Weekend Calendar
Weekend Calendar Friday, Feb. 25 Roald Dahl’s “The BFG.” 7 p.m. Showings also on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets $14-$18. Theatre IV, 114 W. Broad St. 282-2620. Fourth Annual Virginia Wine Expo. The mid-Atlantic’s premier wine and food event, featuring Virginia wineries from every region of the state. Seminars and tasting continue all weekend. Visit virginiawineexpo.com […]
Upcoming events
Men’s basketball: vs. James Madison Saturday at noon. Women’s basketball: Tonight at Delaware at 7 p.m. Baseball: 3-game series vs. Monmouth Feb. 25-27. Track and field: Saturday Feb. 26 at Mason Last Chance in Fairfax, Va. Golf: Sunday Feb. 27 at Seahawk Intecollegiate at Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
JMU preview
What: VCU vs. JMU When: Saturday, Feb. 26 Time: Noon Television: Comcast Sports Net All-time series: VCU leads 43-20 Trends: VCU is 8-2 in their last ten meetings with the Dukes. The Rams haven’t suffered a home loss to the Dukes since the Jeff Capel era in 2005. Probable starters: VCU: Senior PG Joey Rodriguez […]
Corporate versus public scholarships
Corporate versus public scholarships Shane Wade Columnist An odd event occurred in Virginia politics last week: Senate Democrats defeated a piece of legislation, House Bill 2314, that would have enabled corporations to claim tax credits for donating money that gave scholarships to private schools for low-income children. The tax credit would be equal to 70 […]
Russians get a taste of VCU, Virginia politics
Meredith Rigsby and Catherine Leth Capital News Service The Virginia General Assembly usually focuses on state issues. But last week, some of the attention at the statehouse was on international visitors – a delegation of Russian officials learning about American government. Mikhail Musatov, Artem Osmanov and Sergey Sokolov visited Richmond as part of the Open World Leadership […]
Briefs
Local and VCU Man wrecks stolen vehicle near VCU, is arrested A man was being held on 10 charges Wednesday after Richmond police said he was spotted driving a stolen vehicle and then wrecked while trying to flee. Richmond police Capt. Harvey Powers said the incident began shortly before midnight when an officer on patrol downtown near VCU’s Siegel […]
Crime log
Crime Log 2/17 At the corner of Grace and Harrison streets, a female visitor was arrested for disorderly conduct. At 1110 Grove Ave., a male and female visitor was arrested for possession of marijuana. At Shafer Court Dining Center, 810 N. Cathedral St., a female visitor was arrested for disorderly conduct. At the School of […]
Men’s basketball comes up empty in crucial loss to Drexel
Joey Rodriguez stepped to the line with 11 seconds remaining down by three with a chance to give his team a shot at redemption for the second straight game.
Wichita Revival: VCU ‘shocks’ life back into season with win over WSU
No more than a week ago, VCU’s men’s basketball had everything to lose.
The VMFA welcomes international Picasso exhibit
Julie Dinisio Contributing Writer The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opened its highly anticipated new exhibit, “Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso Paris” while celebrating its 75th anniversary on Saturday, Feb 19. Declared as a “landmark exhibit” by the VMFA’s website, the Picasso collection showcases 176 pieces and is traveling to seven cities across the globe […]