Like most folks, the last nearly three years of the pandemic have been unsettling, to say the least. My family was leery of traveling and even more leery of cruising.…
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.
Katie Skaggs and Kelsey Carroll are dreamers. And thanks to their mutual interest in parenting and infant care, their dream of starting an at-home lactation and family consultation business –…
It’s difficult for Lili Thomas not to think of her own kids when she steps on stage every night in Dear Evan Hansen. Thomas plays Cynthia Murphy, a parent who…
DeMone Seraphin is inherently familiar with the dramedy that occurs when dysfunctional families – like the Jenkins family in Virginia Rep’s production of Chicken & Biscuits – come together for…
Armstrong High School senior Imani Adewale loves music because it’s a way for her to express herself.“When I don’t have the exact words to describe how I feel, I can…
Richmond-based artist Matt Lively is getting into full painting mode for the mural project at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Lively, who previously worked with the hospital to bring art…
Getting cast as Cady Heron, the lead role in Mean Girls, was a surreal moment for actor English Bernhardt. “It caught me by surprise,” says Bernhardt, who had been a standby…
Broadway performer Mary Page Nance is thrilled to be back in her home city. She’ll share her talents and glimpses of her life and career in the kickoff of Richmond…
The Broadway musical Wicked resonated with Keeley and Evie Maddux the first time the kids saw the bewitching blockbuster musical with their family when they were in second and fourth…
Like many of us, Eleanor Robertson doesn’t make changes on a whim. So when she made the decision to move Rigby’s Jig Dance Studio to a new location, she knew…
Christina Perronie discovered the benefits of yoga after being involved in a helicopter crash. A member of the Virginia Army National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Perronie was a helicopter pilot and…
Kristen Green had never heard about the slave jail Devil’s Half Acre in Shockoe Bottom until she was on an assignment for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. What she subsequently learned about…
