UR Here, Giving Day 2019
FORECAST UPDATES — Apr 21

UR Here, Giving Day 2019

Yesterday at noon, the University of Richmond launched its first-ever giving day, ...

Music – Encompass Southeast Asia
CELEBRITIES AT EVENTS — Apr 21

Music – Encompass Southeast Asia

Thai and Cambodian music is diverse and varied, from traditional music to popular ballads, to modern...

Parsons Playlists:  Movie Music
TV RATINGS — Apr 21

Parsons Playlists: Movie Music

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant ...

Michael Matz: A True Hero
PUBLIC SAFETY — Apr 21

Michael Matz: A True Hero

I first met Michael Matz when I was six years old.  At the time, I had no idea that I was...

McKim’s Disneyland Map 1958
RURAL UPDATES — Apr 21

McKim’s Disneyland Map 1958

An orange border with cartoon characters surrounds the center of lush green vegetation, colorful at...

Transportation Issues
REGIONAL UPDATES — Apr 21

Transportation Issues

BY SUMNER WIDDOESSTAFF WRITERTHE CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE RICHMOND – Imagine the Northern Virginia roa...

Batman: An Unusual Super Hero
RURAL UPDATES — Apr 21

Batman: An Unusual Super Hero

Batman is one of the worlds most famous and favored superheroes, but he is also once of the most unu...

New CDs added in February!
OPINION — Apr 21

New CDs added in February!

New CDs for February 2017 Classical Francis Poulenc – Gloria for soprano solo, chorus and orchestr...

The Facepalm Archives (August 2022)
CELEBRITY CONTROVERSIES — Apr 21

The Facepalm Archives (August 2022)

And now a Facepalm all the way from my hometown. Growing up in Las Vegas, you learn quickly that tra...

Why We Love “Star Wars”
EDITORIALS — Apr 21

Why We Love “Star Wars”

By Bennett L. Schwartz, Ph.D. Heroes in the real world are in short supply and usually ambiguous.  ...

Set Auto-Replies in Gmail
PUBLIC SAFETY — Apr 21

Set Auto-Replies in Gmail

Setting an auto-reply is a great way to manage your email when you are not able to check email and w...

Word of the Week! Flummox
PUBLIC SAFETY — Apr 21

Word of the Week! Flummox

I love the “mouthfeel” of this term. It makes me want to chuckle. A search at the OED reveals bo...

Richmond Folk Festival
GOVERNMENT NEWS — Apr 21

Richmond Folk Festival

This year’s festival poster was created by RVA’s own Bizhan Khodabandeh The Richmond Folk Festiv...

Pinholes and eclipses
REGIONAL UPDATES — Apr 21

Pinholes and eclipses

My friend Julie Laskaris showed me a picture of sunlight passing through leaves during a partial sol...

Biscotti
OIL AND GAS — Apr 21

Biscotti

“Biscotti” is the plural form of biscotto. The word originates from the medieval...