TRS Issue 03: Culturally Appropriate

The third issue of The Richmond Seen, themed “Culturally Appropriate,” examines how Richmond’s creators, chefs, and community leaders are reclaiming what’s theirs — from food and art to space and story. Inside, you’ll find The Function’s celebration of Black chefs and Virginia’s rightful claim as a barbecue originator, All City Art Club’s new home on Grace Street, the seed keepers preserving ancestral food traditions, and highlights from the BLK RVA Community Awards honoring the city’s changemakers.

Music

• Exclusive with Poverty Worldwide, and Troy

• TRS Spotlight Winner: Timothy Maverick

• RVA Music Fest

• New Music on Scene (12 artists)

• 20-Year Anniversary of “NEGROPHOBIA!”

• Sanctioned 2 (Battle Rap)

• A Tribute to D’Angelo

• A Tribute to Mintemaid Meechy

• MG of Pay2Play Music Group

• King Kaiju & Ty Sorrell

Community

• Happily Natural Festival

• The Black Farm Tour

• Ujamaa Co-op Farming Alliance

• Shalom Farms

• Community Spotlight on Chelsea Higgs Wise

• Stories on farming, land ownership with Alvin Brooks

• Haqq’s Drawer

• Insomnia Book Company

• Francine the Cat

• TRS Horoscope

• Comics, Words, and Fun

Arts & Culture

• The Kid Seen (A.I.’s use in schools)

• Chromophore Artspace

• Southside Contemporary Art Gallery

• 2nd Street Festival

• Infinite Peace, Ohemghi, and more in DJ Culture

• Put That S**t On w/ Pay2Play Rixh

• BLK RVA Community Awards

• OPINION: Does Culture Need Permission?

Food & Drinks

• Dress Blue BBQ w/ Tex Hill

• The Function and Virginia’s barbecue legacy
  

This issue challenges how culture is shared, owned, and represented, reminding readers that our identity isn’t borrowed, it’s built from within.