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Activism Through Stickers, Sequins, and Old Shoes

From pennies to stickers to donated clothing, Richmond artist and activist Noah Scalin uses the most unexpected materials to highlight important figures in today’s political world. “I want to shine a light on activists, historical figures, women, people of color,”...

After 25 Years, Carbon Leaf Still Brings It Home

Just over a year since we last met, Carbon Leaf is back for a summer show at Maymont. I sat down with band members Terry Clark and Barry Privett in their suburban Richmond home studio to catch up on their new projects and the trials and tribulations they've faced over...

Finding the Metapolitics With Hoax Hunters

Dormant, the latest extended play release by Richmond band Hoax Hunters, addresses blurred lines between art and politics. The band’s previous release, 2017’s “SAD!” was a reaction to the virulent political discourse of the 2016 presidential election, but their latest...

RVA Global: When In London, Football As the Londoners Do

As the FIFA World Cup approaches its final match, people around the world are united through a love of soccer, awaiting with fierce anticipation as France goes head-to-head with either England or Croatia, to be determined during today’s 2 p.m. match. It’s a scene...

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Hit Me When I’m Pretty

RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here's the first article, in which Ryan Kent, the author behind Poems for Dead People, talks rock bottom, writing, and redemption with the release of his latest book. You know the tune: boy grows up on dreams of baseball, falling...

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Meeting Meat Rain

In this special Black Friday edition of RVA Reader, Phil Ford tells us all about his long-running obsession with the time so long ago that meat rained down from a clear sky in Kentucky. It is that obsessive moment when you discover something you are compelled to...

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