Edwin Slipek

(Guest Commentary) These respective presentations, impeccably installed, feel like more than art exhibitions; they are like a symphony in Bey’s case, or in Wright’s evolution, a serious musical play.

This is the second of columnist Edwin Slipek’s two-part feature of prominent local personalities and leaders who passed away in 2023.

Our broader family, the Richmond community, has felt the loss in 2023 of many impressive folks whose example and deeds will continue to affect us. (Guest Commentary)

(Guest Commentary) Richmond movie goers are being caught unawares — jolted even — when “The Holdovers” targets a respected, 126-year-old prep school located just up the road in rural Fluvanna County.

How can Richmond be proactive in drafting and initiating a fresh, imaginative and practical narrative for respecting and building upon the past? Here are three ideas.

Make no mistake, the legislature’s $292 million, 14-floor office building is the grandest structure built in our community this decade. (Guest Commentary)

Our town has architectural depth that can translate into century-old places being repurposed. It’s a mark of Richmond’s age, economics and shifting civic values.

Who was Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss Jr.? Aside from being Robert Oppenheimer’s adversary, what most Virginians don’t know is that Strauss was reared in Richmond’s Fan District.

A museum needn’t be limited to collecting things solely from the past. It can affect the creation of future work directly by supporting budding talents.

Situated on the north side of Broad between Robinson Street and Terminal Avenue, the modest-sized, but smartly designed and intelligently planted green oasis replaces a surface parking lot that had served both the science and children’s museums.