Review | Dog Mom is Theatre at Its Best, Here or Anywhere Else

There are days of doing this when I just get to gush. Today is one of those days. I have had the pleasure this past year of witnessing some of the best theatre of my life. VA Rep’s Primary Trust floored me. Richmond Shakespeare continued their epic run of hits...

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Thousands of Lanterns to Light Up Dorey Park

The Water Lantern Festival is back in Richmond on Saturday, August 22nd. Think thousands of personalized glowing lanterns floating on the water, with live music, food, and generally good vibes moving along with them. You get a lantern to make your own. On...

Richmond’s Famous Romantix Mural Gets a New Chapter

For a decade, the mural outside the Romantix adult store, formerly Taboo, on Midlothian Turnpike has been one of Richmond's most debated pieces of public art. Now it's gone, replaced by a new collaboration between tattoo artist and muralist Jesse Smith and Miami-based...

As Funding Shrinks, Richmond’s Safety Net Is Full

She decided to finally leave. Maybe it was after years of abuse, or after one violent night too many. Maybe it was the first time she truly believed that if she stayed, she might not survive. Whatever brought her to that moment, making the call took courage. On...

RVA Live Music | Fly Anakin, Nickelus F, Mutant Academy, Dogstar, Rodeo Boys, Celler Dwellers

I had a lot of fun writing this one up. Looks like there are tons of my local favorites out and about this week, new tunes from some Richmond staples, what else could you want. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music? Hit us up...

Seeing Richmond Through Their Eyes

Editor's Note: Writers Block is an occasional series featuring personal essays, reflections, and creative nonfiction from Richmond-area writers. In Seeing Richmond Through Their Eyes, Gabriella Ryan shares how a month spent showing her Italian cousins around Richmond...

Phish Announces Two-Night Richmond Run at Allianz Amphitheater

Phish is bringing its legendary live show back to Richmond for the first time in more than three decades. The Vermont jam band has announced an eight-show October tour that includes a two-night stop at Allianz Amphitheater on October 6 and 7. Richmond is one of just...

Can Firehouse Put Richmond on the National Theatre Map?

In the electric and perpetually sincere terrain of Richmond’s theatre culture, there are institutions that do more than merely reside, they lead. They serve as a measure of our city's potential beyond its natural aspirations. I've witnessed Firehouse Theatre inhabit...

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A List Of Mass Shootings in The United States So Far in 2023

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Another tragic mass shooting occurred yesterday, and like many of you, we find ourselves growing increasingly desensitized to these all-too-frequent events. As members of both the media and the Richmond community, we acknowledge that simply writing another opinion...

The Results Are In! The Final Votes For The RVAMAG & GayRVA Reader’s Poll 2022

by R. Anthony Harris | ART, COMMUNITY, EAT DRINK, MUSIC, PINNED, QUEER RVA, RVA READER'S POLL

Richmond, VA is a great town and we had fun running the RVAMAG & GayRVA Reader’s Poll 2022 to get a feel on what our readers like to do and see. Thank you to the over 20,000+ people that checked out the poll and the 5000+ who voted. The following is a list of the...

Our Richmond ‘Drinksgiving’ Dive Bars List!

by R. Anthony Harris | EAT DRINK, PINNED

What is a dive bar to us? A dive bar is anti trendy. There is no jumping on the newest anything, it is a bar with cheap drinks, sometimes decent food, and a bunch of regulars. You might be one of them. We might be too. Either way, we wanted to share what we have...

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On Monday night, close to 300 to people packed into Studio Two Three in Richmond for a town hall about data centers, moderated by Gray Montrose and co-hosted by Henrico Civic Action and Data Center Defiance. I went to get a better sense of where Richmonders are from...

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Review | Oscar Wilde Still Knows Exactly Who We Are

By Christian Detres

The Importance of Being Ernest has been on my radar since I was 13, when my beloved Morrissey mentioned Oscar Wilde in an interview. (Mind you, this was long before Morrissey’s far-right weirdo rants.) As a massive fan of the arch, wry, witty lyrics of the Smiths and...

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Join us for a special edition of Salon de Résistance on Thursday, August 27 at Black Iris with former senior USAID official and whistleblower Nicholas Enrich, author of the New York Times bestseller Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump...

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Review | Little Bear Ridge Road is an Artistic Gut Punch

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Little Bear Ridge Road, does something you rarely see in popular media these days. It reminisces on the period during and just after Covid. Somehow, collectively, we’ve silently agreed to just not talk about it anymore. We don’t want to relive it on TV, in books, or...

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RVA Live Music | Which Side Are You On Fest, Drug Country, ShotClock

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Lotta bands on these bills so I hope you see one you like. Got some really good and impactful benefit shows this weekend so if you got some time and a few bucks it goes a long way to a lot of people. Got a show coming up? New single? Simply want someone to talk music?...

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Seeing Richmond Through Their Eyes

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It’s Still Our City Ep. 25 | Yavé Rust

It’s Still Our City Ep. 24 | Ed Harrington

A preview of IllumiNATION at Virginia Museum of History & Culture tonight

“Everything’s Made Up. So Let’s Fix It.” — Salaam Bhatti

Salaam Bhatti Interview: Campaign Finance, Community, and “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For”

Home Front on Chaos, Community, and Watch It Die

TO THE RVA MAG YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST VIDEOS

PINNED STORIES

A List Of Mass Shootings in The United States So Far in 2023

The Results Are In! The Final Votes For The RVAMAG & GayRVA Reader’s Poll 2022

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I Went to the Data Center Town Hall at Studio Two Three

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Review | Little Bear Ridge Road is an Artistic Gut Punch

RVA Live Music | Which Side Are You On Fest, Drug Country, ShotClock