The online form has been up for about two months, so you’ve had time to put it off “until later.” Well, guess what? It’s later. The public process closes on Friday, July 30.
If you are a follower of Richmond’s cultural arts, please go to the form and look over the categories. Make sure to take in the list of prior honorees. I hope that you’ll see in those names people who’ve made commitments both to the community and their art; whatever forms their creativity takes. Read full story


Get your paddles ready, Richmond, but not for a kayak or a canoe. It will be dragon boats that fly across the water of the James on July 31.
The ancient Chinese sport will come to Richmond in the form of the city’s first International Dragon Boat Festival at Rocketts Landing.
A dragon boat, basically a racing scull with a dragon’s head, holds 20 paddlers, a steersperson and a drummer. The Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation, a Read full story