Distractions

On October 14th, 2011 50 attendees gathered in the parking lot of Quirk Gallery on a beautiful fall night for the evening of discussion, music and community of the first Feast RVA. We were running behind as moving the tables & chairs from nearby 1708 & stringing up dozens of bistro lights took longer than expected, but everyone who arrived pitched in to help us get started. Kevin Wilson of The Cellar Door & Sticky ToGoGo catered while The Bird And Her Consort provided the music. Three projects presented to the diners and at the end of the night we had another first, our first tie. 

RVAudio & Dollop Desserts came out on top as our first (co-)grantees, and split the $536 prize. Dollop Desserts used the prize money to have her commercial kitchen inspected & purchase an early batch of supplies used for her renowned whoopie pies. RVAudio purchased a Zoom audio-recorder that she used to upgrade the quality of the podcasts she’d been recording with unique Richmonders.

At the end of the night as the entire crowd assisted in putting away the dishes, tables & chairs used that night, they all knew that something special had begun. Today, 19 months later we’re raising the money that would allow Feast RVA to take the next step towards doing more: being self sufficient, being able to dedicate more resources towards the grantees and being able to help other groups and organizations start their journey. 

Please visit our IndieGoGo Campaign and help us bring ideas to the table.

Thanks for your continued support, Johnny Hugel - Feast RVA Co-Founder/Director.

Reliving the memories of Feast RVA, 1 by 1. Please ensure we can continue to bring ideas to the table, and help Richmonders fund their projects. Please contribute to our IndieGoGo, and help spread the word.

Dirty Richmond and Hit Play Productions team up to bring you What’s Your Deal?, a fashion series that asks Richmonder’s that question. This is a promo from the footage we got at the amazing RVA Music Fest. A longer feature is to come.

What's Your Deal? - Promo from the RVA Music Fest Sooo stoked to finally get this out there, a teaser announcing the project I've been working with Dirty Richmond on for the past few months. We've got a ton of content coming your way. So glad to use the amazing backdrop of the RVA Music fest for one of our features, the weekend was so great, and reinforced what I love about Richmond. Congrats to Tony and his crew for all their hard work. More to come from the RVA Music fest, and the other events we've been visiting all summer.