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Aesthetic Anarchy: Weekend Playlist By J. Roddy Walston

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week, we present a special throwback playlist from J. Roddy Walston, soon to be featured in the next print issue of RVA Magazine. A lot...

Rejoice, Doctor Who Fans: Captain Jack Is Finally Back

Captain Jack Harkness was the first LGBTQ character to appear on long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who, and later starred in spinoff series Torchwood. Earlier this year, he made a surprise return. Hold on to your telecommunicators, Whovians, because the good...

True Body’s Heavenly Rhythms

For Richmond gothic punk quintet True Body, expressing themselves through music helps them find true freedom amid a repressive cultural environment. True Body in its truest form has no body at all. Aside from the bodies of five musicians and their instruments, the...

10,000 Years In Virginia

Through English settlers, Jim Crow, and the road to federal recognition, Virginia’s Pamunkey Indian Tribe stands strong. If you haven’t spent much time in the river country of Virginia’s Tidewater region, you might mistake it for a standard-issue rural community....

Virginia Moves Closer To Raising Minimum Wage

With federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25/hour for over a decade, the General Assembly is finally trying to get Virginia workers a little more cash. For the first time in over a decade, Virginia’s workers might be getting a raise. The Senate passed a bill by a vote of...

Lectures And Lashes: The Life Of A Collegiate Drag Queen

For VCU student Francisco Ramirez, aka Ivanna Vakavich, performing in drag helps him stay confident and express Pride in bold, fearless fashion. “Drag makes me feel like a superhero.” In front of piles of makeup laid across a bathroom counter, Francisco Ramirez begins...

Dreams Deferred

In Virginia Rep's current presentation of August Wilson's Fences, director Tawnya Pettiford-Wates shows the heart of a black family's struggle to keep the lingering effects of racism from pulling them apart. From one of the largest performing arts organizations in...

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