Style Weekly

2012 Fall Arts Preview

A guide to exploring the sights, sounds and ideas of a season for the senses.

• by Brent Baldwin, Rich Griset, Hilary Langford, Angela Lehman-Rios, Lea Marshall, Peter McElhinney, Wayne Melton, Darren Morris, Amy Ritchie, Melissa Scott Sinclair, Edwin Slipek, Martha Steger and David Timberline

Rum Slaps

• by Jamie Douglas and Andy Rees

The HR Department

• by Ed Harrington

Redskins to Boost Richmond Economy by $8.5 Million? Not Really

• by Scott Bass

Grocery Bus Finds Converts in Fulton Hill

• by Ford Prior

Richmond Artist Competes in TV Tattoo Fight

• by Melissa Scott Sinclair

Carytown Fresh Market Says No to Food Stamps

• by Rich Griset

First Warnings

We swiped a copy of the Instruction Manual for NBC-12’s new weather set.

• by Jason Roop

Bell Ringers

Every Friday night, former NFL trainer Geoff Higgs is saving kids from themselves on the gridiron.

• by Ben Hancock

“King John” at St. Catherine’s School

Thursday, Sept. 20 through Oct. 14

• by Andrew Cothern

Bourbon and Bizet at 2113 Bistro-Lounge

Friday, Sept. 21

• by Andrew Cothern

Thee Oh Sees at Strange Matter

Friday, Sept. 21

• by Andrew Cothern

The Corin Tucker Band at Strange Matter

Wednesday, Sept. 19

• by Brent Baldwin

Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers at the Camel

Sunday, Sept. 23

• by Brent Baldwin

Food Review: 2113

Bringing taste and flash at a good price to Shockoe Bottom.

• by Karen Newton

Losing Credit

How tax-credit scholarships use public dollars to pad the coffers of private schools, all in the name of diversity.

• by Brent Merritt

Valley of Shadows

The Scoop: Week 38, 2012

Season preview, Kaine takes lead, NBC-12 strikes back, Fresh Market debate and more.

• by Jason Roop

Fantastic Voyages

Style's music critics present 38 surefire musical performances for the fall.

• by Brent Baldwin and Hilary Langford

Fall 2012 Music: Classical

• by Angela Lehman-Rios

Fall 2012 Music: Jazz

• by Peter McElhinney

Move It

Kilts, kung fu and a U.S. treasurer: It isn't the same old dance season in Richmond.

• by Lea Marshall

Lost in the Desert

Native son Kevin Powers offers the defining novel of the Iraq War experience.

• by Darren Morris

The Reading Season

Tom Robbins' return, plus new books from Richmonders Gigi Amateau, David L. Robbins and Kevin Powers.

• by Darren Morris

Up and Over

VCU's buildings rise higher, Manchester beckons and sports development takes a spot on the agenda.

• by Edwin Slipek

After the Exodus

Donna Jacobs led Richmond artists to Petersburg. Nine years later, her art center thrives in a struggling city.

• by Martha Steger

Let There Be Light

The Richmond art world flips all the switches this fall.

• by Amy Ritchie

Planting the Rainbow Flag

Twenty years later, the Richmond Triangle Players celebrate their unlikely founding and success.

• by Rich Griset

So Much Drama

The recent shake-up in Richmond's theater scene results in a provocative season.

• by Rich Griset and David Timberline

Screen Shots

High concepts and adaptations rule a fertile crop of fall cinema.

• by Wayne Melton