Mandy Moore stopped by, too.
Agassi and Graf, the tennis-playing super-couple, were here for James Taylor's concert Saturday night and a tennis exhibition Sunday.
And singer-actor Moore was at VCU's Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on Friday to see her friend Daniel Clarke and his band, Modern Groove Syndicate, receive a Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts.
The band, featuring Clarke, Frank Jackson, Todd Herrington, J.C. Kuhl and Joel DeNunzio, won for best ensemble.
So how does Mandy Moore know a Richmond keyboardist?
"Daniel plays in my band," she said, smiling as she opened a bottle of water during a post-awards reception.
Having just gone off tour in September, Moore -- tall onscreen and positively statuesque in person (the sky-high heels didn't hurt) -- was vacationing in the area.
She dropped by Richmond, just for one night, to see Clarke.
Moore had been here a while back, she recalled, "for work." (For the record, she performed at the 2000 State Fair of Virginia.)
Clarke met Moore when she was recording in Woodstock, N.Y., last year. Richmond musicians Brian Jones and Stewart Myers, already playing on Moore's new album, recommended recruiting Clarke.
"But they weren't good-looking enough to tour," Clarke said, laughing.
"Daniel's the best man," Moore said. "I'm lucky to have him."
Clarke, like most local musicians, has played -- and plays -- in a number of bands simultaneously. Modern Groove Syndicate produces a mix of instrumental funk, jazz, Latin, soul, hip-hop and you-name-it.
(MGS will appear at 10 p.m. Thursday, by the way, at Cary Street Café, 2631 W. Cary St. Cover: $5.)
Moore, sporting black hair, tights and shoes and a grayish-brown-blackish bubble dress, said she has no specific plans when vacation is over.
But, she added, "I'll probably be back on the road the beginning of next year."
And -- sorry, but it's always a question on interviewers' minds -- is the 23-year-old dating anyone special?
"Nobody!" she said.
What about Zach Braff? "Braff was a long time ago," she said.
And wasn't there a tennis guy . . . Andy Roddick? And DJ AM? How about John Mayer?
Nope.
That's OK, a girl needs some time off. And the gracious star has plenty to keep her busy between her music and film careers.
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Kudos to other winners of the 10th annual Theresa Pollak Prizes for Excellence in the Arts, as well: Laura Browder, words; Karl Green, applied arts; Sonali Gulati, film; Johnny Hott, vocalist/instrumentalist; Richmond Shakespeare, theater; Georgianne Stinnett, photography; Pam Turner, dance; Jack Wax, fine art; and Colleen Curran, emerging artist.
Curran, who has published two books, is lifestyles content coordinator for Media General's inRich.com, the online portal for The Times-Dispatch.
The lifetime achievement award went to artists Gerald Donato and Joan Gaustad.
The annual awards were created by Richmond Magazine in honor of Theresa Pollak, who founded art programs at the University of Richmond, her alma mater, and Virginia Commonwealth University (then called Richmond Professional Institute).
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