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Richmond local and Avail frontman headlines Dogwood Dell’s Festival of the Arts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (249+ words) The Dogwood Dell is a post-Great Depression venue created in Richmond just south of Carytown back in the 1940s, and the space’s summer-long free show series has been running for over 60 years. This past Saturday’s free show featured Richmond local and…...
National Speech and Debate Tournament coming to Richmond this summer
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (205+ words) For the first time in over 25 years, the National Speech and Debate Tournament is coming to the mid-Atlantic, and it’ll happen in Richmond this summer. 7,000 students from 1,500 schools will descend on Richmond this June for the largest academic contest in…...
Governor Spanberger gives commencement speech at Virginia Tech
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (71+ words) Governor Abigail Spanberger spoke at Virginia Tech’s graduation ceremonies Friday. Since 1990, it’s been a Virginia Tech tradition that the new, incoming governor is invited to speak at commencement. Governor Spanberger gives commencement speech at Virginia Tech Governor Abigail Spanberger spoke…...
A teenage Virginia Civil Rights pioneer is now memorialized in US Capitol
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (285+ words) A teenage Virginia Civil Rights pioneer is now memorialized inside the United States Capitol. A statue of Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday afternoon. During the unveiling ceremony, her sister read from the journal Barbara Johns kept when she was…...
Commonwealth Sound Exchange gathers local and national avant-garde sound artists in Richmond
1+ week, 3+ day ago (167+ words) Miles Davis is credited with saying “it's not the notes you play; it's the notes you don't play," when describing some of the most experimental music he produced. And a new music festival in Richmond aims to keep that avant-garde…...
Senators Kaine and Warner make the case for "Virginia Plan" on gun control
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (174+ words) Are Virginia gun laws something that the rest of the country should emulate? That's what both of the Commonwealth's senators think. "Mark and I kind of have this argument — listen, if we can do this in Virginia, where the NRA…...
Virginia Tech votes to increase athletic budget by $229 million
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (541+ words) Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors (BOV) met Tuesday and voted to increase the university’s athletic budget by $229 million over the next four years. In August, athletic director Whit Babcock told the BOV if they didn’t invest more, Virginia Tech wouldn’t…...
Virginia’s autism community responds to Trump administration’s Tylenol claim
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (367+ words) President Donald Trump told the nation this week a common drug has been linked to an increase in autism in newborns when used during pregnancy. But for Virginians who are members of, and advocate for, the autism community, the statement…...
Democrats want to create a "bubble" around Virginia abortion clinics
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (205+ words) Members of the Virginia state Senate are considering a bill that would prevent abortion rights opponents from blocking access to clinics. When does free speech become an obstruction? That's what members of the Virginia State Senate are asking as they…...
Richmond’s Nate Smith built his career on the road. Now he’s programming the Newport Jazz Festival.
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (832+ words) Among the recent accomplishments of Richmonder Nate Smith — in addition to netting a pair of Grammy Awards — is his appointment as artistic director of the Newport Jazz Festival, an event in Rhode Island that since 1954 has served as an annual…...