2012 Fall Arts Preview

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

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

First Warnings

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

Grocery Bus Finds Converts in Fulton Hill

Bell Ringers

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

Richmond Artist Competes in TV Tattoo Fight

Rum Slaps

The HR Department

Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers at the Camel

Sunday, Sept. 23

Bourbon and Bizet at 2113 Bistro-Lounge

Friday, Sept. 21

Thee Oh Sees at Strange Matter

Friday, Sept. 21

The Corin Tucker Band at Strange Matter

Wednesday, Sept. 19

“King John” at St. Catherine’s School

Thursday, Sept. 20 through Oct. 14

Short Order

RVA Food News: Belmont Food Shop, wild and wooly nights + more.

Food Review: 2113

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

The Scoop: Week 38, 2012

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

Valley of Shadows

Losing Credit

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

Fantastic Voyages

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

Fall 2012 Music: Classical

Fall 2012 Music: Jazz

Move It

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

Lost in the Desert

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

The Reading Season

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

Up and Over

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

After the Exodus

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

Let There Be Light

The Richmond art world flips all the switches this fall.

Planting the Rainbow Flag

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

So Much Drama

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

Screen Shots

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