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Shot to the Wallet
Cost of a 1.75-liter handle of Jack Daniel’s New Hampshire $35.99 Florida $37.99 South Carolina $39.99 Georgia $39.99 Delaware $39.99 Maryland $40.99 Massachusetts $40.99 Pennsylvania $42.99* New...
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Punch Drunk
How to Be the Office Party Monster: 2014 Edition by Jack Lauterback The holidays are about parties and drinking, and yeah I suppose family, but mostly parties and drinking. And there’s no party that...
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Being There: The 22nd Richmond Tattoo Arts Festival (Nov. 21 - 23)
by Richard Lucyshyn While the aisles and rows of booths can remind one of supermarket impulse aisles, there is something far more beautiful at play at the annual Richmond Tattoo Arts Festival than a...
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REVIEW: Virginia Rep's "Mame"
“Mame” serves up a light, crowd-pleasing feast with choreography that wows. by Rich Griset From the moment Tony-nominee Emily Skinner takes the stage as the titular character in “Mame,” you can tell a...
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Inner City Blues to Close
Gilpin Court’s Inner City Blues will close Sunday, Dec. 1 because of a dispute with the landlord. Fear not -- Alicia and Lamont Hawkins’ excellent North Carolina-style barbecue is available at the...
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Amtrak Making It Easier to Take Your Bike on a Train
by Ned Oliver Amtrak and the state Department of Rail and Public Transportation say they’re working to accommodate bicycles on trains to Richmond. They say the goal is to have the service in place in...
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Chosen Artifacts
A new exhibit at the recently revamped Valentine museum explores what’s made Richmond click. by Edwin Slipek For many folks, Sunday, Dec. 14, should offer a splendid time to discover the colorful and...
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Break on Through
The Lone Bellow’s Zach Williams talks about pushing through the sophomore jinx. by Hilary Langford Zach Williams of country soul trio the Lone Bellow has become a pro when it comes to handling life’s...
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Over-Seasoned
Theater Review: With "A Civil War Christmas," Firehouse offers flashes of fun but an overstuffed story in the ambitious offering. by David Timberline A Civil War Christmas” strives for the epic...
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The 30th Annual Grand Illumination
Friday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m. by Chris Bopst Downtown Richmond gets all lit up on holiday cheer for the 30th annual Grand Illumination, one of the city’s favorite ways to congregate around a gargantuan...
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RVA on Ice
Friday, Dec. 5 through Jan. 4 by Chris Bopst Downtown Richmond is now open for skating in the holidays at RVA on Ice. At Broad and Sixth Streets, the seasonal ice-skating rink is open seven days a...
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Pat Russell Band at Sharky’s Bar & Billiards
Friday, Dec. 5 by Chris Bopst The Pat Russell Band is the sound of an employee taking his job and shoving it. There’s nothing high falutin’ about the group’s blue-collar, barroom country because its...
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Gamelan Raga Kusuma at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Friday, Dec. 5 by Chris Bopst I love gamelan music. One of my favorite things about it is seeing some people openly wince in pain when they’re exposed to it.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments...
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Corrections House, Statiqbloom, Dark Hallow Falls, Daggering and Ryan Kent at...
Thursday, Dec. 4 by Chris Bopst What is this? Poetic goth-folk metal?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Remembrance
Beverly Ward Reynolds, Richmond Arts Advocate, 1946-2014 by Edwin Slipek Beverly “Bev” Reynolds, who established one of the most influential commercial art galleries in the city’s history, wasted no...
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Burgers and Banh Mi
Food Review: The Urban Tavern brings trendy classics to the West End. by Matthew Freeman In the middle of a strip mall in far western Henrico County sits the Urban Tavern. It’s about the least urban...
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Taking Score
Opinion: If you think there’s pressure on college coaches to achieve success, that’s nothing compared to how a classroom teacher feels. by Wade Reynolds Going into the last week of the regular college...
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For Gus
A year after his son stabbed him 13 times, Sen. Creigh Deeds is rallying to overhaul Virginia's mental health system. by Lisa Provence Even as he regained consciousness in the hospital last year after...
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Delegate John O’Bannon on what’s changed in a year since Gus Deeds' death. by Tom Nash State Delegate John O’Bannon, a neurologist who represents part of Richmond and Henrico County, serves as the...
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Need a Portrait? Why You're In Luck.
Photographer and filmmaker Alex Kreher wants to pay it forward. So he's offering Help-Portrait RVA.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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