Celebrating Local Heroes
When the personal injury law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen hit 100 years old in 2010 the local business felt it was time to celebrate. Instead of baking a birthday cake and hanging streamers, the partners decided to focus on the community. The idea for an annual Hometown Heroes award was born, a […]
Good Ideas for Cities
Greater Richmond is on the verge of something great. That was the mood in the air at the GOOD Ideas for Cities event held this spring at the Virginia Historical Society. The much buzzed about evening saw three groups presenting ideas to make the region a better place.
LIVE Art “SPARCS” a Tradition
Children dance across the stage in a variety of vibrant t-shirts; Samson Trinh jumps and ducks with the beat as he conducts the Upper East Side Big Band; colors splatter across the backdrop with each rise and fall of a child’s hand. All of these elements came together to create LIVE ART. Presented by the School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, this production featured 125 students from the LIVE ART program alongside nationally recognized musicians.
Folks This Ain’t Normal
It’s been over a week since Joel Salatin spoke at Ellwood Thomson’s Local Market, yet the message of his lecture and the focus of his new book, Folks This Ain’t Normal, still feels palpable today. You may be familiar with Salatin’s previous works: You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef. You might be familiar with […]
Hungry for Feast
Just a year ago, Johnny Hugel and Josh Epperson could barely be defined as acquaintances: that person out there in the city whom you know of, and have perhaps have even talked to, yet fail to realize just how much the two of you have in common.
Kindness: Every Move Matters
In the past, my homes have always been a sort of haven, my hideaway from the world. As a kindness worker, so much of my life is lived in an outward and extroverted way. I find a sense of solace retreating back to family within those four walls.
Richmond Moves to Knock Out Poverty
As the City of Richmond moves closer to its goal of becoming a Tier One City, Mayor Dwight Jones has lined up a team of experts to knock out poverty. “If we are to effectively address poverty in our city, we have to do so with a united front,” explains Richmond’s mayor.
Secretary Cheng and More to Highlight in 2012 Virgina Entrepreneur Summit
RVA is getting down to business. Tomorrow the Venture Forum, a Richmond based organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship in central Virginia, will host a highly anticipated 2012 Virginia Entrepreneur Summit.
RACE – Are We So Different?
What are you? Who am I? What makes us different? And, does it really matter? The Science Museum of Virginia is inviting Richmonders to reflect on these enduring and vexing questions of racial identity.
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.