Sixpence None the Richer at Canal Club
Thursday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. $16-$20. by Andrew Cothern The group’s probably best known for the song “Kiss Me” (featured in every ’90s teen television drama on the planet) and its covers of the...
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The solution to Virginia's transportation problems might be right here on the Powhite Parkway. by Peter Galuszka On a typical weekday morning, you get in your car for the commute from western...
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Local artist Mary Chiaramonte's paintings thrive as her world flies apart. by Julie Geen There is an old, abandoned farmhouse a short walk from artist Mary Chiaramonte's Bon Air home. Pages from a...
View ArticleVirginia Coin: Who Should Get Face Time?
by Peter Galuszka and Jason Roop For the third year running, arch-conservative Robert Marshall, a Republican delegate from Prince William County, wants Virginia to start printing its own money. The...
View ArticleSweethearts for the Arts: Forbidden Forest
Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. by Andrew Cothern Sweethearts for the Arts, produced by the Richmond Burlesque Revue, is an annual benefit for Art on Wheels, a local nonprofit that takes arts programming...
View ArticleSaving the Saved
How refugees from the Chin state of Burma helped resurrect a historic Richmond church, one family at a time. by Ned Oliver At a jungle outpost on the edge of Burma, Samuel Lian, 15, boarded a small...
View ArticleShort Order
RVA Food News: Baja's new patio, the Naked Onion, Valentine's dinners + more. by Deveron Timberlake At Baja Bean Co., the famously full deck is gone and a new brick patio with pergola is going in....
View ArticleDon't You (Forget About Her)
Former teen crush Molly Ringwald returns to her first love -- jazz. by Brent Baldwin One reason the '80s teen movies of John Hughes still hold up is because, somehow, the director wrote believably...
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-4 A new strain of the norovirus named Sydney, a "vomiting bug" working its way around the world, strikes in Richmond. Which explains that awkward bucket next to the podium at the mayor's State of the...
View ArticleGo Richmond! Mayor Touts Tier-One Sports
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View ArticleGearing Up
As the trial of the man who hit Lanie Kruszewski begins, cycling advocates see signs of progress. by Ned Oliver For 14 years, Bud Vye has been lobbying state legislators to support new laws aimed at...
View ArticleShape Shifter
Veteran painter Richard Roth gets back to abstraction, keeping things lively at Reynolds Gallery. by Megan Zalecki After a 10-year hiatus from abstract paintings, artist Richard Roth is back in action...
View ArticleSmoke Screen
With no incentive to change, Virginia continues to be a major polluter. by Peter Galuszka On frosty mornings, Virginia’s single largest contribution to global warming can be seen belting out dense...
View ArticleMeat and Sweet
Proper Pie Co. takes our taste buds in new directions. by Matthew Freeman Richmond was, until recently, suffering from a tremendous problem. It lacked pie.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on...
View ArticleYeh Yeh Lover
DJ Carl Hamm pursued his labor of love nearly 10,000 miles away. by Brent Baldwin Richmond DJ Carl Hamm couldn’t believe where he’d ended up, sitting in the living room of one of Singapore’s most...
View ArticleThe Score
A weekly rating of the city zeitgeist. +2 In a talk at the University of Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli — a conservative gubernatorial hopeful — signals that he’s open to legalizing...
View ArticleRiver City Barn Dance at Hardywood
by Andrew Cothern Nancy Sinatra had it wrong. These boots were made for dancing, not walking.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View Article2013 Midseason Arts Issue
A look at some of the most enticing arts events and stories on the arts horizon, as Richmond heads toward spring. All this strange, back-and-forth weather has been a little like watching the travails...
View ArticleSteps Beyond
The Richmond Ballet looks to find new converts during March’s Leap Week. by Lea Marshall To an outsider, ballet can feel like a closed circle. To some, dancers seem mysterious, exotic — even...
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