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Movie Review: “Blue Caprice” tries to get the 2002 Beltway snipers in its sights. by Nicholas Emme For three weeks in October 2002, parts of Maryland, Washington and Northern Virginia were terrorized...
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RVA Food News: F.W. Sullivan’s Canal preview, New Orleans at Chez Foushee, restaurants for sale + more. by Deveron Timberlake For anyone who thought the Canal Walk was a ghost town, it turns out...
View ArticleConference Calls for Doses of Reality, Discussion, Listening
by Tom Nash The last of the speakers at the first TEDxGraceStreet conference echoed a common theme: Richmond’s attitude toward its history and future is evolving. “If we’re really willing to look at...
View ArticleWreckless Eric, Paul Ivey and Harry Gore at Gallery5
Wednesday, Sept. 25. 7 p.m. by Chris Bopst There’s a tendency to forget one-hit wonders. Given the fleeting appeal of most of today’s music, that’s understandable.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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+8 After its 36-hour burst of fundraising, the Amazing Raise reports generating 18,106 gifts and $1.5 million for 465 local charities. Much more productive than the 36-hour buffet binge we once...
View ArticleContents of Mystery Safe Revealed
A mystery safe unearthed in Shockoe Slip has been opened. Construction workers building two Marriott hotels at 14th and Cary streets dug up the safe earlier this month, as Style Weekly first reported...
View ArticleLETTER: The Other Side of the Mural
I am disappointed in your coverage of the RVA Street Art Festival at the former GRTC streetcar barns (Night & Day, Sept. 11). The whole thing is a tissue of lies.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleThat One Song: “Pale Flower”
Zac Hryciak and the Jungle Beat by Andrew Cothern Zac Hryciak and high-school friend and fiddle player Jessika Blanks began playing music under the moniker Zac Hryciak and the Jungle Beat in 2007....
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The 30 People You Meet in Hell. by Jack Lauterback The day this column hits newsstands (Sept. 25) is also the day I turn 30. I don’t feel any particular angst over it, so I won’t bore you with some...
View ArticleWho Owns the Bottom?
Here's who stands to win big if the mayor’s plan for Shockoe goes forward. by Ned Oliver Should the numbers work and City Council agree, a new neighborhood built around a baseball stadium will rise in...
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Mayor Jones unveils his grand plan for baseball in Shockoe Bottom. by Ned Oliver Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones drew applause and heckles when he announced his plans for a baseball stadium designed to...
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Photographer Linda Connor recycles and explores the sacred and the timeless at Candela Gallery. by Karen Newton Had she been better at learning French, Linda Connor might never have discovered a...
View ArticleMarch Against Mass Incarceration at Abner Clay Park
Saturday, Nov. 16. 2 p.m. by Chris Bopst The U.S. prison population is more than 2.4 million people. To put that into sickening perspective, one in every 100 Americans is behind bars in the land of...
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RVA Food News: My Noodle preview, late-night vegan tacos + more. by Deveron Timberlake Anyone who's eaten at Mom's Siam in Carytown will recognize Joe Kiatsuranon as the smiling son who worked the...
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The people, places and moments of RVA captured through your Instagram filters. Several years ago we asked Style Weekly's photographers to venture into the city to capture the places, moments and...
View ArticleExecutive Director Leaving Centerstage
by Brent Baldwin After just over three years as Centerstage Foundation’s executive director, Richard Parison is moving on. A press release today from Centerstage said that during a recent strategic...
View ArticleTheater Review: "The Taming of the Shrew"
Henley Street's re-imagining of a Shakespeare classic gets tripped up by its own ambition. by David Timberline Though it's billed as "The Taming of the Shrew," the latest Richmond Shakespeare and...
View ArticleSpiral Arts Event at Dogtown Dance Theatre
Saturday, Nov. 16. 7 p.m. by Chris Bopst Looking to take in as much creative expression as humanly possible at a single event this weekend? Then Dogtown Dance Theatre is the place to be.…[ Read more...
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Food Review: Boka Kantina just can’t stop feeding Richmond. by Robey Martin It isn't really a taco. Spelled phonetically — tako — it's more of an elaborately constructed stunt on a doubled-up corn...
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