Reviewed by Sam Schwartzkopf This summer, visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to immerse yourself in Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic. This multimedia exhibit will have families marveling at its artistic beauty and social themes, as it raises…
The long-awaited Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is here. Featured sculptures include giant flowers, insects, animals, and a few other surprises. This award-winning exhibit features twenty-seven sculptures in fourteen installations from the renowned…
Muse Paintbar has opened its first Richmond location at super-convenient Willow Lawn, and I can whole-heartedly report that it’s so much fun and very rewarding to get in touch with your inner artist at this hot spot. The setting is…
Virginia Rep’s production of Brighton Beach Memoirs at Hanover Tavern has an important takeaway: Families matter, regardless of how many tensions arise in the household. Playwright Neil Simon does a great job of combining family conflict and resolution with a…
You can refer to Virginia Rep’s production of Dreamgirls as a flashy extravaganza, a musical feat, or a design wonder. Or you can simply call it what it is: a blockbuster hit that thoroughly entertains from beginning to end. The…
Virginia Rep’s The Golden Goose is a fast-paced, charming play and so much fun for kids and their grown-ups. Based on the traditional story, the play tells the story of the happy queendom turned sad by a nefarious temper-tantrum-throwing Jester, played…
Reviewed by Robyn Davis Family bonding time should not be taken for granted. It is so important to make time for the ones you love and to be with them. Letting loose and having fun together creates lifetime memories. The…
My kids can’t wait to go back to GoApe Treetop Junior in Williamsburg. Next time, they want to bring their best friends along. My husband and I had gone on the Treetop adventure with another couple a few weeks before taking…
Butterflies LIVE! at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden offers the sights and sounds of summer all in one package. Where else can you see hundreds of real, live butterflies aflutter? This dynamic exhibit inspires awe and wonder from visitors young…
“Life is like Jell-O. Once it’s set, it’s done.” That was the inclination of the Southern gals living in Eden Falls, Georgia. Attitudes were poor and dreams were no more – until Vonda Joyce died. Short-lived grief morphed into a life-changing wake-up call…
