Happy RVA
Richmond is the birthplace of America. It has blessed my family, my career, and my life. My 8 children are scattered now – Florida, Texas, California, Minnesota, parts unknown, and in heaven. They have learned love, courage, and the rewards of exploration from our home on the Southside. I’m extremely grateful.
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.
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 […]
History Painting Mash-Ups
Naomi McCavitt is a painter. And she’s smack dab in the middle of a creative uprising in RV
Getting Loose at the Deuce’: Showcasing RVA Talent
Jackson Wards’s dynamic mix of local entertainers — from young performers to seasoned players, local vocalists, dancers and ensembles — wow the crowds.
Creative Commerce: Downtown Design District
With events in November signaling the launch of the Shockoe Design District, Andy Thornton is confident that downtown Richmond is ready to realize its potential as a world-class center of production, consumption and innovation. “We’re a creative community. We have great schools, great artists and crafts people. We actually do make stuff here. Why don’t […]
RVA VIBE: Skydog
Don’t tell me girls don’t like the Allman Brothers,” challenges Jeremy Simmons, bass player and vocalist for Skydog. “They’re front and center at every show.”
Greg Stewart @ 1708 Gallery
“Engine of Bones Man the Handyman,” will feature sculpture and digital prints.
Pottery by Mike Brown & Alex Johnson at Eric Schindler Gallery
Show to feature an exhibition of new work/functional pottery.
‘EDGELESS’ The Spring 2011 Senior Project Dance Concert @ VCU
Nine young women form a community to illustrate the numerous quests they face.