Harry Kollatz Jr.
Senior Writer at Richmond Magazine (US)
Lifer of Richmond. Full-time writer, occasional actor, acolyte for fictional people. Author of "Carlisle Montgomery," a novel of adventures in "freak grass."
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3 weeks ago |
richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.
What began as the Richmond International Festival of Music at twilight on Sunday, July 3, 1988 — announced by the pealing bells of the Carillon and answered by the city’s churches, on a stage installed amid the Byrd Park Fountain Lake for the Richmond Symphony and the United Nations Choir, performing for an estimated audience of 20,000 — ended on the evening of Friday, July 15, 2004, as the Summer City Festival on Brown’s Island with the renowned Richmond-based Plunky & Oneness opening for...
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.
Share The Valentine’s “FANCY: Costumes, Characters and the Richmond Masque,” opening May 10 and running through Jan. 25, 2026, marks the first fashion and textiles exhibition at the museum since 2020. Nichol Gabor, the Nathalie L. Klaus Curator of Costume & Textiles, explains that the show presents the ways in which Richmonders through the years played dress-up.
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1 month ago |
richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.
The Valentine’s “FANCY: Costumes, Characters and the Richmond Masque,” opening May 10 and running through Jan. 25, 2026, marks the first fashion and textiles exhibition at the museum since 2020. Nichol Gabor, the Nathalie L. Klaus Curator of Costume & Textiles, explains that the show presents the ways in which Richmonders through the years played dress-up.
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1 month ago |
richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.
The dreamlike tree of life on a wall at the corner of Hull Street and Cowardin Avenue is a depiction of youthful enthusiasm and aspiration. Titled “The Colors of the World” in 2010, the two-story mural represents the first large project of the early days of ART 180. Marlene Paul and Kathleen Lane co-founded the nonprofit ART 180 in 1997. They conceived of an organization dedicated to inspiring creative expression in youths living amid challenging circumstances.
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1 month ago |
richmondmagazine.com | Harry Kollatz Jr.
William “Chan” Hall’s formative education in jazz occurred at the dearly departed Emilio’s — previously Rick’s Cafe — on the corner of Meadow and Broad streets. With his new album, Hall, now an experienced pianist, has memorialized Emilio’s and created musical portraits of several Richmond neighborhoods. “On Broad & Meadow” dropped April 18. The Wilson, North Carolina, native first yearned to play the drums.
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Tony Rice, according to Ricky Skaggs, died while making coffee on Christmas morning. Wonder if the news was on. If word of the Nashville explosion took him. https://t.co/Q8p6GKS8O5
