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Join our dynamic podcast discussion with artivists Kate Fowler and Ashley Hawkins from Studio Two Three @StudioTwoThree (IG) https://www.studiotwothree.org.During our Zoom call, janet was wearing  some rad:- earrings created by Liliflor @liliflorart (IG)- glasses created by June Mines https://www.theseeyesofmines.com/Also Kate Fowler mentioned the artwork in her background by Andy Harris (@andy.andy.harris) Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @ReflectCalibrate ! And to visit our website at ArtivismExperts.wixsite.com/RFC-lands. Below is a list of music and sound effect credits:- Song "Crown" by @themilkywayans (IG)- "Story Logo" sound effect by DDmyzik from https://freesound.org/people/DDmyzik/.... - "Applause_encore.aif" sound effect by Zihris from https://freesound.org/people/Zihris/s....- “SFX Magic” sound effect by renatalmar fromhttps://freesound.org/people/renatalmar/sounds/264981/ - “Car Horns” sound effect by 2hear from https://freesound.org/people/2hear/sounds/317533/ 

Good morning, RVA! It's 67 °F, and you should expect highs in the mid 70s and a chance of rain throughout today. We may even see some severe weather this afternoon or evening. Keep an ear out!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as: 243, 41, and 15.3, respectively. VDH reports a seven-day average of 32.9 new cases in and around Richmond (Richmond: 4.9; Henrico: 12.3, and Chesterfield: 15.7). Since this pandemic began, 1,329 people have died in the Richmond region. 42.8%, 53.3%, and 49.8% of the population in Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.Because I can't not look at the number every day, 67.3% of adults in Virginia have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The New York Times can't not look at these numbers either and has put together this fascinating table of “How long it would take each state to reach 70 percent of adults with one dose at the current vaccination pace.” Virginia: 13 days (which puts us four days past my estimate of June 12th). Alabama and Mississippi: More than a year. 40 states (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico) have not yet hit Biden's 70% goal, and out of the ten that are projected to take the longest to get there, six are in the South and eight have Republican governors. The 12 states that have already hit the goal: California, Maryland, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Vermont (just four Republican governors).Also in vaccine world, Ian M. Stewart at VPM has some details on the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts' pivot away from large, stationary vaccination events toward smaller, mobile events. As a person involved in this pivot, I, of course, think it's a smart move! Go to where the people are! To keep a nice balance, though, the Health District will maintain a few stable walk-up vaccination events, like the one at George Wythe High School, throughout the summer.VPM's Lyndon German has a really nice story about what Studio Two Three did over the last 18 months to support our community during both the pandemic and the George Floyd protests. I love that we've finally got just enough distance from last year that we can start to reflect on these small, wonderful stories of Richmonders doing Richmond things. I hope to read a million more of these in the coming weeks and months.Related to my ongoing thread about if and how things change as we emerge from the pandemic, the Richmond Times-Dispatch's Gregory J. Gilligan reports on Kings Dominion's challenge in finding enough workers to open for a full season. As a result, KD has upped wages from $9.25 per hour to $13 per hour, which is a pretty dramatic 40% increase. I kind of hate the term “labor shortage,” because it makes it seem like folks who need jobs were snapped out of existence by Thanos, when what's really happening is people are no longer willing to work hard jobs—across many sectors—while making an unlivable wage. What I want to i know now is if $13 per hour is enough and if these wage increases will stick around past this transitional year.Michael Schwartz at Richmond BizSense has the list of local companies on the Fortune 500 list. You'll, of course, recognize all of the companies on this list—either as massive employers or as sponsors of literally every event in town.I'll link to this Graham Moomaw piece in the Virginia Mercury about the state of right-to-work repeal in Virginia mostly because it's an important thing to know about…but also because the pic of McAuliffe at the top is great and just asking to be memed.It's Thursday and that means the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts are hosting a free COVID-19 community testing event at the East Henrico Health Department (1400 N Laburnum Ave) from 2:00–4:00 PM. Just walk on up and get tested—no insurance required.This morning's longreadThe internet is flat.I'm really interested in this idea of Twitter having a main character each day (and the goal is to never be it). I've got a couple more articles in this space queued up, and they make me feel like we should just shut it all down.All of these questions reflect the nuances of a situation. And all of these questions are also irrelevant, because the ecosystem in which the broader conversation is conducted flattens them all into nothingness. She is either a KKK queen or an unfairly maligned cancel culture victim or some complicated muddled mix of the two, which isn't interesting enough to hold a headline and so is usually discarded in favor of one of the binary options. And so Kemper becomes the momentary main character of Twitter. Within minutes, it ends up not being about Kemper at all. She's just the latest place filler in peoples' larger cultural war.If you'd like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol' Patreon.Picture of the DayComing soon.

