Style Weekly

Tale of Two Rivers

Two Richmond artists travel to England with their renditions of a familiar view.

• by John White

Bar Cop

Greg Crandall makes it his business to halt drinks on the house.

• by Brandon Walters

N O R T H

Drawn to Dawn

• by Jason Roop

E A S T

Patience on Route 249

• by Melissa Scott Sinclair

W E S T

Precisely Powhatan

• by Brandon Walters

20 Miles Out

Four writers take off from the center of the city to meet the people just beyond Richmond's reach.

S O U T H

Truths on the Strip

• by Edwin Slipek Jr

Merger Explored Between ABC, State Police

Cat Slasher Strikes Fan

Celester Lee "C.L." Slonaker, 1943 - 2003

Owens & Minor Founds Own University

passing the sitar

King of the New Age

Enter the Ballet

music: Split Personality

Playing guitar and bass at the same time puts Charlie Hunter at an advantage in the originality department.

• by Carrie Nieman

What Is It Good For?

Local artists collaborate to make sense of the war.

• by Wayne Melton

Galleries

music: Macrock Gets Political

Jazz rockers Modern Groove Syndicate, pictured, and acoustic hillbilly act The Mules/Shiners represented Richmond at the conference, now in its fifth year.

The Big Picture

quickflicks

Willard, View from the Top, Piglet's big Movie, The Pianist, Chicago

• by Maribeth Brewster

Mapping Unseen Territory

Three visual artists plot memory in two different exhibitions

• by Paulette Roberts-Pullen

Stage

The Wages of Rock

film: Losing by a Landslide

"Head of State" tries too many things for any one of them to work.

• by Joan Tupponce

Main Vibe

Main Street Beer Company is at its best when keeping it simple.

• by Randall Stamper

The Allure of the Loaf: Meatloaf Mondays at Dot's Back

• by Dave McCormack

What is your vision, Richmond?

The concept of developing a citywide process that is open to all throughout the community can be very threatening here in Richmond.