An Open Stage to Grow
Students and supporters alike are dancing at The School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC), which recently received $2 million in gifts to help raise the curtain on their future. The largest commitment in the Richmond nonprofit’s 32-year history, the donations came partly from long-time SPARC supporter the Steven and Katherine Markel Foundation, […]
Walking RVA
Bill Martin, the director of the Valentine Richmond History Center, has lived in Church Hill for 12 years. And for every one of those years, he has spent his weekend mornings walking the streets, climbing the hills, and crossing the footbridges of RVA. In addition to citing the many health benefits of being an avid […]
We Are Coffee Makers
As any Richmonder can tell, something is brewing in RVA. There’s collaboration around every corner, enthusiasm about the region, and an appreciation for local talent and creativity. Grid magazine scratched the surface of the many success stories in the last issue, featuring RVA Makers. At that time we reported on a number of our own […]
One Day in RVA
Nicole Lang is quick to point out that she’s not a gourmand, a foodie, or a chowhound. Instead, she’s simply stoked on food. Enthusiastic and unapologetic in the kitchen, Lang enjoys making food, sharing it with friends, creating movies about it, and blogging about it. She’s a food punk. Grid asked Lang to describe her […]
A Driver’s Seat Perspective to RVA
It’s interesting driving many different types of people around Richmond—from movie stars to in-and-out business travelers to long-time Richmonders. Being behind the wheel as a co-owner and operator of a transportation service, I get a chance to hear my clients’ perception of the region and what they like most about it. What’s even more interesting […]
A Perfect Match: Need Supply Co. and Warby Parker
By the time you read this, they will be gone. The men behind the glasses, that is. Not the glasses themselves. Luckily for you and the rest of Richmond, the glasses are here to stay. On May 2, with an in-store event featuring food by Goatacado, custom-made cocktails by Saison, complimentary cones from Mister Softee, […]
Recommending Our Richmond
About once a week, I find myself in a passionate conversation about the changing atmosphere of Greater Richmond. I get excited when I hear that a friend of a friend or someone’s distant relative is visiting RVA for the first time. I instantly want to introduce them to the RVA that I know and is […]
Hardywood and James River Association Make Rain Barrels
By Stephen Robertson In the spring of 2012, Patrick Murtaugh and Eric McKay, founders of Richmond’s own Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, struck out on the James River with Jamie Brunkow and Ryan Corrigan of the James River Association (JRA). They toured the JRA’s James River Ecology School and Presquile Island National Wildlife Refuge, just […]
Making Things Happen
By R. Anthony Harris I have always admired someone that backs his or her rhetoric with action. Actually, the less you talk, the better. Let your work speak for you and grab my attention. Enter Shane Pomajambo, the owner of Art Whino Gallery in D.C. He talks a giant game and to his credit, […]
The Cheats Movement: Making Positive News
By Marc Cheatham At its core, the goal of The Cheats Movement Blog is to unify the Richmond community by celebrating its music, arts, culture, and diversity. It is an immense task, I know, but it is a mission that I believe can and will be accomplished. If not by me, then it will […]