Things to know upfront:1) CW: This week, there is a brief but frank conversation about an onscreen sexual assault in the movie.2) We always spoil the movie, but this week, we REALLY spoil the movie.This week, we're joined by Katie Logan to discuss Drew Goddard's 2012 debut feature, The Cabin in the Woods. We talk about expectations, formula, character archetypes, Kevin, despair, and the ways we're responsible for people we'll never meet - among other things.On Top Five this week, we discuss - courtesy of Kat - our Top Five Cabins in the Woods. And make sure to stay tuned after the show for Keywords!Follow the show on Twitter @beautspod, and check out what Jack is watching on Letterboxd @ jkradb. We're also on iTunes, and ratings and reviews are always appreciated - and, of course, subscriptions on whatever platforms you use go a long way.Our highlighted charity this week is Studio Two Three, a grassroots community art organization located in Richmond, VA. Studio Two Three is a print shop, studio space, darkroom, educational facility, store and more - as well as a mobile print and photo making studio in a retrofitted ice cream truck. You can directly support Studio Two Three here!Thanks as always to Ross Kroeber for the show name, Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the show art, and to Podbean for hosting us.Have a Beaut-iful week!

A conversation with co-conspirator Ashley Hawkins.Ashley is the co-founder and Executive Director of Studio Two Three, a non-profit located in Richmond, VAStudio Two Three is her ultimate creative expression, balancing her passions for community building, dreaming big, and art-making. Ashley is a Virginia Commonwealth University alumna with a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and a Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. She believes deeply in the power of art to elevate voices, agitate for change, and connect communities. She and her partner are working hard to raise their young children, Max and Zoey to be awesome human beings. They have a cute bulldog named Piggy, who is the unofficial Studio Two Three mascotWe dig deep into community creation, strategic partnerships, and what giving everyone keys to building allows. www.studiotwothree.org

