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Golden tickets

Remember live music? Us, too. There’s reason to be extra grateful for recorded music right now (and for all the...

State of the art

  As we adjust to life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll likely turn to the arts—a favorite poem, a beloved album, a...

In brief

A new take on an old design The Confederate generals who populate downtown Richmond will soon have a new neighbor....

‘The heartbeat of racism is de

The work of antiracism is “fundamentally focused on looking in the mirror” with the goal of transforming society,...

Hitting the right note

Roland Wiggins taught his first music lesson when he was in elementary school. He was about 10 years old, and his...

Grace by design

“The way that a story is told is just as important as the story itself,” designer Walé Oyéjidé told a National...

Mourning the losses

Let’s pretend for a minute. It’s sometime in the not-too-distant future. Charlottesville is a thriving black kingdom,...

Picture stories

Deborah Willis has never been far from a camera. Her father was a photographer, and he documented many things,...

Winter pairing: wine and fire

Whether it’s bitterly cold or just damp and dreary, one of the best places to wait out winter is beside a roaring...

Beyond the statues

By Jonathan Haynes City Councilor Wes Bellamy sat down for a revelatory interview at the Jefferson School African...