Melissa Vaughn, who died on Jan. 29 after a long battle with cancer, wasn’t afraid to be a squeaky wheel. In fact, she relished it. Last year, when the local arts advocacy organization CultureWorks ...

Late last year, the owner of Plan 9 Records in Carytown, Jim Bland, told his management team that a theater company was interested in staging a play in their store. Shelby Guest says she was blunt ...

Every year, Style Weekly invites readers to spotlight the best Richmond has to offer. We want you to choose the things that truly wow you — your favorite businesses, the tastiest restaurants, and the ...

At this point, Ari Shapiro is used to the reaction. “It doesn’t matter what city we’re in,” says Shapiro, who retired last fall after 10 years as co-host of National Public Radio’s “All Things ...

Over the past decade, the Visual Arts Center of Richmond has steadily been outgrowing its home at 1812 W. Main Street. Now, thanks to an anonymous donor, the arts nonprofit closed today on the ...

Genre January brings three interesting and highly variable new crime films: “No Other Choice,” “The Rip” and “Dead Man’s Wire.” Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel “The Ax” offers a trim story of downsizing ...

They’re friendly, sweet and lovable, but don’t let their charming personalities fool you — these dogs are superheroes destined for an important life journey. Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a national ...

It was at the ripe old age of 8 that Marcellus Carrington Waller repaired his first timepiece. In defiance of his grandmother’s wishes, the industrious youngster took her broken mantle clock apart and ...

Chef Laine Myers wants you to finish your pasta. That’s obvious to fans of Oro, Myers’ pasta-centric pop-up that has been setting up shop everywhere from The Jasper to Celladora Wines for some time ...

In the summer of 2009 I was a new, nervous Style intern. The altweekly had a full staff back then, and I found the Tuesday news meetings — where story ideas for the week were pitched and, just as ...

It’s all about being in the room where it allegedly happened, and the 50 years of “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” performances at St. John’s Church possess that magical element. Another layer of ...