The Wild Beasts / Not a Wildflower
Page Bond Gallery will host an opening reception for The Wild Beasts: Photography by Peter Cochrane and Not a Wallflower: Paintings by Laurie Fisher on Thursday, June 6. The exhibitions will be on view through July 3, 2019. As an artist and author, Peter Cochrane probes themes of queer politics, autobiographical and ancestral trauma and recovery, and the fabrication of histories through […]
Field Studies by Sarah Gayle Carter
Sarah Gayle Carter used to design things — custom rugs mostly. Also mirrors, lamps, plates, furniture, and even scarves. The years spent in the high end home furnishings market earned her international acclaim. But most of all, Carter says it trained her eye and taught her about the detail and discipline required to develop design […]
Chef Joe Sparatta and Hardywood and Team Up
Chef Joe Sparatta is at it again. As one of Richmond’s most celebrated chefs, Sparatta has been in hot demand ever since opening Heritage, which has racked up awards and accolades from the moment it opened in 2012. Last week, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery announced a headline grabbing partnership with Sparatta at the helm of […]
Richmond Night Market Reprograms the Energy of Shockoe Bottom
Folks say that every 20 years or so, familiar things take on new forms. Fashion and music, gentrification, love and war — new life spins into being from older cycles. I am remembering summertime in Shockoe Bottom, circa the late 1990s and early 2000s, when I was transitioning into womanhood. Weekly trips with my homegirls […]
Richmond Legends Benefiting World Pediatric Project
World Pediatric Project (WPP), a nonprofit humanitarian organization headquartered in Richmond, is offering an opportunity to meet and to be inspired by local leaders as part of a unique fundraising initiative designed to help heal critically ill children in Central America and the Caribbean region. The first-ever “Richmond Legends Series” is an online auction organized […]
“Transitory” New Work By Ed Trask
Ed Trask is back in May at Glave Kocen Gallery. Things kick off tonight with an opening reception for “Transitory” New Work by Ed Trask. As one of RVA’s most celebrated artists, Trask is known for pushing our little city by the river forward. In the mid 80s he made a name for himself on the punk scene as a […]
Tourism ‘Touchdown:’ RVA Champions Honored for Bringing Conferences to Region
When longtime youth sports coach and volunteer Royal Cousins wanted to bring the Central Virginia American Youth Football Conference’s state tournament to the region in 2017, he turned to Henrico County Parks and Recreation for assistance, who then connected him with Richmond Region Tourism. The event was a success, so he turned to the Richmond Region […]
Creating at Pit Bull-Friendly Community
Since 2016, Kelley Blanchard has been on a mission to reshape the image of America’s most bullied breed, the pit bull. Determined to fight fear and misperceptions head on, Blanchard launched The Richmond Pit Bull Project to bring attention to rescuing and rehabilitating the American pit bull terrier and dogs with bulldog lineage. And as […]
Beautiful Strangers
The connectedness of Richmond is special. It’s something I’d looked forward to experiencing when I’d considered moving here in 2012, and something I’ve enjoyed ever since moving here in 2013. Everyone’s doing something or got something going on that’s cause for conversation, and maybe becoming friends in the process. Last year I told a coworker […]
WHY IS HAM?
Hamilton Glass, often known as WHOISHAM, is on to something. At this point, most folks in town take one look at his rainbow paint-splattered Pumas and assume they know what he’s all about: “Hey, isn’t that the WHOISHAM? guy I saw on TV?” But, they’re only partially correct. Ham is a visual storyteller, appointing this city […]