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Four Percent of Marriages in Virginia Have Been Same-Sex Unions

Since marriage equality came to Virginia, a significant amount of the marriages taking place in the state have been same-sex marriages. Same-sex couples have made up 1 of every 26 marriages in Virginia since such unions were legalized in the commonwealth in 2014. In a...

The Richmond Night Market Brings Community At Its Finest

Taking place the second Saturday of each month at 17th Street Farmers Market, the Richmond Night Market lights up the evening with the music, art, and culture of Richmond's black community. “The Richmond Night Market provides a fresh open-air gathering for handmade,...

ANIMAL Celebrates Pride With A (Go! Pop!) Bang! At The Dark Room

The celebrated queer dance party, ANIMAL, returns to The Dark Room with a post-PrideFest throwdown featuring Baltimore club star Rye Rye. If you're planning to leave the house at all tomorrow, we expect to see you at Brown's Island. The park island on the James River...

Sounds Like Hallelujah: Weekend Playlist by Muther Goose

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you an essential playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week's comes to us from Muther Goose, a young bluegrass/folk/Americana quintet from Richmond who are just about to...

Let Thorp Jenson Carry You Home

You might call it Americana, but if you ask Thorp Jenson, his new single, "Carry Me Home," is nothing more than good old rock n' roll. What do you call a ginger in a Canadian tuxedo with a mustache and a guitar? If you're having this encounter in Richmond, you call...

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No Dead Air

Local, independent radio stations are a unique piece of culture in their communities. We caught up with Richmond-area radio stations to see what it’s like to operate an independent station in the modern world of corporate-controlled playlists and syndicated DJs.  In...

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School Lunch: Weekend Playlist by Smyth Knight

Every Friday night, RVA Mag brings you a truly fantabulous playlist curated by Virginia’s most influential artists, musicians, and institutions. This week brings us a jam-packed list of bangers from Smyth Knight, an up-and-coming local rapper who's developed a buzz...

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Disappearing Memories Of Home

In his new solo show at Reynolds Gallery, sculptor Raul De Lara takes a playful approach to images of his homeland in Mexico -- a place that, as a DACA recipient, he cannot return to. “I came to the desert to play with my homeland. No longer do I remember how she...

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