civil rights

Salon de Résistance | Candidate War Room

Salon de Résistance | Candidate War Room

Join us for Salon de Résistance on January 29th at Black Iris for a conversation about the national crisis with three of Virginia's Congressional candidates. Welcome back to Salon de Résistance. We’ve not had a slow start to 2026. There’s been no grace...

Wham Bam! Shane Mitchell Immersive Interview

Wham Bam! Shane Mitchell Immersive Interview

RVA Mag's own John Reinhold recently caught up with Shane Mitchell to talk shop about their shared experiences in music and creative events here in Richmond. Shane is also known as the producer be.IN; he is one of the founders of Ebisu Sound and an artist manager for...

A Musical Message That’s Long Overdue

A Musical Message That’s Long Overdue

Dust's multi-genre collaboration mixes Afrobeat, hip hop, and digital experimentation to create a musical message of progress toward civil rights and away from institutional racism. As social issues and civil rights have become more prevalent in the city, many local...

Projecting Our Hopes And Dreams

Projecting Our Hopes And Dreams

Since the protest movement began last month, artist Dustin Klein's projections of police brutality victims and civil rights heroes have become a crucial component of the nightly gatherings at the Robert E. Lee Monument. Amidst the nation-wide protests against police...