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My Sober Story Video Series

Sometimes the body makes decisions for the mind. Sometimes it side-steps the brain and all of its rambling nonsense. You see athletes in the Olympics or people in acts of extreme heroism do this. Muscles popping. Faces contorted into white-knuckled fists. In agony but...

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Full Metal Christmas 2021

Tis the season for my yearly foray into METAL CHRISTMAS!  Because look, we have been dealing with these cheesy Christmas songs for over a month. and... well, we're done with that. The only way we can deal is to make it METAL as possible. I've done this for a few...

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