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Alcove replacing A2

From Richmond.com we get word of a new restaurant. Alcove  (1112 E. Main Street) will be bringing some Indian food to the area on December 27th. Looks reasonably priced, with lunches in the $6 to $10 range and dinner is in the $10 – $15 range. Lunch Menu/Dinner Menu. Alcove Restaurant is opening this month in […]

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Parting words

RTD has the story behind the billboard. Even in death, Mike Hughes is still spreading his message. The 65-year-old advertising icon, who died Sunday, had a billboard put up near his downtown Richmond condominium sending a warm-hearted yet simple proclamation to his wife — and inevitably to others.

RVA Wishes from Punch

Share your wishes for RVA at http://rvawish.es/#wish

Siné likes celebrating the New Year so much it plans to do it twice

Siné Irish Pub will be celebrating the New Year two times on Tuesday,  December 31, 2013!  Enjoy a toast to the New Year with the homeland at 7:00 p.m. (New Year’s in Ireland) and again at midnight when the official New Year begins on the East Coast of the United States.  Twice as much fun […]

Amphitheater raises issues on noise and history with neighbors

Mike Waldron of the VCU School of Mass Communications take a hard look at the issues around putting a new amphitheater on the Tredegar property. Read the full story here which attempts to address both sides of the debate. Venture Richmond plans to move the main stage of the festival to the Tredagar Green location, which straddles […]

Sugar Shack Donuts opening downtown location

RichmondBizSense has a report that will send shockwaves of joy for donut lovers throughout downtown and Shockoe, and really who doesn’t love a good donut? Seriously, I’m thinking there might be a parade down in Shockoe to celebrate. Lovers of crepes will be left out in the cold because Les Crepes is shutting down to make way […]

Meeting on Thursday to discuss Shockoe Plan

Shane Cooley & Paulo Franco CD Release Party at Capital Ale House

This Friday (12/20), at 5pm-8pm you’ll get a chance to hang with Shane Cooley & Paulo Franco and their band as they gather at the Capital Ale House Music Hall for the release of their new CD Release Party for their new EP, “The Green Porch Sessions”. Good music, good beer and early show means […]

Martin Agency leader Mike Hughes dies after 15-year cancer battle

He was a beloved man at one of the industry’s top advertising agencies who blogged openly about his life and illness. DECEMBER 16, 2013; 6:17 AM • BY NATHAN CUSHING Mike Hughes, who helped establish and run The Martin Agency and the VCU Brandcenter, passed away Sunday morning after surviving lung cancer for 15 years. Hughes worked as a […]

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