Green with envy… not so good. Green and musical… very good! The gorgeously green Broadway show Wicked returns to Richmond’s Landmark Theater October 5-16, so plan your visit and get your tickets now. Learn how Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West got to where they were when Dorothy showed up in Oz at [...]
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Wicked in Richmond
Sunday, August 21st, 2011A Summer Feast, Tobacco Co.-Style
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011The Tobacco Company, located in Richmond’s Shockoe Slip, may be one of the city’s old stalwart restaurants, but new sous chef Justin Von Moll is out to prove that the cuisine is still fresh and innovative at the summer feast taking place there on Sunday, 8/28. Von Moll will be serving up a full menu [...]
A Hospitable Restaurant Walk
Thursday, August 11th, 2011What’s better than stuffing yourself at one delicious restaurant buffet? Stuffing yourself at five different ones! Sounds too good to be true—but have no fear. You can gorge yourself, and can raise money for a good cause at the 6th Annual Gilbane Restaurant Walk on Friday, 8/26 from 5 to 9 p.m. Pretty awesome! The [...]
Moonlight Bike Ride
Thursday, August 4th, 2011The next time you head to Richmond, bring your bike and ride it at night. Anthem’s Moonlight Ride takes place on Saturday, 8/13, and is one night when you’re encouraged to cycle. Choose the “Half Moon” 8-mile ride or the “Full Moon” 17-mile route through Richmond’s North Side and Near West End. Plan to get [...]
Cheesy Knowledge
Thursday, July 28th, 2011You know about Virginia ham, peanuts and maybe even wine… but what about cheese? Yep, our agriculturally rich state also has some delicious producers of the dairy delight we all call cheese. You can learn about and taste some of Virginia’s cheesy bounty at Ellwood’s Café on August 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. Ellwood’s [...]
The Birds are Coming to Richmond!
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011No not the creepy Alfred Hitchcock birds… well, actually, it might look just a little like the Alfred Hitchcock birds when 10,000 Purple Martin’s swarm Richmond’s beautiful Shockoe Bottom on their way to South America. Here in the River City, we throw a festival when this slew of flyers stop into town! This year “Gone [...]
Restaurant Week & Watermelon
Monday, July 18th, 2011What’s that you say? Regular restaurant week and Sampling Shockoe aren’t enough for you? You want more discounts from Richmond’s best restaurant? Well, you’re in luck! The Carytown Restaurant Committee is hosting the neighborhood’s own restaurant week, “Taste of Carytown,” August 1-6. The event is being hosted to raise funds for the Richmond Public Schools [...]
Bastille Day in RVA!
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Raise a baguette, beret, bon bon or bottle of bordeaux—Bastille Day is this Thursday, July 14! You can get in on France’s national celebration at two restaurants here in town. Amour Wine Bistro is offering a four-course French dinner for $45 at 7 p.m. made up of two appetizers and two entrees each paired with [...]
Dragon Boat Race
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… dragon boat? Yep, you got it, 40-foot people-powered canoes decorated with Chinese dragon heads paddling to the beat of a drum and racing down the James River. You can see it for yourself Saturday, July 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the WhatIfCreditUnions.com Dragon Boat [...]
Make Reservations Now: Sampling Shockoe
Friday, July 1st, 2011Richmond, it seems, is the city of restaurant weeks. We’ve got two citywide food-filled weeks, a new one in Carytown (we’ll post details soon), and one in Shockoe Bottom and Slip that returns at the end of July. Sampling Shockoe takes place from Monday, July 25, through Sunday, July 31. During this week, the participating [...]
