Folk Festival Fun; Shredding the Print Edition; Invaluable Vision; Characters on Broad Street; Fore!

RVA 5x5 The Alt 5 - October 9, 2023

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You can find the 5 main stories from yesterday’s edition here, while this evening features the “ALT 5” stories for a nice, leisurely, read. Enjoy!

This week check out our five stories on:

• The Richmond Folk Festival is back this coming weekend so get ready to find some new and fun (and free) music from around the globe, right down by the river.

• Some astonishing circulation numbers from the paper of record.

• A super-famous writer whom you have most certainly heard of went to VCU many years ago and you’d be surprised where he sometimes goes for creative inspiration.

• Improving children’s vision is vital to their success at reading, and a local non-profit is doing what it can to fill prescriptions. Why aren’t the politicians?

• An osprey got hung up in a golf driving range net, and wildlife lovers came to the rescue….

THE ALT 5

ALT #1 — OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Folk Festival Fun
The Richmond Folk Festival returns this Friday (October 13…