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Soul Serenade
After a life of hardship, singer Charles Bradley takes it to the limit. by Brent Baldwin They call him the Screaming Eagle of Soul. When newcomer Charles Bradley sings you feel it deep down, similar...
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The Odd Couple
In one of the country’s hottest gubernatorial races, Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe stay cool — so far. by Peter Galuszka Zingers weren't exactly flying. In a rare, side-by-side appearance last...
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Everclear at Innsbrook After Hours
Wednesday, June 5, at 5 p.m. by Andrew Cothern There’s no denying that Everclear’s Northwestern grunge-punk style helped it make it big in the mid- to late 1990s. With the early success of singles...
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Remembrance
Dahlia Bacon, 1989-2013 by Carol A. O. Wolf The moment that Dahlia and Christal Bacon took the microphone at a Richmond Public Schools student town-hall meeting and educated former Richmond Mayor L....
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In Cold Blood
Nothing to worry about, Danish punkers Iceage are just nihilists. by Hilary Langford We're not racists," says Iceage guitarist Johan Wieth politely. The dark Copenhagen post-punk outfit has had to...
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Up From the Valley
They came from Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe: the untold history of Richmond’s first Jewish enclave. by Edwin Slipek In Shockoe Bottom on April 3 some two dozen somber and placard-holding...
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Word & Image
Edloe Jenkins, Elvis Impersonator by Rich Griset"I've always loved Elvis. As I tell people, I've only had two hairstyles my whole life — young Elvis and near-dead Elvis.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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Pretty & Nice at Strange Matter
Wednesday, June 5, at 9 p.m. by Andrew Cothern Boston’s Pretty & Nice actually got their start in Burlington, Vt., where musician Holden Lewis met engineer and musician Jeremy Mendicino in 2004...
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Party Machine
Snubbed by the State Department and angry parents, Andrew W.K. parties solo. by Rich Griset Andrew W.K. is back, and he's bringing the party with him. After playing a raucous show for Best Friends Day...
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Dumb and Dumber
"If speaking candidly about your social and political positions torpedoes your chances of getting elected, then you have a far bigger problem than simply mismanaging the message." by Zack Budryk In the...
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Mayor’s Security Detail Under Fire
Reva Trammell: “What’s he afraid of?” by Ned Oliver While City Council moved to approve the city's $1.4 billion budget last week, it was left with a single disagreement: How much money should the city...
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“Almost Famous,” New Paintings by Steven Cushner at Reynolds Gallery
Friday, June 7, at 7 p.m. by Andrew Cothern For its June exhibition, Reynolds Gallery is presenting a series of new paintings by artist Steven Cushner. The paintings have been noted by Cushner between...
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Modern Plantation
A new staging by the Conciliation Project calls out the prison-industrial complex. by Rich Griset The plantation never left, it just changed its name. This is the assertion being made by the...
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Short Order
RVA Food News: Bacon Festival lineup and changes in Carytown. by Deveron Timberlake The best thing about the first annual Richmond Bacon Festival, besides the bacon, is that it's free. Baconfest...
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The Score
+7 Tens of thousands of people eat their way through the weekend at Broad Appétit and the Richmond Greek Festival. Let's just say we had more Greek-filled bellies than a Trojan horse.…[ Read more ][...
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Geronimo!
Amid allegations of sexually assaulting two girls in Texas, Geronimo Aguilar and three other pastors at the Richmond Outreach Center resigned earlier tonight, according to a statement released by the...
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Aww, What a Cute Lil' Kenndy
Does your toddler bear a striking resemblance to a Kennedy?Uncanny. OK, now ask if they want to be cast in a film version of Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly’s book, “Killing Kennedy.”The National...
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Toots Returns
A man with thick dreadlocks puts his hand on the shoulder of reggae singer Frederick "Toots" Hibbert as he leaves the district courthouse in Manchester. "Richmond loves you man," the guy tells the...
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Sheryl Crow at Innsbrook After Hours
POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 11 by Andrew Cothern Sheryl Crow’s take on rock made her one of the most popular mainstream artists of the 1990s. Her hit singles, including “All I Wanna Do,”“If It Makes You...
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