Style Weekly

Soccer-Complex Concerns Increase

Ducking the Issues

Do the Richmond Braves have a politician in their midst?

• by Jason Roop

Riverside Fence Dismays Walkers

Please Don't Touch the Plunger

Country's Last Stand

In an industry filled with giants, one little AM station goes it alone. But not without compromises.

• by Garland Pollard

Clean Team

Tim Kaine and Jerry Kilgore campaign for cleaner government.

• by Christina Nuckols and Warren Fiske

first person: Car Trouble

Unfortunately, my car hadn't been stolen. It had been towed by the city.

• by Esther Nelson

Final Exam

The Richmond School Board has been accused of talking too much and listening too little. Now it's fighting for a passing grade.

• by Melissa Scott Sinclair

galleries

art: Capturing the Fleeting

Giselle Gautreau has a memory rather than an eye for nature.

• by Jenny Ramirez

Devil's Workshop, In My Mind

The Can Utility

creation story: Louis Poole, Painter

music: Talking Back

Folk rocker Dan Bern not only sings his songs, he listens to them.

• by Ames Arnold

Now Hear This

quick flicks

Unfaithful, The New Guy, Spider-Man, The Cat's Meow

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The Bullet Meant for Me, With Love and Squalor

Seeing Stars (Of Tomorrow)

Cutting Power

music: Ready to Rumba

Jose Lorenzo and his 11-piece band have introduced Richmond to Cuban music

• by Meg Medina

movies: No Kidding

The "American Pie" creators make a stunning career move, giving us a comedy sporting character development, Hugh Grant and a moral.

• by Maribeth Brewster

architecture: Classical Modernism

Art-deco and beaux-arts styles meet at downtown's architecture museum

• by Edwin Slipek Jr

calendar

Flying Colors

Aside from the nice atmosphere and good food, the Hill Cafe passed two sly tests.

• by Randall Stamper

The Lunch Boat

grub: Cajun Fare in the Middle of Nowhere

• by Dave McCormack

CUISINE CUISINE

Wine & Dine: Full Kee

John Walker Lindh and Me

• by Taylor Loyal