At the Center of It All: CenterStage Turns Three
Standing tall in the heart of Richmond on Grace Street is Richmond CenterStage, home to a cadre of world-class performing arts facilities, and the site of the biggest three-year birthday party in town.
SPARC Sets the Stage for Success
Wherever you look in RVA these days, there’s SPARC. The School of the Performing Arts (SPARC) has been on a roll, from their “Minds in Motion” performance on Brown’s Island during this summer’s Fireworks on the James event to its “LIVE ART” performance at the Carpenter Theatre with a surprise appearance from multi-Grammy winner Jason Mraz.
Thomas Jefferson Returns
This May, Thomas Jefferson symbolically returned to the Virginia State Capitol in the form of a larger-than-life bronze sculpture, commissioned by the Virginia Capitol Foundation with the support of some friends. Weighing in at 800 pounds, the nearly eight-foot-tall statue represents Jefferson at 117.5 percent life-size.
LIVE Art “SPARCS” a Tradition
Children dance across the stage in a variety of vibrant t-shirts; Samson Trinh jumps and ducks with the beat as he conducts the Upper East Side Big Band; colors splatter across the backdrop with each rise and fall of a child’s hand. All of these elements came together to create LIVE ART. Presented by the School of Performing Arts in the Richmond Community, this production featured 125 students from the LIVE ART program alongside nationally recognized musicians.
Hungry for Feast
Just a year ago, Johnny Hugel and Josh Epperson could barely be defined as acquaintances: that person out there in the city whom you know of, and have perhaps have even talked to, yet fail to realize just how much the two of you have in common.
Kindness: Every Move Matters
In the past, my homes have always been a sort of haven, my hideaway from the world. As a kindness worker, so much of my life is lived in an outward and extroverted way. I find a sense of solace retreating back to family within those four walls.
RVA Has Swagger
Arriving at the TED Conference in Los Angeles on a redeye flight, I began to ready myself for four days of mental gymnastics. The conference, which sees the world’s brightest thinkers and go-getters, is always an inspiring look into the future. As a speaker at these events for eight years, I’ve always enjoyed telling others of my hometown. At this trip, however, I arrived with a certain swagger, proud to tell everyone that I was a resident of Richmond, Virginia.
You Are What You Post: The Rise of the Personal Brand Online
So, how do you like Facebook Timeline so far? We can safely ask this now that the rest of Facebook has been nudged into the service, even though many Richmonders had played with the massive profile change for months now.
Foodspotting
It used to be a lot easier to eat in RVA. You saw food you liked, and simply dug in. Today we fiddle with our phones to “check-in” using location-based apps, tweet about the wait staff, and search for menu recommendations by friends. Now, thanks to Foodspotting, there’s yet another way to play with our […]
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