Artober 2020: Arts and culture live on
CultureWorks, a Richmond based nonprofit working to ensure that everyone in our community has access to the arts and amble opportunity to express their culture through the arts, has announced details for its fifth annual artoberVA. Designed as a month-long celebration of all things arts and culture throughout October, the event will showcase the organization’s […]
A Springboard for Conversation
Mending Walls is using art as a springboard for conversation, and everyone is invited to add to the dialogue. In recent months, Mending Walls, a public art project launched by Hamilton Glass, has brought together public artists from different cultures and backgrounds to create murals throughout the community that spark tough conversations about where we […]
Virtual ¿Qué Pasa? Festival Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
The Virtual ¿Qué Pasa? Festival kicks off today in Richmond, featuring food, art, music, and dance as part of a fully-digital interactive experience honoring Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 – October 15. Though physically distanced due to the current health crisis, this year’s Virtual Festival will recreate the feeling of a street festival by […]
Greening Southside Richmond Project Battles Heat and Injustice
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation today announced a $227,467 grant to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and local partners for a two-year Greening Southside Richmond Project. This major initiative will aim to plant more than 650 trees in neighborhoods facing extreme heat linked to racially-motivated housing. The new project will also train local youth for […]
20th Stay Home Dangit Show
Today Richmond Grid is co-hosting Erin Lunsford‘s 20th livestream with Starr Hill Richmond Beer Hall & Rooftop. Erin’s “Stay Home Dangit Show” series began in March featuring different guests and charity partners each week. Since that time Erin has donated $1,500 to 11 different organizations and featured over 20 guests on the show. “It’s been a really […]
To Be Here is an Accomplishment
Calvin Brown is Here. Known as Calvin Presents, he’s an accomplished jazz pianist and singer-songwriter based in Richmond with a newly released single with a message to celebrate. The single, appropriately titled “Here,” features longtime collaborator Sam Reed and is available on Bandcamp, Apple Music, and Spotify starting today (click here to listen). “Here is basically just […]
Governor Northam will Propose Juneteenth as State Holiday
Virginia Gov. Northam, joined by musician Pharrell Williams, shared in a press conference today that he will propose legislation to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Northam shared that Juneteenth will become a time for reflection, conversation, and action in the Commonwealth. A time to reassess the core components of […]
Double Image Studio Launches #HOPEHEROES
Double Image Studio has launched #HopeHeroes, a photography campaign by Susan Delgado and Nicholas Timmons, designed to showcase the passion, purpose, and determination of local healthcare workers in our most trying times. For two decades, photographers Delgado and Timmons have worked locally and nationally to offer an impressive portfolio of clients twice the creativity in a single […]
Coloring Together, Healing Together
Richmond artists Hamilton Glass and Matt Lively are all in. And they want you to be too. Glass and Lively recently launched a socially-distant community art project, called All in Together, to inspire Richmonders to make art together while remaining physically apart. To begin, Glass and Lively are asking the RVA community to download a series […]
Dear Richmond: You’ve Got Mail
In early March, we introduced the Grid Mailbox, a journal writing experiment created with the James River Park System. Located in a hidden spot along the trail, the vintage farmhouse mailbox is home to the “Dear Richmond” journal—a special place to write a love letter to RVA or something you wish would change about it, […]