The original 1737 layout of Richmond placed the heart of the city in a verdant valley. This valley was named after the creek that formed it. The Powhatans called the…
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On Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Richmond’s Journey, a collaborative of the area’s cultural, historical, educational, and tourism institutions, invites the public to the grounds of…
In the spring of 2016, a local mom contacted Beacon Tree Foundation after her 15-year-old daughter had survived a suicide attempt. The email was heart-wrenching: “On Sunday, February 28, Carolyn…
Did you know that placing the wrong materials (unaccepted items/contaminates) in your recycling container can ruin the entire batch of recyclables? It can also shut down equipment at the material…
Daniel Durston grew up with parents who were obsessed with Elvis Presley. The family would often travel to Las Vegas to watch shows featuring Elvis impersonators. “My mom was a…
It’s all about the chair – a silver and black, lightweight metal director’s chair. That’s where the magic unfolds. This small but profound space serves as a centerpiece, a channel,…
Getting the job of utility operator might have seemed like the easy part for Vernia Hawthorne, Barbara Jackson, and Jewel Minor, but actually doing the job – and for so…
What does Emmy Sumpter credit for her win on Food Network’s Chopped Junior this past October? Was it her early start helping mom, Erica, in the kitchen? Or the many…
When Shanté moved into the Better Housing Coalition’s Lincoln Mews community last summer with her son, she had no idea her family would grow so quickly. A year ago, Shanté…
No really, we weren’t counting. As our loyal RFM readers know, our team stays mighty busy from one issue to the next, only stopping to count the number of years…
At Work on the Set Ashley Fetterman didn’t get to sleep in very often over the past six months. As the makeup department head for Homeland’s Richmond production, Fetterman settled…
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. In 1923, Alice Paul (1885 -1977),…












