Pedicabbing Around RVA
By Cameron McPherson Who has the best quad muscles in Richmond? There’s no scientific evidence, but it’s likely the dependable, customer service-driven crew at Spoken4. The team of cyclists is known for carting Richmonders around in the company’s environmentally-friendly and attention- grabbing bike taxis. The brainchild of Richmond couple Katie Hurst and Kyle Langemeier, Spoken4 […]
Over the Edge
Dot Heffron is terrified of heights. Last month, however, she rappelled from a 25-story building in downtown Richmond with ease. Heffron called her accomplishment, “Jumping for Jane.” “If you saw what I saw when my daughter Jane finished her first lap across the swimming pool after training with Special Olympics, you’d fly to the moon […]
Collaboration of Light and Human Kindness
Successful creative partnerships are a lot like marriage. They require trust, support, flexibility, sensitivity, and above all, open and honest communication. With partnerships, opposites often attract, the timing has to be just right, and there tends to be that something special in the mix to make everything come together. Hamilton Glass calls that something special […]
Fall Line Fest
This September 6th and 7th, bands from around the country and region will descend on Greater Richmond. They’ll join art galleries and restaurants in celebrating just what makes RVA great in the city’s first Fall Line Fest. FLF is an all-volunteer effort (full disclosure: I’m one of the volunteers and my company, RVANews, is one […]
Well Worn Vintage
Richmond’s vendors have a pretty good selection of marketplaces where they can peddle anything from produce to art. But when Johnny Hugel and Drew Spruill were seeking venues where they could display their vast collections of “rustic, masculine-inspired” vintage items, they decided to create their own. Well Worn Vintage—a one-day, curated bazaar featuring vendors of […]
Honoring Good Deeds: Hometown Heroes 2013
RVA is a community that gives, and when we see someone making an effort to build a better region we celebrate them. Such is the case with the annual Hometown Heroes Award by the law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen, & Allen. Launched in 2010 during the firm’s 100-year anniversary, the award honors first responders, […]
On a Roll: Roller Derby
By Casey Rivkin Women’s roller derby in RVA is much more than fishnets and being tough; it’s about teamwork and athleticism. The fast-pace and full-contact sport of roller derby is challenging—it’s a sport that constantly pushes you. As one of the fastest growing sports for women, roller derby has spiked in popularity in the past […]
Coffitivity: Richmond’s Answer to Low Productivity
What do you do when the vibe in your office is stifling? What do you do when you’re writing that grant proposal, term paper or business plan and can’t focus for the life of you? Most of us will go for a walk, scroll Instagram, or pour a new cup of coffee from our office […]
Do Bikes Tell Stories? Dead Ones Do.
Ride, walk, bike, run, or Segway down Broad Street, in Carytown, through Oregon Hill, and around Byrd Park and you will see the Dead Bikes—missing saddles, rusted poles, bent wheels that can no longer be used, rubber sheared off by the pounding sun, rain, and time. Dead Bikes are not to be mistaken for “Ghost […]
Building a Village
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has received the largest corporate partnership gift in its history.Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.), located in the Virginia Biotechnoloyg Park, has agreed to a $4 million partnership to support the VCU Department of Athletics and its future capital projects. “The progress of a national research university is accelerated by strong partners with […]