Studio Two Three Is Beefing With Bots. Among Other Things
Studio Two Three has been around long enough to forget how likely it was to fail. Sixteen years ago, a small group of friends wanted to keep making art in Richmond. They pooled money from working in local restaurants to pay rent, borrowed equipment and built an...
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It’s Still Our City Ep. 25 | Yavé Rust
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A preview of IllumiNATION at Virginia Museum of History & Culture tonight
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“Everything’s Made Up. So Let’s Fix It.” — Salaam Bhatti
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Salaam Bhatti Interview: Campaign Finance, Community, and “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For”
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Home Front on Chaos, Community, and Watch It Die
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NO MEANS NO CASINO Street Interviews
Local Francesca Lyn ventured into the community to interview residents about the impending Richmond, VA casino referendum, gathering their perspectives on why they believe it may not be in Richmond's best interest. https://youtu.be/q1cBF2Mp_Bg Remember to VOTE NO...
Mayor Stoney’s Ultimatum: A Casino or Higher Taxes. Whatever Happened To Responsible Governance?
Two years ago, Mayor Stoney and casino advocates pushed for their referendum because they claimed it would bring jobs and revenue and tourism and entertainment options to Richmond. They said they would hire only local workers (even though it is unenforceable). They...
Richmond & The New High Times
It's no secret that America has a complicated history with mind-altering substances, but recent trends suggest that the nation may be turning over a new leaf, both figuratively and literally. According to the University of Michigan's annual Monitoring the Future...
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Review | ‘Confederates’ Doesn’t Let Anyone Off Easy
“Oh, I’m going to have a field day with this.” These were my exact words to friend and artist Kyle Epps as I got up from my seat at Firehouse Theatre Saturday night. As we shuffled out of the theatre into the lobby, I took inventory of the stack of insights Dominique...
Infinite Expansions: A Conversation with Lonnie Liston Smith
Exclusive Q&A with Lonnie Liston Smith below. Today was a good day. This very magazine’s Landon Shroder invited me to interview one of Richmond’s real living legends, jazz impresario Lonnie Liston Smith. On September 13, they will be screening selections from the...
What Happened Before the Video?
There are two sides to every story, but a lot of the time, the first narrative is the one that sticks. Case in point: last week, an altercation broke out during one of the weekly neighborhood rides organized by the Broad Street Bullies. The ride has happened every...
What the Hell is VITCO? We Went to Find Out.
Editor’s Note: This story was produced in partnership with Virginia Transit Company (VITCO). There are few large-ish pieces of real estate in the city proper that have been more screaming for development than the fallow field bordered by Clay Street and Hermitage...
Four Years After Dobbs, Richmond’s Abortion Funds Are Running Short
In the immediate aftermath of the June 2022 Dobbs decision, Richmond’s reproductive health organizations received a groundswell of donations and volunteer support. But more recently, those same organizations are struggling to provide basic services to folks seeking...