Good morning, RVA! It’s 51 °F, and the fog has returned! Once it burns off, though, we’ve got a great day ahead of us—and a great weekend ahead of us, too. Expect highs in the mid 70s, sunshine, and, if we’re lucky, presidential election results.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,366↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth and 11↘️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 149↗️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 38, Henrico: 58, and Richmond: 53). Since this pandemic began, 438 people have died in the Richmond region. Here’s this week’s stacked graph of new reported cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across Virginia. Seven-day averages of new cases over 1,200 definitely represent a new peak for the state, and we haven’t seen seven-day averages of hospitalizations around 60 since back at the end of August. The number of people dying each day remains low (all things considered), and I think that’s still a testament to how much we’ve learned about how to treat COVID-19—but, keep in mind, deaths typically lag a couple weeks behind hospitalizations. I mean, at some point, we need to change our behavior and not just sit around and watch these numbers tick up and up and up, right?Elections! They are…ongoing. Still. Locally, Alexsis Rodgers officially conceded, and you can read her statement here. I’m excited to see what’s next for Rodgers and hope she sticks around and continues to, in her words, “fight for a Richmond that works for all of us.” As for City Council races, who knows! 2nd District Candidate Katherine Jordan said in an email that the registrar told her “not to expect anything until late Tuesday.” Blerg. Nationally, blergs also abound. Overnight, Biden took the lead in Georgia by about 1,000 votes, he holds a 47,000 vote lead in Arizona, and Trump leads by just 18,000 votes in Pennsylvania with something like 234,000 ballots left to count. Plus whatever’s going on in Nevada. Not much has changed since yesterday, and we’re still in the same holding pattern: If Biden can hold Arizona and win any other state or win Pennsylvania, then we can start thinking about what a Trump-less federal government looks like.Chris Suarez at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the “RVA Coalition of Concerned Civic Associations”, a NIMBY-drenched name if ever I heard one, has filed suit to stop City Council from voting on upzoning the area around the Science Museum, Alison Street, VCU & VUU Pulse stations. The Concerned want to delay the vote “until the city can hold more public in-person meetings about the plan and provide records the coalition has requested.” I do not believe this is a good-faith request, and think they are using “community engagement” as a delay tactic to ultimately kill this particular rezoning (which has been in the works for three years). Regardless of whatever historical or architectural or neighborhood-character arguments you may read by tapping the above link, preventing this upzoning—along and around our City’s biggest and most transit-friendly corridor—is about keeping people out. It’s about making the desirable parts of our City available to only a certain group of people that already live in those neighborhoods and can afford to file lawsuits to keep it that way. It’s about working to undermine our climate, housing, and transit goals. It’s about maintaining the status quo and keeping Richmond a place that only works for some of us.Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense asks “Will Richmonders want to eat outside in the winter?” Restaurants are banking on it, he says. OK, now the next logical question is: Will the City finally move on a comprehensive slow streets program to give people more safe outdoors space? The answer throughout the spring and summer was a resounding and disappointing “No!” But, maybe after a year of coronavirus, elections, and rising case counts we’ll see that change?The City’s Department of Public Works will host an asynchronous virtual meeting about the proposed Gillies Creek shared-use trail from November 5th–19th. Flip through this 13-page presentation (PDF) and then take this survey. The plan is to build a Capital Trail-esque path on the west side of Stony Run Road down by the BMX track, eventually connecting the Capital Trail itself to the northern parts of Church Hill. Fingers crossed, the City hopes to have construction begin by May! Filling out the survey will take you just a couple of minutes and will help the City move forward with building another piece of separated bike infrastructure. Get it done!Check out this cool project, Portrait of Immigrant Voices over on the RVA Strong website. Starting back on October 28th and running through Thanksgiving, the collaboration between the City’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and Studio Two Three will unveil a new portrait of an immigrant—both illustrated and written—each day. I love when the City finds a way to have its own voice and directly share the stories it thinks are important. Sabrina Moreno at the Richmond Times-Dispatch has some more details and background on the project.Perhaps unbeknownst to you, I continue to make this graph of weekly unemployment claims in Virginia. The numbers are still shocking: Over 100,000 Virginians filed for unemployment insurance the week ending October 31st. That’s, like, over 80,000 more filings than the same week last year. So it’s not a great situation, but the steady and increasing decline in claims means, unless something changes, I’ll just share this chart at the end of each month.This morning’s longreadMaking Amends With Lean CuisineSad, I think, but well-written.The thing about Lean Cuisine is that you had to look at the picture on the box while eating it. Self-deceit was the only way to convince yourself that the low-calorie frozen entree didn’t taste like homework, Facebook photo albums, syndicated reruns, nights home alone, and, actually, hunger. (This was when TV dinners became desktop dinners but before lunch al desko and breakfast con smartphone.) With Lean Cuisine, you never knew if you were going to burn your tongue or hit a cold patch, but you could always count on feeling bad about yourself.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Kelli and Matt are back at Marcus-David Peters Circle to visit with past guest Ashley Hawkins of Studio Two Three to hear what they're doing to re-contextualize Monument Ave.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 41 °F, and those cooler temperatures have moved in. Today you can expect highs in the mid 50s—but plenty of sunshine to go along with ‘em. Saturday looks pretty incredible and we might see some rain on Sunday. In as much as you’re able, enjoy the weekend!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 4,042 positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealth, and 109 people in Virginia have died as a result of the virus. VDH reports 638 cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 158, Henrico: 319, and Richmond: 126). Like most of you, I’m sure, I’ve been keeping my own spreadsheet of the VDH data; how else do you make graphs if you don’t have your own spreadsheet?? So after poking around the data for a couple of weeks, what concerns me most is the continued lack of coronavirus testing in Virginia. The VDH website reports cumulative tests right at the top of the page—33,026 as of this moment—and that seems like a pretty big number. It’s got five digits! But, I think the more helpful way to look at it is number of new tests per day, which I’ve put together in graph form here. Since the beginning of April, the State has averaged just 2,180 new tests per day. That’s for the entire state! At the current rate, it’d take over five years just to get a majority of folks living in Virginia tested. I’d love to know what the Governor’s plan is to massively increase the number of tests available for Virginians over the next couple of weeks. Also, take those previous sentences with a grain of salt, because I can only know what data VDH publishes each day. If there’s secret, unpublished COVID-19 testing going on, great (I mean, not great, but, you know).Michael Martz at the Richmond Times-Dispatch continues his reporting on the tragedy taking place at the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in western Henrico. 39 folks have died, and the facility’s medical director says, “We will have more deaths.” Absolutely awful. Related, Bridget Balch and Justin Mattingly, also at the RTD, report that the recent jump in statewide deaths due to the coronavirus—doubling in just a couple of days—is due to delays while VDH reviews and verifies data. They say, “The number of deaths jumped Thursday because the state had not entered deaths from the past two weeks at one Henrico County nursing home — where to date 39 residents have reportedly died from COVID-19 — into the state’s count until the past couple of days.”It’s Friday, which, unfortunately, means I get to write about the new unemployment numbers from the Virginia Employment Commission. For the week ending April 4th, they report 147,369 new claims, which brings the total since March 21st to 306,143. Shockingly, this “equals all of the previous weeks’ claims from 2018, 2019, and 2020 combined.” The final map on this page shows that Chesterfield and Henrico have some of the largest increases in unemployment insurance claims over this past week. If it wasn’t about people’s lives, I’d be stoked to read these releases from VEC—they’re absolutely packed with interesting data, charts, and maps.Richmond Police posted these new parking restrictions on Twitter yesterday. I don’t know for sure, but I’d guess this is a continued effort to keep folks from springbreaking the river. The City has closed parking lot access at major river spots, and these are streets adjacent to parking lots that are adjacent to major river spots.Here’s another way for people to help out during the coronacrisis! The excellent folks at Studio Two Three have put together some really great infrastructure to help with making protective masks for “home and public health care workers, behavior health workers, bus drivers, and individual working with homeless populations.” Heck yes! You can donate to the cause, volunteer for a mask making shift, donate supplies, or make masks at home.I’m a sucker for pics of old cobblestones revealed by street milling. From /r/rva, here’s one of Grace Street near 20th.This morning’s longreadMasterpiece TheaterDang, y’all. Art forgery just seems like a ton of work.A successful forger has the ability to produce art of high quality, certainly, and also an inside knowledge of the workings of the art world, from its business dealings to its social mores. A forger is a storyteller, even a performer—someone who can charm customers, appear trustworthy, and spin a convincing tale about where an artwork came from and how they came to possess it. To forge art takes showmanship and a healthy dose of chutzpah. Frauds must be willing to brazenly claim that a work is genuine; some go so far as to approach experts or artists themselves and request authentication.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

