AltWeeklies Wire
Lost Artnew
Why does Richmond, Va. continue to stifle artistic expression?
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
04-10-2012 |
Art
Library Seeks to Save Jefferson’s Papersnew
In three years, Thomas Jefferson negotiated the Articles of Confederation, helped secure French aid for the Revolutionary War and deployed soldiers to fight Native Americans on Virginia’s western frontier. Now, the Library of Virginia is restoring all 2,500 of Jefferson’s executive papers, which date from 1779 to 1781, to ensure they survive as long as his legacy.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-17-2011 |
History
All the Pretty Horsesnew
With a passion for horses, one woman is helping a tiny auction ring make a comeback.
Style Weekly |
melissa Scott Sinclair |
05-10-2007 |
Culture
Tags: Horses, livestock market
Starring on Court TVnew
John Oliver, a medium and local bookstore owner, joins psychic profilers and paranormal investigators at long-cold crime scenes to see what they can detect on Court TV.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Taking the Straight Roadnew
You can become an ordained Presbyterian minister if you're gay -- as long as you don't tell anyone.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-01-2006 |
LGBT
Race to Realitynew
Sunny Hobbs may get the chance of a lifetime -- she's one of 50 amateur stock car drivers in the running for 12 spots on a new reality show, Racin' for a Livin'.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
05-04-2006 |
Sports
Burgles and Bunglesnew
In Richmond’s Golden Age of cracksmen, the guys weren’t criminal geniuses, but they had ambition and pluck.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
04-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Disaster 101new
Virginia Commonwealth University recently became the nation's only major research university with a program in homeland security and emergency preparedness. Hurricane Katrina gave the students in that major a lot to think about.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
09-19-2005 |
Policy Issues
Adventure Interruptednew
Renowned woodworker and artist Sam Forrest sold his possessions and started what he hoped would be his biggest journey yet. Then he hit a border.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-10-2005 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Global Couch-Crashing: Travel on the Cheapnew
A 19-year-old Richmonder is encouraging others to join the couch-surfing movement, an Internet-spawned method of traveling the world while crashing on exotic sofas.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-10-2005 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Motocops: Local Police Get a New Crime-Fighting Tool -- Motorbikesnew
Richmond police officers are training with a new police tool: red Kawasaki KLR250s, lightweight five-speed motorbikes designed for both highway and off-road use.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
08-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
