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The RVA Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 18 by Chris Bopst Ted Cruz doesn’t believe in global warming. Despite reams of evidence to the contrary, the junior senator from Texas sticks to his stilted narrative. Ramblings of a...
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Bon Air Artists Association: “Artful Healing” Fundraising Event
Saturday, April 18 by Chris Bopst Founded in 1974 by J’net Kaulfers, the Bon Air Artists Association was created to showcase the work of emerging regional artists. On Saturday, April 18, the artist...
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Year of the Dragon and Blackout Shift at Bandito’s Burrito Lounge
Sunday, April 19 by Chris Bopst With a bit of funk, metal and punk, the band Year of the Dragon is Los Angeles to the core of its user-friendly being. Founding member “Dirty” Walter A. Kibby II helped...
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Pig Destroyer, Iron Reagan, Mutilation Rites and Burn/Ward at Hardywood Park...
Friday, April 17 by Chris Bopst With a name like Pig Destroyer, few people will wonder if the Alexandria-based grind-core band sounds like Katy Perry. It doesn’t. The group is the antithesis of...
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Kaoru Watanabe at the Carole Weinstein International Center
Thursday, April 16 by Chris Bopst An essential element of noh and kabuki theater music, the shinobue — a Japanese bamboo transverse flute — is defined by its high-pitched, ethereal sound. Its use can...
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Ethiopian Cornucopia
Food Review: Portrait House sets sail on a new river with the Nile in the kitchen. by Karen NewtonInjera rules at Nile at Portrait House. Almost everything is served on a cushion of the traditional...
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Behind the Scenes of Positive Vibe Café’s Coaches’ Cook-Off
by Brandon FoxTwo plates sat in front of me. Or I should say, a small cutting board with an orchid nestled next to burger sat in front of me. To my right sat another burger, alone on a Styrofoam...
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Weekly Food Notes
Coffee competitions, Spanish wine tasting + more. by Brandon FoxTruth about food: Marion Nestle, award-winning author and New York University’s Paulette Goddard professor in the department of...
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Punch Drunk
Richmond's Next Mayor: Thinking Outside the Ballot Box by Jack LauterbackRichmond mayors can serve only two consecutive terms, and so the 2016 race to replace Dwight Jones will begin heating up in the...
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Brand Wringing
Opinion: VCU’s new coach shouldn’t be forced to operate in a shadow cast by his predecessor. Let him call his system what he likes. by F.T. ReaOn April 2, 2009, the new men’s basketball coach for...
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The Hard Stuff
Local breweries may be booming, but Richmond-based distilleries are preparing to give them a run for the money. by Brandon FoxInside the ABC store on West Broad Street, I’m surprised at how small the...
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Giving Back
Our governor is down with Richmond restaurants. If you’d like to meet him, he’ll be attending Rappahannock's fundraiser for Share our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign on Tuesday, April 21. But there’s...
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Dominion, Altria Make Forbes Best to Work for List
Richmond's Altria and Dominion Resources are among three Virginia companies making the top 100 in Forbes magazine’s “best employers” rating. The third is Serco, a federal contractor based in Reston....
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Bill Paxton's Richmond Stop Featured on TLC
Famous actor Bill Paxton has a family secret that he learned about in Richmond.Paxton ("Twister,""Big Love") made a trip to the Library of Virginia to study his family roots. The segment will be...
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Lucky 13
For Julep's New Southern Cuisine owner Amy Cabaniss, 13 is her lucky number. Her restaurant will move from its location on the corner of North 18th and East Franklin streets to a spanking new spot in...
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Review: TheatreLAB's "When Last We Flew" at Richmond Triangle Players
Play spins coming-of-age stories into theatrical gold. by David TimberlineTheatreLAB’s latest production, “When Last We Flew,” starts out like any number of teenager coming-of-age stories.And then an...
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SLIDESHOW: When Art Meets Fashion 2015
To help celebrate Richmond Fashion Week, and our very own 2015 Fashion Issue, everyone was invited to join Style Weekly for cocktails, food and music at When Art Meets Fashion on Saturday at Saks Fifth...
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Mary Washington Arrests Highlight College Investments
Protests to convince the University of Mary Washington to divest from stocks of companies producing fossil fuel took a new turn Wednesday when Virginia State Police broke up a 21-day campus building...
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Weekend Assignments: April 17-19
The Great Southern, Iron Reagan, RVA Earth Day Fest + More by StaffFriday, April 17: Tired of corporate pop? Hear the blitzkrieg of disruptive mathematical metal precision at Hardywood on Friday with...
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InLight 2015 to be held at VMFA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts knows a popular local event when it sees one.1708 Gallery's always wondrous light installation known as InLight Richmond is partnering with VMFA for this year's eighth...
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