Cudas Footwear: Making Great Strides in the Water Sports Market
Build a better water shoe and the world will beat a path (or swim or paddle) to your door. At least, that’s what Cudas Footwear is hoping. An Ashland-based company that designs and distributes water shoes and flip flops, Cudas was founded two decades ago by brothers Stephen and Andy Jacobs and their uncle Jeff […]
Black Dog Brings Stand-up Paddling to the James
Bryan and Camille Smith want you to get out of your day-to-day grind and hop on a paddleboard. That’s right, thanks to their business Black Dog Paddle, stand up paddling (also known as SUP) is possible in RVA.
The Power of LIVE MUSIC
Ellen Cockerham, Principal Second Violin confidently stepped onto the stage at the start of the 2012 season he knew it would be monumental. “Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, which embraces an entire world of breathless expectation and joyous fulfillment, was an ideal way to open the 55th season of the Richmond Symphony,” reflects Smith.
KindnessGirl.com: Simple Way to Love: McDonough Community Garden
I am starting to wonder if it isn’t the simplest ways of connection that hold the greatest hope for change and good. Take the McDonough Community Garden for instance.
At the Center of It All: CenterStage Turns Three
Standing tall in the heart of Richmond on Grace Street is Richmond CenterStage, home to a cadre of world-class performing arts facilities, and the site of the biggest three-year birthday party in town.
SPARC Sets the Stage for Success
Wherever you look in RVA these days, there’s SPARC. The School of the Performing Arts (SPARC) has been on a roll, from their “Minds in Motion” performance on Brown’s Island during this summer’s Fireworks on the James event to its “LIVE ART” performance at the Carpenter Theatre with a surprise appearance from multi-Grammy winner Jason Mraz.
HandsOn Greater Richmond Spearheads Water Quality Project
Meet Henry Simmons, former teacher, current river enthusiast, and most recently — water quality steward. Simmons, 74, is a member of RVAHydro, a new TeamWorks program offered by HandsOn Greater Richmond.
That Unexpected, Unforgettable Smile
My heart was racing with excitement. I was going to be a volunteer shopper with a child through the YMCA Bright Beginnings program. I had no idea what to expect, but I knew it would be unforgettable.
Sharing the Code: Tech User Groups Sync Up
The inaugural SyncRVA was a fashion show, of sorts. Attendees wore jeans, others sported khakis, yet others went with suits or dress skirts. Some were jacketed, others not. But such a fashion menagerie is expected when you put the hackers, the corporate IT types, and the web developers – all with diverse technology backgrounds and workplace attire standards– in the same room together.
Carte Blanche: Back to The Hippodrome
If you’re having trouble finding The Hippodrome Theater on August 5, look for the building with the DeLorean parked in front. The event, which will launch the theater’s Carte Blanche series of theme parties, is inspired by 1985’s cinematic time-travel fantasy that explores such probing questions as whether Huey Lewis was ever young and whether […]