Art festival to benefit CARITAS
The 24th Annual 43rd Street Festival of the Arts will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Forest Hill Avenue and 43rd Street on South Side.
Social justice conference at Hampton U. on Sept.1
The Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies at Norfolk State University, in partnership with the Civil Rights Institute at Hampton University, is hosting a daylong conference called “1619: Making of America.”
Rep. Scott hosts Labor Day picnic
Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott will be dishing out politics and lots of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs again on Labor Day.
Kanye, Swift replay encounter at MTV Video Music Awards
Taylor Swift may have won the most Moonmans on Sunday, but it was her reunion with rapper Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards stage that stole the show, as Kanye declared he will run for the U.S. presidency …
Juvenile justice system focus of Art 180 exhibit for First Friday
Youths from the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center are using artistic expression to voice their perspectives on the juvenile justice system and suggest ways to reform it.
‘Straight’ No.1 for second week
“Straight Outta Compton” continues to connect with movie audiences. It is the No. 1 movie in North America for the second week.
WE CARE Festival
Above, cousins Ahkira Haskins, 5, and Ja’niyah Buckner, 6, pick up book bags filled with school supplies at the 9th Annual WE CARE Festival on North Side. Right, Santia Nance of RVA HoOp LOvers shows off her hula hoop skills …
3-day music festival this weekend in Virginia Beach
The sounds of jazz and funk will fill the air to the backdrop of waves crashing onto the Virginia Beach shore at the third annual Virginia Beach Africana 2015. The fun-filled festival begins Friday, Aug. 28, and continues through Sunday, …
REVIEW: Straight Outta Vulgarity, Misogyny
If hearing profane language spoken every other word and seeing young bare-chested women being used as groupie sex kittens is what you want in a movie, then “Straight Outta Compton” is your kind of movie.
Fan Appreciation Day attracts 7,130 people
The Washington professional football team’s training camp in Richmond appears to be losing public interest as fast as a slow-footed quarterback loses ground behind a porous offensive line. The camp averaged about 5,800 fans each day, compared to more than …
Armstrong Class of 1965 celebrates 50th reunion
Armstrong Class of 1965 celebrates 50th reunion
We CARE Festival Saturday at Hotchkiss Community Center
There’s something for everyone at the 9th Annual We CARE Festival. The community-oriented event will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Hotchkiss Community Center, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd. on North Side.
Straight Outta Compton’ box office hit rakes in $60.2M over weekend debut
“Straight Outta Compton,” the N.W.A. biopic produced by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, blew away industry expectations over the weekend with a $60.2 million debut.
Delfonics to perform Saturday at Down Home Family Reunion
The Delfonics will headline the 25th Annual Down Home Family Reunion Saturday, Aug. 15, in Abner Clay Park at Leigh Street and Brook Road in Jackson Ward.
Reggae singer’s lawsuit continued until 2016
Legendary Jamaican reggae singer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert is going to have to wait longer to find out if he will be awarded millions of dollars for the injuries he suffered when a drunken Henrico County man threw a liquor bottle …
