This weekend, boys and girls, I’ll be in and out of dark rooms with strangers as I experience the 17th Annual James River Film Festival at various venues: Plant Zero, the Byrd Theatre and the Firehouse Theater. (And no, I’m not explaining why these two places spell their names differently.) Read full story

It’s been a while coming, but the city of Richmond has been steadily showering TLC on its park system. City workers and contractors are putting the finishing touches on one of the system’s biggest projects this year — a major overhaul of the lake at Forest Hill Park (pictured). Until recently, it was an overgrown bog. Richmond parks director J.R. Pope says he hopes that “doing these things will bring people into the park who Read full story