Style Weekly
Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 16-22, 2009
- Vol. 27, No. 50
News & Features
Santa Bubba
Fires, St. Nick conventions and livestock requests: Catching up with Bass Pro Santa.
Red Flagged
Col. Van T. Barfoot became a national hero by trampling a sacred covenant of democracy: the social contract.
Mayor Tries But Fails to Save New Year's Eve
Merchants Association says not even city assistance will lower the costs of a Carytown New Year's.
The Story of Woo-Hoo!
The unexpected rise and bumpy fall of the Rock-A-Teens.
Ahold of Ukrop's
Richmond's last great retailer sells out. Royal Ahold, which operates Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets in Virginia, to buy Ukrop's for $140 million.
The Greatest Thrift: Saving for January
Class teaches students how to curb holiday spending.
Union Hill Offers Fund to Assist Poorer Residents
Organizers say fund will quell concerns after neighborhood gains historic designation.
Museum District May Get New Visitors' Center
The Richmond Visitor's Center may soon move out of the Bass Pro Shop.
Arts & Events
Merry Christmas, I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight
Band plays nice for charity.
A David Sedaris Christmas
Sycamore Rouge's holiday twofer delivers humor and hope.
The Spirit Moves Them
Dancers delight in theater's “Black Nativity.”
A Whole New Way of Thinking
DJ Williams Projekt cranks it up to ‘Eleven.’
The Rockettes at the Richmond Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Bah Humbug!
Theatre IV's offers the sickly sweet version.
Friends of the Bennyfit Christmas Throwdown
Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19.
Getting an Earful
Style's critics pick 2009's best in music.
Black Lillies at the Triple
Thursday, Dec. 17.
Really Left Behind
“The Road” shows that the worst isn't over at the end of the world.
That One Song
The Diamond Center, “Nemo”
Thursday at the Canal Club
Wednesday, Dec, 16.
Food & Drink
Finding Self
Aziza's keeps working on its personality.
To Tuscan Taste
A new Tuscan Mouth to feed, more space at Tarrant's and a Fat Goat gone.
Opinion & Blogs
Junk Policy
It's insane to think that building new vehicles to replace ones that still have working life is environmentally friendly.
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The Score
A weekly rating of the city zeitgeist.
Special/Signature Issues
RVA Snow - December 2009
Richmond celebrates the first snow of winter.
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