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The Score
+4 Food festival season gets well underway, with the hungry hordes filling up on Greek delicacies and Beer, Bourbon and BBQ. Yes, friends, ’tis summer in Richmond. The season of beer bracelets and meat...
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Rabbit, Run
With no set, no director and no rehearsals, “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” aims to be a unique theater experience. by Rich GrisetAs a well-seasoned performer, Eva DeVirgilis has taken the stage solo, in...
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Out Ranks
Theater Review: Richmond Triangle Players’“Yank” is a little rough around the edges, but full of heart. by Rich GrisetStrip away the framing device of finding an old journal in modern-day San...
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Devil in the Details
Virginia-raised literary sensation Nell Zink on the memories that shaped her racial comedy, “Mislaid.” by Jackie KruszewskiNell Zink is 50. She has married and divorced two men. She’s lived outside...
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Toasting Liberty
Former Times-Dispatch reporter Charles Slack explores the origins of the free speech struggle. by Brent BaldwinBack in the late ’80s and ’90s, author Charles Slack was a features writer and business...
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Magic Hour
One student’s Beyoncé-like experience with SPARC’s Live Art program. by Scott CastroWhen she enters a room, Tori Pace has enough confidence and swagger to rival any A-list star. The 19-year-old...
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Outside the Box
1708 Gallery launches a weekly summer series designed to let artists try new things. by Karen NewtonTwo artists, one in Richmond and one in Trinidad, will live stream and project themselves into each...
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Event Pick: “Japanese Tattoo: Perseverance, Art, and Tradition” at the VMFA
Through Sept. 27 by Chris Bopst Tattooing in Japanese culture can be traced back to 10,000 B.C. It was the Paleolithic Era, and humans — who were just figuring out how to use stones as tools — began...
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Event Pick: The Broad Appétit Food Festival
Sunday, June 7 by Chris Bopst Trying to figure out where to eat is a first-world problem. In this area, most residents are overwhelmed with culinary options. To help you decide is Broad Appétit,...
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Event Pick: The RVA Playlist Fifth Anniversary Party at the Broadberry
Thursday, June 4 by Chris Bopst Few people cheerlead local music-makers more than Andrew Cothern. For the last five years, the Richmond writer and former Style calendar editor has vigorously waved his...
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Event Pick: Diet Cig, PWR BTTM and HyeTension at the Camel
Saturday, June 6 by Chris Bopst Diet Cig makes jingle jangle rock ’n’ roll. Coyly playful, the rudimentary pop of this New Paltz, New York, duo is rooted in the primitive pulsations pimped by...
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Event Pick: Friday Cheers, Future Islands and White Laces on Brown’s Island
Friday, June 5 by Chris Bopst Of all the bands that appeared on David Letterman’s 33 years of late night, one of the most popular musical performances was by Future Islands. More than four million...
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Musical Plates
Food Review: The food is good and the music is better at Tin Pan Restaurant and Listening Room. by Karen NewtonRobust as Richmond’s music scene has become, still not on the bill was a commercial...
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Make It So
16 ways Richmond grocery stores could make our lives easier. by Brandon FoxI posted a series of helpful hints to make grocery stores more user-friendly and logical on Twitter. Some people felt I was...
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Unprompted: The Short Sell
by Gene CoxThere’s value in brevity. Many years ago Eric Hoffer, a California longshoreman with no formal education, was criticized for publishing “The True Believer,” an unusually short book. Hoffer...
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The Duty-Free Dance
As usual, girdles, corsets and lingerie are available for Virginia's tax-free back-to-school shopping. The reasons why are baffling. by Kerry DoughertySometimes, it feels like no one listens....
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The Race to Watch
With three Democrats, a Republican and a Libertarian hoping to replace state Sen. John Watkins, the 10th District has become one of the most competitive races in Virginia. by Peter GaluszkaSmall and...
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Richmond Summer Food Festival Round-Up
The festival season began, as it always does, with the sonic boom created by the Greek Festival held last weekend. You need to make some choices, friends, because it’s here: Time to slap on the...
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