The beautiful morning brought lots of birds and renovation work. Somehow, despite the economy, Oregon Hill is still making progress towards complete rebirth. 
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Beautiful Morning- Birds and Renovation
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Downtown Robbery (including suspect’s picture)
I note that this did not occur in the Oregon Hill neighborhood, but close by in downtown. I am not trying to feed into any anti-downtown paranoia (these crimes happen everywhere), but I want people to be careful, be aware, and help catch this guy if they can.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From Oregon Hill
Students On Break, “Art” and Trash Linger
Lines blur between monuments of apathy and installations of ‘culture’:
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War Memorial expansion
THE Re-PURPOSE AFFAIR – Dec. 20
On the heels of the Byrd Market and SynerGeo’s events comes this one:
Saturday, December 20, 2008
1-4pm
Downtown YMCA, 2 W. Franklin St
Richmond VA
EXPERIENCE AN ALTERNATIVE TO MALL-SHOPPING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
-COP cool gear–clothing, bags, jewelry, artwork from 10 local designers/recyclers/vintage masters
-CHILL with beautiful people who think outside the box
-GROOVE to dope tunes on the 1s and 2s
-LAUGH OUT LOUD at any one of the ol\’ skool movies projected on the wall
-SWAP your gently used records, books, shoes, jewelry, clothing, etc. for other people\’s property (You down with OPP? Yeah, you know me!).
-CREATE your own holiday gifts by DONATING scraps (tshirts, fabric, buttons, beads,yarn, etc.)to be made into something kinda lovely. We\’ll have sewing and craft supplies on hand so you can make your own magic.
We hope to share creative energy and ideas and foster a community of fresh collaboration. This is for folks who want to re-purpose material things and re-hab their imaginations.Spread the love!
For more info: contact Sionne at sionnene@gmail.com or 323.854.2256
SynerGeo Art Show
mark your calendars!—MONDAY DEC. 15TH
instead of the regular monthly Oregon Hill Community Dinner,
SynerGeo will be hosting an art show featuring
the kids in their after school Artsplosion program.
Come on out and show your support for the kids!
and of course to enjoy some great art and refreshments!
Singing for Supper
Richmond Boys Choir, St. Andrew’s, Oregon Hill Team Up to Help Replenish Central Virginia Food Bank
The Richmond Boys Choir and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church are teaming up to help replenish the Central Virginia Food Bank. The Boys Choir will perform a holiday concert Friday Dec. 19 at the church. The cost of admission: a canned good or other non-perishable food item. “Across the state food banks are running bare at a time when more people than ever are going to need help,” says the Rev. Abbott Bailey, St. Andrew’s rector. “We can’t do enough to keep the shelves full, especially when the folks who need the help are our neighbors.” The Joyful Song concert is part of the church’s Music with Grace series, made possible through a generous grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. For information, call 804-648-7980. www.standrewsec.org
VCU/Monroe Park area transit map
Peter Bain designed this to help get people to consider the bus or walking/bicycling instead of the car.
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Shop Local and Be Merry at the WBCH/BHM Holiday Food and Craft Show on Saturday, Dec. 13
Support your community, find unique gifts, and keep the holiday spirit local by shopping at the WBCH Holiday Food and Craft Show.
Saturday, December 13th
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry Street
Featuring vendors from the
Byrd House Market
plus local handcraft artisans.
Prize drawings every half hour and for $1, you could win a beautiful handmade quilt!