Susan Jamison: The Divine Feminine
On summer days that lasted close to an eternity, she would leave the small three-room house early in the morning and enter the forest through a curtain of trees and begin her wandering, and she could name the small plants and flowers that erupted from the fecund soil and knew the names of the birds that moved from ground to treetop, and she would lie down in a bed of moss and look up into the sky and see how the sunlight filtered down like a carefully tatted lace, and she felt the warmth of the day on her skin and felt the pulse of the entire living world through every nerve ending in her body, and she would construct along the banks of the lake a tiny house crafted of mud and stones that might become the home of a frog or a toad or a salamander, and then she would wade into the water and swim to the center, then dive to the bottom twenty feet below where she would retrieve a single leaf, and then she would make her way home very late in the afternoon, and she and her parents would cast lines into the lake and draw forth bluegills and bass and catfish that her father would gut and her mother would fry up in an iron skillet over the ash-coated orange coals of an open fire.
By Charles McGuigan 05.2025
Happening now in the community:
Monthly Music Lineup At Northside Grille
Here’s a monthly list of bands and events hosted by Northside’s premier music venue—Northside Grille.
May 23, Prabir Trio; May 24, Katie & The Teardrops with L'Amour; May 25, Janet Martin; May 26, Big Memorial Day Bash--The Acousticats with J Candeed; May 28, Mike Gales & the Warriorz; May 29. Nucleus Trio; May 30, Los Hermanos Alacranes; May 31, Luckey Has Fallen; June 1, Mike Lucas; June 4, RVA SONG Swap featuring Isaac Friend, Nath & Sincerly, Iris; June 6, The Biologics; June 6, First Fridays Karaoke; June 7, Club Tubb with McVizzy, plus Last Respects; June 8, Susan Greenbaum; June 12, Brady Heck; June 13, Tarrant; June 14, The Acousticats; June 15, John Bradberry; June 18, Old Time Band; June 19, Brandon Wayne and His Lonesome Drifters; June 20, Lezlie & the Dot's; June21, Here Comes Your Band; and June 22, Jimmy Rushing Has Friends, plus Dirty Mother String Band.
Ghost of Rock and Roll From Mackenzie Roark
05.2025
Mackenzie is a powerhouse of a songwriter and a performer. She possesses a voice perfectly tempered for her original songs that have deep roots in underground country, folk, and classic rock and roll. Mackenzie is a natural storyteller in the tradition of Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt, with just enough of a humorous edge and an ironic turn of phrase to give a whimsical nod to John Prine.
8th Annual RVA Clay Tour on June 7 and 8
See how it’s made, and where it’s made. And the finished product, which you can buy directly from the artist.
Intrigued by clay and the art of pottery? Make sure to visit the Eighth Annual RVA Clay Tour—a two-day event—that features more than sixty clay artists, working at 23 studios in the greater Richmond area.
Juneteenth At the Branch
Observe Juneteenth, America’s other Independence Day, at the Branch Museum of Design with the opening of two new exhibitions—(re) Framing Protest (Now) and Echoes of Us.
This community celebration begins at 6pm on June 19 and features a live DJ, a book signing for (re)Framing Protest (Now), and a pop-up print shop featuring work by Echoes of Us artists.
VMFA Family Day Celebrates African and African American Art
On June 7 from 11am till 3 pm explore the culture, traditions, and art of Mali at Family Day. Watch engaging dance and music performances with Cheick Hamala Diabaté and other artists. Take part in art activities including creating crocodiles, making mini drums, designing wearable jewelry, and contributing to our collaborative weaving project. You can also party in the Sculpture Garden with DJ Mikemetic. Free; all ages welcome.
A Strange Loop Coming To Richmond Triangle
Richmond Triangle Players proudly closes its 32nd season as the longest-running LGBTQ+ theatre in the Mid-Atlantic region with Michael R. Jackson’s acclaimed musical A Strange Loop, which will play at RTP’s Robert B. Moss Theatre from June 20 through August 9.
“We’ve had our eye on this musical through all of its pre-Broadway incarnations,” says Lucian Restivo, RTP’s artistic director. “We knew it was a show that suited our mission perfectly and are thrilled to be staging one of its first regional productions.”
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Law Day
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Assassination Fascination
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Sinners
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