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Kyle’s Criterion Corner: Desert Hearts (1985)

A cornerstone for gay cinema, “Desert Hearts” is director Donna Deitch’s first scripted feature, but also a rare coming out in independent cinema and the romance genre. It’s 1959 and Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) needs a divorce. She rides in on a train to Reno, Nevada...

Opinion: I Am a Democrat, I Love My Guns

The day I went to buy my first pistol, I failed to have all of the required paperwork for the purchase. To be specific, I didn’t have the required number of papers to prove my home address. The dealer looked at my father and I and said, “Is this your dad? He can just...

Our Favorite Richmond Instagram Accounts Right Now

With so much going on in the River City, it is hard to keep up with it all. Luckily, we have Instagram, the premier social media network, and the multitude of perspectives that come with documenting Richmond from every angle. We wanted to share a few of the...

The Sunday Reader: Why do I care?

I remember some years ago, I was waking up on a futon in my grandmother’s house; drool clung to my mouth as allergies had forced my mouth open as I slept in my work clothes. I wasn’t planning on going to work though. I woke up and took a shower. My roommate at the...

The Untold Local History of Jazz Gets a Second Look at the Valentine

Richmond Jazz Society’s curated exhibition, “Virginia Jazz: The Early Years,” is currently on display at the Valentine until April of 2018. In this exhibit, we find the untold history of some of the most prominent local figures in jazz, told through photographs,...

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Blanchard’s: Richmond Coffee Rising

They may not have won the US Coffee Championships, but Blanchard's forthcoming storefronts ensure that they'll keep winning hearts in Richmond. The panels of professional judges, the series of regional qualifier rounds, and the thousands of dollars worth of gear sound...

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One in a Million: It’s Hard to be Mike

Michael Millions is an up-and-coming hip-hop artist and music engineer whose roots are planted and thriving in Richmond. It’s the city he refers to in “Sirens,” on his 2018 album Hard to be King, as “once one of those capitals where those murders be.” It’s a calm...

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