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Quill Smells as Sweet
Two combined Richmond theater groups go forth with a new name. by David TimberlineIt’s like telling people the name of your new child,” says Jan Powell, describing how things have gone rolling out the...
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Oh, #SummerNights
Hash-tagging Richmond's upcoming musical season. by Brent BaldwinRVA Music Night — Bio Ritmo, Milkstains, HonkTonk Heroes Friday Cheers, May 22Salsa kings, raw rockers and country love by the rivuh?...
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Opening Soon
What to expect from the big movies of summer 2015. by Nicholas Emme“Poltergeist”— It’s baaaack. Let’s hope they haven’t turned a classic into another standard horror movie, although this remake’s...
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Event Pick: The Richmond Raiders vs. the Trenton Freedom at the Richmond...
Saturday, May 23 by Chris Bopst I wonder how many people realize that Richmond has a professional football team — and no, not the Redskins, even though it may feel like it to city taxpayers. The...
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Event Pick: Radius 250 Group Art Exhibition Opening at the Artspace Gallery
Friday, May 22 by Chris Bopst If, as Albert Einstein said, “true art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist,” our part of the East Coast corridor is populated with a lot of...
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Event Pick: The Psychedelic Furs and Black English at the National
Friday, May 22 by Chris Bopst Bovine America had no idea who the Psychedelic Furs were before John Hughes’ movie, “Pretty in Pink” from 1986, which was named after the single from the band’s 1981...
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Event Pick: Black Masala and Afro-Zen All Stars at Cary Street Café
Saturday, May 23 by Chris Bopst The musicians of Black Masala don’t play gigs, they play shows. It’s an important distinction. Gigs are the musician equivalent of going to work. Shows are what you go...
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Event Pick: Motel Fire, Wall of Ears, Claim Culture and Don Babylon at...
Monday, May 25 by Chris Bopst Every fire starts with a spark. Richmond indie rockers Motel Fire are no different. Employing slow-acting accelerants, the group takes its time before bursting into...
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Taste of Home
Food Review: Lulabelle’s makes food just like your grandmother’s. by Matthew FreemanSome restaurants just beg for regulars. They aren’t always the most daring or inventive places, but they hit the...
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Blue Bee Cider Owner Discusses Move to Scott's Addition
Brandon Fox by Brandon FoxIt’s been a painfully long process for everyone involved. Last year, the city took bids for the highly sought-after city stables property at 3101 W. Clay St. in Scott’s...
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Unprompted: Bumps and the Grind
by Gene CoxYou probably don’t think much about Blaze Starr, and with good reason. Anyone younger than 50 probably has no idea who she was, or is. But she very much was, and last time I checked she was...
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Movers and Takers
Opinion: With regards to ethics reform in Virginia, don’t blame the lobbyists. Blame the politicians with their hands out. by Kerry DoughertyLobbyists are not the bad guys.Remember that when chewing...
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Arcade Fire
How Richmond's programmers are taking the world of indie video games by storm. by Rich GrisetWhile rain pelts against the windows, tension simmers inside a building two blocks north of the statue of...
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Changing of the Guard
It’s been in the works for a while, but the official announcement that Pizza Tonight found a permanent home came this morning. It comes with a cost, however. Aziza’s on Main is closing. The 2110 E....
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Wizard World Announces RVA Line-up
The all-things pop culture sandwich known as Wizard World Comic Con has announced the line-up for its upcoming event at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on the weekend of July 31, Aug. 1 and...
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Weekly Food Notes
More Scott’s Addition news: The King of Pops, everyone’s favorite maker of wildly flavored frozen treats, will add a retail side to its building-tasting-lab-pop-storage space at 3001 W. Clay St. “We...
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Fusion Flavor
Beyond the pots of colorful flowers, past the tiny Moroccan mosaic fountain and down the steps to the English basement of a red-brick row house on East Clay Street, Trey Wilkerson thinks about the...
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Hospitals and Credit Cards Rule Area's Top Employers
Credit cards, health and a big box store. It’s enough to give you pause. Yes, the Richmond Times-Dispatch has come up with an annual ranking of the Richmond area’s top employers. Leading the list is...
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