What is media? We explore the answer with Ashley Hawkins, Executive Director of Studio Two Three, and Cheyenne Varner, a Richmond-based doula, designer, photographer, and creator of The Educated Birth magazine, in advance of the Richmond Book Art Fair.

Guests: Athena Naylor, Alison Baitz, Lucy Kirkman Allen, and Orvokki Crosby Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 31st, 2018 @ Current Books at Studio Two Three in Richmond, VA Paper Cuts recorded live at Current Books Art Book Fair in Richmond, VA. We sat down with 4 participants of the book fair: 1) Athena Naylor, an autobiographical cartoonist and illustrator currently based in D.C.; 2) Alison Baitz, who publishes the zine "On Flora" and co-founded both the DC Art Book Fair and the Free Feminist Library; 3) Lucy Kirkman Allen, a painter and curator living in Bavon, VA who is the co-founder of Airprint Press; 4) Orvokki Crosby, who founded The Concern Newsstand in Chapel Hill and Raleigh, North Carolina. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

This episode was recorded live at 804RVA in front of a sold-out audience. Cheats and Gigi Broadway talked about the President vs. North Korea, IHOP vs. IHOB, Ye vs. Everyone, Lebron James vs. the legends and more. Our featured interview is with RTD columnist Michael Paul Williams, and our musical guest was Noah-O and DJ Mentos featuring J. Slim. This episode was amazing. And it's our first episode to played on WRIR 97.3. We've finally made it happen. We'd like to than 804RVA, Richmond Grid, Laura Lee's, RVA Dirt, Abigail Spanberger, Whit Caulkins, Matt Pochily, Studio Two Three, Andrew Miller, Lauren Francis, and Eze. Please listen every 1st and 3rd Tuesday on WRIR and subscribe to the podcast here on Soundcloud and Itunes. #WESEEIT

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and scored some dope Black Friday deals. Monday is Cyber Monday so you've got more chances to snag some great stuff and Tuesday is Giving Tuesday so we hope you'll save some money to support one of the local non profits we've worked with this year like UnBoundRVA, Girls for a Change, Storefront for Community Design, The Salvation Army, Studio Two Three, Code VA or one of the other great non profits in RVA. We're taking a break through the end of the year but will be back in January with new episodes and may have some exciting news during the holidays so stay tuned on social media. Oh, and we've got mugs...message us through social if you want one. They'll make great Christmas gifts. Okay, see you soon!

Kelli's on Broad Street for coffee with Ashley Hawkins of Studio Two Three during the Coffee then Lipstick event with Lou Stevens Glam Squad and Capture Photography. Ashley and her co-founders started Studio Two Three right out of VCU as a way of keeping artists in Richmond and keeping Richmond interesting and this mom of two still finds time to live Richmond.