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Even More Furor in Debate Over Gun Control
Accident, threat sharpen point, with Gov. McAuliffe telling state senator to "man up."Two more instances of guns and their control have come up in the last several days -- one tragic and one political...
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Mezzanine's Todd Johnson Lands at Ellwood Thompson's Natural Market
Culinary Institute of America-trained chef Todd Johnson, owner of the now-closed Mezzanine, has found a new home. He’s taking over as executive chef at Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market. The store...
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UR Alumnus Lil Dicky Returns
Hunter Ross with the University of Richmond student paper, the Collegian, reports that one of the school's most famous recent alumni is returning to town this week for a special show.The rapper David...
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Matmos Performing at Black Iris Monday
The shows at Black Iris Gallery just keep getting better.Baltimore-based electronic duo Matmos will be performing at Black Iris Gallery this Monday, Nov.2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 or $6 for students...
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The Delicious Heartbreak of Fire, Flour & Fork
It all comes down to choices — hard choices. The city’s big food event, Fire, Flour & Fork, is a four-day extravaganza of fancy dinners, seminars and demos. Chefs from across the country flew in...
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A New Steakhouse Comes to Shockoe Bottom
Shawn Minter, co-owner of Shockoe Whiskey & Wine and owner of Loft 17 will open a new spot, Shockoe Steakhouse, at 14 N. 18th St., in January. “We want to bring a premier steakhouse to the Shockoe...
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Virginia Beach's Taste Is Kind of, Sort of, Coming to Richmond
There’s a rumor that Taste Unlimited — or just Taste, as it’s now known — may be coming to the Grove Avenue area. The Virginia Beach-based gourmet sandwich shop and purveyor of killer house dressing,...
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Richmond City Jail Abruptly Ends Its Much-Praised Yoga Program
After seven years, a lauded yoga program for Richmond City Jail inmates has been canceled abruptly.The reason, according to the jail, is that instructor Robbie Norris breached the rules for volunteer...
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Theater Review: "Christmas on the Rocks" Brings Beloved Holiday Characters...
As every Richmond theatergoer knows, it’s that special time of year. The sets are up, the cast is in place. Everything is ready for another season of saccharine-sweet holiday offerings.But not so with...
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Theater Review: The Musical “Gypsy” Gets a Rousing Staging at Virginia Rep
In recent years the term “helicopter parent” has become ubiquitous, an implied dig on moms and dads who are way too involved in their children’s lives. Virginia Repertory Theatre’s crowd-pleasing...
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Movie Review: The Romantically Dramatic "Brooklyn" is a Fantasy Made For...
Brooklyn” isn’t just any romantic melodrama. It’s so big and gooey and overwhelmingly sentimental you wonder if the ghost of Douglas Sirk isn’t sitting next to you snickering at the sugar bomb...
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Event Pick: RVA Tonight at the Byrd Theatre
Dec. 4 Who needs Steven Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel or Conan O’Brien? We have Beau Cribbs. The creator of RVA Tonight, Richmond’s only fake late-night talk show, the River City native throws a variety show...
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Event Pick: RVA Krampusnacht
Dec. 4-6 If you don’t know: Krampus, the horned, anthropomorphic creature from Alpine folklore, punishes children on Santa’s naughty list. The mythical beast of pre-Christian mythology is the...
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Event Pick: Andrew Alli and the Mainline at Savory Grain
Dec 4 Andrew Alli plays the blues. The Richmond singer and harmonica player has the spirit of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter flowing through his veins. Like those legends of the instrument and...
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Event Pick: Dream Syndicate, Stephen McCarthy and Friends and the Green...
Dec. 5 During its heyday in the Los Angles paisley underground of the early 1980s, the Dream Syndicate was dismissed in some quarters as Velvet Underground wannabes. While there’s no mistaking the Lou...
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Event Pick: Deicide, Season of Suffering, Genocide Fact, Battlemaster and...
Dec. 3 It might not be acknowledged as originators of death metal, but you can’t have a discussion about the heavy metal subgenre without talking about Deicide. Formed in 1987 by bassist and vocalist...
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Review: Food Remains the Strength of the Expanded JKogi Seoul Street Eats
Before returning to Richmond, I lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade. One of its greatest glories, in the center of the city, with palm-lined streets and art deco buildings, is Koreatown. The...
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Interview: Saucy Entrepreneur Brings a Hot Squeeze to Richmond
Imagine you came up with a product that became wildly successful — and completely eclipsed your life. That’s what happened to Susan Sullivan of Atlanta, maker of Hot Squeeze hot sauce. In 2006, the...
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