The Virginia Defender newspaper is proud to formally endorse the candidacy of our good friend and ally, attorney Charlie Schmidt, who has announced his candidacy for District 77 of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Participants from around the world attended Ifa Festival 2025 on July 18 at the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground.
Members of the Charles S. Gilpin Community Farm Youth Conservation Corps gathered on Sunday, Nov. 16, to celebrate the unveiling of banner-style murals of Charles Gilpin, the world-renowned actor of the early 20th century for whom the Gilpin Court neighborhood is named.
There’s a hidden gem in the Highland Springs neighborhood in Eastern Henrico County that we’d like to shine a little light on.
It’s a movie theater that, like the beloved Byrd in Richmond’s Carytown district, shows second-run movies, but at an even lower price: $1.00.
On display at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture from Nov. 23, 2024, to July 6, 2025: “This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath.”
Our tribute to Farid Alan Schintzius.
A profile of several mutual aid organizations around the city.
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