Most mornings, before the sun even comes up, 15-year-old Atesh Camurdan wakes up and heads out the door to the pool at NOVA of Virginia, an aquatics facility in western…
Lisa Crutchfield is a freelance writer who lives in the West End with her family. She has a daughter in college. Lisa writes about anything and everything for RFM.
Most likely, you have read (or will read) Brave New World in high school. Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel explores a futuristic vision of a world where personal freedom is dead…
Imagine the problems of a typical suburban teen: Calculus test? Girlfriend issues? Not sure what to wear to prom? Most people don’t picture heroin addiction. I would say that we’re…
In these days when horror often means blood, guts, and gore, it’s nice to return to a good old spine-tingling story. Swift Creek Mill Theatre’s production of The Woman in…
Da is a story of ghosts and of wistful memories. It’s a story that gets you thinking and talking about your own past, and maybe questioning your recollections. Playing through…
Got musical theatre nerds in the family? They’re in for a fun time. The Musical of Musicals (The Musical) is the show to see to get your geek on. The…
It Shoulda Been You has all the makings of another same old musical comedy about a wedding gone wrong. There are the usual stereotypes – the overbearing Jewish mother, skittish bride,…
Morgan Rhudy knows how simple multiplication can transform a community. She’s doing just that with her nonprofit. “Girl Power Grants is a grant-making organization where a hundred girls each give…
After the closing scene of Virginia Repertory Theatre’s The End of War, the audience sat in silence a few seconds before the applause began. It truly takes a while to…
In one of the first numbers in Violet, a young woman boards a bus carrying a battered old suitcase. “I’m on my way…” she sings. In its latest production, Cadence Theatre…
