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Poetry, song, dance, literature, and even visual arts all tap into the essence of Black culture.

The Fan Woman’s Club celebrates 50 years.

Marketed as “an indoor wonderland,” the 55,000-square-foot venue consists of an 18-lane duckpin bowling alley, an 18-hole mini golf course, three virtual golf bays, three bars, a food hall with six restaurants, a beer garden area with 30 self-pour taps, a 200-person banquet hall and a 200-seat auditorium.

For the first time since 2012, when Richmond held its first-ever Street Art Festival there, the walls along the Haxall Canal will be a fresh slate, a blank canvas for new artists to show their stuff.

Celebrating ten years, the RVA Street Art Festival goes back to where it began.

The Instagram-worthy murals on the Power Plant building along the Haxall Canal in downtown Richmond will soon be painted over. But don't worry art fans, new murals are in the works.

The Instagram-worthy murals on the Power Plant building along the Haxall Canal in downtown Richmond will soon be painted over. But don't worry art fans, new murals are in the works.

“What we’re creating here is an indoor wonderland,” said Orcun Turkay, who with Michael & Son President Basim Mansour is leading the $7 million project that includes a food hall, auditorium, mini golf and duckpin bowling.

This Fall the RVA Street Art Festival will return for the first time since the start of the pandemic. For its ten-year anniversary the festival will come back to the place it began, an old brick wall overlooking the canal in downtown Richmond.

This is not a battle Karen H. Garner sought, but one she feels obliged to fight.