The Brook Run Shopping Center is an unremarkable place, save for one unusual feature: In the late 1990s, it was constructed around the remains of Confederate earthworks, the outer defensive […]
On a littered bridge, as the cars roar past, there is peace. By a still green canal, in the shadow of an old paper plant, there is peace. And in […]
The door of Warehouse 14, an immense beige box on Maury Street, is cracked open on a cold November night. Beyond is a dark, yawning space, where coffee-can spotlights illuminate […]
Sometime in mid-November, you jump out of a plane. Then it’s one long, long free fall of celebrations, obligations and aggravations. Whether you’re screaming for joy or for dear life, […]
Her hair is a perfect omega. Her nails are bone-white. Her shoes are blinding. And Richmond loves her. The Altria Theater erupts in cheers when “Long Island Medium” star Theresa […]
Only 4 percent of librarians identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, according to the American Library Association. And as the only Sandston librarian who speaks Spanish, Cristina Dominguez Ramirez has […]
Good-looking. Fun to party with. Totally unpredictable. That’s James. Despite a rainy start to the season and ongoing safety-education efforts, 2016 has seen no significant decline in the number of […]
Long before Virginia was for lovers, the Commonwealth tried other ways to lure tourists. “Enchanting Virginia,” one brochure beckons, showing 1940s bathing beauties. “It’s Virginia Beach for a Happy Time!” […]
Sasha Waters Freyer has a fractious relationship with nametags. Whether her name is misspelled, or part of it omitted, her nametag is rarely correct. Add to that the indignity of […]
Chickens never asked to be famous. They were happy in their anonymity, quietly — if illicitly — scratching around the camellias and swing sets in local backyards. Then, three years ago, […]
After seven years, a lauded yoga program for Richmond City Jail inmates has been canceled abruptly. The reason, according to the jail, is that instructor Robbie Norris breached the rules […]
Artist Heide Trepanier fights city zoning laws with a religious twist.
