Harry Kollatz Jr.

6 days ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

A dozen years ago, while driving home to Richmond after a backpacking trip in West Virginia, Kelly Kerney and her husband, Ethan Bullard, heard something on the radio as they attempted to find a station. “It hit me like a bus,” Kerney recalls. Her maternal grandmother, Ella “Mamaw” Hanshaw, had been a solo performer, had sung in church and had toured regionally with the Hallelujah Hill Quartet along with her husband, Tracy, and their friends Chester and Maxine Spencer.

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

Richmonders won’t notice it, but there will be something different about the water they drink today,” began a Nov. 10, 1952, Richmond Times-Dispatch article. “This is the date set for the city’s water fluoridation machine to go into operation.” The “first of the Nile blue powder — [sodium silicofluoride] — began sifting into the water at the filter plant at 9:30 a.m.,” recorded the Richmond News Leader.

1 week ago | richmondmagazine.com | Mary Margaret Clouse |Mindy Kinsey |Nati Feliciano-Soto |Harry Kollatz Jr.

WATERFRONT DINING The Lilly Pad makes it easy to spend the day on the water. Located about 20 miles south of Richmond at Kingsland Marina, the restaurant offers an al fresco eating experience beside the James River. The menu includes burgers, brick oven pizza and seafood. Happy hour runs Tuesday to Friday, while weekends bring midday brunch and live bands in the evening. Boats are available to rent onsite. Max and Karen Walraven own both the marina and the restaurant.

2 weeks ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

Richmond Triangle Players, in collaboration with Firehouse Theatre, presents the Virginia premiere of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Strange Loop.” With the book, music and lyrics by playwright Michael R. Jackson, the dramatic comedy, which also won the Tony Award for best musical, runs June 20-Aug. 9 at RTP’s Robert B. Moss Theatre.

4 weeks ago | richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.

During the stage adaptation of Stephen King’s “Misery” in September 2024, the recently installed administration of Virginia Repertory Theatre announced by press release the company’s dire financial condition. One of its challenges concerned the continued use of the former Scottish Rite Temple on Hermitage Road. Purchased as an ambitious expansion, the costs associated with the building’s renovation proved too extensive.