Style Weekly

Beginning Again

Tracee Martin overcame stiff odds to climb the corporate ladder. Then she ditched her job to become an entrepreneur.

• by Meg Medina

The Flame Keepers

The Capitol Restoration project stirs debate: It’s “fraught with potential problems,” one official says.

• by Brandon Walters

Canal Tower Plans Revived

The Boys of Winter

Inside the blue-collar hockey of the Richmond RiverDogs

• by Scott Bass

Southern Living Cover Features Local Blooms

Area Clinics to Serve More Poor

rental unit: "Painted Fire"

Seoul man.

Frettin’ and Sweatin’

Mem Shannon visits Poe's Pub

Beware the Clams!

Theatre IV’s “The Magic Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” offers improbable advice but undeniable entertainment.

• by DLHintz

Girl Power

Female arts attempt to break ground at the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen.

• by Paulette Roberts-Pullen

Hank Cubed

It’s punk; it’s country; it’s Hank III at Alley Katz.

Comedy Central

The magical mystery improv of Jessie’s Girl.

Pictures of You

The Virginia Museum presents an exhibit of the Lewises.

Miller Fright

Dennis Miller’s doomed new talk show features a chimp named Ellie.

• by Don Dale

On Pointe

Robert Altman shows the credible heaviness of ballet.

• by Thomas Peyser

Now Hear This

Reviews of new releases by Dizzee Rascal, R. Crumb, Stereolab, and Belle and Sebastian.

Swan Song Sweet But Undersung

CreoleArts Finds a New Home

Creole Arts has found a new venue for its zydeco music.

• by Ames Arnold

From C to Shining C

The University of Richmond brings the accessible avant-garde.

• by Peter McElhinney

local bin

CD reviews of local artists The Devil’s Workshop Big Band and Atsushi Miura and the Dirty Round Eyes.

Family Feast

Italian staples soothe in rural Varina

• by Kendra Bailey Morris

Missed Manners

Formal, even elaborate courtesy was once a hallmark of Virginia’s public life. It has apparently gone the way of many other fine traditions, and I mourn its passing.

• by Drew Dolson