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Pedal This Way: Richmond Bike Tours Launch
by Ned Oliver They’ve come on foot, by bus, and in more recent years, in gawky packs on Segways. Now tourists looking to take in Richmond’s sights have another option when it comes to booking a...
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Master Design
The City seeks direction for $3.2 million in Richmond's public art. by Tina Griego Flush with cash for public art, Richmond is looking for a grand plan. The city wants to hire San Diego’s former...
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Map Quest
A 12-year-old explores Richmond’s avenues and landmarks — and discovers the roads that lead to a passion. by Melissa Scott Sinclair Some kids draw superheroes. Some draw robots.…[ Read more ][...
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The Score
+6 Despite the cold morning, some 26,400 running enthusiasts turn out for Saturday’s Monument Avenue 10-K. Whose finish line, incidentally, serves as a starting line for the race to the nearest mimosa...
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Outside the Lines
The cartoon and comics industry is expanding in all directions, and theorist Scott McCloud couldn’t be more optimistic. by Rich Griset Scott McCloud couldn’t believe his luck. Finishing up his...
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Keepers of the Flame
Gallery5's founders look back at 10 years of nurturing the Richmond arts community. by Karen Newton A long time ago in a Richmond far, far away, fire performers were virtually unseen in public, unless...
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The Odd World of Mr. Stanfield
Preview: Upstairs at Chop Suey Books, history tries to escape its rigid box of facts. by Karen Newton A stuffed caiman lizard specimen sporting prosthetic fore-pods leans against the wires of a...
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Take Their Hands
Prince Rama aims to tear down the walls between band and audience. by Hilary Langford Bands do what they need to do to get noticed these days. But a reputation precedes Brooklyn-based psych duo Prince...
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Alex Kvares Exhibition, “Naphthalene and Champagne” at the ADA Gallery
April 3 through April 18 by Chris Bopst Ukraine-born, Brooklyn-based artist Alex Kvares knows the importance of the little things. There’s a delicate and playful poignancy to his meticulously rendered...
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"Sam and Carol" at Richmond CenterStage
April 2 through April 25 by Chris Bopst Sam and Carol are part of what former news anchor and author Tom Brokaw called the greatest generation. They also happen to be the parents of Richmond novelist...
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Kuf Knotz and the Sam Reed Syndicate at the Camel
Sunday, April 5 by Chris Bopst Kuf Knotz’s blunted brand of hip-hop is a boom-box mixture of soul, blues, jazz and rock. The Queens-based word slinger unleashes a torrent of verbiage in promotion of...
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The Party Liberation Front at Gallery5 and Strange Matter
Friday, April 3 by Chris Bopst As its name suggests, the Party Liberation Front is militant about good-time enabling. The battle-tested collective of fire and circus performers, DJs, visual artists,...
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Moon Hooch and the D.J. Williams Projekt at the Broadberry
Tuesday, April 7 by Chris Bopst New York trio Moon Hooch pulls off one of the hardest tricks in modern music: It makes jazz that people will like. These musicians don’t do it the easy way, either.…[...
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The Original Micro Distiller
Moonshine, once the confined to illegal copper-pot stills and surreptitious distribution, is a surprising new trend. …[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Sweet, Salty and Fried
Food Review: Southern Kitchen makes you feel right at home. by Rachel Machacek"No, you are my guest," says Shane Thomas, owner of Southern Kitchen Mouth of the South in Shockoe Bottom. I’m finishing...
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Punch Drunk
Alcohol Nutritional Labels: Do You Really Want to Drink to Your Health? by Jack Lauterback Diageo, the world’s largest producer of spirits (Guinness, Crown Royal, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan), said the...
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The Throwback Candidate
Opinion: Ted Cruz is the audacious, trash-talking, populist-style conservative the anti-government crowd has been praying for. by F.T. Rea Given what we’ve endured with the cultish adoration of...
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Lonesome Highway
While plans abound for most of Richmond's struggling areas, the five-mile stretch that is Jefferson Davis can't seem to attract a savior. by Ned Oliver Julie Jarman had just dropped off her 6-year-old...
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Balancing Act
In the aftermath of city code inspections, a community fractures on Jefferson Davis. by Tina Griego The Mexicans, most of them from Guerrero, started moving into Rudd’s Trailer Park on Jefferson Davis...
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Traveler Series Starts Tonight
For years, local musician Nate Matthews says he was "stuck" to the rock scene and the occasional jazz show. He didn't go out for folk music regularly simply because he figured he could catch up during...
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