Update to an earlier post about an exhibit that appeared at St. Andrew’s Church… There is a photo exhibition to support the Circle of Peace School at Art Works in downtown Richmond until the end of September. This exhibit is entitled “Images of Hope: What would you buy with $50?” and it is sponsored by [...]
From the Valentine Richmond History Center: “Our new color, hardbound book about Hollywood Cemetery is finally here! Pick one up today in our Gift Shop. Or order online next week.” Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery A new book by Richmond resident John Peters, published by the History Center. This hardbound collection of historical and contemporary photographs and [...]
This Wednesday, there will be a forum on the wireless telecommunications future at VCU. The Times Dispatch reported this yesterday: On Wednesday, Lewis will discuss “The Future of Wireless: What to Expect and How You Will Benefit” as part of the Verizon Communications and Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Marketing speaker series. Lewis recommends his [...]
From a neighbor: I just want to give a big shout-out to Sara Sitkiewicz, Erik Kelly, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and other students, and sundry neighbors who made a great turn-out for Saturday’s clean-up. They did a fantastic job, not just raking out the sand but painting the shed and cleaning the toilets. Special [...]
From RPEC announcement: On Tuesday, September 21 the Richmond Peace Education Center (RPEC) will sponsor a public forum entitled Overcoming Richmond’s Racial Divide, featuring presentations by Dr. John Moeser, former Virginia first lady Anne Holton and Iman Shabazz. The program will be held at 7 p.m. at Fifth Baptist Church of Richmond, 1415 West Cary [...]
Several VCU student organizations are banding together to hold a large yard sale fundraiser in Monroe Park this Saturday. Also, please do not forget the Holly Street playground cleanup that is scheduled for Saturday as well.
message from SynerGeo: Hey Oregon Hill, SynerGeo and I would like to invite you to our monthly community dinner. It’s this Monday, September 20th at 6PM. We like for our neighbors to come, share food and conversation. It’s potluck style, so we encourage everyone to bring a dish, but you won’t be turned away if [...]
From Flying Brick Library blog: Come celebrate 100 years of the uprising of the Mexican people against the tyranny of their government at your favorite neighborhood radical library, The Flying Brick! We’ll be serving Mexican food (tamales: vegan and carnivore), hanging out and participating in a discussion led by Jen Lawhorne about the revolution and [...]
Style magazine’s Don Baker gives a glowing review of the new Pescados restaurant on China Street in Oregon Hill. After half a dozen visits — far more than duty required, but which pleasure demanded — I feel confident in saying this is the best new restaurant in town in a long time. The food is [...]
Although I don’t think it is open to the public, I did want to take note of the St. Andrew’s School new library unveiling and dedication scheduled for tomorrow evening. Students and their families are invited to come to the dedication in honor of Mary Thrower Wickham who was the Head of St. Andrew’s prior [...]
