The Green Meanie
An interview with the Grinch from Broadway in Richmond’s “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.”They say he’s a mean one, cuddly as a cactus and as charming as an eel. That he’s got...
View ArticleChristmas With the Krank
Swift Creek Mill Theatre’s “Greetings!” uses a lazy dramatic device to spread Christmas cheer.In the 1991 play “Greetings!” it’s Christmastime in the Gorski household. Andy (Matt Bloch) is bringing...
View ArticleA New Convergence
Conflux Dance Theater mounts its second performance while offering a different kind of dance company for working moms.At the upcoming Conflux Dance Theater performance at the Grace Street Theater on...
View ArticleGreen Safe Havens
The Blue Sky Fund is helping Richmond Public Schools students discover the city's natural treasures.A group of fifth-grade students from Frances W. McClenney Elementary School are running around Belle...
View ArticleThese Boots Are Made For Brewin’
Not all Richmond breweries are run by men. Style Weekly talked to four women brewers making local beer we love.Beer lovers know that the history of brewing goes way back — some 7,000 years ago,...
View ArticleStep Your Pantry Up
Standing behind a table overflowing with apple butters, barbecue sauces, and spice mixes, Sydney Davis describes the amount of care she takes to prepare the homemade products she sells under her...
View ArticleWelcome to the Machine
Virginia Theatre Machine pares “A Christmas Carol” down to the Scrooge essentials.The stage has barely enough room for two actors to stand and the performance can include passing traffic. But doing...
View ArticlePerformance History
One of the world’s finest impersonators of Henry VIII has two upcoming shows at Agecroft Hall.There is no escaping the fact that in looks, physical size, and shape, John White bears a strong...
View ArticleAbundance of Cheer
The Tin Pan goes all-in on holiday programming.Between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, the Tin Pan is offering 13 holiday-themed shows featuring artists performing in a wide variety of genres,...
View ArticleStuff to do: Maymont’s Merry Market, RVA Krampusnacht, the 40th annual...
Friday, Dec. 1RVA Illuminates at Kanawha PlazaCountdown the tree lighting and illumination of the Downtown Richmond skyline when all the lights come on. There will be live performances, food trucks and...
View ArticleMen in Crisis
"Dream Scenario” finds a potent metaphor for how social media conditions us to crave stardom and fetishize trauma; plus John Woo’s lackluster return with “Silent Night.”People are dreaming about Paul...
View ArticleWord & Image: Dawud Kennedy and Abdul Haqq
“Some of us are in search of regaining our strength to deal with humanity in a way that helps everyone,” Dawud Kennedy says. Today he is selling wares outside of his friend, Abdul Haqq’s store, Haqq’s...
View ArticleSounds of Solidarity
Charlottesville’s WarHen Records is releasing a 40-artist compilation aimed at fundraising to resist the Mountain Valley Pipeline.Forty artists across have come together across two CDs with one goal:...
View ArticleThe Life Neurotic
VCUTheatre readies Molière’s slapstick comedy “The Imaginary Invalid” for the stage.When it comes to dramatic deaths, it’s hard to top Molière. While starring as the lead in his three-act play “The...
View Article‘Tis The Season
A preview of Richmond area holiday markets and where to buy local.If you have to shop till you drop, it may as well help support local artists and artisans. Richmond has no shortage of holiday...
View ArticleVirginia Bound
Professional chef and master butcher Blair Machado brings his pork and seafood pop-up, Hamfish, to Väsen Brewing this Friday, Dec. 1 for a “Roadside Seafood” five-course beer dinner. After spending the...
View ArticleWord & Image: McLean Fletcher
Multidisciplinary artist, educator and founding artistic director at The Basement talks about her new show, "The Hero’s Journey.""I was in DC and I was a working actor and was pleased to have finally...
View ArticleMotion Pictures
A VCU media class has created a production company to document Generation Z students on film.You could say that what happened when two dozen passionate media production students decided to take...
View ArticlePress to Remember
Two new Richmond record labels have launched with the goal of surfacing sonic time capsules.It can happen anytime, anywhere. At a Dash In on Parham Road, a former college classmate recognized Carroll...
View ArticleThe Human Connection
Starr Foster brings back a mesmerizing piece along with two premieres for “In Rest and Sleep.”“People keep asking me, ‘when are you going to do that one with the grass?’” says Starr Foster. “It’s...
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