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SHOUT!ing Our Truth

This Sunday at TheatreLAB, SHOUT! brings the voices of LGBTQ military veterans and families to the stage for one night only. This Sunday night, TheatreLAB will present SHOUT!, a play focused around the stories of LGBTQ veterans and military family members. The play...

Culture and Kites at The World Heritage Festival

The American melting pot came together in the River City with The World Heritage Festival’s stop at Brown’s Island.  The World Heritage Festival is dedicated to sharing and experiencing a variety of foreign cultures, and it visited one of its new centers for...

New Lions Set A Bold Path Forward

Born out of Clair Morgan’s rotating cast of band members, New Lions evolves their sound and looks to the future on new EP End Story. Clair Morgan was not meant to be a band. Richmond-native musician Clair Morgan started the musical project under his own name as a solo...

What Makes The Impossible Whopper So Impossibly Good?

We’ve got answers. Dig in, everyone. On August 8, 2019, Burger King rolled out the Impossible Whopper at all of their locations nationwide. If you haven’t tried it yet, make your way to the nearest Burger King as soon as you finish reading this, because it’s...

VA Shows You Must See This Week: September 18 – September 24

FEATURED SHOWSaturday, September 21, 3 PMStone's Throw Down In RVA, feat. White Denim (Photo by Barnaby Fairley), J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Cory Wong, Howlin' Rain, The Long Ryders @ Brown's Island - $20 (order tickets HERE)The seasons are changing, y'all....

Point Of View: Experiencing the Spectrum With Joey Gallo

Richmond hip hop mainstay Joey Gallo gives us all the details about his upcoming project with rapper Stalley's new label, Blue Collar Gang. Over the summer I had the chance to speak to a longtime friend of mine and RVA veteran emcee, Joey Gallo, at WRIR studios....

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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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