Style Weekly
Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion
- Issue Archive for
- Oct 25-31, 2011
- Vol. 29, No. 43
News & Features
Night Vision
Richmond's paranormal groups are out to prove the existence of life after death, one ghost hunt at a time.
City Rehired Jail Consultants for $3.3M
As snafus mounted, city gave consultants a hefty pay raise.
Photographer Arrested
RVA Magazine contributor charged with trespassing while taking photos of police raid on Occupy Richmond encampment.
Missing Boy Found in Hanover County
Robert Wood Jr., who had been missing since Sunday, was found Friday afternoon near a quarry in Hanover County.
Political Tolls
The mayor gets his $62 million, and privatization gets pushed aside. But the Downtown Expressway debate isn’t over yet.
Charles’ Charge
An increasingly important swing vote, Richmond City Councilman Charles Samuels comes into his own.
Arts & Events
Wrinkle in Time
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire tackles mortality in Cadence's "Kimberly Akimbo."
Monster Cuts
Local artist Rob Sheley finds some monster inspiration.
Chromeo Dreams
The Montreal-based funksters are keeping the '80s alive.
Nasty, Brutish and Short
Such are the careers of political campaign managers in "The Ides of March."
Ghost Adventurer
Inventor and spirit catcher Robert Bess is on the case.
Son of Blubber
Tristin Lowe's "Mocha Dick" is the whale in the room.
John Németh at Shenanigans
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Return of the Living Dead Bands at Strange Matter
Saturday, Oct. 29
Burn, Baby Dern
HBO has a winner with it’s new dark comedy, “Enlightened”
Halloween Haunts
A Guide to Richmond-area thrills, chills and bloody spills
Curtain Closer
Peggy Baggett resigns as Virginia's arts commissioner
The Richmond Zombie Walk and the RVA Zombie Film Festival
Saturday Oct. 29
HandsOn Greater Richmond Day
Saturday, Oct. 29
Aeolus String Quartet at First Unitarian Church
Saturday, Oct. 29
Howl Away Their Hearts
The stories in "Richmond Macabre" chart the city's chills.
Food & Drink
Southern Gothic
Why does the new M Bistro seem so inconsistent?
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Short Order
Portico is popping out in Goochland.
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Punch Drunk
Shots Fired in Shockoe, Again
Opinion & Blogs
Lessons from Maggie Walker
Washington can learn from Richmond’s creative use of historic tax credits.
The Lingering War
Want to end the Civil War?
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The Score
A weekly rating of the city zeitgeist.
The New Millennials
As their feeling of political impotence grows, economic prospects for the millennial generation continue to deteriorate.
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