Last week, 4-year-old Blue Belle was simply a sweet dog in need of a home at Richmond Animal Care and Control. This week she’s a film star with an appearance…
Author: Joan Tupponce
Joan Tupponce
An award-winning writer based in Richmond, Joan Tupponce is a parent, grandparent, and self-admitted Disney freak. She writes about anything and everything and enjoys meeting inspiring people and telling their stories. Joan’s work has appeared in RFM since the magazine’s first issue in October 2009. Look for original and exclusive online articles about Richmond-area people, places, and ideas at Just Joan: RVA Storyteller.
Grammy award winner Jason Mraz loves being a big kid on stage, and that’s what his continuing participation in SPARC’s LIVE ART program allows him to do. “It’s a way…
The mom of four and the founder of local nursing wear clothing company, Latched Mama, Melissa Wirt knows firsthand that breastfeeding can be challenging in the crowded stands at a…
Goldendoodle Elsa is a rock star at VCU Medical Center, even though there’s no red carpet underneath her paws. The calm-natured, 55-pound sandy blonde fluffball strolls alongside her handler, Margaret…
Brian Vogler still remembers the first time he saw the Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables. It left a powerful impression on him that remains today. “My introduction to Broadway was…
Local Parents Enrich Family Life with a Family Restaurant Natalie Schwartz can’t imagine a better job than working as the hostess at Natalie’s Taste of Lebanon in Richmond’s West End.…
Growing up, artist Brian Korte always had a plastic tub of LEGOs handy. He was fond of building all sorts of things, but Brian says he really enjoyed building castles.…
After thirty-seven years at NBC12, Sabrina Squire passes the torch. Her focus has been on work and raising kids, but now it’s time for her to focus on herself.
What started as a conversation between friends – award-winning authors Gigi Amateau and Meg Medina – about raising strong daughters who become strong women has turned into their 7-year mission…
Seeing the portrait of his mother, Lillie, on the Legacy Wall at Bon Secours Sarah Garland Jones Center brings great joy to Dr. Richard Bennett. His mother, Dr. Lillie Bennett, is…
The opening of Virginia Rep’s production of West Side Story marks a reunion for actors Brittany Santos and Justin Luciano, who play the lead characters of Maria and Tony, and…
Actress Daria deGaetano can check one more item off her bucket list: her wish to star in the Tony Award-winning musical A Chorus Line. Starting June 8, she will appear as…