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 […]
RVA Unbound
A favorite annual event, the UnBound2! Fundraiser once again featured the collaborative and supportive nature of Richmond’s finest artists. Hosted at Candela Books + Gallery, UnBound2! played host to everything from artist Terry Brown’s back alley chicken and adult snow cones to a laser cake by Big Secret and lady arm wrestlers. There was also […]
Richmond Folk Festival
Three days of music. Seven stages. 50 sponsors. And 1,500 volunteers. The Richmond Folk Festival is a mash-up of talent, skills, and collaboration. It’s what Lisa Sims, deputy director of Venture Richmond, calls “the“ ultimate community creation that would simply not exist without collective action and collaboration.” Sims says that setting up the Richmond Folk […]
Grid Creations
GRID TACOS In honor of this month’s Mash-Up issue, Grid decided to co-create a few local products of our own. It didn’t take long for us to place tacos on the top of the list. John Haddad, Grid’s food writer, took up the challenge and quickly concocted a tasty mash-up while writing about Chupacabra and […]
Open Mic Night at Crossroads
With the revival of a time-honored musical tradition, the sounds of live jazz, soul, blues, and R&B are once again gracing a quiet corner of E. Clay St. each week. After more than a year’s hiatus, Open Mic Night at Crossroads has returned with all of the spirit, crack musicianship, and hospitality that have made […]
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 […]
Play Smart
Since incorporating in April of 2009, Shaka Smart Basketball Camps’ mission has been to encourage high self-esteem and a lifelong love of fitness and nutrition through fun, high-quality basketball instruction and games. Back then, “Shaka who?” was a common refrain and just 63 campers attended our July session. One Final Four-run later and we have […]
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, […]
Pedaling for a Cause: Virginia Market Ride
During National Farmers Market Week this August, RVA resident Patrick Warner logged 500-miles on his bike as he made his way across Virginia, with stops at seven different farmers markets, as part of the Virginia Market Ride. Warner, a Richmond City Police Officer, participated in the lengthy ride to raise awareness and funds to increase […]