Author: Jayson
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The Mind of Russell Richards: The local artist on his new short film “Fiji Mermaid”
In a spare bedroom of his Belmont house, the McGuffey artist-in-residence Russell Richards stands next to one of the stars of his latest short film, a grotesque stop motion model he built by hand. A replica of a 19th century phenomena called a Fiji Mermaid, the foot-and-a-half figure is grey-skinned, with shriveled breasts that hang…
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Weekend Music Pick: Future Islands at the Southern on March 23 (Video)
If judged by the band’s recent appearance on Letterman, Samuel T. Herring of Baltimore’s Future Islands is an idiosyncratic and arresting entertainer worth seeing in person. With a sweet croon that quickly descends into a throaty growl, the front man steps from side to side and dips his knees as he tears at his shirt,…
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Is the Continental Divide Going to Join Christian’s Pizza in Richmond?
The Continental Divide occupies a sliver of a room on a nearly desolate corner of W. Main Street right before the bridge that crosses in front of the Amtrak station. It’s next to another restaurant, the exquisite L’Etoile, and close to a pawn shop, and easy to miss if not for the neon sign that…
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