A local teen’s disaster preparedness training kicked in when a young female friend crashed her bicycle into a tree on a bike trip. The young woman took action immediately, checking out…
An award-winning writer based in Richmond, Joan Tupponce is a parent, grandparent, and self-admitted Disney freak. She writes about anything and everything and enjoys meeting inspiring people and telling their stories. Joan’s work has appeared in RFM since the magazine’s first issue in October 2009. Look for original and exclusive online articles about Richmond-area people, places, and ideas at Just Joan: RVA Storyteller.
Like her colleagues at NASA Langley, Christine Darden never thought of herself as a pioneer. She was just doing her job. But now, after Margot Lee Shetterly’s New York Times…
Writer’s block happens to the best of us, even the prolific William Shakespeare. That lull in creativity is the hypothetical premise that starts all the action in Virginia Rep’s current…
If someone told me my family would be riding a banshee through the air over the mystical world of Pandora on vacation, I would have questioned the person’s sanity. But…
[Updated on March 16, 2021] Deborah Nickerson loves watching her son Justin, sixteen, whirl through the air with no cares or worries on the swings at PARK365 in Richmond. “He…
Enter to win a family field trip to Historic St. John’s church here. The reoccurring thought – Get it right! – floods through actor Charles Wissinger’s mind every time he…
Virginia Rep is setting the stage on fire with its current production of In The Heights. The show sizzles with electrifying brilliance and humor, raising the bar for the musical…
The thunderous roar at the end of the opening performance of Kinky Boots last night was deafening. The audience was on its feet long before the final bow. And here’s…
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Owens feels true acceptance in her Live Art classes at School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community (SPARC). That feeling isn’t something she experiences in other…
When Beautiful: The Carole King Musical rolled into town last night, it brought with it a powerhouse cast that had the audience dancing in the aisles at the end…
