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VIDEO: Redefining "Grassroots"

City Councilman Marty Jewell endorsing Terry McAuliffe at the 17th Street Farmers' Market April 27.

The Music Issue 2009

What our musicians can teach us in these troubled times.

• by Brent Baldwin

Crossed Out

Transgender discrimination is legal in Virginia and many states, but that could be about to change.

• by Chris Dovi

After Public Attack, Pastors Fire Back at Sheriff Woody

Led by the Rev. Tyrone Nelson, local pastors say Sheriff C.T. Woody went too far in his recent accusations.

Talks Stall Over Billboard

• by Chris Dovi

Malled In

How false starts and reinvention kept Chesterfield Mall ahead of its rivals.

• by Scott Bass

Their Day in Paradise

To understand the plight of the homeless, a gaggle of white collars and legislators trade in their suits and SUVs for rags and shopping carts.

• by Chris Dovi

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Clinton Stops By

At Farmers' Market, president stumps for gubernatorial hopeful and longtime friend Terry McAuliffe.

• by Amy Biegelsen

Merely Musing

Symphonic “Guitar Hero” Rocks Gamers

• by Amy Biegelsen

Former Director Sues City for Defamation

Ben Johnson, former director of emergency services, says his public dress-down during the car allowance fiasco was defamatory.

• by Amy Biegelsen

For Pete's Sake at the Camel

Ticket Stub: “Paris 36”

Thomas Dale's orchestra arranges rock for a cause.

Now Hear This

Locals Only

Medium Boiled

“State of Play” mixes suspense and current-events lessons.

Confessions of a Cousin

Kings of Leon's guitarist on finally getting big in America, losing weight, and dealing with a naked lead singer.

• by Hilary Langford

BenoArt Pioulard at the Triple

Self-promoter Mike Moses has an art show, and a protest against himself.

The Man Inside the Camera

Because taking pictures is just too easy, Shaun Irving built a camera out of a box truck and traveled around Richmond. Oh, and Spain.

• by Brandon Reynolds

Pack A.D. at the Triple

Slumdog's Million Heirs

Musicals about trailer park mullets and a red-headed orphan girl close out the season with uplifting
tunes about the underprivileged.

“Well” Stops the Show, But That's Part of the Show

Dinosaur Jr. at the National

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Short Order

Underground drinks come into the light, Third Street Market's hidden delights, Louisiana Flair's beignets and more.

• by Deveron Timberlake

Straight from the Source

Authentic Mediterranean meets strip-mall aesthetic.

• by Tess Autrey Bosher

Improving Indigent Care: My Call From Trani

Echo Chamber

Echo Harbour developers have made it abundantly clear that they view the master plan and the residents who support it simply as obstacles.

• by Thad Williamson

Electric Avenue

Busking brings public music and a skull mask to Richmond's streets.

• by Brent Baldwin

A Recessionary Tale Part 1: The Musicians

• by Hilary Langford

Thoughts from the Street

Journal entries from some of the day's participants.

A Recessionary Tale Part 3: The Venues

• by Amy Biegelsen and Brandon Reynolds

Style Weekly's First Annual Music Awards

Entirely random, mostly irrelevant, all irreverent.

• by Brent Baldwin

A Recessionary Tale Part 2: The Studios

• by Brent Baldwin