Flick Factory

Flick Factory

Richmond’s first selfie museum had its grand opening last Friday and its 16-year-old founder and CEO couldn’t be more thrilled. Na’Zyia Washington said her passion for taking pictures and bringing something to Richmond for families and teens her age to enjoy led to the creation of the museum. “It feels really good [to be the […]

Twin Bull Treasures

Twin Bull Treasures

Shannon Geiger wants you to know that shopping at her store, Twin Bull Treasures, supports over 30 local artists and their families.  “We have a great selection of merchandise, but if we don’t have something we can custom make exactly what you’re looking for,” Geiger said.  After selling furniture privately and as a vendor in […]

Theodore Booker IV

Theodore Booker IV

Theodore Booker’s favorite movie is The Karate Kid but for the longest time, he couldn’t figure out why he liked telling stories centered around father and son or mentor and mentee relationships. Once he remembered the movies he liked growing up, everything clicked for Booker, who said the film “embodies a son learning about [and] […]

Driveway Drag Show

Driveway Drag Show

“Wouldn’t it be awesome if drag queens got together by the van load on weekends and did shows in people’s driveways” – Michelle Livigne What started as a silly and fun Facebook post has led to the most incredible thing ever, according to Michelle Livigne. Livigne has been a drag queen for 13 years and […]

Beaunuts

Beaunuts

About 50 percent of the people who come in to Beaunuts ask how to pronounce the name, according to co-owner Ernie LaBrecque. LaBrecque said he needed a name quickly and his logo design (a donut with a mustache), southern centric menu and the definition of ‘beau’ helped things come together. “It gives us a reason […]

DQ’s Lifted Kitchen

DQ’s Lifted Kitchen

DispQueen always knew she would enter the cannabis industry and she created a five-year plan to transition from laboratories (where she worked as a hematologist) to eventually researching cannabis. After meeting her husband, DispKing (who also had interest in cannabis as a business and used as much as her) and joining forces, the Maryland-based couple […]

Jouri

Jouri

After being told he had no rhythm, Jouri (née Jouri Frazer) said he never saw himself doing music, but watching his friend make a beat led to an obsession with figuring out how to do it himself. Jouri got better at it, started writing and, since he’s a perfectionist, he decided if he was going […]

Lana Luvs Confections

Lana Luvs Confections

When Lana Smith likes something, she learns how to make it. Smith is the owner of Lana Luvs Confections, which she started after learning how to bake lemon bars (her favorite). “My son and I were addicted to eating them, we ate them so much our throats were burning,” Smith said. “I decided to take […]