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As the Bicycle Turns
A new bike-share system is going to provide 300 bikes for rent across the city. But is Richmond’s infrastructure prepared to move into high gear? by Ned Oliver A proposal to turn Floyd Avenue into a...
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MisCubanization
Some 30 years of Canadian tourists enjoying new mom-and-pop restaurants have prepared no one in Cuba for the coming clash of political, religious and social cultures. by Randy Salzman About 15 years...
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Soul Darling
Singer Natalie Prass on her acclaimed debut album, her love of Dionne Warwick and why she moved to Richmond. by Hilary Langford A year ago, Natalie Prass supplemented her income by making ridiculously...
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Pumped Up
Local party institution No BS Brass teams up with the Richmond Symphony for a twist on orchestral pops. by Peter McElhinney No BS Brass pours everything into its big-hearted, muscular attack. On a...
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“Those Harvey Girls” at Swift Creek Theatre.
Thursday, Jan. 19. by Chris Bopst“Those Harvey Girls” highlights the lives of three black sisters growing up in rural Virginia in the ’60s. But the music transcends gender, race and religion in this...
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Food Preview: Kanoa's Latin Fusion Heads Off the Beaten Path
by Brandon Fox Think about the look you see on someone’s face when he or she takes the first bite of something wonderful — that’s the look that keeps Yofre Blanco going. His Mechanicsville restaurant,...
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Higher Ground Women’s Leadership Conference at the Richmond Marriott
Friday, Jan. 30 by Chris Bopst When my wife was pregnant with our child, I wanted a boy. There are many stupid reasons for this, but the main one was that females don’t have the same advantages as...
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The Grave Hookers EP Release Party at the Camel
Sunday, Feb. 1 by Chris Bopst The Grave Hookers’ music is made of midnight creepers. The Richmond bass-and-drum duo’s seething lo-fi take on garage blues is best heard after the sun goes down.…[ Read...
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The Trillions Record Release Show at Strange Matter
Saturday, Jan. 31 by Chris Bopst If I didn’t know better, I could believe that the Trillions were created in a lab by music executives trying to come up with the perfect pop-rock band. The Richmond...
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Pharmakon, Mutwawa and Coteries at Sediment Arts
Friday, Jan. 30 by Chris Bopst The audio assemblages of New York-based sound manipulator Margaret Chardiet are made and conveyed with combative intent. As Pharmakon, she doesn’t go on pleasure...
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Belly-Dancing Dinners
Food Review: Nora brings real Lebanese cuisine to the West End. by Robey Martin"Are you for hookah or no?” Frankly, that isn’t a question typically heard when entering a restaurant. My party declines,...
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Inside the Lab
Can Richmond business darling Health Diagnostic Laboratory fight its way back after its leader's departure, a round of layoffs and multimillion-dollar lawsuits? by Peter Galuszka On routine workdays,...
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Will MeadWestvaco Merger Lead to Layoffs?
[Image-1] Mergers are popping out all over. This time it’s MeadWestvaco Corp, a Fortune 500 company with a modern glass and metal headquarters near the banks of the James River downtown.…[ Read more...
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The Score
+5 Gov. Terry McAuliffe charges ahead with a full schedule despite being hospitalized for seven broken ribs after being thrown from a horse in Tanzania. Meanwhile, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan breaks a...
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Weekly Food Notes
The Elbys: Ah, the Elbys. It'a a combination of spectacle, costume party and the prom — and still manages to recognize those restaurants and chefs who excelled this past year.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe...
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PREVIEW: Young and Artful Bash at Vis Arts
It might sound strange, but a group known as the Visual Arts Creative Ambassadors are taking their cues from a cow. …[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Doughnut Hole
In a town gripped with doughnut-mania, it’s always a shock when a doughnut shop actually closes. Today, Sugar Shack announced on its Facebook page that it was closing its East Main Street location.…[...
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Brew News
The wild beer ride continues. Carytown’s Garden Grove Brewery will be the 100th brewery in Virginia when it opens, and today, Ashland’s Center of the Universe Brewing Company announced that it’s...
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