Is Teach For America Bad For Richmond?
Richmond is looking at becoming the first district in the commonwealth to welcome Teach For America (TFA) to its schools, hoping to alleviate the teacher shortages Richmond City Public Schools have...
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First Friday RVA, December 2013: Christmas Again?
Oh man, here we go again--lights, sleigh bells, candy canes, and the same dozen songs you've already heard a million times getting played once every half hour over the PA in every public place you go...
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CHVRCHES At The National Surpassed Expectations
Chvrches, Scotland's own electro-pop wizards, took the internet by storm over the last year or so. Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals, additional synthesizers and samplers), Iain Cook (synthesizers, guitar,...
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Douglas Philip Jocham's Dusty Negatives, Vol. 2
Douglas Philip Jocham is a young photographer whose images of the Richmond area caught our eye back when he was still running the now-mostly-defunct North Lombardy tumblr. These days, he's switched...
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New York I Love You Uses Anthology Format To Show The Truth About Love
Anthology is one of the most entertaining and unique formats in film today. An anthology can be described as one film made up of many shorter plot lines with many different characters that sometimes...
View ArticleOH THE HUMANITY! Hardywood Loses 1,500 Gallons of Bourbon Gingerbread Stout
Richmond's own Hardywood Brewery suffered a heart breaking loss yesterday as one of their fermenting tank clamp failed and about 1,500 gallons of one of the best brews in the city spilled on to the...
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The Christmas Terror, Krampus, Comes to Carytown Tonight at 6PM
Tonight at 6pm, outside of the Aquarian Bookshop in Carytown, hundreds of people will gather together to celebrate a centuries old European yuletide tradition known as Krampusnacht. Translated...
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Empire, Under New Ownership, Seeks To Reclaim Its Rock N' Roll History
Empire Dining and Lounge, commonly known as Empire, is the quintessential watering hole. It's been a great place to drink for decades, but in recent years the epic rock and roll history of the...
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TONIGHT: Polar Bear Club And Citizen Bring Passionate Post-Hardcore Sounds To...
So we've been hearing allovertheplace about the "emo revival" lately, and while I'm sure for some people the very thought causes a medically unsafe amount of eyerolling, for others, it just seems like...
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RVA Hot Sauce: A Celebration Of The Best RVA Hip Hop Hits Gallery 5 Sunday
Marc Cheatham of The Cheats Movement blog is both an extremely hard worker and a tireless supporter of the best aspects of the RVA community. Therefore it cannot be much of a surprise to anyone that...
View ArticleThe Buzzy's Booze Saga Gets Personal - Buffington Seeks $3+ Million in Damages
A denied request from City Council for a Church Hill coffee shop’s ability to serve alcohol has resulted in $3.35 million law suit.Bob Buffington, owner of Captain Buzzy’s Beanery, claims members of...
View ArticleRapper Stalley's "Raise Your Weapons" Spotlights Racial Tension and RVA
Ohio based rapper Stalley (Kyle Myricks) released a new video to commemorate the passing of civil rights activist Nelson Mandela. The song, "Raise Your Weapons" talks about the struggles...
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Krampusnacht Brings Christmas Terror To Carytown
A large crowd of Krampuses marched the sidewalks of Carytown (click the link for background) Friday night, the first event of its type, It was wildly successful- certainly so if indeed their aim was to...
View ArticleThe Fake 'Knockout Game' Comes to RVA
The recent media phenomena known as the Knockout Game has come to Richmond according to CBS 6. Four Assaults reported in the Randolph neighborhood are being connected with the game in which people are...
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From The Vault: Our 2005 Interview With Queens Of The Stone Age
In honor of Queens Of The Stone Age's upcoming performance at The National on Monday, December 16, as part of XL102's Miracle On Broad Street, we've reached back into our archives to republish this...
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Militant Sincerity And Cheap Cigarettes: The World Of The Cales
The Cales love each other and they want you to know. “We’re pretty close. We tell each other we love each other all the time and mean it,” says bassist and vocalist Maggie Yokley. The four members of...
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DAILY RECORD: OG !lla
OG !LLA - #ForTheFuckOfIt | Elite Edition (Datpiff)OG !LLA, formerly known as So !LLA, has risen once again from the blunt ashes to remind us one thing: he does not give a fuck. Why else would one...
View ArticleWin Tickets To See Clutch At The Jefferson Theater!
Ladies and gentlemen, that veteran rock powerhouse from Baltimore is back! After several years away from the studio, Clutch graced us with their tenth album, and first in four years, Earth Rocker, back...
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Huffington Post Travel Gives Shoutout to RVA, Calls it "Disparaged"
Malerie Yolen-Cohen over at the Huffington Post's travel section has given Richmond an excellent back-handed compliment:The best thing about gritty, sometimes sketchy, disparaged cities is that, for...
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One Way Richmond's Must-See Show Previews 12/11-12/17
FEATURE SHOWFriday, December 13 & Saturday, December 14, 9 p.m.Hamaganza '13 featuring Dirtwoman, Herschel Stratego, Jonathan Austin, Magnolia Jackson Pickett Burnside, Dean Owen, The Vapor Rhinos,...
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