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How Zoning Reform Can Address Richmond’s Housing Inequality, by Councilmember Ellen Robertson and Thomas Okuda Fitzpatrick

How Zoning Reform Can Address Richmond’s Housing Inequality, by Councilmember Ellen Robertson and Thomas Okuda Fitzpatrick

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“I never would have thought that I would be the minority in my neighborhood,” said Sandra Bowman, a Black resident of Richmond’s East End.  She told an interviewer last year that the recent arrival of white neighbors has led to changes.  That shift has also...

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VA Shows You Must See This Week: August 22 – August 28

FEATURED SHOW Saturday, August 25, 11 AM Vinyl Conflict X Rest In Pieces Customer Appreciation Day, feat. BIB, Nickelus F, Nosebleed, Slump, Deviant, Sinister Purpose, Benderheads @ Vinyl Conflict/RIP parking lot (324 S. Pine St) - Free! It happens once a year, lasts...

Ghost in the City: A Tale of Love, Friendship, and Stranger Things

Much remains unknown of the spirit realm and the dead, and with the Halloween season quickly looming over us, I wanted to help set the record straight. What goes on in the day to day of the spooky? Where do they hang out? What are their hobbies besides haunting?  To...

Photos: The One and Only Queen of Bounce

The always incredible Big Freedia returned to Richmond for a show at The Broadberry last Thursday night, with her latest EP release, "3rd Ward Bounce," in tow. The five-track EP dropped back in June, a follow-up that was highly anticipated by fans who had been waiting...

Inside Richmond’s Newest “Friendly, Neighborhood” Comic Shop

From Archie to Scott Pilgrim, Wonder Woman to Sailor Moon, lunch boxes to Pop! Figures, comic book stores have undoubtedly stood the test of time and only become cooler as they've aged. Richmond, ever the epicenter of what’s rad and nerdy, already has several go-to...

The Word and the Book

Hip-hop is more than the cliché of "money, hoes, and clothes." Students at Virginia Union University are peeling back the layers of the 45-year-old art form, and discovering that faith and religion are an important part of the music. The collegiate focus is only the...

Best of RVA Missed Connections August 14-August 21

The best of RVA Missed Connections is back to help get you through the work week. In this batch, we've got creepy window peep shows, a woman at Chick-Fil-A lusts after a man in a construction vest, sparks fly at Murphy's Law and Floydfest, and one poster hopes things...

Students at UNC Topple Confederate Statue

Students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill toppled the Confederate monument known as "Silent Sam" on Monday night. According to WRAL, nearly 200 student protestors assembled at the Peace and Justice Plaza at around 7 p.m. to call for removal of the...

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