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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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
Richmond mayor promises increased pedestrian safety following spike in deaths | WVTF
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (275+ words) Since 2017, Richmond has had a plan in place to reduce pedestrian deaths. And while 2025 saw fewer than in previous years, a string of recent incidents has led the mayor to make a series of new promises to address the issue....
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…...
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…...
Spanberger Ends agreements between ICE and Virginia law enforcement agencies
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (600+ words) Governor Spanberger gave herself the authority to pull out of agreements with ICE on her first day in office, but Wednesday she decided to use it. “These agreements improperly ceded discretion and authority over Virginia law enforcement to federal authorities,…...