A Closer Look

A Closer Look

Mildred “Millie” Jones

Mildred Jones, a native of Chase City in Southside Virginia, took to her adopted Richmond with a vengeance and never looked back. Nobody was...
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A Closer Look

Actors

Conduct: BIs there a giant sucking sound reverberating across Richmond's stages? The local theater scene used to support a substantial population of theater professionals...
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A Closer Look

Richmond Arts

Well, Richmond's not getting into a good college with that kind of average, but then, maybe we're more of a home-schooled city. We don't...
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Theater

Conduct: CEven though a new professional theater company opened in town in 2007 -- Henley Street Theatre Company — the Richmond theater scene has...
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Classical

Conduct: A- New experiences are forced by necessity and networking. The Richmond Symphony -- lacking a concert hall and finding much of the classical...
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Galleries

Conduct: AIf you're among the throngs that have joined First Fridays Artwalk since it began seven years ago, you know that the number of...
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Word

Conduct: AThe James River Writers, gearing up for its sixth season, has attempted to unite Richmond's eclectic diaspora of novelists, journalists, poets and speechwriting/rant-raving/romance-spinning...
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Jazz

Conduct: A-There have been some losses in the past decade -- the death of violinist/educator Joe Kennedy Jr.; the departure of strong local voices...
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Dance

Conduct: BDuring the last decade, dance in Richmond has managed a strange balancing act -- simultaneously growing and sitting still.The Richmond Ballet moved into...
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Legal Opinion

TO: Bob Mills, Chairman, Planning CommissionTHRU: Norman B. Sales City AttorneyFROM: Jan T. Reid, Asst. City Attorney IIDATE: January 25, 2008RE: Request for legal opinion-State...
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